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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

2,604 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 131

Fatalities & Accidents. a Fractured Pelvis

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 10

While working on the new railway works at Darling Harbor. Matthew Breen (61), a laborer, living at 8 Waterloo Street, Rozelle, sustained a fractured pelvis owing to being struck by a…

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A Train Accident

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

At about 10.30 last night John Lynn, 32, a blacksmith, living at Anderson-street, Belmore, fell from No. 11 platform at the Central Station, and a Belmore-bound train…

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Granville. Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 2

On Tuesday. a man named Thomas Lester (46), of Bank-street, Meadowbank, was thrown from a motor lorry at the Duck River bridge, between Granville and…

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Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 2

Amongst the casualties treated at St. Josoph's Hospital during the past few days have been the following:—Gordon Byrne (10), Normanby-road, Auburn, cut…

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Serious Accident to a Child

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 6

A little had, Henry Timmins, not yet three years of age, had a bad experience oil Tuesday. He strayed into a stable at his father's place, and got kinked and…

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Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 6

Richard .J. Neeve (46) was treated at the Parramatta Hospital on January 22nd for an injury to the lip caused in a bicycle accident. Sarah Peleger, 16, a girl…

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Accident to Ald Jos. Field

Nepean Times · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 4

We have to chronicle with regret that that deservedly popular citizen of Castlereagh, and member of the Penrith Municipal Council (Ald Jos…

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Woman Drowned

The Sun · Sunday 30 January 1916 · page 4

After leaving her home, Gladstone-street, Newtown, last Monday, Mrs. Grace Coyne was not afterwards seen alive. Yesterday her body was found floating in Hen and…

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Drowned in a Tub Forbes

The Sun · Sunday 30 January 1916 · page 4

The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Farrand was this morning drowned in a tub of rain water. The child got out of bed and crawled along the verandah to where…

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The Accident to the King

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 January 1916 · page 4

The Premier has received, through His Excellency, from the Secretary of State for the Colonies (under date November 6) an acknowledgment in the following tearms: "I have the…

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Woman Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 10

The body of Mrs. Grace Coyne was fou[?] in Hen and Chicken Bay on Saturday last. The deceased had been missing from her home, Gladstone-street, Newtown, since the…

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Boilermaker Injured

Evening News · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 5

William Donewellan 23, a boilermaker, living in Aimer-street, Darlington, was working in the Eveieigh workshops this morning when he stombled and felt against a stack of from…

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The Sussex in Collision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 4

According to cable advices from London the Federal-Shire steamer Sussex, which left Sydney on the 30th Nov., came into collision with the…

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Ship Ben Lee in Collision London, Monday Morning

The Sun · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 5

The sailing ship Ben Lee, bound from Liverpool to Sydney with general cargo, collided with the American liner Philadelphia in St. George's Channel on Saturday…

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Fearful Floods at Pinsk German Forces Drowned Many Positions Destroyed London, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 1

A Petrograd message states that a sudden thaw in the Pinsk marshes has caused great floods around the German positions, destroying heavy battery emplacements,…

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Paris. Zeppelin Raid. Seven Fatalities. Twenty-two Persons Injured. Paris, Jan. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 9

The Prefect of Police at a quarter to 10 o'clock on Sat[?]rday night enforced the measures prescribed in case of an air raid. The city was plunged in darkness,…

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Fatalities & Accidents. Found Shot

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 8

Luigi Cosignani (76), an Italian, living in Doncaster Avenue, Kensington, was found dead in his bed on Saturday morning, having been shot through the right temple. A five-…

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Drowned at Balmain

Evening News · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 5

While working on a boat lying at [?] Wharf at Balmain this afternoon, Roy Burton Stevens a laborer who lived in Chel[?] road Burwood [?]…

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A Fisherman Drowned

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 4

A tragic discovery was made [?] miles from Randall's Bay, Tasmania. A fisherman, named William Mespey[?] cruising in the bay in his launch [?]…

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Motor Car Accident Four Men Injured Singleton

The Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 7

A motor car accident occurred last evening on the Maitland-road near Lochinvar. Thomas Easterbrook, of Singleton, had been engaged to take Mr. Bergen, a surveyor, from…

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