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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

2,136 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 107

Aviation Fatality. London, March 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 March 1917 · page 8

An aeroplane, while flying in Hertfordshire, fell upon a second machine and both crashed to the ground. Two people were killed, and one was seriously injured…

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Motor Bus and Cycle in Collision

Evening News · Monday 19 March 1917 · page 3

A motor bus and a motor cycle, with a side car attached, collided on the Pittwater-road, near Mona Vale, on Sunday afternoon. The motor cycle was thrown in front of the bus, and…

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Fatally Injured by Motor Car

Evening News · Monday 19 March 1917 · page 4

Harold Duffy, 16, residing at 10 Alma-street, Darlington, was knocked down by a motor car in City-road on Saturday night. Duffy jumped off a tram, and the driver of the…

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Four Jockeys Injured. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 March 1917 · page 8

As the result of a smash in the Shamrock Handicap at Goodwood Park yesterday four Jockeys, named Irwin, Ryas, Wallace, and Balten, were injured, and the racehorse…

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Motor Smash. Four Persons Injured at Kensington

Evening News · Monday 19 March 1917 · page 6

The four persons who were injured in the motor accident at Kensington on Sunday morning are making good progress at St. Vincents Hospital and are now all out of danger…

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Motor Car Tragedy. Collision at Double Bay. Inquest on the Victims. Tram Conductor's Story

Evening News · Monday 19 March 1917 · page 5

The circumstances of the motor-car tragedy of [?] by waken Frederick Piercy and [?] lost their lives, were reared at the inquest herd by the Acting City Coroacl…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Fettler, Wife, and Two Children Killed. (Continued from page 1.) BOURKE. Monday Afternoon

Evening News · Monday 19 March 1917 · page 5

Later information shows that the accident was more in its results that was a first reported. Mr. Mutton, with his wife and two children,…

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Motoring Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 March 1917 · page 6

A motor smash occurred at Kensington early yesterday morning, and as a result three women and a man were admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital suffering from injuries and…

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Fatalities & Accidents. Motor-car Overturns

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 March 1917 · page 6

In Bunnerong Road, South Kensington, yesterday afternoon both back tyres of a motor- car blew out, and the car overturned, The four occupants were thrown out, and. sustained…

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Fatalities & Accidents. Motor Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 6

Harold Duffy (16), living in Alma Street, Darlington, was knocked down by a motor-car when alighting from a tram in Cleveland Street, city, on Saturday night. He was conveyed to the…

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Double Bay Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 8

An inquest concerning the death of Frederick Piercy and Minnie Hooper, who were killed in a motor car accident at Double Bay on January 16, was conducted by the Acting…

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Fifteen Drowned. London, Monday Night

Evening News · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 5

It is now stated that fifteen of those on board he American steamer Vigilance, sunk by a German [?]…

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The Double Bay Fatality. Car Driver Committed for Trial

Evening News · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

At the City Coroner's Court yesterday, the Acting Coroner (Mr. Jamieson) committed Thomas Marcus Deakin, a business agent, for trial on a charge of manalaughter. Deakin was…

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Four Jockeys Injured. Smash at Tamworth Races

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

As the result of n smash in the Sham-rock Handicap at Goodwood Park, Tamworth (N.S.W.), on Saturday, four jockeys, named Irwin, Ryan, Wallace,…

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Fatality at Steel Works. Man Killed by a Runaway Truck

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

Mr. Thomas Randell, a married man, sixty years of age, residing at Mere weather, near Newcastle (N.S.W.), was killed on Friday at the steel works. A…

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Misadventures a Motor-Car Overturns Four Persons Thrown Out and Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 4

A motor smash occurred at Kensington (Sydney) early on Sunday morning, and an a result three women and a man were admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital…

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Will President Act ? War Declaration Expected American Citizens Drowned Vancouver

The Sun · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 1

An official statement made after a Cabinet meeting at Washington is to the effect that the President discussed every phase of the situation with his advisers, but no…

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Accident to South African

Referee · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 12

Australian cricketers will read with sincere regret that T. A. Campbell, the wicketkeeper of the South African cricket team in the 1912 triangular tournament, fell out of the Cape…

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Accident to One of the Togos

Referee · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 14

The younger of the two Togos, the jugglers whose remarkable turn at the Tivoli in Sydney will be remembered by all theatre-goers, met with an accident in Adelaide on Thursday…

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Motoring Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1917 · page 6

In regard to the motoring accident at Kensington on Sunday morning, it is understood that the three women who were injured, Hilda Whittaker, May Welsh, and Gertrude Dale,…

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