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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

2,136 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 107

Fatal Bathing Accident. Dungog

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

Miss Grace Wilkinson, aged 23 years, was drowned while bathing last evening. Deceased, who was employed as a mininer, was bathing with several other women in the…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Snake Charmer's Death

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 March 1917 · page 3

George Vowles, snake charmer and salesman, who was bitten by a snake in a vacant block of ground in Pitt Street, between Park and Market Streets, on the 5th inst., died at Sydney…

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Children Injured

The Sun · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 8

Eric Emanuel, aged 4, upset a pot of boiling tea over himself at his home in King-street, Newtown, last night, and was scalded about the face, arms, and body. The Newtown…

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Drowned at Port Kembla

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 4

A man named Arthur Ernest Lewis, employed on the jetty at Port Kembla (N.S.W.), while engaged on Tuesday night in assisting to pull a hawser out of…

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A Woman Drowned at Duncoc. While Bathing in the River

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 4

Miss Grace Wilkinson was drowned at Dungog while bathing on Tuesday evening. Deceased, who was employed as a milliner, and was twenty-three years of…

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A Man Fatally Injured. Evidently the Victim of an Assault

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 4

On Monday morning a man named John Hayes was found unconscious beneath a waggon at the camping reserve near the railway goods shed at Parkes…

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News of the Day From the Four Quarters. Misadventures Many FataL Accidents a Wire Hawser Kills a Deck-hand

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 4

While a dredge was being launched at the dockyard at Walsh Island (N.S.W.), on Saturday, the shackles broke on a patent slip, where a man named J. Asher…

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After the Accident Charge of False Pretences

The Sun · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 6

An unusual charge of false pretences was heard at the Central Police Court this morning. The accused was Arthur William Hayes, aged 57…

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Accident at Cronulla

The Propeller · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 1

Mr. Annabel, a well-known identity of Cronulla, was driving a horse attached to a dray laden with bricks at The Loop,…

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Railway Accident

The Propeller · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 2

On Friday afternoon last a school-girl named Face, residing with her parents at Tavistock-street, Hurstville, was crossing…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Knocked Down by Motor-car

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 6

Allan Ludlow Clark (9), living with parents at "Winona," Lauderdale Avenue, Manly, was knocked down by a motor-car whilst crossing the street, in front of the house…

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Transport in Collision. Many Natives Drowned. London, Friday Night

Evening News · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 5

A [?] mishap [?] loss of [?] The A[?] the transport Me[?] and…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Fatal Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 9

As a result of a tram colliding with his lorry in Regent Street, city, on Wednesday, Henry Herbert Talbot (3S), living at 35 Railway Road, St. Peters, died at Sydney Hospital yesterday…

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Transport Sunk 600 Natives Drowned Collision Near Isle of Wight LONDON

The Sun · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 5

The War Office announces that the transport Mendl, with the final batch of South African native laborers on board, collided with another vessel during a thick…

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Knocked Down by Tram. Man Severely Injured in the City

Evening News · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 5

A man whose name has not [?] in Elizabeth-street [?] Campbell-street, this afternoon…

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After Tram Accident, Curious Case of Alleged False Pretences

Evening News · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 4

William Arthur Hayes, 57, was charged at the Central Police Court, with having during November last Sydney, tal[?] pretended to Margaret Johnson Hudson that…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Sun · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 7

William Lambert, aged 75, of Bayview, Pittwater, who was knocked down by a motor car in Oxford-street, Darlinghurst, on the night of February 27, died in Sydney…

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Accidents

Mosman, Neutral and Middle Harbour Resident · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 4

On Tuesday morning last a boy named Welch, about 15 years of age residing with his parents in Spit Road met…

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Transport Disaster Collision in Fog 600 African Natives Drowned LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 11 March 1917 · page 1

The War Office announces that the transport Mendi, with the final batch of South African native laborers on board, collided with another vessel during a thick…

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A Channel Catastrophe Ships Collide in Fog 600 Native Laborers Drowned LONDON, Saturday Morning

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 March 1917 · page 1

The War Office announces that the transport Mendi, with the final batch of South African native laborers, collided with another vessel in a thick fog of the Isle of Wight on February…

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