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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

2,680 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 134

Car Over Embankment Two Persons Injured [?]

Evening News · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 3

[?] motor [?] at Marks' [?] off a steep bill[?] Mrs. C. H…

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Two Tragic Deaths Young Woman Drowned Dragged Down Rescuer Mackay

The Sun · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 8

A sad case of drowning occurred at Tekowal on Friday. Mrs. Catherine Tewkesbury was bathing in the Pioneer River at high tide. Arthur…

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Three Drowned Surf and River Take Toll Father and Daughter's Fate

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 4

The beaches all along our coast have possibly never been so well used as they were at the week-end. Two hundred thousand people and more…

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25 KILLED Picture Theatre Collapses Scores Injured Overburdened With Snow VANCOUVER

The Sun · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 9

A message from Washington states that 25 people are known to be dead and scores injured through the collapse of the roof of the Knickerbocker…

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Alma Tirtscbke's Father Accidentally Shot Dead Melbourne

Evening News · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 5

Charles Tirtschke, father of the little girl, Alma Tirtachke, the rictint of the Gun Alley murder, was found dead at Maffrs, Gippsland, to-day…

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Casualties. Accident at Hoxton Park

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 10

Whilst driving home to Hoxton Park Mrs. Porter met with an accident. The horse shied, and she was thrown out, sustaining several broken ribs. She was removed to hospital…

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Series of Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1922 · page 10

A series of accidents took place at Kogarah on Saturday afternoon last when a steam tram nearly ran through a shop window, after smashing a sulky, killing the horse, and…

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Fatalities & Accidents Drowning Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 6

At the Parramatta Wharf,. Parramatta, yesterday, John Draper (30), fell into the river and was drowned. He lived in Meehan Street, Granville. He leaves a wife and three…

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Electrician Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 4

A pate of sttrrup used by electrical lineamen, fell 55ft on the Aubrey Analey, of Enmore-road, Enmore, an employee of the Burgin Electrls…

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Trainer Seriously Injured

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 1

John Wilson, horse trainer, was seriously injured in a street in Pitzroy, Melbourne, on December 26, Morman Ryan, a young man, was arrested on a…

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River Tragedy. Father and Daughter Drowned. Nowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 9

Mr. Kenneth Mackenzie and his daughter Helen, aged 12, were drowned in the Shoalhaven River, near their home at Bundanoon, testerday morning…

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Drowned in Creek Unable to Swim MURWILLUMBAH

The Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 9

A bathing fatality occurred near Murwillumbah on Sunday, when David Crawford (30), laborer, employed by J. B. King, was. drowned in Dunbible…

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Staging Collapses Seventeen People Injured Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 5

A serious accident occurred at the boxing arena to-night, when a large portion of the staging on the eastern side of the arena collapsed, carrying with it between 20 and 30…

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Two Somersaults Car Over Embankment Woman Seriously Injured MURWILLUMBAH

The Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 9

A remarkable motor, accident occurred near Murwillumbah on Friday night, when a car, going over an embankment at the side of the road,…

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Thirteen Injured Tram Smash Newcastle Engine Leaves the Rails NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 4

The ongine of the 1.30 tram from New castle to West Wallsend left the rails at the cake works crossing Wallsend, yesterday afternoon…

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Seating Collapses Excitement at Stadium Fifty Fall, Many Injured Adelaide

The Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 8

While 1000 people were cheering the victor in a preliminary bout at the Stadium on Monday night a portion of the wooden seating collapsed and 50…

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Steam Motor Derailed Passengers Injured Driver's Presence of Mind NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 10

The steam motor winch was derailed in a tram smash at White Gates last night, was the same one which was involved in the last big smash at Brush…

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Drowning Fatality. Third in Eight Days

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 1

Three drowning fatalities have occurred in this district in the brief space of eight days. The latest victim is John Herbert…

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Surfing Fatality. Milton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 14

A fatality occurred here on Sunday afternoon, when Milton Millard, aged 28 years, a son of Mr. Eade Millard, of Five Dock, and nephew of the late Captain Millard, M.L.A.,…

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Injured by Sand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1922 · page 14

John Murphy, 33, a blacksmith living at 15 Cardigan-street, Camperdown, was employed at the A.U.S.N. Company's workshops In Lime-street yesterday heating a…

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