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Accidents, 1922

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Fatalities and Accidents Four Children Killed. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1922 · page 2

A boy of five years of age. Leslie Gray, who lived at Manly, was run over and killed early to-day. He ran across the road from behind a train…

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Lorry and Cart Collide. Accident Causes a Fire. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 26 April 1922 · page 1

As a result of a collision between a cert and motor-lorry in Cleveland-street Redfern, to-day a fire broke out in the sulphur which was on the cart. Some…

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A Factory Accident’ Sydney

The Daily Express · Wednesday 26 April 1922 · page 2

C[?]cil Weekes, aged 19, of Parramatta, was shockingly injured yesterday through falling into a revolving mixing machine at the kalsomine…

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A Collision

The Daily Express · Thursday 27 April 1922 · page 2

Yesterday morning a horse and sulky was standing in Bayli[?] Street opposite Mr. [?]lough’s premises, when an oncoming motor car, driven by…

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Collision and Bolt

Daily Advertiser · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 2

A rather serious driving accident occurred in Baylis-street, South Wagga on Wednesday morning. A motor car, driven by Mr. Ivan Beck,…

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Fisherman Drowned Sydney

The Daily Express · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 1

A man, thought to be nar[?] Alexander Paterson, went fishing yesterday and did not return. A ski[?] containing a [?] and trousers was picked…

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Accidents

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 3

A painful accident, as well as a serious one, befel Mr. Edwin Hetherington Lawson an axeman, working for Messrs. Muller Bros.,…

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Accidental Death. Sydney

The Daily Express · Saturday 29 April 1922 · page 2

The City-Geroner opened an inquiry to-day into the death of Lindsay Gory[?] McDowell, 26, married; an accountant who was found dead under…

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Motor-cyclist Killed. in Collision with Sulky. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 2

Eric Britton, a young orchardist of St. Ives, received terrible, injuries in a collision between a motor-cycle and a sulky early last night. Britton was…

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A Driving Accident

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 2

On Friday last Mr. Richard Franklin, representative of the Texas Co., had a narrow escape from serious injury, when, as a result of…

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Accidental Death. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 1

An inquest concerning the death of Lindsay M'Dowell, who was found unconscious under a palm in Macquarie-street, on April 1, and who…

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Fatalities and Accidents Suffering From Burns. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 2

Louis Stanton was admitted to the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, suffering from severe bruns, caused whilst extinguishing a fire on his property at…

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Drowning Fatality. No Lurid Details. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 2

An examination of the body of andrew Munro, who was found floating in Hawkesbury River yesterday, failed to disclosed any marks. His disappearance…

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Drowned in Murrumbidgee

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 2

Early yesterday morning the Wagga police were notified that the body of a man named Martin Braudt, aged about 45 years, had been found floating…

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Pea Rifle Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death Hobart

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 2

At the inquest concerning the death of Bernard Taggart, aged 17, who died at Launceston from the effects of a bullet from a pea[?]rifle on…

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A River Mystery. Wagga Resident Drowned

The Daily Express · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 2

Something of mystery attaches to the sudden death on Sunday morning of Martin Brandt, a resident of Murray Street, Wagga, whose body was…

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Currawarna Drowning Martin Branot’s Death

The Daily Express · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 2

The Coroner,Mr. G. S. Shepherd, P.M., has viewed the body of Martin Brand[?], which was found Ro[?]ting in the Murrumbidgee River at…

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Trams Turn Over Two in the One Night Officials and Passengers Injured MELBOURNE

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1922 · page 1

A tram overturned at they intersection of Spring and Collins streets last night. Five men, including the gripman and…

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Accident on a Farm

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 2

Whilst Mr. Freeman, farmer near Illabo, was on his way to Illabo on Tuesday afternoon, he saw a team of horses attached to a cultivator,…

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Drowned in Murrumbidgee

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 3

Early on Monday morning the Wagga police were notified that the body of a [?] named Manio Brand., aged about 4½ years, had been found floating in the…

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