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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

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Drowned While Bathing

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 4

DUBBO, Sunday.—Robert Aubrey Leahey (22) was drowned while bathing in the Macquarie River, about two miles below Dubbo. Deceased leaves a wife and child. He was employed on…

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Injured Skulls

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 4

James Robinson (45), living at Flat Street, Leichhardt, tried to board a moving tram at Norton Street, but fell, and sustained a lacerated skull. He was convoyed by the Newtown…

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A Fatal Collision. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 10

Arthur Herbert Fox, 22, was riding his motor cycle with a side-car attached at a great speed towards St. Kilda last night, when, in swerving to avoid two people waiting on…

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Youth's Narrow Escape. Drowning in a Fit

Evening News · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 3

J. Warneckie, 19, a resident of Meadowbank, had a narow scape from drowning on Saturday afternoon. He went out rowing but while standing up was suddenly seized with a fit, and…

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Harbor Collision. Ferry and Motor Launch

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 4

Some misunderstanding concerning a private launch, which was stated to be cruising about the harbor without a permit, after dark, caused a slight collision between the launch and the…

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Zeppelin Lost. Crew Drowned. Rome, Feb. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 9

A Zeppelin was carried away at Pola during a violent gale. The crew were drowned in the Adriatic…

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Motor Car Accidents

Evening News · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 1

A motor car, containing four persons, skidded and overturned at the intersection of Glenhuntley and Ormand roads, near Melbourne, on Saturday, resulting in the death of Harvey…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Driving to Brighton. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 8

A serious motor accident occurred at Elwood, [?] the St. Kilda foreshore, to-day, at the intersection of Glenhuntly and Ormond reads. A motor car containing four persons,…

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Fatalities and Accidents Legs Broken

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 4

A horse being ridden by Trooper Davies, of the National Reserves, bolted in Cowper Street. Randwick, on Saturday, and collided violently with a telegraph pole. Davies, who…

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Melbourne Motor Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1915 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A 25-h.p. motor–car skidded into an electric tram stanchion at a sharp turn from Broadway into Ormond Road,. Elwood, to–day, with the result that…

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Drowned While Bathing

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

Robert Aubrey Leahey was drowned while bathing in the Macquarie River, about two miles below Dubbo. Deceased leaves a wife and child. He was…

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Mother and Son Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 8

Mary Boardman (39), with her two–year–old son Sidney, was attempting to cross the tramline, in Maroubra Road, when they were knocked down by the tram which conveys the…

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Fatal Accidents Road and Railway Mishaps Dashed to Death in a Motor Smash

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

A serious motor accident occurred at Elwood, on the St. Kilda foreshore (Mclbou[?] on Saturday. A motor car con[?]ing four persons, i turning the…

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A Rider's Accident

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

A horse being ridden by Trooper Day is, of the National Reserves, bolted in Randwick, Sydney, on Saturday, and collided violently with a telegraph pole…

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Accident to Auctioneer

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 7

Mr. Alex. Anderson, the popular little auctioneer for J. H. Beale and Co., had the misfortune to meet with a nasty accident. while up at Taree…

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Casualties. Tram Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 17

Alexander August Fourrs, 5½, on the 23rd ult., ran across Wharf-road, Concord, in front of a moving tram. He was knocked down, and was killed instantly. The…

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Motor Cycle Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Harold Allerton (20), joiner, died in Melbourne Hospital this evening from the effects of a fractured skull. He was riding a motor cycle to his home at…

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Riding Fatality. Barraba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 17

An old man named Alfred Weaver was thrown from his horse while returning to his home on Thursday night, his neck being broken. The Coroner dispensed with an inquest…

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Man Drowned. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 17

Robert Aubrey Leahey, 22, employe, as a linker-up on the Dubbo-Werris Creek railway construction work, was drowned in the Macquarie River while bathing. He leaves a widow…

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A Soldier Injured

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 15

Trooper Davies, of National Reserve, who lives in Belmore-road, Coogee, was riding down Cowper-street, Randwick, on February 27, when his horse took fright and bolted…

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