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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

2,061 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 104

Runaway Horse Injured Employee's Claim

The Sun · Tuesday 10 June 1919 · page 7

An application under the Workmen's Compensation Act was made by James Peaty in the District Court to-day. The applicant was employed by the…

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Railway Smash Sensation in Victoria Many Passengers Injured Melbourne

Evening News · Tuesday 10 June 1919 · page 5

[?] the 6.26 express from Bendigo to Melbourne reached Barker's Creek about so miles from Melbourne. this morning. a sm[?] of ecnational character occurred…

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Train Wreck Cars Off the Line Passengers Over Embankment One Severely Injured Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 10 June 1919 · page 7

While the 6.45 express was travelling from Bendigo to Melbourne this morning smash occurred at Barker's Creek, about a mile and a half from…

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A Cyclist Fatally Injured. Collision With a Sulky at Young

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 4

A carpenter, employed on the Clifton (N.S.W.) soldiers settlement named William Silk, was riding a bicycle from Young on Sunday night…

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Marine Fireman Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 9

THE ROCK, Tuesday.--William Connor, a marine fireman, was found injured on the railway near The Rock to-day, having apparently fallen from the express. Ha was taken to the…

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Train Derailed. Another Victorian Accident Eight Passengers Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The 6.25 train from Bendigo tills morning became derailed a mile and a half from Castlemaine, at a point where the lines had become slippery from oil and…

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Aussies to the Rescue Saved Drowning Passengers Fight for Life in Suez Canal

The Sun · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 4

A story of heroic rescue work performed by four Australian soldiers serving in Egypt related vy another Anzac in a letter to "The Sun."…

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Fall From a Train Seaman Seriously Injured Wagga

Evening News · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 5

At about [?] yesterday morning two always [?] saw a man walking alone the about two miles on the Albury side of The Rock [?]…

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Misdemeanors a Woman Injured and Her Husband Killed. a Tragedy at Orange

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 4

Early on Sunday morning a tragedy occurred at Orange (N.S.W.). Residents of Maclachian-street noticed a young woman with blood streaming…

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Railway Smash. in Victoria. Carriages Plunge Down Embankment. Fourteen Persons Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 11

After jumping the rails, which had been rendered greasy by rain, the engine of the Bendigo-Melbourne express early this [?]ing overturned while travelling at a fast rate…

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A Serious Motor Accident. Caused by a Tyre Blow-out

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 4

A shocking motor accident occurred on the St. Kilda-road, Melbourne, on Wednesday last. A motor-car, owned and driven by a Mr. Timmins, and…

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A Shot in the Bush Accident at Marrickville

The Sun · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 8

While strolling through tho bush between Marrickville and Canterbury late yesterday afternoon Charles Fitzgerald Stoddart, aged 66, of…

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Fatal Motor Accident Mr. Rosewarne Killed

The Sun · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 5

Mr. Joe Rosewarne, who has been killed in a motor accident in Noumea, was one of the best known men in Australia in connection with preserved…

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Woman Shot Says it Was An Accident Husband on Trial

The Sun · Wednesday 11 June 1919 · page 6

At the Central Criminal Court today Sidney Gladstone Sampson, a young man, was charged with having maliciously wounded his wife, Olive Pearl…

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Motor Car and Post Accident at Woollahra Two Men Injured

The Sun · Thursday 12 June 1919 · page 3

Two men were injured when a motor car ran into a post in Oxford-street, near Moneur-street, Wollahra, early this morning…

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Bathurst Mystery Woman Injured Bathurst

The Sun · Thursday 12 June 1919 · page 7

A strange ease concerning serious injuries to a young married woman, who is now in the district hospital in a critical condition, is engaging the…

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Island Fatality. Mr. J. R. Rosewarne Killed. Noumea

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 June 1919 · page 7

Noumea people received a great shock on the receipt of the news of the tragic death of Mr. J. R. Rosewarne, a well-known meat preserver, of Sydney, which occurred on…

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Big Explosion Twelve Killed Many Injured LONDON, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 12 June 1919 · page 1

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Boy Drowned

The Sun · Friday 13 June 1919 · page 5

Two boys ran up to me and Bald that another boy was drowning in the canal. I rushed over, dived in and after about five minutes got the…

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