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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

2,061 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 104

Ganmain. Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 14

An accident befel a young lad named David Stretton, aged 12 years. He was driving in a cart to Ganmain, when the horse bolted. The cart struck a tree…

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Trundle. Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 13

Alec. Shaw, a carter employed by Bloomfield and Company, was thrown from a cart through the wheel running over a stone. The wheel passed over…

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Fatality Amongst Cattle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 5

WINGHAM.—Mr. J. W. Walker, of Dingo Creek, near Wingham, North Coast, experienced a big loss on Sunday. About 30 head of dairy cows broke into his imphee paddock…

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Railway Accidents. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 8

The Kuranda police have advised the Commissioner of Police that the early passenger train between Cairns and Herberton this morning caught fire. One waggon was…

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Fatal Racing Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1919 · page 7

BOWRAL, Wednesday.--At the Bowral Court House this morning, Mr. H.W. Taylor (District Coroner) conducted an inquiry into the death of Michael James Egan, who died from…

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Como Drowning Fatality

The Propeller · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 1

An inquiry was conducted by the Acting City Coroner (Mr. Fincham), on Monday, into the death of Esmond Arthur…

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A Shooting Accident. Returned Soldier Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 4

On Monday last, Paul Trimble, a returned Anzac, who resides at North Sydney, went on a duck-shooting expedition with some companions at…

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Drowned in Centennial Park

Evening News · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 5

Some boys playing in Centennial Park this afternoon saw a man walk into a [?] near the AVOCE-Street. Randwick, Entrance, and sink, They [?] for…

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Drowned in the Park

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 5

An unknown man was seen by boys to enter the pond in Centennial Park near the Avoca-street entrance, this afternoon. He was dead when pulled…

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Events of the Day Gruesome Accidents and Sodden Fatalites of the Week. Drowned in the Murray

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 4

Hector Ratcliffe, aged seventeen years, a resident of Berrigan (N.S.W.), was drowned in the Murray River on Tuesday last. With other Berrigan…

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Fall From a Cart. Driver Fatally Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 4

While driving a milk-cart in Mascot. Sydney, on Tuesday night, Daniel Hefferman struck the horse with the cod of the reins. The horse plunged,…

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Playing with Matches. a Little Girl Fatally Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 4

The five-year-old daughter of Mr. William Lattimore, of Woodford-Leigh (N.S.W.). was shockingly burnt while staying at a boarding-house at Yamba…

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Racing Fatality Launceston Cup Spill Death of a Jockey LAUNCESTON

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 5

An inquest was opened to-day concerning the death of Cyril Patron, a jockey, residing at St. Kilda, who was killed in the Launceston Cup when…

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Fatal Accident in the Launceston Cup Skull Cap Saves Another Jockey's Life

Arrow · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 1

It is not very pleasing news that when the field for the Launceston Cup had traversed about half a furlong the four-year-old filly Seek, ridden by the…

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A Shocking Accident. Pinned Beneath a Vehicle

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 4

A shocking fatality occurred on Monday last at Wagga (N.S.W.), when Basil Berrigan was killed instantly. Berrigan was engaged in carting salt…

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Drowned in Clay-pit

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 13

Cecil Gray (8) was found drowned in a clay-pit at Merrylands. He had been swimming in the pit with a couple of small boys, and got into difficulties, the hole in parts being over…

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Drowned in a Pond

The Sun · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 6

The body of the man which was found in a pond in Centennial Park yesterday afternoon was identified as that of Stephen Smith, who lived in…

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Drowned in Centennial Park

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 7

William Sphapp (67). living in Earl Street, Randwick, was drowned in one of the lagoons in Centennial Park yesterday afternoon. It is surmised that the deceased took a fit, and fell…

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