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Blue Mountains · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Accident at Blackheath Seven Passengers Injured on the Brink of Govett's Leap

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4

A bus owned by O. C. Brown, and driven by L, S, Hull, both of Black-heath, capsized near Govett's Leap, on Sunday afternoon and seven of…

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Motor Accident

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 6

Mr. D. Munro, of Lane Cove, and the Misses Elma, Sarah and Ivy Colless, of Emu Plains, were injured in a motor accident between Springwood…

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Appeal to Supporters for an Injured Player

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 5

Last season, Mr. Norman Cillies, captain of the Leura football club, was seriously injured in a match on the local ground. Since then this…

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Linesman Injured

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 8

Linesman Emmett Ryan was the victim of a nasty accident on Monday last, more serious effects only being averted in a most miraculous…

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Accidents with Swings Question of Liability

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 1

The question of the safety of Council's swings in the several parks, and of Council's liability in the event of accidents occurring to children…

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Motor-cycle Accident

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 7

A painful accident happened to Mr. Douglas Delaney, a well-known young townsman, on Monday afternoon. D[?]ug, is quite at home on the…

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Motor Car Crash Four Men Injured

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 5

"Suicide Corner," a bad turn on the river Lett hill, on the Lithgow road, about seven miles from Mt. Victoria, was the scene of another…

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Shooting Accident Man Shot in Groin Deadly Pea-rifle Again

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 April 1925 · page 4

The deadly pea-rifle again was in evidence on Sunday last, when Victor Robert Duff, a well-known resident of Katoomba, aged 24 years,…

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Dual Accident Trains Leave Rails Traffic Disorganised

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 10 April 1925 · page 6

Traffic on the Blue Mountains railway was completely disorganised on Tuesday morning, as the result of two trains leaving the rails, and…

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Another Motor Fatality

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 6

The Eastond is becoming notorious of late. At sunset on Sunday evening, a little boy named Thomas Cahill, seven years of age, was killed. The…

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Head-on Smash Motor Cars Collide Municipal Engineer Injured

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 5

A head-on collision occurred in Katoomba Street at 7 p.m. last night, which resulted in the wrecking of the Ford provided for the use of…

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Motor Smash Collision in Main Street

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 2

A motor collision occurred on Monday afternoon at the intersection of Parke and Main Street. A Dodge, driven by Robert J. Patterson, of…

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Shooting Accident

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 4

Whilst in Katoomba, Mr. "Ossie" Best was well and widely known as a member of Bartio's staff, his courtesy and attention winning many…

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Linesman Injured Collapse of Telephone Pole

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 4

A serious accident befel Herbert O'Nell, 'telephone linesman, at Blackheath this morning. He was removing the wires from a pole in Clan…

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Accident at the Caves Mt. Victoria Resident Injured

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 6

Late on Friday last, Mr. W. Mathews, well-known motor proprietor of Mount. Victoria, son of ex-Cr. P. Mathews, met with a serious…

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Motor Collision

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 9 October 1925 · page 10

Just after 5 on Sunday afternoon, a motor car and a motor cycle met in a head-on collision on the Bathurst Road, in the vicinity of the…

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Motor Smash Two Women Injured

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 6

On Wednesday last, a motor car overturned on the Grent Western Road, between Valley Heights and Springwood. The occupants were…

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Shocking Accident Car Over Laps[?]

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 30 October 1925 · page 6

There men were killed, and another [?] injured, in a motor accident on Lapst[?] Hill yesterday, It is [?] that the our got out of…

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Blackheath Babes Drowned in Bath-tub Mother's Awful Discovery

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 13 November 1925 · page 5

Never in the history of Blackheath has grim Death stalked more tragically and pathetically than on Wednesday, when two children were…

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Terrible Fall Girl Badly Injured

The Blue Mountain Echo · Friday 27 November 1925 · page 4

While playing with her clouds yesterday morning on the green plot at the roar of Everett's store, Main Street, Katoomba, Patty McKenzie…

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