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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Drowned in Macquarie Narromine

The Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 3

A young man, Norman Budd, a native of New Zealand, who was employed on Collyburl Station, near Narromine, was drowned in the Macquarie…

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A Postponed Funeral Drowned Man Identified

Evening News · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 10

A dramatic incident occurred at Oxford (England) in connection with the funeral of a man who committed sucide in the river…

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Found in Canal Man Nearly Drowned

The Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 8

Thomas Graham, aged about 40, of Edwin-street, Croydon, was found in an unconscious state lying on his back in the water in Iron Cove Creek canal,…

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Could Not Swim Tweed Drowning Case Fall Overboard Murwillumbah

The Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 8

Frank Hardwick, a resident of Murwillumbah, fell out of a sailing boat into the Tweed River, and was drowned. He had been spending his…

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Accident at Nielsen Paris

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1922 · page 7

While at Nielsen Park yesterday afternoon Olive Gore, aged about 20, of Piggott-street, Dulwich Hill, slipped on the rocks and fractured her right leg and ankle. The Eastern…

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Horseman Drowned. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 12

The body of a man named Thomas Downey, who was reported to be missing from Elsmore, was found by Constable Jones floating in the river on Saturday morning about a…

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Shafts and Poles Accidents Caused Fatality in Macquarie-street

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 8

Similar agencies have caused three accidents during the post four days. In one a pole carried on a j[?]ker went through the windscreen of a motor-car…

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Ladder Falls Two Men Injured

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 8

A ladder leaning against a tram pole in Day-street, near Sussex-street, yesterday, slipped and fell on two men -- James P. V. McKew, aged 35,…

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Walked Under Ladder Two Men Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 3

The old story of [?] those who walk under [?] some confirmation [?] a ladder, which was being [?]…

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Others First Injured Doctor ADELAIDE

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 8

A motor tyre blew out at Penola, and the car ran through a fence and capsized. One of the passengers (Dr. Smith) was seriously hurt, but attended…

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Strange Fatality Student filled Outright Motor and Jinker Collide

Evening News · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 7

Samuel Asher, 21, a medical student, of Heeley-street, Paddington, was killed instantaneously when a motor car collided with a linker in Macquarie-street last…

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Punt Capsizes Boy Drowned Clutches for Oars AUCKLAND

The Sun · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 3

Four boys, one a cripple, were playing on a punt at Point Chevalier Beach, using the cripple's crutches for oars, when the punt capsized…

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Boy Scout Drowned Plucky Attempt at Rescue Crossing Woronora River

Evening News · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 6

While attempting to cross the Worobora River, at Sutherland, on a log, yesterday, Martin M'Grath, a Boy Scout, was washed off and drowned…

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Our Melbourne Letter. Moonee Valley Races. Jockeys J. Killorn and W. Duncan Injured, and Horse Cramond Killed in Maiden Plate—Sakta Wins the Nonga Handicap. MELBOURNE

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 5

For the fourth successive Saturday the scene of action was at popular Moonee Valley, which again looked quite at its best, while the attendance was…

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Motor Accident. in Macquarie-street. Medical Student Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 10

A collison between a motor car and a jinker in Macquarie-street last night, resulted in the death of Samuel Asher, aged 21, a medical student, who lived at Heeley-street,…

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Fatalities & Accidents Fall Downstairs

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 8

John Cannane, a sugar-worker, was admitted to Sydney Hospital yesterday with concussion and injuries to the spine and a probable fracture of the skull, caused through his…

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Life-saver. Drowned at Newcastle. Remarkable Surf Fatality. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 9

Shortly after 6 o'clock to-night John Morris Rowe, aged 26, a fitter's labourer, residing in King-street, Stockton, went surflug with three other men on the Stockton beach. A fairly…

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Motor Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 10

About 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon a collision occurred between a motor lorry, the property of the City Council, and a taxi-car, the property of Mr. William Marchant, who…

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Man Drowned in Surf

Evening News · Thursday 5 January 1922 · page 9

John Morris Rowe, 28 a [?] of hing-street, [?] suffing with three other men a [?] when to was scen to be in [?]…

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