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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

3,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 153

Lift Accident

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

On Saturday afternoon Robert Henry Walden, 3½, was playing at the Great Western Coffee Palace, near Hay-street. The child got into the lift on the ground floor, and some…

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Boy Shot Dead. Accident at Newcastle. Newcastle

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 3

Ralph Cox, aged 11 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Cox, of Fullerton Cove, Stockton, was accidentally shot dead yesterday afternoon. The lad, with some companions,…

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Fatalities and Accidents Body Identified

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 8

The body of a man, which was found floating in Gordon Bay, Coogee, on Friday, has been identified as that of Edward Matthew Walsh, who lived with his wife in Redfern Street,…

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Fatalities and Accidents Motor Cyclist Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 13

Athol Edward Bryan (23), of Gordon Crespent, Kensington, collided with a motor car while riding a motor cycle along Bunnerong Road, Kensington. He suffered a compound fracture…

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Drowned While Bathing. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 16

A young girl named Ivy Knelpp, aged 18, was drowned in the Beardy River on Sunday afternoon while bathing…

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Casualties. Fatality at a Quarry. Portland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 16

At the Commonwealth Portland Cement Company's quarry on Saturday, Geo[?] Lindholm, 52, married, was killed by be[?]g struck on the neck by a piece of limeston,…

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In the Air. Australian Drowned in North Sea

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 14

The "Daily Chronicle'' correspondent At Dunkirk says that Major Raieigh and Captain Roche, who participated in the air raid on Zeebrugge, encountered a fog on the…

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A Boy's Death. the Bathing Fatality. a Deep Hole Near the Bank

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 3

On Monday afternoon, Mr. McFarlane, D.S.M., Acting Coroner for Parramatta district, held an inquiry touching the circumstances surrounding the death of…

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Coghill the Cornstalk Pastes Pat Doran, Who Is Too Fat. And Who is Further Handicapped by an Injured Shoulder. Unsatisfactory Heavyweight Fight

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 6

The thousand or so that turned up to the Pavilion. Exhibition-street. Melbourne, last Saturday night to see Gordon Coghill, the flaxen-haired Artillery…

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Fatal Train Accident. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 16

A tragic ending to a Sunday-school picnic occurred on Saturday evening, when John Gibson, 13, living at Hawdon-street, Heidelberg, was thrown on to the line as he attempted…

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Accident on Level Crossing. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 16

A dairy farmer at crabbe's s Creek, namend Jones, accompanied by his son, aged about 15, was driving over a level crossing on the railway line not far from Crabbe's Creek…

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Circular Saw Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 February 1915 · page 13

WOONONA, Tuesday.--William Skinner (14), son of Mr. Skinner, contractor, had his right hand taken off at the wrist through coming in contact with a circular saw at Messrs…

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Motor Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 10

William Gubbins, 65, died in Sydney Hospital on Tuesday. The police report states that was walking along the centre of Elizabeth-street, near Reservoir-street, on the…

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Boy Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 10

William Raymond Jinkins, 7, and five other boys on the 24th ult. got into a small flatbottomed boat at Hen and Chicken Bay. One of the boys kept tilting the boat till it turned…

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Soldier Drowned at Liverpool

Evening News · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 2

The body of Trooper Harris of Queensland, a member of the tropical forces was found in G[?]…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 10

Athol Edward Bryan, 23, living at Goraoncrescent, Stanmore, was on Tuesday riding his motor bicycle behind a motor vehicle on the Bunnerong-road, Kensington. The latter…

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Drowned in the Paterson. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 10

R.F.Lenholem, foreman of a Government bridge-repairing gang, was found drowned in the Paterson River He set out alone on a fishing trip on Sunday…

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Drowned at Five Dock. Boys' Exciting Adventure

Evening News · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 3

William Raymond Jinkins, 7. was drowned at Hen and Chicken Bay. five Dock, on Sunday January 24. At the inquest held at the City Coroner's Court, a verdict of accidental…

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Attempt to Cross Canal. Enemy Frustrated. Several Invaders Drowned. London, Thursday Morning

The Sun · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 5

Cairo reports that the enemy sought to cross the Suez Canal last night. The British troops captured the bridging material, and several of the invaders were…

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Perilous Ride. Trucks Break Away. Miners Injured. Ipswich (Q.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1915 · page 8

An accident occurred at Noble Vale colliery, No. 1, this morning, whereby 15 men were injured, one of them seriously. It has lately been the custom [?] the…

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