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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

1,802 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 91

The Loongana Accident Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 7

The steamer Loongana, which sustained an injury to the hull yesterday through an engine shaft falling from a derrick through the plates, will be able to leave for…

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Not an Accident Novelty in Waiting-Rooms

The Sun · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 3

A commercial man in the city, who resides in George's Head-road, Mosman, shortened the journey to the city this morning by taking the Taronga Park ferry in place of that…

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Fatalities & Accidents. Miller Strangled

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1918 · page 6

John Robertson, head miller at M'Corquo-dale's flour mills, Parramatta, was killed while working at the mills at about 1.30 a.m. yesterday. Only three employees were working…

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Windsor Motor Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 10

WINDSOR, Tuesday.--An inquest was opened by the District Coroner (Mr. J. B. Johnston) on the body of Martin John Schneider, of Parramatta, who was killed in a motor car…

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Shocking Accident. Flour Mill Fatality. Spun Round the Shafting

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 3

A distressing fatality happened at McCorquadale's Flour Mill Parramatta in the small hours of Monday morning. It appears that a man named, John…

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Fatality at South Grafton Man Crushed to Death GRAFTON

The Sun · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 5

A shocking fatality occurred at South Grafton this morning. The North Coast Co.'s river dredger Osprey was leaving the wharf, when a deck hand named Thomas Manning,…

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Warning in a Dream Sunday's Motor Car Accident

The Sun · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 6

A strange story of a dream is related concerning the Clarendon motor accident, on Sunday, by which Mr. M. J. Schneider, of Aird-street, Parramatta, lost his life. It is…

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Fatalities & Accidents. Caught in Machinery

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1918 · page 7

While working at the Sydney Textile Company's works in Belmont Street, Alexandria, yesterday morning, Albert Terry (31), a foreman, had his left hand caught in a machine…

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Death on the Track Another Railway Fatality Young Man Run Over

The Sun · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 5

After having apparently been run over by a train, the body of a young man was found on the railway line between Seven Hills and Blacktown about 3 o'clock this morning…

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[?]Al Soldier's Death. Accidentally Shot. a Rifle That Was Loaded

Evening News · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 5

Mr. J. [?] City Coroner, held [?] into the circumstances [?] the [?] of Frederick David Rol[?] a member of the A I F., who was [?] on…

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Fatal Motoring Accident. Moruya

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 7

A motor car was proceeding to Bodalla, driven by Mrs. Jermyn, containing the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Macartney Noake and son, Mrs. R. L. Dawson, and Miss Jermyn. When opposite…

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A Sentry's Death Accidentally Shot Modern Surgery Methods

The Sun · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 5

Interesting medical testimony was taken at the Coroner's Court this afternoon at the inquest concerning the death of a soldier, Frederick David Rolston, which occurred at…

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Fatalities & Accidents. Throat and Wrists Cut

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 February 1918 · page 6

The Parramatta District Coroner, Mr. H. Richardson Clark, hold an inquiry yesterday concerning the death of a young man, Alexander Dempsey, whose body was round, with the…

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Hurstville Man Drowned

The Propeller · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 2

Mr. Hugh Holmes, a resident of Halstead Street, Hurstville, was accidently drowned in Terrigal Lake, Terrigal, last Sunday…

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Fatalities & Accidents. Child Seriously Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 6

Through falling from a balcony at his home in Anglesea Street, Bondi, last night, Arthur Holmes (8) sustained a fractured skull. The Randwick division of the "St. John Ambulace…

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Late Naval Cadet Drowned

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 6

Ernest S. Cunningham, one of the Jervis Bay Naval College graduates, has been reported drowned while on active service on one of the imperial…

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Strangled in the Shafting. Fatality in a Parramatta Flour-mill

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 4

An elderly man named John Robertson, head miller at M'Corquodale's flour-mills, in Parramatta (Sydney), was killed while working at the mills between one and two…

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News of the Day From the Four Quarters. Events of the Day Crimes and Accidents a Man Killed at a Railway Crossing

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 4

An elderly, man, who is believed to have been employed as a caretaker at a weekend camp at Cronulla, was run over and killed by a train at Rockdale on Tuesday…

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Street Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1918 · page 4

At the City Coroner's Court, before Mr. John Jamieson, J.P. (Acting City Coroner), an inquiry was held into the death of Alexander, Robert Weldmann, aged 5 years…

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