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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

3,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 153

Fatalities and Accidents Body at Coogee

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 10

While walking along the cliffs near Gordon Bay, at Coogee, yesterday, William Doherty, an electrician, noticed an object in the water, surrounded by gulls. Closer investigation revealed…

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Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 6

Recorded at Parramatta Hospital:-On January 20 Robert Vincent, 4, was treated for a cut forehead, resulting from a fall from a fence Marjorie Barlow, 6, of…

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Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 8

Mr. Clancy, of Hornsby, was taken to the St. Leonard's Hospital on Tuesday, sufFering from a fractured leg. It seems that whilst carrying a child, he slipped…

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Sulky Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 5

Mr. Carl Konemann, a well known resident of Fairfield (who was accompained by Mr. Green, or Cabramatta)met with a nasty accident on…

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Painful Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 4

On Tuesday morning of last week, about 11 o'clock, while Mr Syd Holier, general carter, engaged at Messrs W and E Fulton's…

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Deadly British Gun Fire Sailors Prefer Drowning to Remaining Aboard Some Driven Mad Derfflinger Seriously Damaged. London, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 31 January 1915 · page 1

The Germans rescued from the engagement in which the Blucher was sunk include representatives from all the large ships comprising the raiding squadron…

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Drowned Man Identified

Evening News · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 2

The body of a man which was found floating the cliffs at Thompson's Bay, Coogee, on Friday afternoon, has been identified as that of Edward Matthew Walsh, it, who lived at…

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Country Girl Drowned. Gian [?]

Evening News · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 5

[?] June Knelpp, 13, daughter of Mr. John Knelpp, was acci dentally drowned in the [?] River yesterday afternoon while hatting with a younger sister, who [?]…

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Fatalities and Accidents Collided with a Surfer

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1915 · page 8

Early yesterday morning Thomas M'Arthur (43), who resides at 47 Cooper Street, Redfern, was shooting the breakers at Coogee, when he collided with another surfer, and received…

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Drowned in Parramatta River

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 4

Norman Fisher Yab[?]ey, a lad of fifteen years, living in parramatta, was swimming in the Parramatta River on Thursday afternoon with a number of…

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Drowned at Dawes Point

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 10

The body, of Henry Joseph Roberts, aged [?] was found at midday on Friday floating off Dawes Point. Efforts at resuscitation falled…

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Fishing Boat Capsizes. The Skipper Drowned

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 4

The fishing boat Mildred was caught in a gale [?] the West Australian coast about seventy miles north of Fremantle on Tuesday night and capsized. Captain…

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Drowned in the Manning. a Fall from a Wharf

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 4

William Griffis. a well-known Tarce resident, was seen 10 full into the Manning River from Fotheringham's Wharf, on Thursday afternoon. A farmer and…

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Jammed in a Shaft. a Sad Fatality in a Mine

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 4

A fatal accident happened at Potter's mine, Condobolin, N.S.W., now bring worked by tributers. George Atkins, who was in charge of the tributers, went down…

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Fatal Motor Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 5

William Gobbles, [?] a plasterer, who [?] in Lehester-street paddington, died in Sydney Hospital this afternoon from a fractured [?] received on January in through being knocked…

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Boating Accident. On the Coast Off Sydney

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 4

During a gale that swept along the roast in the neighborhood of Sydney on Sunday, boatmen and others had a rough lime. One boat, containing two men…

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Fatal Accidents Narrow Escapes from Death a Boiler Explosion Kills Father and Son

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 4

A boiler explosion resulting in the death of two men occurred at the Tasmanian Fertilising Company's works, Shag Bay, Risdon. near Hobart on…

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Fatal Quarry Accident. [?] By a Fall

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 4

A workman named George Lindholm, was faintly injured at the Commonwealth Portland Cement Company's quarry, Portland (N.S.W.).on Friday afternoon by…

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A Peculiar Shooting Accident

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 4

Francis J. Beatty, son of Mr. J.C. Beatty of Homeville, West Maitland, has met with a painful accident. He was out shooting at Abergias[?] and put…

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Pea-rifle Accident. Coonabarabran

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 10

Allan Howarth was accidentally shot in [?] groin with a pea-rifle on Saturday…

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