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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

2,680 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 134

Crushed by Stone Quarryman Severely Injured

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 5

With [?] crushed almost to pulp [?] leg severely injured. [?] other cuts and wounds [?] and body. John Cook…

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"I'm Done!" Young Man Drowned COOLAC

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 7

Walter Stanley Briggs, aged 24, was drowned in the Murrnmbidgee yesterday afternoon near the junction of the Murrumbidgee and Tumut Rivers…

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Triple Drowning Case. Two Rescuers Overcome. a Victorian Tragedy. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 9

Three men were drownod in a dam to-day at Moyarra a few miles from Korumburra, a Gippsland town. The victims were William Ernest Rainbow, aged 22 years, Henry Philip…

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Car Strikes Culvert Passengers Injured ALBURY

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 5

A motor accident happened on Home Reservoir-road last night. Peter Alien a local motor proprietor. had Hereward Cummings an employee. and Algy Ryan…

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Accident While Sailing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 10

While sailing in his yacht Bona at 6.45 p.m. on Saturday, Mr. R. L. Patrick, of Carabellastreet, North Sydney, was struck on the chest by a falling mast. He was conveyed by the…

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Motor Car Accident Albury

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1922 · page 12

A motor car, owned and driven by Peter Allan, dashed into a culvert on the road to the Hume Weir yesterday, and the occupants were hurled for a…

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Cyclists Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 4

While riding a bicycle along Concerd-road Burwood. yesterday Reginald Swords. 35. of Hillers-road. Auburn, collided with a broad cart. He was…

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Racing Fatality. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 10

Samuel Wade, an apprentice, who fell while riding Urabilla in the Welter Handicap at the Canning Park races on Saturday, and sustained concussion of the brain, died last night…

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Drowning Case at Coolac. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 10

Coolac had a second drowning case yesterday. Some members of a p[?]nic party on part of Mingay Station homestead werw swimming in the Murrmbidgee when Walter…

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Motor Accident. Two Persons Injured. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 9

Whilst taking two passengers, Hereward Cummings, employed at the Hume Reservoir, and Angy Ryan, son of Mr. Thos. Ryan owner of the Royal Hotel, to the reservoir works…

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Another Boy Drowned Two Narrow Escapes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 6

Quite a number of drowning fatalities have occurred this summer in the suburbs of Melbourne. Several boys have already lost their lives while…

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Startled Horses. Carter Fatally Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 6

Daniel Casey (49), living in Chandos Street, North Sydney, employed ae a carter by the Halmain Co-operative Society, was fatally Injured at Willoughby last night, and his death…

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Boy Injured Cycle and Sulky Collide

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 3

A collision between a bicycle and a horse and sulky in Chappel-road, Bankstown, last night, resulted in William Stuart, aged 16, of…

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Injured by Smelling Salts. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 10

A peculiar accident happened yesterday, when the well-known boxing promoter, James Sharman, of T[?]mora, sustained serious injuries to his eyes and face. Sharman was handed a…

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Carter Fatally Injured Bolt Causes Death

Evening News · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 4

Daniel Cascy, 49. a carter. was endeav-ring to stop frightended horses attached to one of the Balmalm co-operative so-[?] waggons, which be was driving in…

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Injured by Fall of Stone. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 10

At the Ivanho[?] colliery, whilst following his occupation as a wheeler, a young man, John Putterigg, met with a serious accident through a fall of stone from the roof. He was…

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Avoidable Accidents 581 in a Month

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 6

According to an analysis of a month's casualties prepared by the Safety First Committee of the Railway and Tramway Department, 581 of the 625…

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Fatalities & Accidents Bullet Wound in Head

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 6

Thomas Morris (50); employed as a hall porter at Tattersall's Club, in Pitt Street, was found on Sunday morning in the club diningroom. with a bullet wound in his head. A…

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Drowning Fatality. Child's Swift End

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 1

It is our sad duty to record yet another drowning fatality in our midst. About 5.30 p.m. on Sunday, a message was received at the Parramatta Police…

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Nearly a Fatality

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1922 · page 2

At about 9 o'clock on Friday evening last piercing shrieks, coming from the direction of the Gasworks Bridge, arrested the attention of Constable Woodhouse,…

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