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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

2,061 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 104

Caught in Belting Fatal Accident at Balmain

Evening News · Wednesday 23 April 1919 · page 6

Gillis Munro, 35, a fitter, of Rosa-street, Croydon, was terribly injured at Balmain late yesterday afternoon, and died shortly after admission to the…

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Misadventures Two Men Accidently Killed in a Mine. Mysterious Electrocution

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 23 April 1919 · page 4

George Thompson, aged nineteen years, was found dead in the main tunnel of the underground section of the Mount Bischoff I in Mine, at…

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Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1919 · page 2

At the Parramatta District Hospital there were a few accident cases admitted during the holiday season of Easter, but not many. On the 17th, Geo. Moore(3)…

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Serious Motor Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 23 April 1919 · page 2

On Thursday evening Mr. P.T. Williams of Marion-street and with a serious accident. It appears that he was cycling at the corner of Marion-street when he came…

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Baby Drowned in Creek

The Sun · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 4

Edna Kingston, a child of 1 year and in months, was drowned this morning in the damage gully which runs at the foot of Melody-street, Coogee…

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Little Girl Drowned Fell Into Randwick Creek

Evening News · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 10

A [?] at the foot of Melody-street, Randwick, was the scene of a fatality this morning Edna May Kingston, 2 whose parents reside in Queen-street, being…

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Clubbed Fox with a Rifle South Coast Resident injured BEERIGAN

Evening News · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 1

Mr J Kelly a resident of Corse, met with a serious accident while hunting a fox which had been brought to bay by dogs Mr. [?] endeavored to despatch…

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Workers' Accidents. Zam-buk Is Needed to Prevent Blood Poison and Disease

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 26

Every worker should always keep a pot or Zam-Buk within easy reach. Cuts and bruises are a daily occurrence, and unless they are dressed with…

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Accident at Cement Works. Portland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 9

Thomas Wold, married, employed at the Commonwealth Portland Cement, works, got his right arm caught in the machinery yesterday afternoon, and sustained severe…

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Motor-car Accident. The Driver Seriously Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 4

While returning from Beechworth (Vic.) races on Monday night last, a car, driven by Mr. W. Bell. of Albury, overturned through striking an…

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A Burning Fatality. An Elderly Woman's Death

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 4

While singeing a fowl with a lighted newspaper on Saturday afternoon last, Mrs. Hannah Bell, aged sixty-one years, of Clifton Hill (Vic), had the…

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Three Men Drowned. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 10

On the Ahaura River William Crysell, engindriver, John Brosman and Thomas Reynolds, dredge hands, were in a boat removing a dredge for dismantling, when the boat…

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Drowned in Botany Bay. Fell off a Launch

The Propeller · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 1

A man whose name is thought to be Morris fell overboard from a motor launch off Kurnell last Friday and was drowned. The…

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"Toddles" Coogee's Pet Baby Drowned in a Drain

The Sun · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 2

A large number of the residents of Central Coogee are mourning a great loss, for Edna May Kingston, the chubby little girl of one year and ten…

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A Riding Fatality. a Horse and its Rider Killed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 4

While returning from a sports meeting at Narraburra (N.S.W.) on Monday night last. Thomas Wilson, a farmer of Grogan, was thrown from his…

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Landing Place. a Providential Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 10

According to a Sydney doctor who was at Gallipoli with the first ambulance division, the place where the Australians and New Zealanders landed was not the spot selected. He…

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'Flu Patient Drowned

The Sun · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 5

Late on Thursday night, Russell Carlus Searle who lived in Elizabeth-street, Croydon, was found floating face downwards in the Parramatta…

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Drowned While Bathing

The Sun · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 4

A finding of accidental death was recorded by the City Coroner (Mr. Hawkins) yesterday in an inquest on the body of Charles Finch, aged 22, a…

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Shooting Fatality Launceston

The Sun · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 8

A shooting accident at Sidmouth, on the River Tamar, resulted fatally. Alfred Bennett, aged 30, a married man with a family, was shooting rabbits…

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Sensational Raid. Three Men Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1919 · page 17

A raid by the police on an alleged "two-up" school at a house in George-street West last night ended in a sensational manner. Shortly after 10 o'clock Inspector Doig,…

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