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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

2,604 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 131

Motoring Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1916 · page 10

Edward Jones, of Nevertire, was killed in a motor accident near Tichborne. The ty[?] blew out, and the car overturned. The other occupant, Dolf Jones, of Cadow, was injured,…

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Father and Daughter Drowned. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1916 · page 10

George Crump, a farmer, of Lara Lake, and his daughter Ruby, 7 years of age, were drowned in company to-day at Austin's private baths, Avalon. The family had driven to…

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Zeppelin Casualties. 61 Killed; 101 Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 February 1916 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.--The owner office announces that serious damage was done, during Monday's Zeppelin raid. Three breweries, there railway sheds, one tube factory, and…

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Sunk in Collision. Japanese Liner. Hongkong, Feb. 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1916 · page 10

The Japanese liner Dairen Maru was sunk in a collision with the steamer Linan, near Swatow. Only 21 out of 181 of the Dairen Maru's…

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Collision at Sea. Japanese Liner Sunk. Many Lives Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 February 1916 · page 5

HONGKONG, Saturday.--The Japanese liner Dairen Maru, 4583 tons, sank after colliding with the China Navigation Company's steamer Linan, 2211 tons, near Swatow, east coast of…

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Whirled Round by Winch. Accident on a Steamer

Evening News · Monday 7 February 1916 · page 5

James Murphy, 21, a wine[?] on the streamer Westra[?] had a narrow [?] from being killed on that vessel at the Federal wharf. Darling Harbor, on Sunday morning. He was…

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Fatalities & Accidents. Death in Hyde Park

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 February 1916 · page 6

An elderly man was found lying unconscious in Hyde Park late last night. He was taken to the Sydney Hospital by the Civil Ambulance Brigade, and admitted, but died without regain…

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Two Children Drowned. a Murray River Fatality

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 4

Two girls named Olive and Bertha Schultz, aged respectively ten and three years, were drowned in the Murray River at Wentworth on Wednesday while…

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Sunk in Collision

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 4

The Japanese Liner, Dairen Maru. The Japanese liner Dairen Maru was sunk in a collision with the steamer Linan, near Swatow. Only twenty-one of…

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Team Accident. Four Passengers Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 9

The 4.41 train from Sydney to Lakemba was pulled up at Marrickville station yesterday evening to allow the Civil Ambulance to take four passengers, who had been injured, it is…

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Fatality at the White City

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 4

A man named Taylor was standing on a ladder oiling one of the structures at the White City, Sydney, on Thursday, when he fell to the ground, a distance of about…

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A Youth Drowned at Tatham

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 4

Clement Cairns, aged seventeen years, employed on the Tatham (R.R.) ferry punt, was drowned on Friday afternoon. He and his brother, aged fifteen, were on…

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Drowned at Wyalong West Wyalong

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 3

Augustine M'Innes, aged 16 years, was drowned whilst bathing in a dam close to the town on Monday evening. Another lad, a poor swimmer, endeavored…

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Japanese Steamer Lost. Collision off Cape Race

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 4

The British steamer Silver Shell and the Japanese steamer Takata Maru collided when 200 miles south-east of Cape Race, the southeastern extremity of…

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A Kerosene Explosion. Engineer Badly Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 4

A kerosene explosion occurred at Wellington, N.Z., on Friday, followed by the destruction of a large store of oil. Serious damage was done to the…

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Team on Fire. Two Women Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 9

An outbreak of fire caused some excitement on board car No. 336, bound for Zetland, last night. At about 7 o'clock, when the tram was…

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A Collision at Sea. a Sydney-bound Ship Sunk

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 4

The ship Ben Lee, 2,341-tons, which, when bound from Liverpool to Sydney, collided with a American liner off Holy Island, Wales, has sunk. She was…

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Eleven Horses Bolt. Driver Seriously Injured. W[?]

Evening News · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 5

Alexander Hubbard [?] an accident yesterday, and [?] in a serious condition in the [?] Hospital…

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Motor Car Destroyed. Lady Passenger Injured. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 10

An 80-h.p. Benz touring motor car, the property of Messrs. Sinclair Brothers, of Katoomba, was completely destroyed by fire last night, while midway between Mount…

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Accident at Eveleigh

Evening News · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 5

[?] Matte[?] a German, living in Napolean-street [?] was working under an [?] at the [?]…

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