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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

3,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 153

Drowned in the Darling

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 8

WENTWORTH, Thursday.--William William, the five-years-old son of Mr. T, Williams, was drowned in the river yesterday. The boy and his sister got into it a boat which was tied to…

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Military Guard Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 8

NEWCASTLE. Thursday.--Mervin Cork (18), one of the infantry guard at Fort Seratehley, after bathing in the ocean, baths this afternoon, slipped on the promenade. His bead struck the…

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Express in Collision. Smashes Into a Truck. Accident Near Harden

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 6

A railway smash occurred on the main Harden line in the early hours of this morning, the first division of the Melbourne express crashing into a sheep van. which…

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Railway Smash. Collision in a Tunnel

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

Early yesterday morning a collision took place on tho northern lino between an engine, unattached, and a train made up of cattle trucks…

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Drowned in the Darling River. Wentworth

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 8

William Williams, 6, son of Mr. Tom Williams, a local blacksmith, went to the Darling River with his sister, aged 6, and other children yesterday afternoo. After playing in a…

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Drowned at Bondi. a Cricketer's Fatal Dive

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

After paddling round with other bathers in the bogey-hole at Bondi, Sydney, on Wednesday morning, a young man took a header from the outer wall into…

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Drowned at Delegate. Fisherman Takes a Fit

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

Thomas. Feltis has been found drowned near his residence at Back Creek, Delegate (N.S.W.). Decea[?]'s widow stated that her husband hud gone to fish, and…

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A Child Saved From Drowning. Gallant Rescue by a Deckhand

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

As the Kanangra left Musgrave-street Wharf, Mosman. on her 10 o'clock trip on Monday morning for Circular Quay. Sydney,…

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Horse Swimming at Coogee. Young Man Nearly Drowned

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

There was an exciting on Coogee Beach Sydney, on Sunday morning, when John Patton, of Leichhardt, nearly lost his life. Patton took a horse into…

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A Stockman Drowned. Attempting to Cross the Melntyre

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

John Willis, a native of Sydney, eighteen or twenty year of age. employed aa a stockman on Boonal station, Goondi-windi, was drowned in the Mclntyre…

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An Old Man Injured. Knocked Down by a Cart

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

Clive J. Williams aged eighty-five years, living at Marrickville (Sydney), was knocked down by a grocer's cart in Enmore Road,…

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Cored by a Bull. a Yanco Form Hand Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

A man named Schroader, an experimental farm employee at Yanco (N.S.W.), was attacked and severely gored by the farm stud bull on Monday,…

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Train Leaves Rails. Child Killed. Three Women Injured. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 6

An accident which might have resulted in a serious loss of life occurred on the Te Rin-gaomotu Timber Company's line to-day. A train consisting of a number of open tracks…

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The War From Day to Day Zeppelin Raid English Towns Bombarded Many Persons Killed and Injured. Bombs in the Night

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 1

A sensational Zeppelin raid upon England was effected on Tuesday night, bombs being dropped upon Yarmouth, Sheringham. Sandringham (where the…

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Blasting Accident. Tempe Team Depot Damaged

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 5

Blasting operations which are being carried out alongside the Tempe Tramway Depot in Cock's River-road, provided some excitement this morning. A charge dislodged a quantity…

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Fatal Accidents The W.A. Railway Smash Crave Charges Uttered at the Inquest

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 4

At the inquest in Perth (W.A.) concerning the death of James M'Keown, Patrick Hall, Thomas Brodrick, and Thomas Keainey, who were killed in the railway…

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Motor Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 12

Kate Maddocks, 60, on the night of the 9th inst, while crossing Goorge-street, near the railway, got in front of a moving motor car, and sustained injuries from which she died…

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Miners' Accident Relief Fund

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 12

At to-day's meeting of the minors' delegate boord a report was read stating that applications had been mndo by widows whose husbands had died from the effects of…

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Blasting Accident. Tramway Depot Damaged. Narrow Escapes

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 6

While blasting operations were being carried on in the vicinity of the Tempe tramway depot this morning, one of the charges caused a great upheaval of earth and rock…

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Fatalities and Accidents Woman Suffering From Poison

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 8

Amy M'Kenzlo, a single-woman, was taken to Sydney Hospital by the Civil Ambulance yesterday morning Buffering from the effects of poison. Constables Toohey and Gallagher went…

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