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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

2,604 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 131

Tasmanian Smash. Five Deaths. Heroic Driver Succumbs.full List of Killed and Injured. Hobart

Evening News · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 6

The cause of the parliament of the Launceston to Robart express train has not yet been defined. Mr. E. P. Boult. an engineer, of Melbourne, who was a passenger, said that, from…

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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 [?]ulli Colliery, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 4

Mr. Watt and Mr. Tighe, instructed by Messrs. Cecil Coghlan and Co., appeared for plaintiff, who is the appellant in the action; and Mr. Rolin, K.C., and Mr. Curtis,…

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Fatalities & Accidents. Infant Killed by Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 6

Accidental death was the verdict returned yesterday by the Acting-City Coroner (Mr. A. Gates) in the inquest concerning the death of Ita Josephine Timmins (2 years 11 months),…

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Drowning Fatalities

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 4

Last week word reached Cloncurry to the effect that Miss Nellie Hallington had been drowned at Richmond. The first inkling…

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Saved From Drowning Rescue at Coogee

The Sun · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 5

Miss Kathleen Carson, daughter of Inspector Curson, of the Redfern police district, and another young woman, who declined to give her name and address, saved Miss…

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Saved From Drowning. Good Rescue at Coogee

Evening News · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 5

In evening [?] on Thursday afternoon, Miss [?] a daughter of…

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Two More Soldiers Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 4

Two soldiers from Liverpool camp Laing a private, and Adolph Laver a trooper in the Light House, were travelling to Sydney by train on…

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A Railway Smash Fatal Tasmanian Accident Five Persons Killed and Many Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 4

A terrible railway accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon, two miles north of Campania, near Hobart. The Launches ton-Hobart express left the line, and five…

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ROADS. Road Injured Through Water Main

The Land · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 6

A municipal council's water main constructed under the C.T.W. and S. Acts runs along one of this council's roads, breaks in the pipe frequently…

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Almost Scalped. Turner Injured at Eveleigh

Evening News · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 6

Owing to the head coming into contact with a lathe, at the (Evo[?] workshops, about half-park 6 this morning. James Quinn, 32,a turner, living in Living stone-road, Petersham,…

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CYCLIST V. Kangaroo. a Pecullar Accident

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 4

A rather unique but painful accident happened last week to Mr. Flood, local representative of the Singer Sewing Machine Co. (says "Coll's Harbor…

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Accident at Reid's Creek

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 4

A serious accident recently announced on Mr. [?] Reid's Creek, to Mr. [?] Bradley. While timbering a well, the staging gave way. Bradey falling to the…

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Accident to Mr. C. S. Curtis, M. L. C.

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 4

An accident happened to Mr. G. S. Curtis. M. L. C., near Emu Park on Sunday afternoon. In company with the Deputy Commissioner for Railway for the…

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Train Accident. Progress of Patients. What the Driver Said. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 8

All those suffering from injuries as a result of the railway accident near Campania on Tuesday afternoon are making a good recovery, with the exception of the following:-…

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Fatalities & Accidents. a Chemist's Suicide

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 8

The Acting City Coroner (Mr. A. Gates) returned a verdict of suicide yesterday, at the inquest concerning James William Henwood (42), a chemist, who carried on business at St…

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Collision with a Cow Motor-cyclist Injured

The Sun · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 3

Lynne Spencer, aged 23, of Maddock-street, Petersham. was[?]r ding a motor bike across Co k's River Bridge, St. Peters, yesterday afternoon, when a cow crossed the roadway…

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Jockey Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 18

Owing to a horse, which he was exercising at Kensington Racecourse on Thursday, unseating him, a Jockey named William Birrer, 16 years of age, living in Strachan-street, South…

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Drowned in a Bath

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 5

Peter Anderson, 55, an inmate of tho State Hospital, was found drovned in a bath at that institution on Wednesday. The bath was nearly full of water, and…

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Carters Injured. Accidents in the Su[?]s

Evening News · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 4

Owing to he horse he was driving slipping in Weston-road, Roselle, this morning, William [?] was thrown on to the roadway…

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