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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

3,042 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 153

Seaman Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 15

Donald Maclean, a seaman from the steamer Riverina, was found in an unconscious condition in Hyde Park last night. He was taken to Sydney Hospital and admitted with a bruised…

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Mysterious Drowning Case. Burwood Resident's Death

Evening News · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 8

The District [?]…

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Collision with Motor Car. Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 12

The co[?]ner concluded the inquest on Berti[?] Edwin Strike, whose death occurred on Sunday in consequence of a collision with a motor car, and, after hearing further evidence,…

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Attacked by Shark. the Mosman Fatality. Proposed Testimonial to Brave Rescuer

Evening News · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 6

The bravery of Mr. H. C. parle in [?]ing Warren Toose from a shark in Str[?] Gove on New Year's Day, was mentioned at the Mosman Council last night, when the mosman…

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Cycling Accident. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 12

A man named Davis was coming down Cooper-street hill on a bicycle, and, the brake refusing to act, he crashed into a verandah. He was picked up unconscious, suffering from…

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Fatalities and Accidents Fettler's Sudden Death

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 15

On Monday during lunch hour at the Clyde railway yards a man, James Budgen (44), a fettler employed by the Railway Department, was seized with an epileptic fit. He was…

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Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1915 · page 2

At the Pnrramntta Hospital on the 6th January. Teddie Power (9), from Baulkham [?], came along with a damaged hand for repairs. It hart been slightly…

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Boy Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Thomas Holmes (10), residing with his parents at Jesmond, was drowned while paddling in a waterhole near Wallsend this afternoon. He was with three…

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Drowned in Waterhole. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 10

Thomas Holmes, 10, residing with his parents in Steel-street, Jesmond, was drowned in a waterhole near Wallsend to-day. He and three othor boys were paddling in the water,…

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Harbor Collision. Damage to a Tug

Evening News · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 5

An exciting collision occurred in Darling Harbor this morning and as a result, Mr. J.[?] was damaged. The Hero was pulling the [?]…

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Dairy Farmer Injured. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 10

Robert Howe, a well-Known dairy farmer, of Dungay, formerly residing at Arncliffe, Sydney, was returning from town to-day in a springeart, when the horse he was driving…

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Fatal Hiding Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 11

GOULBURN, Wednesday.--A young man, Harold Leo Frost, the only son of the late Robert Frost, late of the Cressy Hotel, Oxford Street, Sydney, with a companion named…

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Fatalities and Accidents Woman Found Hanged

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 11

SINGLETON, Wednesday.--The body of Mrs. R. J. Burns,wife of a blacksmith at Sedge field was found this morning hanging by a strap to a bedpost in her bedroom. she was…

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Harbor Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 8

The tug Here, owned by Messrs. J. Fenwick and Co., had two plates in her starboard bow damaged as a result of a collision in Darling Harbor yesterday. The Here was assisting to…

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Another Priving Fatality

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Myers, of Comleroy Road, were driving home from Richmond (N.S.W.), and when entering the lane on Grange's Hill, their horse…

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Casualties. Scaffold Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 8

The City Coroner (Mr. H. S. Hawkins) yesterday held an inquiry into the cause of death of William Montgomery, 55. Evidence stated that Montgomery, on the 6th inst., was…

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Valuable Horses Drowned

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 4

Mr. J. Timmins, of Yarramundi (N.S.W.), recently lost his prize colt, valued at sixty guineas, owing to the rise in the Nepean River. Some of his horses…

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Drowned in a Waterhole

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 4

Thomas Holmes, a boy of ten years, residing with his parents in Jesmond (N.S.W.), was drowned in a waterhole near Wallsend. He and three other boys…

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Drowned in the Lachlan

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 4

A young man, Attillo Sala, employed at North Kangaroo station, Goolagong (N.S.W.) was drowned while bathing in the Lachlan…

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Mine Fatality. a Man Killed. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 6

Golden Horseshoe Mine was the scene of a shocking accident yesterday morning, an Italian miner being blown to pieces. The victim was a single man, named Joseph Tuya,…

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