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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

2,604 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 131

Two Boys Drowned. Dunedoo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 10

The coroner held an inquest to-day touching the death of Frank Aiken, 10 years, and Dudley Aiken, S years, who were drowned in the railway dam. A verdict of accidental…

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Collision at Sea. Sydney-bound Ship Abandoned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The ship Ben Lee, bound from Liverpool to Sydney, collided with the American liner Philadelphia 20 miles southwest of South Stuck Rock, off Holyhead Island,…

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The Ben Lee From Liverpool to Sydney in Collision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 4

Cable advices from London state that the British ship Ben Lee, 2204 tons net, bound from Liverpool to Sydney and Newcastle with a full…

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MISADVENTURES Drownings and Shootings Two Brothers Drowned at Dunedoo

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

Frank Aiken, a boy of ten, and Dudley Aiken, aged eight, sons of Mr. E. J. Aiken, proprietor of the hotel at Dunedoo, were drowned in the Government…

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Vessels in Collision. Fen-lee and Philadelphia. London, Jan. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 10

The [?] Ben-lee, 2341 tons, bound [?] Liverpool to Sydney, came into collision [?] the American liner Philadelphia 20 miles [?] west of South Stack. Seven men who we[?]…

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Motorists Injured. Car Slips Over Embankment Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 8

A motor car accident occurred on the Waterloo Range, Glen Innes-road, as a result of which Mr. O. V. Johnson, clerk of the Macintyre Shire Council, and secretary…

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Injured Soldier's Stoicism. Arm Smashed in a Railway Car

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

An accident of a peculiar kind occurred on Friday afternoon, when a young soldier named Norman L. M'Kenzie, living at Addison-road, Marrickville, and…

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Awful Smash. Express and Hospital Train Collision in Germany. Amsterdam, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 1

Travellers form Germany report that a dreadful railway [?] occurred on Saturday. The cologne express [?] with a hospital…

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Cars Leap Precipice. Motor Accidents in the Country

Evening News · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 2

Mr. O. V. Johnson clerk of the Macintyre [?] Council and secretary of the In[?] Jockey Club, was admitted to the Glen [?] Hospital on Monday suffering from injuries to…

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A Fatal Gun Accident

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

A boy named Schweikert, living at Liverpool-road, Warwick Farm, was talking to another lad named Joseph E. R. Baxter, aged thirteen years, living at…

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Man's Leg Crushed Accident at Strathfield

The Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 4

Roy Thompson, 21, a railway ticket collector, who lives at Pennant Hills, met with a serious accident at Strathfield Station this morning…

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Fatalities & Accidents. a Lad Shot

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 6

Tho Liverpool Coroner, Mr. TV S. Poolman, held an inquiry on Saturday, concerning the death of Joseph Edwin Richard Baxter (13), who was accidentally, shot by Vincent…

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Casualties. Fatal Tram Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 10

A finding of accidental death was returned by the City Coroner, Mr. H. S. Hawkins, yesterday at an inquiry into the death of Peter Milly M'Auley, 79 years of age, a retired…

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Strange Shooting Accident. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 10

As a result of a remarkable shooting accident James Bartlet, aged 66, a stranger to Tamworth, new lies in the Tamworth Dietrict Hospital in a serious condition with a bullet…

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Collision at Sea

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 46

The steel ship Ben Lee, 2841 tons, bound from (Liverpool to Sydney (N.S.W.), collided with an American liner about 20 miles to the south-west of The South Stack, Wales…

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Night Watchman Drowned

Evening News · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 5

An open verdict was returned by the City Coroner this morning at inquest concerning the death of Stephen Denton, 61, of Norton-street [?] who was employed as…

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Youth Drowned. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 16

Clement Cairns, aged 17, employed on the Tatham ferry punt, was drowned on Friday afternoon. He and his brother, aged 15, were on the punt. The [?]ldest boy was pushing…

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Casualties. Young Man Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 16

Roy Merton Stephens, a single man, 27, who lived with his parents at Burrumbeet, Cheltenham-street, Croydon, was drowned whilst working at Elliott Bros. chemical works,…

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Vessels in Collision. London, Jan. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 14

The ship Ben-Lee, 2341 tons, bound from Liverpool to Sydney, came into collision with the American liner Philadelphia 20 miles south-west of South Stack. Seven men who were…

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Shooting Fatality. I'll Bet I Can Pink Any of Yous." The Coroner's Censure

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 1

The Liverpool Coroner, Mr. P. S. Poolman, held an inquiry at the Courthouse, Liverpool, on Saturday concerning the death of a boy named Joseph Edwin…

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