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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

1,802 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 91

Fatality at Steel Works

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 March 1918 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Samuel Johansen (24), a rigger, while working at the stool works on Saturday forenoon, met with fatal injuries. He was on a platform working at a crane near…

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Here and There Pea Rifle Fatality

The Sun · Monday 25 March 1918 · page 7

Mrs. Margaret Thompson, aged 30, who lived in Bayswater-road, Darlinghurst, died in Kirketon private hospital, Darlinghurst, last night, following a pea rifle accident…

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Enemy Transports Mined. German Admiral Drowned. LONDON, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 25 March 1918 · page 1

A report has been received from Finland rega[?] German transport mined and damaged where [?] survivers from another [?] transport which struck a…

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Motor Car Accident. Boy Awarded Damages

Evening News · Monday 25 March 1918 · page 5

[?] Court the [?] Pring and a jury the was concluded of the action in which [?] a 12 years by his [?] sought…

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Fatal Pea Rifle Accident at Darlinghurst

Evening News · Monday 25 March 1918 · page 5

Mrs. Margaret Thompson, 30, who lived at 77 Bavswater-road. Darlinghurst, died in "Kirketon" Private Hospital, Darlinghurst, last evening…

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Accidents in Mines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1918 · page 8

A return furnished [?] accordance with the Miners' Accident and R[?]lief Fund regulations shows that in eight [?] there were 527 fatal accidents in mines, for which £135,534…

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Injured Jockey

The Sun · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 8

A. Scott, the apprentice jockey who suffered concussion when Chloronation fell with him at Gosford last Wednesday, is still unconscious. hut he is reported to have made…

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The Turf. Linora Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 2

While being exercised yesterday afternoon, the promising three-year-old Lipora, got rid of her pilot and bolted. On being caught, it was found that she had damaged one of her…

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Claims £260 for Injured Hir

The Sun · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 7

In No. 2 Jury Court to-day, Timothy Moroney, a carrier, claimed £250 compensation from the Railway Commissioners for injuries suffered because, as he alleged, a tramcar…

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The Como Fatality the True Story of the Boy's Disappearance. Afraid to Confess

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 4

On the evening of Friday week, the dead body of a boy named Frederick Dyson, aged thirteen years, was found on a mud-bank in the Woniora river, near Como,…

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MISADVENTURES Many Fatal Accidents Young Woman Killed in Motor Smash

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 26 March 1918 · page 4

A fatal motor smash occurred on Sunday morning at Mona Vale, near Manly (Sydney). A motor car, which contained Mr. Cecil Taylor, who was driving, Miss…

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Wheat Stacker Injured at Enfield

Evening News · Wednesday 27 March 1918 · page 5

While Hoy Brown, 36, of An[?]-street, Ba[?]main, was loading wheat into a truck at the [?]field Railway Depot this morning, the stack col[?]sed, and he was pinned to the ground…

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The Oxford-street Collision Verdict of Acquittal

Evening News · Wednesday 27 March 1918 · page 6

At the Central Criminal Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Justice Gordon and a jury, Frederick O[?]well Th[?] pleaded not guilty to a charge of the manst[?]hter of Louis Philip…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and jury.) Injured on a Tram. Moroney v Railway Commissioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 March 1918 · page 10

The plaintiff in this case, Timothy Moroney, sued the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales, claiming £250 compensation for injuries caused to him by a tram accident,…

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"Fatal Railway Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 March 1918 · page 9

Frank Hamilton, aged 8, lately residing at Howarth-road, Artarmon, was found lying beside a picket fence near the railway station on Monday morning, bleeding from a…

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Aged Swimmer's Fate. Drowned in Macquarie River. BATHURST

Evening News · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 9

A [?] of [?] was found on the [?] of [?] at the popular [?] and the [?] and recovered the [?] of Edwin…

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Huge Boulder Smashes Train. Two Persons Killd: Twenty Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 4

While a passenger train was passing through the Allegheny Mountains, Peensylvania (U.S.A), last week, in huge boulder, weighing upwards of 300-tons,…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and jury.) Injured in a Tram. Moroney v. Railway Commissioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 March 1918 · page 4

The trial of the action in which Timothy Moroney sued the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales, claiming £250 compensation for injuries received through the alleged…

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Remarkable Accident

The Propeller · Friday 29 March 1918 · page 1

A remarkable accident, resulting in the death of a child, occurred at West Kogarah on Sunday last. Two children,…

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