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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

1,802 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 91

A Shunter Killed. a P[?]ouliar Accident at Newcastle

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 4

A young married man named Richard John Grimmond, aged twenty-four years, employed as a [?] at the steel works at Newcastle (N.S.W.), was killed on…

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Motor Accident

The Propeller · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 1

As a result of a motor-car accident near Waterfall on Sunday afternoon James O'Brien, Harold Delandro, and John Hall…

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Fatalities & Accidents. Old Woman Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 6

A finding of accidental death was recorded by the Actins-City Coroner (Mr. J. Jamieson), at an Inquest held yesterday, concerning the death of Catherine Young Pritchard (72), who…

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Wiped Out Fate of Marlborough No News From Bowen Mackay Still Isolated Three Drowned at Rockhampton

The Sun · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 6

The township of Marlborough, situated 68 miles from Rockhampton, has been practically wiped out. The fate of Bowen and St. Lawrence…

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Accident at Leichhardt

Evening News · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 1

At about [?] o'clock this morning a little h[?] named Emll Syivester, who lives with his pirents in yule-street, Petersham, was found lying unconscious in the roadway alongalde the…

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Important Things Discovered By Accident

The World's News · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 6

ACCIDENT, or chance, has been the suggester of more of the world's important discoveries and inventions than the average individual has any conception of. At…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Thrown From a Cart

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 12

Vincent Zaksuch (61), of Norton Street, Leichhardt, was driving a horse attached to a cart in Parramatta Road, Petersham, yesterday moraine, when the harness broke and he…

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Motor Bike Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 6

On Sunday Mr. Roberts, of Richmond, had a painful experience whilst riding through Castle Hill. He was coming along at a fair pace: and through having to…

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Accidental Realism

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 6

It's not very often that a scene becomes too realistic in the making of a motion picture, but just such an occurrence adds a thrill to "The Adopted Son," to be…

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Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1918 · page 2

A nasty accident happened at Lidcombe to a youth named Geoffrey Todd, son of the Rev. R. O. Todd, whilst riding a bicycle round the corner from…

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Small Boy Injured

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1918 · page 2

It is thought that Emil Sylvester, about 10 yearn old, who was found lying unconscious in the street at the corner of Norton and Marion streets, Lcichhardt, yesterday morning, fell…

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Vampire by Accident Belle Bennett in Triangle Seven-Reelers

Sunday Times · Sunday 27 January 1918 · page 22

Just by accident Belle Bennett, star of the Triangle play. Because of a Woman, got her chance to be a vampire. Louise Glaum was to take the leading vampire role in this play, but…

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Swiss Seaman Drowned. Fatality at Coogee

Evening News · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 4

The body of Richard Lindwall, 25 a [?] season, who was swept out to sea, and drowned, while suring at Coogee on Sunday afternoon, has not yet been received…

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Surf Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 8

Knut Richard Lindwall, aged 25, a Swi[?] seaman, a member of a ship lying alongside the wheat wharf at Pyrmont, was drowned in the surf at Coogee yesterday…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 8

Michael Brien, 39, a resident of West Wallsend, had a narrow escape from drowning in the surf to-day. After being rescued a doctor ordered his removal to the hospital…

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Fatality at Rockhampton. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 6

The body of Herbert Lindsey Fairlee, railway pumper at the Serpentine Pumping Station, Rockhampton, who was missing since Tuesday, was recovered yesterday morning…

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Crashed Into Train. Motor Party Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday.--A motor car containing a Mr. Ashworth, his wife, and their three daughters, crashed into a train at the St[?]x level crossing. Christchurch…

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Caught in the Undertow. Man Drowned at Coogee

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 6

While surfing at Coogee yesterday afternoon, Richard Lindwall (25), a Swiss seaman from a barquentine lying at the wheat wharf. Darling Harbor, was caught in the undertow and…

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Child Killed by Motor Car Another Oxford-street Accident

The Sun · Monday 28 January 1918 · page 5

While crossing Oxford-street, near Victoria-street, Darlinghurst, this afternoon Alexander Weldmann, aged 5, of West-street, Darlinghurst was knocked down by a…

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