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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

1,802 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 91

Granville. Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 2 March 1918 · page 2

Carl Norling, 33 yearn, of Granville. had the bad luck this week to set his hand caught In a brake whilst he was working. The flesh wan torn from the back of his…

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Tram Fatality

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 March 1918 · page 3

Sydney Martyn, 29 years of age, single, a tram conductor, of Cleveland-street, Redfern, died yesterday evening, at 7.30, in the Prince Alfred Hospital, as the result of injuries…

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"Drowned Man" Arrested Constable's Surprise Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 3 March 1918 · page 2

For the reason that he believed that this man had been drowned near the pier two hours earlier, Constable G. S. Legge, with the greatest amazement imaginable, beheld him…

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Girl's Spine Injured Father Issues Writ COONAMBLE

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 March 1918 · page 3

Some months ago a little girl named Eva Leveridge fell over a flight of steps at the rear of the local School of Arts Hall, injuring her spine. She has been confines to her bed ever…

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Tram Accident

Sunday Times · Sunday 3 March 1918 · page 3

As a tram was nearing Maroubra Bay about 8 o'clock last night a colored man, Laurence Anotto, of Bushgrove, Botany, leant out, and, overbalancing, fell to the ground. A tram…

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Motor Accidents. Four Persons Injured. West Maitland

Evening News · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 4

While returning from [?]llbird to Ceasnock by motor-car, Sergeant Jones and Constable Smith were thrown out, through the car striking a culvert. Jones escaped with a few…

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Gas Explosion. Worker Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 6

As the result of an explosion at the works of the North Shore Gas Company late on Friday night, James Wild (29), an employee, was severely burnt about the face and limbs, and…

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Tug and Steamer Collision Off Botany

The Sun · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 8

The steamer Dunmore and the tug Champion collided off Botany Heads at 1 o'clock on the morning of February 12, and the Marine Court to-day held an inquiry into the…

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North Coast Mystery. Father and Three Children Drowned

Evening News · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 4

Brief particular of a mysterious drowning case have been received from Liamore. Ernest M'Leas, a wel-known farmer at Fernieight, near Bangalow, with his three children Anaie, 10…

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Hongkong Tragedy. 700 KILLED, 300 Injured. London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 5

A message from Hongkong announces that the racecourse disaster, when a bamboo stand collapsed and took fire, has resulted in over 700 deaths. Three hundred people were also…

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Found Drowned. Father and Three Children in Well. a Mysterious Affair

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 4

LISMORE, Sunday.--The report of a sensational occurrence has been received from Bangalow. Ernest M'Lean, a well-known farmer at…

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Tram Accident. Woman Dragged Thirty Yards

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1918 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--On Saturday evening Miss Harrison, of Gilles Street, who was travelling on an electric tram, met with a serious accident…

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Drowned in a Dam; a Mount Morgan fatality

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 4

A boy named Trewarthen, aged nine years, wan drowned in the big dam at Mount Morgan (Q.) recently. His father and others had been swimming, and…

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Drowning Tragedies Farmer and Three Children Dead. a DOMESTIc FATALITY

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 4

A sensational tragedy has occurred at Fernleigh, near Bangalow (N.S.W.). On Saturday afternoon, Ernest M'Lean, a well-known farmer at Fernleigh,…

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Marine. Champion-dunmore Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 3

An inquiry into the collision which occurred off Botany Bay early on the morning of February 12 last, between the tug Champion (owned by Messrs. William and Stephen Brown) and…

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Marine Court Inquiry. Dunmore-Champion Collision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 2

In the Marine Court yesterday, before Judge Backhouse, an inquiry was held into the collision between the steamer Dunmore (South Coast Metal…

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A Boating Fatality. a Tragedy at a Seaside Resort

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 4

Three men, named Alfred Hutchings. Herbert Johnson, residents of Sydney, and John Cookson. of Saratoga, were out fishing near the bar entrance at Broken…

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Run Over by a Train. a Chinaman Fatally Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 4

A Chinaman named Ah Ling, aged sixty years, while walking to Murrurundi (N.S.W.), was run over by a train on Glennie's Creek bridge. One of his legs…

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Marine Court. (Before Judge Backhouse, with Captains Chudleigh and Simpson as Assessors.) Champion-dunmore Collision. Master of Champion to Show Cause

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1918 · page 4

The court opened an inquiry into the collision which occurred in the early morning of February 12, between the steam tug Champion and the steamer Dunmore. Mr. Tighe…

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