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Accidents, 1919

2,061 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 104

Sensational 'Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1919 · page 5

Mr. Blomfield, sen., an employee at Messrs. Davis and Gee's wool-scouring works, Fairfleld, met with a serious accident on Saturday. He was adjusting a belt on a…

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Nearly Drowned

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 May 1919 · page 5

Miss Annie Sutton, of Port Kembla, who has been nearly drowned twice, had another narrow escape on Friday. With a party she was fishing off a rock on the…

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Bottle Through [?] WINDOW Returned Soldier Injured

Sunday News · Sunday 18 May 1919 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Saturday.—On the survival of a passenger train from Sydney this week the railway officials noticed a considerable quantity of blood on the…

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Changsha's Rough Trip Three Men Injured

The Sun · Sunday 18 May 1919 · page 2

During the China Navigation Co.'s steamer Changsha's voyage down the coast, on her way from the East to Sydney, she encountered a strong…

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Steamer's Rough Passage Three Men Injured

Sunday News · Sunday 18 May 1919 · page 1

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WRECKED! Collier Disaster At Port Hacking Last Night Six Drowned

The Mirror · Sunday 18 May 1919 · page 2

At 7.30 last evening the collier Tuggerah, which was proceeding from Bulli to Sydney with coal, was wrecked near Port hacking heads…

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Callous Conduct Soldier Seriously Injured and Dismissed from Farm

The Mirror · Sunday 18 May 1919 · page 3

Private A. E. Warbey, of the 15th Battalion, has an extraordinary story to tell of the treatment he received whilst working on a farm in the country after his…

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Railway Accident at Orange

Sunday News · Sunday 18 May 1919 · page 1

The photo depicts the result of the [?] railway yard on Wednesday between a line of coal trucks and a stationary break ran. The [?] into the dead-end, at which the [?] was standing and crashed into it before they could be [?] accidents at this [?] which have involved the department in considerable [?] too small for the requirement of [?]…

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Mine Accident. PERTH

Sunday Times · Sunday 18 May 1919 · page 2

At Westonia, in the Central Mine, Mat Ramsay had his legs badly shattered as the result of an explosion…

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Red Mutineers Commissaries Drowned LOUDON, May 11

The Sun · Monday 19 May 1919 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent at Helsingfors, telegraphing yesterday, reports that Russian papers state that discontent in the Red Army is Increasing…

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Changsha Has Rough Trip. Three Men Injured

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 19 May 1919 · page 4

During the China Navigation Co.'s steamer Changsha's voyage down the coast, on her way from the East to Sydney, she encountered a strong…

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Injured at Sea. Changsha's Chief Officer in Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 May 1919 · page 9

Berthing at Circular Quay on Saturday after a voyage from Hongkong via ports, the Australian-Oriental liner Changsha was met by a Civil Ambulance motor waggon. The vessel's…

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Foundered in Gale. Fate of the Collier Tuggerah. Six of the Crew Drowned. Captain, Chief Officer, and Chief-engineer Missing. Eleven Survivors Land at Cronulla. Perilous Trip of Survivors in Ship's Lifeboat

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 May 1919 · page 5

In the stormy weather which swept the coastline on Saturday the steam collier Tuggerah, owned by the Wallarah Coal Company, foundered to the south of Marley Head while…

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When Hawker Left Ideal Conditions Raynham Meets with Accident. New York, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 19 May 1919 · page 6

When the Sopwith aeroplane carrying Hawker and Grieve left Mt. Pearl on the flight across the Atlantic, the conditions were ideal. A light wind was blowing…

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The Liverpool Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 May 1919 · page 10

The inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Isaac James Lee, a young farmer residing at Cecil Park, near Liverpool, was hold at the Liverpool…

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Rail and Tram Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 May 1919 · page 9

Three accidents connected with the railways and tramways occurred during Friday afternoon. One of them proval fatal. John Devine Smith (45), who lived in Caroline…

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Crushed Between Trucks. a Crazier Injured at Orange

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 May 1919 · page 4

A well-known grazier, of Amaroo (N.S.W.) was severely injured at the Orange trucking yards on Thursday last. He was trucking sheep and…

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Injured by Motor Car Girl Claims £400 Verdict for £125

The Sun · Tuesday 20 May 1919 · page 7

A claim against Hugh Fraser, of Cannonbury-grove, Dulwich Hill, for £400 compensation for injuries received by Emma May Nicholson through…

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A Shipping Disaster the Collier Tuggerah Founders in the Storm. of Seventeen Six Drowned

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 May 1919 · page 4

A fierce gale has raged along the N.S.W. coast during the week-end, and in some places the weather has been the roughest experienced for…

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Week-end Accidents a Number Op Railway and Tramway Mishaps. a Goods Train Derailed

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 20 May 1919 · page 4

A serious railway accident occurred on the North Island (N.Z.) main trunk railway, near Mataroa, on Wednesday night. A goods train from…

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