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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

4,554 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 228

Oxford-street Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 11

Thos. Townsend, 70, of 13 Ormond-street, Paddington, was knocked down by a cart in Oxford-street, near the Dowling-strect intersection, at lunch hour on Saturday. The…

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Shocking Gun Accident. Boy Shoots His Brother. While Carrying the Gun for Father

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 7

A shocking gun accident happened at Banks-town on Saturday, afternoon, when a little boy of four years, son of Thomas M'Donough, living at Liverpool-road. Bankstown shot his brother…

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Fatalities and Accidents Drank Lysol

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 8

The Civil Ambulance wasc called about midnight on Saturday to 713 Darling-street. Rozelle, where they found John Hinton (41), carriage-builder, suffering from the effects of lysol…

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Double Drowning Case. Scone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 10

A drowning case occurred near Gundy, [?] miles from Scone, last evening. Mr. T. Seaward, of Miranee, was driving a horse and sulky. He [?]as returning home from church,…

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Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 7

The Civil Ambulance yesterday took George Walker, 21, of Union-street, Newtown, to Sydney Hospital, where he was admitted suffering from a severe scalp wound and slight…

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Driving Fatality. Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 7

While driving into Armidale to-day with his father in a sulky Hedley Frazier, 6, was thrown out through the horse stumbling. The father got clear, but the boy hung on till…

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Injured Knee-caps

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 4

Queanbeyan tells me that while riding his horse the animal fell, and marked both his knees, cutting one, and knocking the hair off the other. He…

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Boating Tragedy. Three Men Drowned. Adelaide

The Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 5

A telegram from Port Wakefield indicates almost beyond doubt that three lives have been lost in a boating disaster which occurred outside that port on Sunday. At first…

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Scalded with Jam. a Fatal Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 12

"Accidental death" was the City Coroner's verdict of an inquest yesterday regarding the death of Thomas Bernard Benedict Woods, 20, at Prince Alfred Hospital on February 5…

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Accident at a Coal Crane. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 9

A serious accident occurred to-day, when Peter Mercer, 21, residing at Wickham, was cleaning the inside of No. 8 hydraulic crane at the Dyke. He slipped, and fell a distance…

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Cricket Curios. Chapter of Accidents. Lord Darnley's Romance. Hopkins's Hat Trick. Worrall "A Dead Head."

The Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 9

In 1896 Jack Worrall, the Victorian cricketer, won the Williamson and Musgrove theatrical trophy for the best batting average in pennant matches. This entitles him…

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Fatalities and Accidents Brain Pierced with a Spout. a Spirit Lamp Bursts

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 8

Alice Little (30),. living in The Avenue, Penshurst, was admitted to St. George's Cottage Hospital yesterday suffering from severe burns to the body, caused by the bursting of a spirit MUDGEE, Monday.--On Saturday, while Mr. Frank Clarke, of Rylstone, was fixing a portion of his waggon, his son (2½) picked up a can of oil and began, to play with it. Suddenly he…

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Driving Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 14

ARMIDALE, Tuesday. -- Hedley Frazier (6), son of Mrs. Samuel Frazier, of Dumaresq, met his death at West Armidale yesterday. A horse attached to a sulky stumbled. The father was…

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Pensioner Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 14

BALLINA, Tuesday. -- An old-age pensioner, Patrick O'Grady, was found dead on Saturday. The body was lying face downward in a salt water drain nearly opposite Barlow's motor…

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Fatality in Regent-street

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 14

During a bolt which took place in Regent-street, city, yesterday, Annie Bowen (79), a widow, residing at 128, Pitt-street, Redfern, who was standing on the kerb, was knocked…

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Brick Carter Seriously Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 6

Charlies Rushbrook, 64, a married man, Eveing at Sydonham-road, Marrickville, was admitted to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital this morning in a serious condition, suffering…

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Distressing Fatality. Boy Shoots His Brother

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 2

A shooting fatality of a most distressing nature occurred at Bankstown on Saturday afternoon. Two brothers and two sisters, all of tender age, sons and…

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A Motor Fatality. Driver "Guilty of Manslaughter."

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- An inquest on the body of Ruby May Donald, who was knocked down by a motor ear on the Beech-road, Aspendale, on Sunday, February 2, was held…

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Pitched From a Cart. Old Man Badly Injured

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 1

Charles Rushbrook (64), of Sydenham- road, Marrickville, was in a serious condition when admitted to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital this morning…

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Engine's Axle Snaps. Wheel Flies Through Air. Strange Accident Near Inverell. Inverell

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 7

What might have been a most serious accident happened to the Inverell train, on a dangerous curve about a mile on the Moreo side of Byron Siding, yesterday. The axie of…

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