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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

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Strange Street Accident. Killed by His Own Car

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 March 1915 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Mr. Jabez Gibson Turton (62), a member of the firm of Massey- Harris, implement manufacturers, and who resided at Riverside Road, Hamilton, was…

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Fatalities and Accidents Blood on the Rocks

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 March 1915 · page 8

William Undo (69), of Groat Buckingham Street, Redfern, left home on Friday, and has not since been heard, of. On Saturday afternoon Mr. Gibson, the signal master at south Head…

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A Surfing Fatality

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon Leslie Farley, eleven years of ace, whose parents reside at Karuah, near Port Stephens, was drowned in the surf on Stockton Bcach…

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Two Men Drowned

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 4

Two men named Ryan and Cann were drowned at Parua Bay, Zealand, through the capsizing of a dingy. A third occupant was rescued…

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A Collision with Tram

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 4

Chong Sun, a Chinese market gardener, living at Fairfield, was driving his can alone Bunnerong-road, Kensington (Sydney), on Saturday, when he collided…

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A Railway Porter Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 4

George Hanna, railway porter at Emu Plains (N.S.W.), was engaged propelling trucks, and was riding on the last one when he fell face downwards on the…

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Injured by Plough. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 10

Archibald Buckingham had a narrow escape from death at Blink Bonnie. He was in charge of a team of horses attached to a disc plough, when the horses bolted…

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A Motor Fatality. Run Over by His own Machine

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 4

A shocking motor fatality occurred at Windsor (Melbourne) on Saturday night, when Mr. J. G. Turton. who was connected with the Massey-Harris Co., was…

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Acetylene Explosion. Mayor of Berry Injured. Nowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 10

Mr. Richard Shepherd, Mayor of Berry, was charging an acetylene lighting plant last night at his residence, [?]omaderry, when an explosion occurred. Mr. Shepherd suffered…

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Shocking Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 5

A collision occurred between a tram and cart in Crown-street, City, this morning, and as a result, Thomas Waring, 23, a clerk, received a severs wound in the abdomen, from one of the…

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MISADVENTURES Fatal and Other Accidents Tram and Motor-bus Collide and Burn

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon an extraordinaly [?] occurred in Hanson-street, Ad[?] when a tramcar and a motor bus collided, and both were burned…

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Racing Accident. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 10

While racing on Saturday afternoon at the show ground, F. Riddell collided with C. Horn, and both riders came down heavily. Horn escaped injury, but Riddell had to be…

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Railway Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 10

KALGOORLJE, Tuesday.--Michael O'Sullivan and Cecil Mallon were accidentally killed on the trans-Australian railway line yesterday. They were travelling on an open truck…

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Collision with Cab

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 7

Before Judge Rogers David Greenlecs, importer, of 164 Pitt Street, Sydney, sought to recover £200 damages from Clive Landers, of 8 Forsyth Street, Glebe, cab…

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Injured by a Cart

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 10

Thomas Waring (42), residing at Maddison' Street, Redfern, was seated on the back of a tram yesterday when a cart collided with it, the shaft of the cart penetrating his abdomen…

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Fatalities and Accidents Burned Body Identified

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 10

The body of a man, which was found with the clothes burned off in the bush near Cemetery Street, Randwick, on Sunday, has been, identified as that of August Burmeister (69), a…

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Legs Cut Off. Railway Guard Run Over. Accident Near Moss Vale

Evening News · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 5

A shocking railway accident occurred near Moss Vale early this morning, as a result of which W. Duggan, a guard, who lives at Goulburn, is now an inmate of the Bowral Hospital…

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Trucks Derailed. Shunling Accident at Kogarah

Evening News · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 3

Shortly after midnight a shunting engine, when drawing out of the goods siding at Kogarah with three trucks and brake van, became deralled at slip points. A breakdown gang…

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Fatalities and Accidents Labour Found Dead

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 3

James Downing (49), a laborer, lately residing at Ballast Point Road, Balmain, was yesterday found in an unconscious condition in the gatekeeper's box, Mort's Dock. The Civil…

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Accidents

Co-operator · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 4

A railway fitter of Junee. Roy Jones, aged twenty-four years, was killed in the local yards last week. While crossing the yards a shunting…

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