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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

2,061 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 104

A Fearful Fatality. Collapse of a Building. Father and Son Killed

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

The Parramatta coroner held an inquest at Ryde on Tuesday concerning the deaths of Ernest Edward Young (29) and his son, Leslie Wm, Young (6), which…

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Accident at Newtown

Evening News · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 1

[?] of Bay street. [?] this morning. At the [?]…

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Thornleigh. Severe Accident

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

The five years old son of Mr.Cheetham, of Thoruleigh, met with a painful accident on Monday, when a full resulted in a dislocation of his elbow aud a fracture of…

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Serious Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 6

On Tuesday afternoon a serious accident happened on the Woodville-road, when a young man named John Stieme, of Fairfield, who was driving with two others in…

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Lieutenant Eric Hurt Who Has Rescued Two Men from Drowning While Surfing at Bronte

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 February 1919 · page 5

There are very few people who have saved the lives of two people at different times, but one who can claim to have done this is Lieutenant Eric Hurt, a…

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Strain of Driving Causes Motor Accidents Many Colds, Injuries, and Avoidable able Accidents are Traced to Liquor Drinking

Sunday Times · Sunday 9 February 1919 · page 19

Full many an automobile accident, both to those within and those outside the car, are due to a lack of co-ordination or unevenness of thought and emotion, which…

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Drowned in Nepean

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 3

CAMDEN, Monday.--The District Coroner, Mr. A. E. Baldock, held an inquiry here yesterday regarding the body of a man found drowned in the Nepean at Menangle. Deceased,…

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Boy Badly Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 7

Aubrey Wilson, a 10-year-old boy, of Cardigan-street, Stanmore, fell from a telegraph pole at the rear of that street this afternoon. At the Royal…

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Buried Alive. a Broken Hill Fatality

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 4

William Boucher, a miner, was buried by a fall of earth at the North mine at Broken Hill (N.S.W.) on Friday last. He was recovered after an…

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Returned Soldier Drowned. While Fishing at Como

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 4

An inquiry into the death by drowning od January 26th of Esmond Lardner, a returned soldier, was held at the City Coroner's Court (Sydney) last…

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Cingalese Fatally Shot. Another Seriously Injured. Affray at Woolloomooloo

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 5

A shooting affray, which occurred in a house in Duke Street, Woolloomooloo, yesterday afternoon. resulted in two Clugalose being shot. One of the Injured men, Thomas Doonus, was…

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Drowned in a Clay-pit. Sad Death of a State Boy at Morrylands

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 4

While swimming in a clay-pit at Merrylands (N.S.W.) with two companions, Cecil Gray, aired eight years, got into difficulties, and was drowned…

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Events of the Day Men Buried Alive by Accidents in Mines. a Swimmer Killed in Diving

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 4

A returned soldier named Henry Allan died in Randwick Military Hospital on January 30th last from hemorrhage of the brain, resulting…

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Accident to the Ceduna. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 7

The Queensland trader Ceduna, 2600 tons, owned by the Adelaide Steamship Company, left Geelong for Brisbane, with a cargo of fodder, on Saturday. Before she reached the…

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Another Pea-rifle Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 February 1919 · page 2

MUNGINDI, Monday.--Willie several boys were shooting in the bush yesterday with pesrifles, Orry Cashman (12) was accidentally in by another boy, the bullet passing through the…

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Forbes. Drowning Fatality

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 16

The Forbes Coroner, Mr. T. M. Dunn, returned a verdict of accidental drowning in his inquiry into the cause of the death of a young man named Thomas…

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Barooga. Drowning Fatality

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 17

A drowning fatality occurred in the Murray River on, February 4, when Hector Ratcilffe, 17 years of age, lost his life…

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Drowning Fatality. A Merrylands Mystery

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 2

On the 4th instant a boy passing a Waterhole at Merrylands noticed some clothes close by the edge, and seeing no one in the water or about he caused…

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Harbour Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 10

A collison between the Manly Ferry steamer Bellubera and the motor launch Lady Le[?] occurred near Fort Denison early yesterday morning…

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Shooting Fatality Perth

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1919 · page 8

Griffith Roberts, who was shot at Osborne Park on Monday, during a dispute, died at the Perth Hospital last night…

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