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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

3,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 153

Drowned in Creek. Delegate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 10

A man named Thomas Feltis was found drowned near his residence at Back Creek. Deceased's widow stated that her husband had gone to fish, and about an hour after…

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A Dairy Farmer Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 5

Robert Howe, a dairy farmer in the Dungay (Tweed) district, was returning home in a springcart from a visit to the township, when the horse bolted. The…

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Young Man Seriously Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 3

BATHURST, Monday.--Whilst cycling near the Extension bridge a young man, Walter Baden, was knocked down by a motor ear and seriously injured. He is suffering from…

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Stone Falls Forty Feet. Accident at University Two Men Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 5

A remarkable accident occurred at a [?] this morning in the [?] Camperdown and as a result two [?] in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital…

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Railway Collision. One Man Killed. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 8

A railway accident occured at the Newbridge deviation works to-day. A truck containing seven or eight labourers was proceeding along the line, when an empty…

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A Bolting Horse. Driver Seriously Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 5

A very painful accident happened in Bathurst-street, Sydney, to Audley Ward, a carter. Ward was driving a waggon along George-street when his horse…

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Crane Smash. Two Men Injured. One Nearly Electrocuted

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 6

A remarkable accident occurred at the new University buildings, University Park, Camperdown, this afternoon, and as a result a dogman, Thomas Pearman, aged 30, and a…

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Gored by Bull. Man Badly Injured. Yanco

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 6

A man named Schroader, an experimental farm employee, was attacked and severely gored by the farm stud bull yesterday, but rescued from immediate death by Thompson,…

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Fatal Petrol Explosion. a Child Killed the Father Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 5

While a ganger, Dunford, was filling the magazine of a motor trolly with petrol at the Darwin railway sheds, the petrol exploded, and he and his…

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Sunk in a Storm. Crew's Terrible Adventures Eleven Drowned. London, Monday Evening

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 5

During a tremendous gale in the North Sea a steamer carrying a cargo of maize struck on Sheringham Shoal, off the Norfolk coast. The grain was washed out through…

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More Earthquakes. Shocks Continue in Italy. a Mountain Split in Two. Rescuing the Injured. Rome

Evening News · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 1

Earthquake shocks continue to be felt, and [?] have [?] registered since the disaster. Sixty towns were destroyed in half a minute. The big earth[?] rent in two Mount…

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A Double Bolting Accident

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 5

On Thursday afternoon a man left an horse and cart standing in Coward-street, Mascot, Sydney. In the cart was a little five-year-old girl named Adelaide Abbas[?]…

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Fatal Accidents Death Makes Sudden Calls a Fire Engine Dashes Into a Crowd

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 5

A deplorable accident occurred at the head fire station, Eastern Hill, Melbourne, on Friday. One man was killed and five other persons were more or less…

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Fatal Lift Accident. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 10

The deputy coroner held an inquiry to-day into the death of Annie Morris, 34, married who died from injuries sustained through having been crushed in a lift at the Grand…

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A New Middleweight. All Comers--£100 Aside. Tommy Burns's Accident. Rudd's Heavy Punch

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 7

A new middleweight has come to town. We want as many middleweights as possible --good ones, of course--because great middleweights can be brought from other…

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Railway Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 3

BATHURST, Monday.--Whilst George Baker (20), a married man with two children, you attending trucks on the Newbridge deviation works, this morning, an engine bumped the…

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Fatalities and Accidents Guard Cut to Pieces

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 3

George Quinn, a railway guard was knocked down and cut to pieces by the Moree mall at Hawkesbury River station. Qninn was in charge of a stock train which was standing at…

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The Newbridge Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 10

BATHURST, Tuesday.--A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest in connection with the death of George Baker (26), Who was killed by an engine at the Newbridge…

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Railway Fatality. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 12

The inquest was continued concerning the death of James M'Keown, Patrick Hall, Thomas Brodrick, and Thomaa Kearney, who were killed in the railway smash on the…

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Stockman Drowned. Goondiwindi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 12

John Willis, a native of Sydney, 18 or 20 years of age, employed as a stockman on Boonal station, was drowned in the M'Intyre River whilst engaged in mustering stock on…

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