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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

3,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 153

Surfing Fatality. Rescuer's Narrow Escape

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 9

Every effort was made by the members of the North Narrabeen Surf Club to rescue the late Mr. Long, the victim of the surfing fatality on Sunday. The first who swam out…

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Blasting Fatality. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 10

The two men injured in the blasting accident near Gisborne last week have since died…

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Street Motor Accident. a Woman Killed and a Man Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

A man named Frederick Hope, aged sixty-eight years, and an elderly woman named Wood, whose address is unknown, were run over by a motor-car at the…

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English Railway Collision. Many People Killed

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

An express train ran through a local train at the trussing points outside H-ford station, England. and toppled over un embankment. A number of carriages…

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Drowned in a Creek. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 10

Reginald Jones, 6, residing with his parents in Phoebe-street, Islington, was drowned in Tighe's Creek, Islington, on Friday. He left his home with another boy, who was not…

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Cyclist Killed. Collision with Motor Car. Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 7

The Coroner opened an inquest this afternoon on the body of Bertie Edwin Strike, 21, of Croydon, who died here yesterday as the result of a collision with a motor car whilst…

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A Young Woman Drowned. a Family Bathing Party

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

On Wednesday afternoon Miss Gladys Jones, of Tegege. was drowned in the Kolan River, near Bundaberg. Mr. Amos Jones, accompanied by his three sisters…

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A Chinaman Injured. Thrown From a Cart

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

Frightened by a traction engine in King Street, St. Peters, Sydney, a horse attached to a cart shield, throwing the driver, Jeff Loon Yet, a Chinese market…

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The Toll of the Surf. a Man Drowned at Narrabeen

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

Overcome by the force of the undertow, Francis James Long, of Balmain (Sydney), was curried out and drowned in the surf on Sunday morning while bothing…

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Struck by Lightning. Horse Killed und Rider Badly Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

At Maryborough (Q.) on Tuesday night last, Michael O'Sullivan, a dairyman, was riding home when his horse was struck dead by lightning, and the…

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Railway Accidents Dangers of the iron Road Many Workmen Killed or Crippled

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

The victims of the railway accident on the Trans-Australian har, reported in last issue, were taken to Kalgoorlie, W.A., hospital. At the june of the…

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Events of the Day a Chapter of Accidents a Doctor's Condemnation of Ghlorodyne

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

At an inquest at Pammaatta into the circumstances attending the death of Mrs. M'Killon, who had resided at Kellyville, but died at the Park Gates Hotel…

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Fatal Gun Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

BEGA, Monday.-Peter Martell was killed yesterday while out shooting with several companions. Martell's gun fell, and the trigger caught in some vines and exploded the charge,…

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Fatalities and Accidents Women Overboard

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

While the steamer Wyandra was passing Norah Head on her way to Sydney early yesterday morning, Mrs. Margaret Mills (47), a resident of Brisbane, fell overboard and was…

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Fatal Driving Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

RICHMOND, Monday.-Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Myers. of Comleroy Road, whilst driving home from Richmond, and when entering the lane on Grange's Hill, their horse took fright at a…

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Fatal Shooting Accident. Bega

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 10

Yesterday, at Stoney Creek, four miles from Bega, a young man named Peter Lawrence Martell, aged 25, who was out with others shooting foxes, accidentally shot himself, blowing…

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Motor Car Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 10

James Barker, after alighting from a tram at Oxford-street, was knocked down by a motor car. He sustained concussion of the brain, and was removed to St. Vincent's Hospital…

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Railway Accident. Zeehan (Tas.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 10

The Emu Bay Company's train which left Zeehan on Saturday was derailed when 33½ miles out owing to a large tree which had fallen across the line at a sharp curve…

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Lift Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 10

Frederick Burrey, 24, storeman at the commonwealth Military Store, Darling Island, on Saturday was looking down the lift well from the eighth floor, when the lift weights came…

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Miner Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 15

DELEGATE, Tuesday.--Thomas Fettis was found drowned in a water-hole near his residence at Lower Bondoc. A fishing rod and pipe were found on the…

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