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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

2,604 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 131

Burning Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 6

Mrs. Dyer, an aged woman residing at Hoxton Park with her husband, was severely burnt from the waist down and on both arms on Tuesday. She was burning…

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Carter Injured

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 January 1916 · page 2

A carter named Maurice Brown, 37, living at 45 Cornwallis-street, Redfern, fell from a can while working at McMahon's stable, Redfern, yesterday at 1 p.m. In the fall his head…

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Child Frightfully Injured

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 January 1916 · page 2

A youngster named Henry Rayard, aged 5, living at 41 Edward-street. North Sydney, was sliding down a post at North Sydney last night at about 7 p.m., when a protruding nail caught…

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Men Killed and Women Drowned Massacre of Armenian Peasants London, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 January 1916 · page 1

Viscount Bryce publishes in the Press another story of Armenian massacres. He says he received it from a friend in Armenia, who wrote from Elystan on January 10:…

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"The Accident of Birth" Mr. H. K. O. Wilgerodt, of the Federal Service a Citizen of 23 Years Analyst of the Customs

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 January 1916 · page 9

Mr. H. K. O. Wilgerodt was born in Germany on March 31, 1863, and came to Australia in 1892. On April 1, 1909, he was appointed to the position of assistant-analyst in the Customs…

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Armenian Horrors. Massacred and Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.--Lord Bryce has received the following message from a friend in Armenia, writing from Elistan on January 10:--"Refugees arriving from Mush state that as…

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St. Albans-uncas Collision. Marine Court Decision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 4

A copy of the finding of the Marine Court, which inquired into the collision between the E. and A. liner St. Albans and the steamer Uncas, which…

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Motor Car Turns Over Two Men Injured

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 8

While driving a motor car along the main road at Blacktown this morning, Sidney Green, motor mechanic, Parramatta-road, Burwood, came across another motor car…

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Fierce Rioting. Excitement at St. Kilda. Police-major Severely Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Pandemonium broke loose at St. Kilda on Saturday night, when an attempt was made by soldiers and civilians to wreck the merry-go-round known as Weniger's,…

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St. Kilda Riots. Soldiers and Civilians Repulsed. Major M'inerney Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 9

The disturbances which took place in Chapel-street, Prahran, on Friday night wer[?] succeeded on Saturday evening by others. A number of soldiers and civilians made a…

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Accidents in the Surf

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 6

Bessie Burns (17), a waitress living in City Road, Newtown, was in the surf at Coogee yesterday, when she was struck by another bather, and sustained concussion of the brain…

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Fatalities & Accidents. Dashed to Death

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1916 · page 6

John Abbott (40), living at 44 Taylor Street, Surry Hills, was found at the foot of a cliff near Billyard Avenue, Elizabeth Bay, on Saturday morning, having fallen from the top of the…

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Surf Fatality. Mudgee Girl Drowned Near Manly

Evening News · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 1

While battling to the surf at colla[?] Beach. Narra[?] On Monday afternoon, [?] berg, 13, native of madgee. who was staying with relatives at Bondi. was Carried out in…

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Nearly Drowned

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 4

A boy named Martin has had a narrow escape from drowning in the Hawkesbury y River. He went in to bathe at Pitt Town Bottoms ferry, and got in to bathe at Pitt Town Bottoms ferry and got into difficulties…

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Girl Drowned. Surfing Accident at Collaroy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 10

Lucy Krennzberg, a young girl, 13 years of age, belonging to Mudgee, was drowned while bathing at Collaroy Beach, near Manly, yesterday…

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Fatality at Collaroy

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 5

While surfing at Collaroy near Manly, yesterday afternoon Lucy Krentzberg, 13. who lived at Mudgee. was drowned, while ber aunt, Miss L. Brown, Hiawatha,…

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A Pea Rifle Fatality

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 4

A boy named Lionel Robert Bunt, thirteen years of age, belonging to Brighton' leSands, who was visiting his brother at Curlewis, was accidentally killed on…

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Drowned in the Macquarie

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 4

Samuel Stewart, a telegraphic linesman, was drowned on Friday in the Macquarie River at Wellington. He was in the act of swimming over the river at the…

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Eather Drowned at Newcastle. Nowcastle

Evening News · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 5

While bathing in the and on the city beach this afternoon, Fred[?] Morley, a youthaged seventeen, living at Carrington, was carried out to sea by the current and drowned,…

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St. Albans-uncas Collision. Marine Court Decision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 18 January 1916 · page 11

A copy of the finding of the Marine Court, which inquired into the collision between the E. and A. liner St. Albans and the steamer Uncas, which…

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