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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

3,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 153

Ballarat Railway Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 March 1915 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--According to the decision of a board of departmental officers, which has been sitting at Ballarat, the railway collision at Ballarat station on Saturday…

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Drowned at Manly

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 March 1915 · page 8

The City Coroner held an inquiry yesterday regarding the death of. William Dobbs (45), employed In the Public Works Department at Hongkong, who with another man, was…

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Ballarat Collision. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 March 1915 · page 8

The Railway Commissioners announced today that the departmental board of officers which investigated the cause of the collision between pienic trains at Ballarat on Saturday…

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Missionary Drowned. Norfolk Island Fatalities

The Sun · Thursday 25 March 1915 · page 6

News by the Norfolk Island mall says:-- The Rev. W. F. Long, of the Melanesian Mission, was drowned in the rough breakers at Anson Bay on February 10 whilst…

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Ferry Captain Fined. Collision in the Harbor

Evening News · Thursday 25 March 1915 · page 4

Before Mr. Clarke, at the Water Police Court, Walter Henry Dohrn, of 15 Chuter-street, North Sydney, was summoned by Alexander Gangster, an inspector of the Department of Navigation,…

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Toll of the Service the Tamworth Fatality Driver and Fireman Committed for Trial

Co-operator · Thursday 25 March 1915 · page 4

The Inquiry into the circumstances connected with the death of Jamas Mason, railway ganger, who was killed on the 9th Inst., while…

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Accidents to Teamsters. Run Over by Waggons. Wagga

Evening News · Thursday 25 March 1915 · page 5

Philip Menz, 52, of Gregadoo, died in the hospital yesterday, from injuries received by being crushed under a waggon drawn by 11 horses, which he was driving from Wagga towards his…

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Coal Gas Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 March 1915 · page 12

Richard Whitehead, a caretaker employed by the Australian Gas Light Company, was overcome by the fumes of coal gas escaping from pipes at which he was working in…

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Sickness and Accident. Railway Union's Protest

The Sun · Thursday 25 March 1915 · page 7

The Chief Commissioner for Railways is to be approached with a view to conceding full-time pay to employees who go temporarily off duty through sickness or…

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Fatalities and Accidents Intending Patient's Death

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 March 1915 · page 8

Early yesterday afternoon a, man, about 50 years of age, entered the casualty ward of the Sydney Hospital and suddenly became ill. He was attended to by Dr, Gray who found that…

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Accidents. Guard Loses His Legs

Co-operator · Thursday 25 March 1915 · page 4

Guard Duggan, who was in charge of a bailast train from Goulburn, on Thursday last, was engaged shunning near Weal Station,…

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Soldier Drowned. Fatality at Maroubra Bay

The Sun · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 5

Private Carle, a member of the Third Battalion of infantry, stationed at Liverpool, was drowned at Maroubra 'Bay this afternoon…

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Shooting Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 9

Charles Garland Voss, 31, was before the Central Police Court yesterday in connection with the death of John Thomas Sheppard, at Grosvenor-street, city. The police…

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Sudden Deaths Fatal and Other Accidents a Double Drowning Mishap in Victoria

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 4

A tragic accident happened to a boating parry in Victoria on Sunday evening while they were on a trip from Cowes to Hastings. The party consisted of N…

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Scalded by Steam. Four Workmen Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 4

An accident happened on Monday at the Fresh Food and Ice Company's works at Darling Harbor (Sydney), through which four men were seriously injured. One of…

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Injured on a Dredge. Two Days Without Attention

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 4

Frank Williams, a night-watchman on the Harbor and River Department's dredge was admitted to the Newcastle (N.S.W.) Hospital on Monday morning…

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Central Criminal Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir William Cullen, and juries.) Mr. H. Harris, Crown Prosecutor. Bourke-street Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 5

Michael O'Neill, for whom Mr. P. K. White appeared, was sentenced to two years' imprisonment with hard labour in Goulburn Gaol, for causing the death of John Smith at…

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NO. 1 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Sly and a jury of four.) Injured by a Crane. Prattis v Bexley Council

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 5

Mr. Kelynack and Mr. Monahan, instructed by Messrs. Harold T. Morgan and Morgan, appeared for the plaintiff; and Mr. Wade, K.C., and Mr. Mann, instructed by Messrs. J. A. J…

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Two Children Killed. a Driving Accident

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 4

Mary Rogerson, aged eleven years, and her lister. Ada Emily, aged three years, were killed at Emerald (Vic). on Saturday. They were riding in a cart…

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A Show Accident

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 4

An accident that occurred at the Sydney Royal Agricultural Society's Show last Easter and terminated fatally, was the subject of an action for damages…

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