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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

2,604 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 131

Drowned While Bathing. Auckland

Evening News · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 5

[?] was drowned while [?] His mother lives at [?]…

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Granville Fatality. Railway Guard's Evidence. Coroner's Severe Comments

Evening News · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 5

The adjourned inquiry regarding th death of Sybal May Woodman, 10, who died at the Parramatta Hospital on January 14, from injuries received by being run over by a train at…

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Drowned While Surfing Boy's Body Recovered Newcastle

The Sun · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 5

The body of the lad Frederick Morley, who was drowned while bathing in the surf last Tuesday week, was recovered this morning in the ladies' bathing place, about 200 yards…

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Fell From Train Injured Soldier's Condition Auburn

The Sun · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 5

At the Granville Cottage Hospital, Auburn, yesterday afternoon, Private Milton George Todd, the soldier who fell off a train on Wednesday night, sustaining injuries to his…

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A Fatal Driving Accident. Horse Wanders off the Road

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

Walter Stock, aged sixty years, a resident of Sydney, met with a fatal accident on the Sydney-road, near Bathurst, on Monday. He was driving a horse in…

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Fatal Gun Accidents

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

George Freeman Ward, while fishing at Nymboida, placed a loaded gun against the rock near where he sat. It slipped and the charge exploded, entering his…

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Gun Accident. Liverpool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 5

A boy named Schwelkert, living at Liverpool-road. Warwick Farm, was talking yesterday afternoon to another lad named Joseph Edward Richard Baxter, 13, living at…

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Fatalities & Accidents. Soldier Falls From Train

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 8

Milton George Todd (28), a soldier encamped at Liverpoal was unable to find a scat in the 11 p.m. train to Liverpool on Monday night, so he clambered on to the tender of the engine,…

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Double Fatality. Two Children Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 10

DUNEDOO, Friday. -- Frank Aiken (10) and Dudley Aiken (8), sons of E. J. Aiken, proprietor of the Hotel Dunedoo, were drowned in the Government railway tank to-day. One body has…

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"Found Drowned."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 18

An inquiry was held by the Parramatta Coroner, Mr. H. R. Clark, yesterday, touching the death of Mrs. Emily Beatrice Klein, whose body was found in the Parramatta River. The…

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Remarkable Accident. Injured Soldier's Stoicism

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 16

An accident of a peculiar kind occurred yesterday afternoon, when a young soldier named Norman L. M'Kenzie, living at Addison-road. Marrickiville, and attached to the 4th…

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Labourer Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 20

Matthew Breem (61), a labourer, Irving at Waterloo-street, Rozelle, was loading a tipdray yesterday morning at the Darling Harbour railway works, when a piece of rock…

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Railway Fatality. Inquest at Hornsby

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 8

The following evidence was given at an inquest conducted in the Hornsby Courthouse on Monday by Mr. H. Richardson Clark, District Coroner, concerning the…

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Railway Fatality. Coroner's Severe Comments

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 10

At the adjourned inquiry yesterday into the death of Sybil Woodman (10), who died at the Parramatta District Hospital on January 14, as the result of injuries received by being run…

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Two Brothers Drowned. Dunedoo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 18

Frank Aiken, 10, and Dudley Aiken, 8, sons of Mr. E. J. Aiken, proprietor of the hotel at Dunedoo, were drowned in the Government railway tank to day in 13 feet of water. The…

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Shooting Fatality. Boy Shot at Warwick Farm

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 5

Joseph Edward Richard Baxter aged 13 years and 7 months, residing with his parents at Cabramatta, was accidentally shot on Wednesday affternoon by a boy…

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Blown Off Cart Farmer Injured Forbes

The Sun · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 5

Mr. H. I. Jones, of Tomanbil, met with an extraordinary accident on his farm. He was on top of a load of straw when a "willy- willy" blew along. The whirlwind caught…

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The King's Accident

Evening News · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 1

The Premier has received through the Governor. The following letter from the [?] of State for the C[?] have the [?] to acknowledge the [?] of your [?]…

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