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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

4,554 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 228

Panic in the Surf. Narrow Escapes From Drowning. Life-saving Club's Good Work Mullumbimby

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 9

A series of drowning fatalities were narrowly averted yesterday at Brunswick Heads. There were about 40 persons surfing, when Miss Rodgers, a school teacher, was noticed…

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Haste to the Wedding. Brides Injured in Motor Smash. Taree

Evening News · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 5

A motor car travelling from Kempsey to cates the midday Sydney train from tares was going about 30 miles an hour sear Coopernonk, When the sicering gear broke, and the…

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Saved by Snow. Burning Street Car. Street Cab Derailed. Thirty Passenger Injured. Vancouver (B.c.), Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 10

A street car left the rails at Galgary, a progressive centre in western Canads, while travelling at 30 miles an hour, and then overtured Thirty of the occupants were injured…

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Railway Fitter Killed. Accident at Canterbury

Evening News · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 12

Harold David Hambridge, 32, a railway Otter, lately living at Western-street, Aran[?], was killed on the railway line between Canterbury and Huricstone Park on Monday afternoon. He…

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Fatal Wharf Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 10

Mr. J. W. Fletcher, Acting City Coroner, conducted an inquiry at the City Coroner's Court yesterday into the circumstances surroundings the death of John…

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Fatalities and Accidents Jumped From a Train

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 March 1913 · page 14

The acting-city coroner, Mr. J. W. Fletcher, conducted an inquiry yesterday into the death of Melville Kenneth Jones (22), who died on March 10 from injuries' received two days…

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Drowning Fatalities

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 11

The cause of the, death of Magnus Linklater (39), which took place on or about March 7 was inquired into by Mr. Fletcher, Acting City Coroner. Linklater was a fireman on the…

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Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 23

BOURKE, Tuesday.--On Sunday morning, about 9 o'clock, William-Collins (60) walked into the Darling River and was drowned. He left a hat and an addressed envelope on the…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Collision with Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 23

George Huston (29), whoso home is at 54 Gladstone-street, Enmore, was riding a bicycle in King-street, Newtown, yesterday afternoon when it skidded on the tram rails: A tram then…

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North Mine (Barrier) Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 23

BROKEN-HILL, Tuesday.--The inquest on the bodies of the three men killed in the North mine was concluded to-day, the finding being one of accidental death, caused by a fall of rock…

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Drowned in the Petersham Flood

Evening News · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 6

The death of John Henry Stockley, 48, a cabdriver, who was drowned at the junction of Nelson-place and Trafalgar-square, Petersham, early on Sunday morning. March 9, formed the…

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Ship's "Bosun" Drowned. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 20

The captain of the four-[?]sted barque Ville de Mulhouse, which arrived last night from Rio de Jan[?]iro, after being out for 87 days, reported that the "bosun," named Bunn[?], fell overboard and was…

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Punt Capsizes. Three Men Drowned. Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 19

The coastal steamer Wainoi returned from Borrooloola yesterday afternoon, and reports a drowning accident in the M'Arthur River. The day before the steamer sailed for Darwin…

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Street Car Capsizes. Thirty Occupants Injured. Calgary, March 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 March 1913 · page 19

A street car ran away during a snow storm yesterday, and while travelling at a speed of 30 miles an hour overturned at a curve in the centre of the city…

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Victorian Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 March 1913 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The inquest on the body of James Neil Allison, (23), a gasfitter, who was so shockingly mangled in the collision between a picnic drag and a train at…

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Mining Fatality. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 March 1913 · page 5

Riehard J. Mitchell, a battery hand employed at the Ivanhoe mine, Boulder, received injuries on Monday afternoon, which shortly after resulted fatally. The man was working…

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Drowned in a Bath

The Sun · Thursday 20 March 1913 · page 1

The Acting City Coroner, Mr. J. W. Fietcher, at the inquest this morning concerning the death of William Conroy, 72, who was drowned in a bath in the yard of his…

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Farm Manager Drowned. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 March 1913 · page 11

A communication has reached the Commissioner of Police stating that Mr. Bennett, manager of Mooraberr[?]e station, near Booteeta, was drowned on March 7 whilst attempting to…

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Blasting Accident. One Man Killed; Two Injured. Waterfall

The Sun · Thursday 20 March 1913 · page 7

One man was killed and two seriously injured in a blasting accident at the railway deviation works between here and Cawley this afternoon. Thomas Wilson, who is…

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