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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

2,136 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 107

Bathing Fatality. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 8

Whilst bathing in Wentworth Park Lake, two miles from Orange, this morning, John Doyle, aged 18 years, got out of his depth, and was drowned. Deceased was an employee…

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Internee Drowned. Body Not Recovered

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

A German internee of Holeworthy, Eugene Huppchion (20), dived In a waterhole at Williams Crook, near the old paper mills. Holsworthy, on Saturday afternoon, while a…

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Two Girls Drowned. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 8

On Saturday the two girls who were found drowned at St. Kilda on Friday evening were identified as Mary Dillon, aged 10 years, of South Melbourne, and her cousin, Veronica…

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Adelaide-barrier Express. Collision with Goods Train

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Saturday.--The Broken Hill express, which left Adelaide at 4.50 p.m. on Friday, collided with a goods train at Stockport. Some of the rolling stock was damaged,…

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The Mother and the Candle Double Burning Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

MELBOURNE. Sunday.--Mrs. Victoria Jane Alison (29) and Sylvia Dorcen Alison, lier 15-day-old child, were fatally burned In their homo, South Kensington, early tills morning. It Is…

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Awful Explosion. Munition Works in London. Many Dead and Injured. Whole Area Wrecked. [?]

Evening News · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 6

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Fatalities & Accidents. Supposed Poisoning

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 5

Ethel Hume (32), n married woman, living In Phillip Street, Parramatta, was found lying unconscious on a piece of vacant land near her home. Dr. Hall, of Parramatta, was called In…

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Casualties. Drowning Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 10

George Kent, labourer, who lived at No. 11 Mansfield-street, Balmain, was sitting on the gangway of the ferry steamer Lady Denman on Saturday evening when he overbalanced…

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Burning Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 10

Miss Lily Condle, aged 31, who wns lately employed at Callaghan's ironmongery shop, Alexander-street, Hunter's Hill, was lighting a fire at about 9 o'clock yesterday morning,…

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Diving Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 10

Daniel Smith (58), lately residing at the Gladstone Hotel, William-street, was swimming at the Coogee Baths when he sustained injuries that caused his death. He was seen…

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Fatalities & Accidents. Drowned Internee's Body Found

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 5

The body of Eugene Huppchien (20), the German internee, who wag drowned In a waterhole near Holdsworthy on .Saturday, was found floating in Williams' Crock yesterday afternoon…

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Boy Drowned. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 10

Jack Rushton, aged 14, son of Mr. Joseph Rushton, Beaconsfield, was bathing with another boy named Smith at Badger Head yesterday morning when he got out of his…

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Runaway at Surry Hills. Man Fatally Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4

A horse attached to a lorry [?] along Bourhe-street. Surry Hills at aboug half-past [?] yesterday afternoon, and turning [?] tord-street collied [?]…

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A Woman Worker Injured. struck by Falling Troe

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4

Severe injuries were sustained last week by Mrs. Martha Powell, a resident of Lu[?]che (Q). Mrs. Powell was engaged with another woman, in felling…

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Bathing Fatalities the Dancers of the Ocean Surf. a Priest Drowned

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4

Father Kelly acting priest, was drowned on Thursday afternoon while bathing in the breakers at Mitebell's 1st land, Taree, Father Davoren, a visiting…

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MISADVENTURES World's Worst Railway Smash Hundreds of Persons Killed and Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4

The correspondent of the "Times" (London) at Jassy, the provisional capital of Roumania, reports that a fearful accident has occurred to a train that was…

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General Rain. Two Inches at Many Places. Heaviest Fall at Inverell Severe Damage at Dobbo. Poultry Drowned in Hundreds

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 5

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Soldier Killed. Motor Accident at Darlinghurst

Evening News · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 1

While motoring from the [?] early this morning [?] member of the Australian [?] reached to Liverpool Camp [?]…

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Taking Off a Horn. in the Case of an Accident

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 6

A dairyman, one of whose cowa broken its horn was told by his neighbors that be could have stuck the horn in place [?] instead of cutting it away, as he…

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