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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

4,554 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 228

Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 March 1913 · page 14

The figures for the year 1912 have been cabled as follow:--Income, £2,078,864, being an increase of £174,673 over 1911; balance to credit of profit and loss, after paying all claims and…

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Drowning Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 19

Mrs. Guy Mannering, wife of the manager of the Union Bank at Napier, was drowned while fishing in the Waikato River. Decreased was a noted mountaineer…

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Drowning Case at Mulgoa

Nepean Times · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 8

On Sunday last a very aad affair occurred at Mulgoa. Cyril Kenneth James Powell, aged nine years, son of the Rev William Powell,…

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Deviation Works Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 14

HELENSBURGH, Friday.--The coroner has given an order for the burial of the body of P. Wilson, who was killed in the deviation works accident near Cawley yesterday. How he came…

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Drowned While Fishing

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 14

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Friday.--Mrs. Mannering, wife of the manager of the Union Bank at Napier, was drowned while fishing in Lake Taupo. Deceased was a well-known…

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Man Killed. Cleveland-street Accident. Two Children Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 19

Yesterday an accident in Cleveland-street, near Crown-street, resulted in the death of George John Cowdery, 23, of 13 Missenden-road, Newtown. The deceased's 12-year-old…

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Alleged Assault. Constable Seriously Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 18

Constable Murdoch M'Donald (29), living at the Bourke-street police barracks, was picked up in a street at Newtown yesterday, where he had been on duty, in an unconscious condition…

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Injured Miner's Claim. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 17

A letter was received to-day by the Colliery Employees' Federation from their solicitors, stating that a settlement had been arrived at of the case of Hadfield v Hetton Coal…

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Blasting Fatality. How It Occurred. Helensburgh

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 13

Respecting the blasting accident at Cawley in No. 7 cutting, it appears that several holes were charged. The men working were warned in the usual way by someone singing…

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Holiday Accidents at Coogee

Evening News · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 10

In spite of the large crowd of holiday makers that patronised Coogee on Good Friday, only minor accidents occurred until late in the evening…

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A Chapter of Accidents. Queanbeyan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 18

Respecting the motor cycle reliability trial. Robinson, Levi, Cross, Roberts, Hargraves, Saunders, Billerwell, Scott, Seabrook, Tyler, Fraser, and Brown all report arriving here…

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To Prevent Motor Accidents

The Sun · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 11

A remarkable now invention, which it is claimed makes it impossible for a motor omnibus or motor car to run over any person is being considered by the London police…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Crushed by a Tram at Manly

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 March 1913 · page 14

James Ryan (34), a laborer, lately residing at North Manly, lost his life late last night as a result of being run over by a tram in Pittwater-road, Manly. Deceased had…

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Drowned While Fishing

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 March 1913 · page 2

Alfred Thomas-Alt, 33, single, a wharf laborer, who lived at Hamilton, was drowned while fishing in Newcastle Harbor early on Thursday morning. He was sitting on the…

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What to Do in a Railway Accident. Points for the Traveller to Study. How Some Men Have Saved Themselves

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 March 1913 · page 17

In Australia, happily enough, the annual loss of life amongst railway passengers is fairly small, although from time to time the figures take a big jump when some big accident…

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Painful Accident to Driscoll

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 March 1913 · page 13

Boyo Driscoll met with a painful accident which will probably result in his having to undergo an operation. While asleep the unfortunate youngster had the misfortune to…

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The Tsarevitch's "Accident."

Truth · Sunday 23 March 1913 · page 10

The first official reports that were issued at the time of the Tsarevitch's accident, in which the awful affair was attributed to an accident on board the royal…

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Sulky Accident. Death of Eva O'Halloran

The Sun · Sunday 23 March 1913 · page 4

Eva O'Halloran, aged 26, who was two weeks ago admitted to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, died yesterday. She was reported to have sustained her injuries in…

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Team Collision. One Passenger Injured. Accident at Rand Wick. Traffic Held Up for Two Hours

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 March 1913 · page 6

A tramway accident occurred at the intersection of Allison-road and Belmore-road, Randwick, at about 4.15 yesterday afternoon, when Alfred Thompson, carrier, between 38 and…

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Sailor Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 March 1913 · page 11

While four sailors were cruising in a boat at about 3.30 p.m. yesterday it capsized off Peacock Point, and one of the number, Anthony Virgil Gasparich (25), of the vessel Tesnil,…

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