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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

2,061 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 104

Returned Soldier Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 6

Esmond Lardner (27), a returned soldier, while fishing from a boat moored opposite the Federal boatsheds at Como, last night, took a fit, and tell overboard and was drowned…

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Injured by Train Accident at Strathfield

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 3

[?] moving train [?] Railway Station on [?]…

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Midnight Assault Annandale Resident Injured

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 3

John Thomas Smoothey, of [?] Young-street. Annandale, has reported a strange occurrence to the police. He states that he was leaving his back gate at about…

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Motor and Cycle Smash Fatality on Country Road ORANGE

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 8

While George Bargwanna was driving a motor car containing four passengers back to Orange from Bathurst races on Saturday night, and when within two…

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Carried Four Miles Accident at Dumbleton Ambulance Men's Good Work

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 2

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Camper Shot Accident at Mosman Showing How to Drill

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 4

John Hart [?], who lived in a came in the bush of Cowles-road, Mosman, near Middle Horbor, was admitted to the Royal North Shore Hospital on Saturday…

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Accident on Railway Line

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 7

John Lawrence and Mary Nestor, who live at Ross-street, Parramatta, had a fortunate escape from serious injury late on Saturday night. They both attempted to board a…

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Racecourse Accident. Greek Fire Destroyed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1919 · page 6

Greek Fire fell at the first obstacle in Hurdle Race at the A.J.C. meeting on Saturday last. An examination revealed that he had sustained a common comminuted fracture of the off…

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Como Fatality

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 7

The body of Esmond Lardner, a returned soldier, who, while fishing from a boat at Come on Saturday, took a fit and fell into the water, was recovered…

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Returned Soldier Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 6
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While fishing off the Federal Boatsheds, at come, on Sunday nigh, Edmund Lardener, [?] returned soldier, who lately resided at co[?] fell into the river and was drowned…

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May Lose His Sight Injured by Gun Charge

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 7

Cecil George Lewis, 23, a laborer, was, at the North' Sydney Police Court this morning, remanded for a week upon a charge of having at Mosman on…

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Misadventures Man Killed Instantly and Two Women Injured. Motor-car Fatality

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 4

On Wednesday night last Cecil Jackson, aged thirty years, was killed in a motor accident. Mr. Johnson was returning Home from Eumaralla…

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Buried in Bricks Two Workmen Injured

The Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 4

Owing to the "crown" of a kiln collapsing at the Sydney Brickworks, in Unwin's Bridge-road, St. Peters, this afternoon, two workmen, James…

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Trams Collide Driver Severely Injured BRISBANE

Evening News · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 7

Two trams collided in Hamilton [?] this morning, and Henry Carter, one of the drivers, was placed against the front seat and severely injured…

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Two Men Killed Fall of Earth in Mine Third Man Seriously Injured Broken Hill

Evening News · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 6

Three men, who were working on the slope of the 400ft level in the British Mine, were buried by a fall of earth yesterday afternoon. A man named…

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Water and Sewerage Buried by Bricks Fall of Seven Tons Two Men Injured at St. Peters

Evening News · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 7

The Metropolitan Water and Sewerage Board recently received a letter from the Town Clerk of Newtown requesting to board to lay water along both Two men [?] about [?] Brick Works [?] Peters, this [?]…

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Accident at Kurri Newcastle

The Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 7

Owing to a fall of earth at Kurri Kurri to-day, Herbert Lynch, 35, a miner, was killed…

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Miners Entombed Broken Hill Accident Two Killed Broken Hill

The Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1919 · page 7

A pass burst on the intermediate level, between the 400ft. and 500ft. levels of the British mine at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and a fall of earth…

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