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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

2,604 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 131

Fatalities and Accidents. Knocked Down by Motor Cycle

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 8

Jack May (14). living in Richard Street, Newtown, was knocked down by a motor cycle while crossing King Street, Newtown, yesterday. The Newtown District Ambulance took him to the…

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Man Accidentally Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 6

The Acting City Coroner, Mr. A. Gates, cenducted a magisterial inquiry yesterday into the death of Roy Merton Stephens, 27 years of age, single, who was drowned in the…

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Victorian Drowning Fatalities

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 4

Four drowning fatalities took place in Victoria during lost week-end, the victim in each case being a boy. At Mordialloc on Sunday afternoon Clarence Dwan and…

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Drowned While Fishing

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 4

The body of John Teller, recently employed as a shop-walker at Scott's, Ltd. Newcastle, was found on Sunday floating fully clothed in the channel near the…

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Three Men Drowned

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 4

It is reported from Laurienton (N.S.W.) that an accident to an to an oil launch on Saturday, resulted in three men being drowned. The launch was the Sea Bird,…

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Laborers Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 4

At the deviation works, Sodwalls, on Thursday, several wooden supports for brick arches, now being erected in connection with the bridge at that place,…

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Injured Men Progress

The Sun · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 6

The men who were wounded in the affray at the railway station last night were taken to the Garrison Hospital. Private Body, who was knocked out by a baton stroke, regained…

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Drowned at Swansea. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 6

The body of a man named John Telfer was found in Lake Macquarie, at Swanses [?] Sunday. Fishing tackle was picked up close by. Deceased was recently in…

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Injured in the Fight

The Sun · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 5

The Sydney Hospital medical staff was kept busy from 5.30 o'clock yesterday until an early hour this morning dealing with cases arising out of the extensive rioting…

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Constable Injured. Struck with Bottle of Beer

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 1

A bottle full of beer [?] with deadly [?]…

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Launch Disaster. Seabird Capsizes on the Bar. Three Men Drowned. Laurieton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 8

Pilot CtereteKo when interviewed regarding the launch fatality here, said that the Seabird crossed out at 5 a.m. on Saturday morning. The bar was then good. When the…

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Accidental Bomb Explosion

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 4

Five British soldiers were killed and thirty-one wounded through the accidental of a bomb while an officer was instruction in bomb-throwing at…

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Law Report. in Banco. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Gordon, and Mr. Justice Ferguson.) Accident at a Coal. Mine. Holland v North Bulli Colliery, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 6

Mr. Watt and Mr. Tighe, instructed by Messrs. Cecil Coghlan and Co, appeared for the appeliant (plaintiff); and Mr. Rolin, K.C., and Mr. Curtis, instructed by Messrs. Sly…

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Accidentally Shot. Eden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 6

Edwin Smith, a settler, went out shooting with a Winchester rifle on Saturday, and when he did not return at night a search party was organised. The body of Smith,…

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Fatalities & Accidents. Buried in Hot Ashes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 6

Two miners—John Pyas (44), living at Macquarie Terrace, Balmain, and James Pringle (49), living at Thomas Street, Balmain, were buried in a tall of burning ashes at the…

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Industrial. a Sickness and Accident Fund

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 3

Mr. Justice Heydon, in the Industrial Arbitration Court, gave Judgment in the stated case, Gregory against Scotts, Limited. In this case, his Honor said the defendant had boon prose…

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Sad Fatality at Epping

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 2

The body of Mrs. Edith Wheeler, wife of Mr. G. W. Wheeler, of Epping, was recovered on Sunday morning from a deep waterhole in Devlin Creek, near…

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Tasmanian Railway Accident. Four Killed, Twelve Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Information was received in Melbourne to-night from private sources that the express train running on the main line from Launceston to Hobart had been…

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Trawlers in Collision. Gunundaal Docked

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 15

The Department of Navigation has received it report of the collision between the State trawlers Gunundaai and Koraaga. The Koraaga was lying at No. 5, Woolloomooloo, and the…

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Drowned in a Creek. Adelong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 11

The body of James Stanton, employed on Condonlong station, was found in Adelong creek this morning. It is surmised that the unfortunate young follow went in to bat[?]e,…

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