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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

2,061 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 104

Riots at Brisbane. Soldiers Take Law in Own Hands Police and Civilians Injured

The Australian Worker · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 5

ThAt the capitalist press has lost none of its old-time dash in serving up sensational and exaggerated news is shown by the scare reports from Brisbane…

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Young Woman Killed Sulky Accident at Manly

Evening News · Thursday 27 March 1919 · page 4

Mrs Elate [?] 23, of Rich street [?] way died to the Manly Cottage Hospital last night from the [?] of injuries received to a bulky [?]…

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A Wedding Day Fatality. Finding of the Bridegroom's Body

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 4

The decomposed body of Nathaniel Leake was found on Sunday last about a mile from his home at Chad's Creek, in the Gresford (N.S.W.) district…

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A Bolting Horse. a Woman Fatally Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 4

A young married woman, Elsie Ribb, who resided at Dee Why (Syd-ney), was killed by being thrown from a sulky on Wednesday last. A lad,…

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The Deadly Pea-rifle. Little Boy Severely Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 4

A six-years-old boy named Gentles was playing with a loaded pea-rifle at his home at Bathurst-road Orange (N.S.W.) on Wednesday last, when the…

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Mrs. Mulheron's Death George-street Motor Fatality Car-driver's Story at Inquest

Evening News · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 2

The Inquiry concerning the death of Mrs. Eliza Muiheron, 52, who died in Sydney Hospital from injuries received as the result of a motor accident in the…

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Misadventures a Boy Fatally Injured in an Explosion of Metal. Fractured Face and Skull

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 4

A resident of Willoughby (Sydney) named Ritchie Jamieson, aged eighteen years, was fatally injured on Saturday last at the engineering works of…

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A Painter's Fatal Fall. Deplorable Accident at Tighe's Mill

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 4

While painting a house at Tighe's Hill (N.S.W.)on Monday afternoon last, Andrew Wade, aged fifty-five years, a resident of Waratah, fell from…

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Motor Eatality Woman Killed in City How the Accident Happened

The Sun · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 5

The Acting City Coroner (Mr. Fincham) to-day conducted an inquiry into the death of Mrs. Eliza Mulheron, 52 years of age, from injuries received…

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Bridegroom Shot. Tragic Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 6

BROKEN HILL, Thursday.--Albert Edgar Barnard (21), who was married about three weeks ago, was accidentally killed yesterday as the result of a gun accident…

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Sulky Accident. Young Wife Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 March 1919 · page 6

A sulky accident, in which Elsie Ann Bibb, a young married woman, lost her life, occurred at Manly on Wednesday afternoon. Accompanied by her child, Mrs. Bibb who…

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Fall From a Dray Fanner Fatally Injured BATHURST

Evening News · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 4

Adolphus Morrison, 44 a farmer, was riding on the top of a lead of wood on a dray when the horses bolted. The bray overturned, and Morrison was…

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Fatal Collision Boy's Neck Broken Runaway at North Sydney a Dangerous Incline

The Sun · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 6

There was a tragic and fatal runaway and collision in Pitt-street, North Sydney, shortly after 7 o'clock last night, the victim being Charles Edward…

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Sad Fatal Accident

The St George Call · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 6

A sad accident which resulted fatally occurred at the residence of Mrs. K. Abbott, of Sandringham, on Friday last. The younger child was put to…

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Fatal Motor Car Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 9

The adjourned inquiry relating to the death of Eliza Mulheron, 52, a married woman. who was knocked down by a motor car in George-street, city, on Saturday last, and died…

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Eastwood Runway Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 8

At 11.30 a.mi last Saturday, Mr. F. Mobbs newly, purchased mare bolted off with a van-load of furniture, and before she could be stopped most of the…

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Sulky Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 March 1919 · page 6

On Wednesday afternoon four women were being conveyed in a sulky down Station-road, Auburn, towards Silverwater. The weight was evidently too…

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Injured by Motor Car

The Sun · Sunday 30 March 1919 · page 2

While crossing King-street, Newtown, last evening, Edmund O'Farrell, a laborer, 23 years of age, living at Clifford-street, Redfern, was knocked…

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Drowned in Waterhole

The Sun · Monday 31 March 1919 · page 4

Alwood Spence, aged 74, was found drowned in a waterhole at the rear of premises in Liverpool-road, St. John's Park, Canley Vale, on Friday…

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