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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

1,802 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 91

Wyandra Damaged Accident to Steering Gear Brisbane

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 March 1918 · page 2

The steamer Wyandra was expected to teach Brisbane from Cairns it an early hour this morning. During the forenoon the A.U.S.N. Co. received a message through the naval office…

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Collision at Sea. Twenty-six Missing. London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1918 · page 5

The steamer Rathmore (1,560 tons), owned by the London and North-Western Railway Company, and carrying 640 passengers, collided with a naval vessel in the Irish Sea…

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Hartlepool Raid. 8 KILLED, 22 Injured. London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1918 · page 5

The Press Bureau announces:-- The total casualties resulting from the airship raid on Hartlepool on Wednesday night were:--…

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Explosions in France. 30 Killed, Many Injured. London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1918 · page 5

Paris advices stale that two terrific explosions occurred at Courneuve. The catastrophe announced at St. Denis was so serious that the Chamber of Deputies…

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Mays Ark Torn Off. Shocking Accident at Waterloo

Evening News · Monday 18 March 1918 · page 5

[?] works, [?] this after[?] had his night [?] below the [?]…

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Shocking Accident Workman's Arm Torn Off

The Sun · Monday 18 March 1918 · page 5

Owing to his hand getting caught between rollers at Barnes's boiling-down works at Waterloo this afternoon, George Box, aged 37, an oil-miller, who lives in Shepherd-street,…

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Girl Seriously Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 5

Elsie Grant, 19, a visitor from Victoria staying in Crown-street, Darlinghurst, was seriously injured this afternoon owing to the shaft of a cart entering her side. She was…

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George's River Drowning. Police Search River and Bay

Evening News · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 5

[?] eff[?] of the Koga[?] police to [?] Doherty of Brown[?] in [?] from a [?] party on…

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Under a Tram Old Man Badly Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 5

After being under a tram for about 10 minutes in Central Square this morning, Charles John Thompson, aged 75, who lives in Abercromble-street, city, was released by…

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Old Man Injured. Uni[?] Tram for Ten Minutes

Evening News · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 5

[?] of [?] this [?] tram at [?] City…

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An Injured Foal. Healing a Bad Knee Wound

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 10

Nanango (Q) states that some five weeks ago a foal of his was cut across the knee, and as home remedies have proved unavailing, he desired to know…

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St. Denis Explosion 1500 Injured LONDON, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 1

Reuter's correspondent at Paris states that the casualties at Saint Denis include 1500 injured, the majority slightly. The explosions shook Paris and Versailles and…

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Played with a Detonator Two Children Injured PERTH

The Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 6

May Hastings, aged 7 years, and Thomas Hastings, aged 12, were playing with a detonator yesterday at Wanneroo, when it exploded. The boy lost a thumb and two…

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MISADVENTURES "Coasting" in a Billy-Cart. Sydney Schoolboy Fatally Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 6

While a "billy" cart was travelling at a fast rate down an incline in Newtown (Sydney) on Tuesday afternoon, one of the wheels came off, and the cart collided…

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Mother and Child. Found Drowned in Dam. Life Too Hard to Bear. Ce[?]snock

Evening News · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 2

At an early hour this morning, Florence Margaret Neale, 19, wife of Edwin Neale, was, with her child, aged seven months, locked in her arms, found drowned in Sh[?]dden's dam…

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"Life Is Too Hard" Mother and Baby Drowned Two Bodies in a Dam Cessnock

The Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 6

At an early hour this morning, the body of Florence Margaret Neale, 19 years of age, wife of Edwin Neale, was found in Shedden's dam, Cessnock, with her child, aged…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Circular Saw Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 March 1918 · page 5

Charles Fritten (56), a laborer, living in Stanley Street, Burwood, was cutting timber with a circular saw at Cockatoo Island yesterday when he slipped, and his right hand Coming…

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Casualties. Hiding Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 12

COOLAMON.—Waiter Miller labourer, aged 23, single, was thrown from his horse, and sustained severe concussion of the brain on Saturday night. He was returning from a…

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Motor Collision at Bondi

Evening News · Wednesday 20 March 1918 · page 3

As the result of a [?] between a motor cycle and a taxi[?] corner of Bondi-road and Waverley [?] Bondi Junction, last night, two [?] injured. Reginald…

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