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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

2,136 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 107

Boy Drowned at Alexandria' Coroner Thinks Plucky Barman

Evening News · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 3

Mr. Jamicson held an inquest as the only Coroner' [?] this afternoon, [?] death of Edwin Austin [?] who have at Lambert-street. [?]…

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Broken Hill Mining Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1917 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Saturday.--At the inquest held yesterday on the bodies of Joachim Pinazza and Stease Giordano, the two Italians who were killed in the South Mine the previous…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Boy Drowned in Canal

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 6

An inquest was held by the Acting City Coroner yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the death of Edwin Austin Perram (10), lately living at 18 Lambert Street,…

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Two Maltese Killed. Fatality at Broken Hill

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 4

A fatal accident occurred at the south Mini at Broken hill (N.S.W.). on Thursday last, when two Maltese miners were killed, and one Injured. The two killed…

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Sensational Bolt. Runaway at Newtown, Two Boys Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 1

There was an evening runaway in Newtown on Monday afternoon, when two horses attached to a lorry belted for a considerable distance. A 13-year-old lad, who pluckily…

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First Fog of the Season. Ferry Steamers in Collision. Harbor Shipping Hampered

Evening News · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 4

At daybreak this morning there was an [?] usually dense fog on the harbor and in some parts of the city. As is usually the case, heavy banks of dense…

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A Remarkable Accident. Two Horses In a Surgery

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 4

A remarkable accident, involving damage estimated at £50, and injury to two horses belonging to the fresh food and Ice Co., occurred in Camperdown on…

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Dragged by Train. Remarkable Accident at Newtown

Evening News · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 4

John William Hamilton, a night officer at the Newtown Railway Station, had a narrow escape from being crushed by a train on Monday afternoon. The train, which arrived at the…

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Fatal Accident. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 8

At the Walsh Island Government engineering works on Saturday J. Asher was engaged in launching a dredge on the patent slip when the shackles carried away and caused the…

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Racing Budget Compensation for Accidents

The Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 2

In consequence of the provisions of the newly-established Workmen's Compensation Act, the A.J.C. Committee has found it necessary to make important changes, so as to…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Tram Conductor Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1917 · page 13

A about 10 o'clock yesterday morning Frederick Cooke (33), a tram conductor, living at 7 Goodhope Street, Paddington, was taken by the Civil Ambulance to the Sydney Hospital, where…

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Slight Collision in Sydney

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 7 March 1917 · page 2

During the heavy fog over Sydney Harbour yesterday morning two of the Sydney Ferries Company's steamers the Kia Kia and Koree collided near…

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Man Injured at Tempe

Evening News · Wednesday 7 March 1917 · page 5

While crossing a plank at the Tempe railway deflation works thin morning. George Hart. 62. a married man, living at 45 Brown-street, Paddington, fell 40ft down a chute. He was…

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Fog in the Harbor. Ferry Boats in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1917 · page 8

A heavy fog enveloped the harbor shortly after daylight yesterday, and hampered the movements of ferry boats and incoming shipping. Vessels entering the port were…

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Man Fatally Injured. Assault Suspected. Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1917 · page 11

Yesterday morning a man, aged about 30 years, named John Hayes, was found unconscious beneath a waggon at the camping recerve near the railsvay goods shed. He…

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Motor Lorry Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 March 1917 · page 36

A motor accident, resulting in the death of one man and injury to three others, occurred on the Bombala-Deleigate road on the afternoon of February 27…

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Peculiar Accident. Man Fatally Injured. Collision with Woman at Circular Quay

Evening News · Thursday 8 March 1917 · page 5

An extra-ordinary [?]…

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Drowning Accident. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 March 1917 · page 8

Arthur Ernest Lewis, employed on the jetty at Port Kembla, whilst engaged last night in assisting to pull a hawser out of the water, fell into the harbour and was…

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Casualties. Collision with a Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 March 1917 · page 8

John Talbott, a carter, who resides in Railway-road, Sydenham, was driving along Regent-street yesterday afternoon, when his vehicle came into collision with a tram. He…

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