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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

3,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 153

Sailors Use Knives. Man Seriously Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 8

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--During a fracas among seamen at North Stockton last night Louis Lacabe, watchman on the French barque Ville de Havre was stabbed in the chest and…

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Shire Clerk's Suicide. Drowned in Lane Cove River

Evening News · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 4

At inquest was held at the City Coroner's Court this morning into the death of Stephes Middleton Trickett, St. who was found drowned in the Lane Cove River…

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Surfers' Troubles. Accidents at Coogee

Evening News · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 6

A feet of "Portugese men-o-war," commonly known as blue-bottles invaded Coogee Bay on Sunday, and made matters uncomfortable for numbers of bathers who encountered…

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Accidentally Shot. Pistol Goes Off at Bexley

Evening News · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 3

While Robert Harrow, who lives in High-gate-street, Bexley, was sitting in his garden about 7 o'clock on Sunday evening, a revolver bullet struck him in the high. the wound…

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Motoring Accident. Bathuest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 10

A party of Sydney motorists had an exciting experience while approaching Bathurst in the early hours of the morning. When near Denison Bridge, over the…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Death From Poison

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 8

Alice Annie Sutherland (32), single, lately residing at George Street, Newtown,died in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital from the effects of poison…

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Collision with Sulky. Cyclist Seriously Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 4

As a result of a collision between his motor cycle and a sulky driven by Mr. A. James at Pennant Hills on Saturday George Smith Spencer, of Pennant Hills, is lying in a…

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Sisters Drowned. Fatality at Cook's River. Both Bodies Recovered

The Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 5

Two sisters, Elsie Grant and Doris Grant, aged 13 and 11 years respectively, lost their lives while they were, it is supposed, bathing in Cook's River, near the Undercliffe bridge,…

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Katoomba Fatality. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 10

At the Katoomba Police Court to-day further evidence was heard-by the District Coroner, Mr. Judges, with reference to the death of Clarence J. Bembrick, motor cyclist, who…

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British Steamers Sunk Four Persons Drowned. Cardiff, Feb. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 9

The British steamer Cambank, 3112 tons, was torpedoed off Holyhead by a German submarine to-day, and sank. Four persons were drowned…

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A Cripple and a Boy Gave Each Other Help. Drowning Case at Manly

Evening News · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 3

An unusual story was told to the City Coroner (Mr. Hawkins) this morning, when he hold an inquiry into the death of Niel Peter Nieisen, 27, a single man…

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Sudden Deaths a Mustering Fatality Mother Sees Her Two Sons Killed

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 4

At Boonah (Q.) a few days ago a young man named James Kerwin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kerwin, of Heatherside. Coochin, Boonah, was killed while…

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Struggle in the Surf. a Cripple Drowned. Bravery of Rescued Boy

The Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 3

A story of how a cripple, Niel Peter Nielsen, aged 27 saved the life of a boy, Alfred Ferns, in the surf at Queenscliff, Manly, last Friday afternoon, and how five minutes later Nielsen…

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Bomb on Calais. Zeppelin Attack. Five Killed and Injured. London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 1

A Zeppelin airship sailed over Calais this morning and dropped several incendiary bombs into the town. The damage done to the town itself was…

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A Deadly Bomb. British Aviator at Blankenberghe. Many Killed and Injured. Amsterdam, Monday Night

Evening News · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 1

It is non stated that the recent bomb dropping by a British avlator at Blankenperghe was responsible for considerable loss of life. The "Telegraaf" says that one bomb fell on…

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A Shocking Accident. Hand Shattered by Dynamite

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 4

On Tuesday last a youth named Sidney Knight was the victim of a shocking accident at Gympie. A plug of dynamite, which he was in the act of throwing into…

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Misadventures a Sensational Motor-car Accident. Somersault Over a Bank

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 4

Five occupants of motor-car that left Sydney on Saturday morning had a sensational experience when nearing Denison bridge, about a mile from Bathurst…

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The Dungay Accident

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 4

Mr. Robert Howe a well-known dairy fanner at Dungay, Tweed River, who was severely injured in a driving accident about three weeks ago, died on Saturday…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Shire Clerk's Death

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 11

At an inquest concorning the death of Stephen Middleton Hill Triekett, aged 24, formerly shire clerk of Narromine, a vordict of suicide was returned. The body was found in…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Two Girls Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1915 · page 10

Dorothy Grant (8) and Mary Grant (9), lately residing with their parents at Macquarle Road, Canterbury, were swimming under Underclift bridge, when they got out of their depth. Mr…

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