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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Accident at Circus One of the Staff Hurt SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 1

While the staff was dismantling lions' cage at Sole Bros, circus at Granville last night, Thomas Scott caught one foot in a portion of the…

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Exciting Motor Accident

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 2

After leaving Leeton, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Bottrell, met with an exciting motor accident. These well-known business' people of Leeton, having…

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Stadium Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1925 · page 2

An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Reginald Anderson,' boxer, who died following a bout at the Stadium on December 30. Cecil…

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Harbor Collision

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 1

Passengers, aboard the Sydney ferries steamer Korea had a thrilling experience yesterday afternoon. The vessel left Milson's Point crowded…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 2

A most painful misadventure befell Mr. W. Bartlett, son of Mr. James Bartlett, of Ganmain, on Tuesday last. He was riding a motor cycle on the…

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Fatality near Macleay Two Boys Drowned Kempsey

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 3

Harold King, aged 10, and his brother Robert, 16, were drowned in the river to-day. The younger lad fell from a boat into sixteen feet…

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Fatality on the Macleay. Two Boys Drowned. Kempsey

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 2

Harold King, aged 10, and his brother Robert (16) were drowned in the river to-day. The younger lad fell from a boat into sixteen feet of…

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Fifty-five Injured Train Smash at Glasgow London

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 1

A crowded special football train overran the buffers at the Central Station, Glasgow, and the two first coaches were telescoped…

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Car Overturned. Accident Near Oberon. Bathurst

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 2

While returning from the Jenolan Caves a car containing four passengers turned a complete somersault three miles from Oberon. A woman…

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Car Overturned Accident Near Oberon Bathurst

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 3

While returning from the Jenolah Caves a car containing four passengers turned a complete somersault: three miles from Oberon. A woman…

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New Guinea Tragedy. Woman and Three Children Found Drowned. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 2

A message from Rabaul states that a married woman named Hyland and her three children—a boy aged nine and two girls aged seven and five,…

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Steamer Amok Narrow Escape of Collision SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 1

The steamer Ancoona, while on her way down the harbor at midnight, en route to Port Kembla, narrowly escaped colliding with another steamer…

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Appalling Fate Island Blotted Out Deluged by Maelstrom Whole Population Believed Drowned

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 2

Following on what is believed to have been a seismic disturbance off the west coast of Africa, the small island town of Port Alexander and…

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Items of News. Found Drowned

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 2

The body of Reginald Wynd (19) was found floating off St. Kilda on Wednesday night. He left a letter addressed to his mother is which he…

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Man and Woman Injured Gashed Throat and Hatchet Wounds. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 4

There was a sensational occurrence at Lowisham at an early hour this morning as the result of which William Robertson and Mrs. Susan Felton…

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Items of News. Sleep Walker Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 2

Sam Nicholls, ex-M.P, walked in his sleep at Burton's Hotel, Sofala near Bathurst, on Friday night. He fell over the balcony, a distance of 25…

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Man Drowned River Takes its Toll Sunday Bathing Tragedy

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 3

The River Murrumbidgee yearly takes its toll of those who are tempted on hot days into its cool depths. Yesterday at Wagga, early in the…

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Accident

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 5

An accident that might have had much more serious results happened to Mr. James McEvoy on Tuesday evening last, about 7.30 p.m. Mr. McEvoy…

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Penrith Speedway Verdict of Accidental SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 1

An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Horace George Preston, who died from injuries an the result of an accident during a race on…

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Speedway Fatality. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 6

An inquest was held to-day concerting the death of Horace George Fres[?]ton who died from injuries received as the result of an accident during a race…

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