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Accidents, 1922

2,680 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 134

Fatalities & Accidents Mental Patient's Death

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 6

A verdict of suicide while insane was returned by the Parramatta District Coroner on Saturday at an inquest concerning the death of John Thomas Tucker, an amate of the…

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Pea Rifle Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 January 1922 · page 10

While shooting rabbits with a number or other boys at Minto yesterday, John Skinner, aged 16, of Carriugton-street, Coogee, was accidentally shot in the right thigh with a…

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Boy Drowned Gundagai

The Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 8

Arthur Heywood, 7, a son of the stationmaster at Coolac, was drowned in Coolac Creek this morning. He was playing with his little sister, who came…

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Drowned While Bathing. Queanbeyan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 9

Eric Greenwood, aged 7, was drowned on Thursday while bathing with other boys in the Queanbeyan River, at the back of the convent. He was unable to swim…

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Surfing Fatality. Brother's Heroic Struggle. Ballina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 9

Vincent, third son of Mr. Edward Henderson, was drowned in the surf at Seven Mile Beach. Three brothers, William, aged 27, Philip, 21, and Vincent, 18, went down to the…

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Child Drowned in Well Wiseman's Ferry

The Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 7

Leslie Balberie, aged 3, was drained near the lower Hawkesbury yesterday. He was playing and fell down a deep well. The body was recovered…

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Engine-driver Severely Injured. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 9

Ollie Pollett, an engine-driver, was caught in the belting at the Western Freezing Works yesterday. His right arm was fractured, several ribs were broken, and his scalp was torn…

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The Sun Stop-press Launch Capsizes Main Drowned

The Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 1

A motor launch was capsized by the wash of the steamer Wyandra near Fyrmont, and a man named Haz[?]lmere was drowned. His…

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Gas Explosion. Fire Destroys a Cafe. Man Killed and Another Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 9

Proceded by two loud explosions, a mysterious outbreak of fire in the early hours of this morning gutted in the spice of a few minutes the A.B.C. Cafe, a three-storied brick…

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Ran Into Wire Peculiar Accident Driver Jerked out of Car ROCKHAMPTON

The Sun · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 3

A peculiar accident is reported from Aramac. William Tamblon was driving with his mother in a motor car from Lake Dunn to Aramac, when…

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Fatalities & Accidents Woman's Suicide

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 6

Suicide,'Probably while suffering from some temporary mental derangement, was the finding recorded after inquiry into the death' of Maria Maud Buller, aged 66, at her home in Neutral…

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Fairfield Drowning

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 2

At the Fairfield Police Court on Saturday, the 14th last, Mr. P. S. Poolman Liverpool Coroner, held an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death…

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Drowned in a Creek. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 14

Arthur Heywood, aged 7, son of the stationmaster at Coolac, was drowned in Coolac Creek this morning. He was playing with his little sister, who came home and said…

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Judge Moule Injured Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 7

A telegram was received to-day to the effect that Judge Moule, senior Country Court judge, and formerly a well-known member of more than one…

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Bathing After Meals Good Swimmer Drowned TOOWOOMBA

The Sun · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 8

A drowning accident occurred at Warwick baths on Monday, as a result of which Martin Carmody, aged 35, lost his life. Carmody dived from…

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Dragged to Death Shocking Fatality Doomed Man Signals How the Bod; Was Recovered

Evening News · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 7

At the Pyrmont-street Wharf to-day there is nothing what over to mark the acene of the tragion [?]…

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Snake Causes Fatal Accident. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 14

A few days ago William Cook, an old resident of Mundarlo, was on top of a waggon loading hay. In a sheaf tossed up to him there was a live snake, and in avoiding it…

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Harbor Accident Launch Raised

The Sun · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 7

The motor launch Glenorrie, which sank near the Pyrmont wharf yesterday, drowning Alfred Henry Hasemor, of Raglan-street, Mosman, was raised…

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Fatalities & Accidents Old Man's Plight

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 January 1922 · page 4

Charles Gent (70), whose home is in Steward Street, Paddington, was found in the barracks reserve, Oxford Street, yesterday, with his left…

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Bathing Fatality. Girl's Heroic Efforts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 January 1922 · page 9

Rex Danks, aged 8 years, of Bulli, who, with relations, was spending a holiday in Sydney, was drowned in Middle Harbour yesterday afternoon…

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