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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

2,061 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 104

Kandos. Accident at Cement Works

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 17

A serious accident occurred at the quarry at the Kandos cement works, when a workman named Walter Gilan fell from the top of the quarry to the…

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Ballimore. Serious Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 14

Mr. W. Woodley, son of Mr. G. Woodley, of Eulomogo, met with a serious accident while working on one of the Government boring plants on Mrs. H. F…

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Mining Fatality. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 8

Two men were killed in the accident at the British mine yesterday, their names being Joseph Foppoli, an Italian, and William Murphy. Their bodies were recovered early this…

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Balcony Collapses. Four People Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1919 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Michael and Edward Wilson and Daniel Stobbart were hauling a plane up to the balcony of the old Racecourse Hotel, when the balcony collapsed. Five…

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Youth Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 5

FORBES, Thursday.--Thomas Jones (18) was accidentally drowned in the Lachian River, near Warroo, on Wednesday. Bertram Budd, an incapacitated returned soldier, and Mr…

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Drowned in the Laci-ilan Gallant Attempts at Rescue FORBES

The Sun · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 5

Thomas Jones, aged 18, was drowned in the Lach[?]an River, near Warroo, yesterday. Attempts to rescue were made by Bertram Build and William…

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Serious Accident

The Land · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 6

A serious accident befel Mr. G. W. Last, of Frou Hill. Tumut, on January 21. When starting off on a trip in a sulky, accompanied by Mrs. George Clout…

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Accident at Dumbleton

The Propeller · Friday 31 January 1919 · page 1

On Saturday last George Farr was driving a horse and cart along Belmore Road, Dumbleton, when the horse took fright and…

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Serious Gun Accident. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 15

A gun accident occurred, resulting in Mr. Charles Douglas, one of the boat known business men, sustaining such serious injuries that he now lies in Wagga District Hospital…

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Merely Accidental Vaccine Hold-up

The Sun · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 5

The Health Department had no explanation to offer this morning as to the cause of the holding up of the vaccine supplies on the Victorian…

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Eastwood Street Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 8

The level-crossing at the intersection of the railway line and Biaxland-road was the scene of an accident on Tuesday, whereby Mr. Cartwruggt's sulky was…

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Thornleigh an Unportunate Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1919 · page 8

Mr. C. Toms, an indofatigable worker in movements connected with the amelioration of the conditions of soldlers and their dependents. met with a very serions…

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Level Crossing Fatality BRISBANE

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 February 1919 · page 3

Frederick William Baumann, employed by G. Lohde, was driving an ice and butter cart along Palm-avenue, Sandgate, this afternoon, when the cart col-…

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In Heavy Seas Third Officer Killed Dashed to Deck by a Wave Two of the Crew Injured

The Sun · Sunday 2 February 1919 · page 2

While off Danger Point yesterday the Dutch steamer Houtman, on the way to Sydney from Borneo, ran into heavy seas, with the result that the…

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Dynamite for Bait Causes Dreadful Accident ROCKHAMPTON

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 February 1919 · page 3

An elderly fisherman, James Morris, 67, of Emu Park, left with Mr. Breckles jun., of Rockhampton, for South Keppel Island on Thursday to catch fish. In…

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Como Fatality Returned Soldier Drowned

The Sun · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 4

"I saw him at Como on the evening of January 26 fishing from a boat near the wharf. I was talking to him for a time, when suddenly he groaned and…

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Tragedy at Como Returned Soldier Drowned

Evening News · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 4

The [?] a Court, this morning [?] surrounding the [?] of…

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Drowning a Shark Fight Off the Heads Fishermen in Danger

The Sun · Monday 3 February 1919 · page 3

A thrilling fight between a number of sharks and a fishing party was witnessed from South Head yesterday morning…

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