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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

2,136 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 107

Mrs. Lawson's Death. Driver of Car Absolutely Blameless. The Sad Fatality in Church-street

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 2

Mr. H. Richardson, Clark, Parramatta District Coroner, held an inquest on Friday morning at the Court-house, Parramatta, on the body of Mrs. Mary Ann…

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Fatalities & Accidents. Dropped Dead on Racecourse

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 8

The man who on Saturday afternoon dropped dead at Kensington racecourse has been identified. His name was William Woodham, aged 61, formerly employed by the City Council as a…

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Motor Car Fatality. Driver Commuted for Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 6

An inquiry was held at the City Cormier's Court yesterday concerning the death of Arthur Patrick Murray (28), a member of the Australian imperial Force, who died from…

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Lost Laueentic. Collision with a Mine. Heavy Death-roll. London, Jan. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 7

The Admiralty announecs that the auxillary cruiser Laurentic, lost off the Irish coast a few days ago, was sunk as the result of collision with a mine, and that…

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Motor Lorry Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 8

On Tuesday evening Archie William Prentice, 26, living at Allandale, Wentworth-street, Homebush, was driving a motor lorry along Parramatta-road, Ashfield, when something…

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The Broken Hill Express Accident. Story of a Passenger

Co-operator · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 5

Mr. Alfred W. Dowsett, of Riverton, S.A., was one of the passengers on the Broken Hill express train which collided with the stationary…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Fatal Fall

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 6

While working on the steamer Gogovnie, lying at No. 9 Wharf, Woolloomooloo Bay, last night, James Hayes, a laborer, living at 4 Palmer Street, Woolloomooloo, foil from the…

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Priest Drowned. a Strange Occurrence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 8

At the Coogee baths yesterday the Rev. Charles Donnelly, assistant priest at Temora, disappeared. He was in Sydney on a holiday, and went into the baths at about 11 a.m…

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Runaway at Redfern. Carter Severely Injured

Evening News · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 1

Through two horses attached to a lorry bolting at Redfern last night, Robert Wood, 49 was badly injured. The accident happened in Young-street who…

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Stockport Railway Collision a Stationmaster's Error Adelaide

The Sun · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 5

The departmental inquiry into the cause of the Stockport railway smash on January 19, when a large number of people were injured owing to a collision between the Broken Hill…

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Boy Drowned at Windsor. Father Saved by Another Son

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 4

At Freeman's Reach, near Windsor (N.S.W.) on Sunday afternoon, Frederick Hunt, aged ten second son of Mr. George Hunt of Windsor, was drowned…

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The Unwritten Law. a Man Seriously Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 4

Early on Monday morning James M'Kenna reported to the Portland (N.S.W.) police that he had hilled William Wakeham for insulting his wife. The Police…

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A Rider Injured. Run Down by a Motor-car

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 4

While [?]ding along the road near Braxton (N.S.W.), George M'Kendry, of Cessnock, was run down by a motor-car. The horse fell on M'Kendry, who…

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MISADVENTURES Many Fatal Accidents a Little Girl Grasps a Live Wire

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 4

On Tuesday the two little sons, aged six and four years respectively, of Mr. and Mrs. Morris, Footscray (Vic.), were sent to meet their father coining from…

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A Station Manager Shot. An Accident in the Bush

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 4

Mr. M. T. Newland, manager for Mr. E. W. East Bungaree station (S.A.), was accidentally shot when out in the scrub some distance form Durra. In…

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Fatalities & Accidents Knocked Down by a Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 6

A woman, who thus not yet been identified, was accidentally knocked down by a tram car as she was crossing George Street, near Hamilton Street, city, yesterday…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 3

On Sunday last a sad drowning fatality occurred at Bell's Creek, Rooty Hill, when a lad, Edwin John Dawson, aged six years, lost his life…

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Fatalities & Accidents. Coal Lumper Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 12

At about 10 a.m. yesterday morning, John M'Donald (41) a coal lumper, living at 8 Crystal Street, Rozelle, was working on the Yuloo, lying in Darling Harbor, when he slipped and…

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How Father Donnelly Was Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 10

In connection with the disappearance of the Rev. Charles Donnelly, assistant priest at Temora, the caretaker of the Coogee baths states that the Rev. Father Donnelly left the…

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South Coast Mystery. an Unknown Woman Drowned. Wollongong

Evening News · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 3

[?] the body of an unknown [?] The woman was seen in [?] afternoon train at [?]…

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