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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

3,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 153

A Dairy Farmer Injured. The Result of a Bolt

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 4

Robert Howe, a well-known dairy farmer, of Dunguy, on the Tweed, formerly residing at Arncliffe, Sydney, was returning from Murwillumbah, in a spring-…

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Bolting Horse Causes Death Child Killed. Two Women Injured

The Sun · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 3

In the accident yesterday which caused the death of the little girl, Adelaide Abbiss (as reported on page 4), two women were also thrown from a sulky and injured…

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20,000 Dead. Terrible Toll in Italy. 40,000 Injured. Horrors of the Night. London, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 1

The area of the Italian earthquake, is, larger than was first believed. Eighteen towns in the Lake Fucino district were completely wiped out, and 20 others suffered…

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Accident in Railway Yard Goulburn. Friday

Evening News · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 2

Parry Blackett, a railway carriage examiner, met with a serious accident in the railway yards yesterday while performing his duties it is not known how the accident happened but…

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Cycling Accident at Cessnock

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 4

A man named Davis was coming down Cooper-street hill, Cessnock (N.S.W.), on a bicycle, and the brake refusing to act, he crashed into a verandah. He was…

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Fatal Accidents Death Makes Sudden Galls a Boy Dies From a Blistered Heel

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 4

"Death was due to a septic wound on the heel, which could have been caused by the rubbing of a new boot against the heel, introducing some infection,"…

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A Fatal Gun Accident. a Telegraph Linesman's Death

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 4

Peter Martell was killed on Monday while out shooting with several companions at Bega (N.S.W.), Martell's guafell, and the trigger caught in some…

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Riding Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 8

KANGAROO VALLEY, Thursday. -- Last night Mr. P. O'Sullivan was riding home, when his horse fell on the Hampden Bridge. The MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday. -- Robert Howe,…

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Fatalities and Accidents a Peculiar Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 8

PENRITH, Thursday. -- Mrs. Peter Clarke, Jane Street, Penrith, after sweeping the back rooms of her premises, cast the sweepings into the fire. Amongst these was a loaded cartridge…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Inquest on the Victims

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 9

KALGOORLIE, Wednesday. -- At the inquest concerning the deaths of James M'Keown, Patrick Hall, Thomas Broderick, and Thomas Kearney, who were killed in the recent railway…

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Fatalities and Accidents Guild Drowned in Well

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 17

William Henry Borthwick, 2 years old, was found by his mother at the bottom of a well at his home in Canterbury Bond, Lakemba, yesterday afternoon. There was about 4ft. of water…

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Blasting Fatality. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 16

As the result of a blasting accident at Talisman mine, Peter Treplow was killed instantaneously, and another miner was seriously injured…

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Big Street Accident. One Killed, Five Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Friday. -- A serious accident occurred at the bead fire station, Eastern Hill, this afternoon. One man was killed and five other persons were more or less seriously…

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A Motor Fatality. Sad Experience for a Granville Resident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 12

The Nepean District Coroner held an inquest at Penrith on Monday and Tuesday into the cause of death of Bertie Edward Strike, who died from the effects of…

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Pope with the Injured. London, Saturday Morning

The Sun · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 6

The Rome correspondent of the Times states that the Pope has placed the vast Hospital of Santa Maria, attached to the Vatican, at the disposal of the injured, who…

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Fatal Demonstration. Man Killed. Spectators Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 18

The weekly demonstration of the Metropolitan Fire Bilgade, held at Eautern Hill this afternoon, ended in a serious accident. One man wat, killed, and five women and…

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A Clyde Man's Death. the Ashfield Railway Fatality. Particulars at the Inquest

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 2

Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, S.M., Parramatta District Coroner, held an inquest on Friday afternoon on the body of Daniel Henry O'Brien[?] who was killed on the…

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A Wild Night on the River. Lady's Mysterious Drowning After Waving "Goodbye" to Her Sister

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 4

The district coroner, Mr. M. H. Fitzhardinge, held an inquest at the Ryde Police Court on Tuesday into the circumstances surrounding the death of a…

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Broken Bottles on the Beach. Two Children Injured at Cooges

Evening News · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 6

When the Randwick Council removed the temporary dressing shed for men on Cooges Beach a great number of broken bottles were found underneath the door boards but the…

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Exciting Bolt in the City. Two Lorries Collide. Driver Badly Injured

Evening News · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 7

An exciting bolt, as the result of which Analoy Ward, a driver was seriously injured occurred in the city shortly after 7 o'clock this morning. Ward, who lives in Walls-Street, Redfern, was…

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