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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

1,802 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 91

Motor Car Accident Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 7 April 1918 · page 2

A motor car which was being driven in Bendigo to-day by Mrs. Jeffrey, wife of Mr. J. Jeffrey, grocer, collided with a car driven by Mr. J. Sloan, of Bridgewater. Mrs…

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Four Drowned. Auckland Harbor Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 April 1918 · page 4

AUCKLAND, Sunday.--A steamer was towing a scow in the harbor at night-time when the tow-rope capsized an open boat at anchor. Three brothers, Ernest Skinner, J. Skinner, and…

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Fatalities & Accidents. Soldier Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 April 1918 · page 6

The body of James Swale (29) a soldiers attached to the New Zealand Mounted Ride Corps, was found yesterday morning in a pond in Centennial Park. The deceased met with…

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Fishing Party Drowned. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 April 1918 · page 8

Four lives were lost owing to a boating accident in Auckland Harbour. K. Sutherland, a boatbuilders and three, brothers named Skinner, aged 11, 9, and G respectively, were out…

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Motor and Bicycle Collide Cyclist Injured

The Sun · Monday 8 April 1918 · page 6

A collision occurred in Rocky Point-road, near Terry-street, Arncliife, at half-past 12 this morning, between a motor car driven by Arthur Lovegrove, of Eastern-avenue,…

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Motor and Bicycle Collide. Youth Injured at Arncliffe

Evening News · Monday 8 April 1918 · page 3

Shortly before [?] o'clock this [?] motor car owned by Mr A M[?] of [?] Avenue. Keneington[?] and driven [?] was going along Rockey [?]…

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A Fishing Fatality. Four Man Drowned in Auckland Harbor

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 4

A steamer was towing a scow in the Auckland (N.Z.) harbor one night last week, when the tow-rope capsized an open boat that was at anchor, and which…

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Under a Train Boy Badly Injured Accident at Petersham

The Sun · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 2

After being under a train, with one of the wheels resting on his left leg, for over half an hour this morning, William Roy Ritchie, aged 16, who is living with friends in…

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A Surfing Fatality. a Fruit-grower Collapses

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 4

A surfing fatality occurred at Mooloolah Heads (Q.) during the Easter holidays, the victim being Edward John Croston, a fruit-grower of Buderim…

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Charge of Assault Policeman's Nose Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 6

Evidence given at the Central Police Court this morning against Gordon Kelly, 27, a laborer, who was charged with assaulting Constable Randall, of the Darlinghurst Police…

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Drowned in Centennial Park. a New Zealand Soldier's Death

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 4

The body of James Swale, aged thirtynine years, a soldier attached to the New Zealand Mounted Rifle Corps, was found on Sunday morning in a pond in…

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Shocking Accident Jammed Between Wheel and Line. Youth's Amazing Fortitude

Evening News · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 8

With both thighs and legs fractured, and the flesh of one leg torn from hip to heel, an the the mu[?]es were exposed, Roy Ritchie, a 16-year-old Petersham boy, lay on the railway at…

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Strange Revolver Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 April 1918 · page 5

As the result of a revolver accident, Mrs. Moray M'Guggan (23), living in May Street, St. Peters, was taken to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital last night, suffering from bullet…

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Relief Ship Mined. Twelve Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 April 1918 · page 11

The Belgian relief ship Comte de Smet de Naeyer (1423 tons) was mined and sunk off the Dogger Bank. Twelve persons were d[?]ned…

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Leichhardt Tram Fatality. Worries of the Department

Evening News · Wednesday 10 April 1918 · page 5

At the City [?] held [?] inquiry [?] of Frances [?]…

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Under a Train. Boy Badly Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 April 1918 · page 10

William Roy Ritchie (16) was the victim of a particularly unfortunate accident at Petersham railway station yesterday morning. His was the experience of being under a train, with one of…

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Motor Smash Car Over Embankment Two Women Injured Other Occupants Escape Unhurt

The Sun · Wednesday 10 April 1918 · page 6

A sensational motor smash occurred at Maroubra Bay early this morning, when a motor car containing three women and two men capsized over an embankment at the…

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Sculler Tom Clifford Accidentally Killed Career of Lake Illawarra Veteran: Rival of Ned Trickett and Harry Pearce, Sen : All Schools' Races on the Parramatta River To-day

Referee · Wednesday 10 April 1918 · page 10

Word reached Sydney just after we had gone to Press last week that Mr. Tom Clifford, aged 67 years, had been accidentally killed on the Canterbury Road, Unanderra, South Coast, on…

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Fatal Shooting Accident. Man Mistaken for Deer

The Australian Worker · Thursday 11 April 1918 · page 2

While in search of deer in Casey's Bush, at Cressy, Tasmania, a young man named Angus T. Archer was accidentally shot during the Easter holidays…

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