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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

4,554 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 228

Telegraph Linesman Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 11

HELENSBURGH, Monday.--John Brown, a foreman in the telegraph line, department residing at Lichhardt, was badly injured to-day near Heathocote. He fell from a trolly, the…

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A Terrible Fatality. Maryborough

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 12

News was received here of a terrible fatality at Cooroy on Sunday, the victim being Edward James Hall, aged 19 months. It appears that deceased's brother, aged 11 years,…

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Changing Seats. a Youth Drowned

Evening News · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 4

The drowsing accident near Cabarits, on the occasion of the brewers [?] on February 22, when George Frederick Reginald Newton, 17, lest his life, was inquired into by…

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Drowned in Surf. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 12

Francis Willson 22, who resided with his parents at Lavadia was drowned while suif bathing at Corindi beach. The body was recovered…

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Pea Rifles Again. Another Fatality. Lithgow

Evening News · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 2

Bertram James [?] was accidentally shot dead by a playmate named Harry Wennells Johnson, at Clarence. The little boy who fives with Mr. and Mrs…

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At the Brewers' Picnic. a Youth Drowned

The Sun · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 3

The brewers' picnic at Cabarita last Saturday week was marred by a drowning accident. George Frederick Newton. 17, with three boys, hired a boat, and rowed up the…

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Boy Drowned. Attempts to Save Sister. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 13

Norman, the 10-year-old son of Mr. F. W. Lance, was drowned in the river on Saturday afternoon. With a younger brother and sister, he had gone to the river to bathe,…

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Motor Car Somersaults. Man Killed--others Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A fatal motor car accident occurred this evening near Montajup. Mr. T. Wild, chemist, of Ararat, his wife, and their five-yar-old son and twelve- year old…

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Head Out Off. Engine Driver Killed. Fireman Seriously Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 7

MURRURUNDI, Monday.--A, sad railway accident occurred here shortly, after the 11.5. p.m. Brisbane mail had left, resulting in the death of driver Joseph Sharpe, and also serious…

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Fatal Driving Accident. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 12

Warwick Alexander Stewart, aged 20, the son of J. M. Stewart, of Woodford, formerly of Warwick, employed by J. A. M'Intosh, of Mountside, went to the assistance of a…

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Fatal Riding Accident. Cooma

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 12

A fatal accident occurred in one of the paddocks at Kia Ora Station, four miles from Cooma, on Saturday. Joseph Howard Hawkins, 19, was on horseback conversing with…

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Fatalities and Accidents Danger in Parramatta Park

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 11

Mr. Maitland held a magisterial inquiry in Parramatta yesterday, touching the death of Annie Dixon, aged 13, who was drowned at Parramatta Park on Friday. The evidence…

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A Mining Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 7

ZEEHAN (Tas.) Monday.--Ellis Scolyer' (18), while prospecting in the bush two miles from Tuliah on Monday afternoon, was severely injured by the explosion of a hole which partly…

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Boy Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 14

GRAFTON, Tuesday.--The deputy-coroner (Mr. J. G. Phillips) held on inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Albert Denning (11). His finding was that the boy was…

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The Kanowna Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 14

Although the police dragged all yesterday for the body of Foy, who foil from the Kanowna on the previous day, they were unsuccessful. The Kanowna left for the south last evening…

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Five Men Injured. Peculiar Railway Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 14

Early yesterday evening three men were treated at the St. George Cottage Hospital, and two others at the Sydney Hospital, as the result of a peculiar railway accident…

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Railway Fatality. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 10

A young man, Thomas Stovens, while working in the railway yard this evening, slipped from a truck, and fell between the buffers. He alighted on his feet, but before he could…

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Drowned in Parramatta River

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 14

George Frederick Reginald Newton, 17 years of age, fell from a rowing boat into the Parramatta River on February 22, on the occasion of the brewers' picnic, and was…

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Cyclist Severely Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--At Lygon-street, Carlton, last night, a motor-car collided with a cyclist, knocking him down and inflicting on him severe injuries, including a fracture of the…

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Night-watchman Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 14

About 6 o'clock yesterday, Lawrence Carroll (59), night-watchman, was found lying on the Howard Smith Company's wharf. Two hours previously he accidentally knocked his leg…

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