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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

2,680 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 134

Attacked by Four Men. Chinese Assaulted. Old Man Badly Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 6

A brutal attack, with robbery as the apparent, motive, was made on Choy Sang (61), ol Gardener's Road, Mascot. In Botany Road, Alexandria, late last night…

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Street Accidents Man Killed at Manly Witnessed by His Son

Evening News · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 7

Henry John Couldwell, 74 a carpenter, who lived at [?] Addison road, Manly, was run over by a motor bus in the [?] planade, Manly, last night. The wheels…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 10

About 6.48 last night, John Henry Cauldwell, 74, a carpenter, residing at 124 Addisonroad, Manly, was run over by a motor bus in the Esplanade, Manly, and killed. The…

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Boy Accidentally Shot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 10

Robert Morton, 16, living at Station-streel, Arncliffe, was accidentally shot last night while handling a revolver. The bullet penetrated his right breast and lodged behind the…

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Fatality at National Park. Girl Drowned

The Propeller · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 1

Gladys Loekeridge, aged 12 years, of Belmore, who had gone to the park with her mother and some friends, and whose intention it was to spend a few…

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Father and Daughter Drowned

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 7

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

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Casualties. Little Boy Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 10

A llttle boy, Edward Murphy, 6 years of ago, living with his parents at 16 Millerstreet, Miller's Point, was drowned near Balmoial yesterday afternoon…

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Deaths by Drowning Many Victims The Surf's Heavy Toll

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 4

A twelve years old girl named Eiste Lockhart was drowned in the Salwater River near National Parks (N.S.W.), on Saturday last. The girl…

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Greengrocer Injured Two Men Committed

The Sun · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 7

At the Redfern Police Court today, John Joseph Tucker, aged 24, and Frank Sherwood, aged 26, were committed for trial on a charge of having…

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Drowned His Children. Teaching Mother a Lesson

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 3

A cabled message from Paris states that a farmer near Dinan, in the Cotes-du-Nord,' drowned his four children, whose ages ranged from eight years to…

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Caught Between the Butters. Shunting Fatality at Narrabri

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 4

During [?] operations at the West Narrabri (N.S.W.) railway yards on Tuesday, a cleaner named Theadore J. McCurthy was killed McCarthy…

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Illawarra Railway Inspection. Carriage Derailed: Collision at Central

The St George Call · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 5

The rear carriage of a passenger train from Sutherland and the tender of an engine, were derailed in a collision at the Central Railway yard at…

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Little Boy Drowned Sad End to Birthday Party

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 4

A family picnic party at Balmoral yesterday celebrating the birthday of one of its number, had a tragic ending. Edward Murphy (5), whose parents is live in Munn Street, Miller's…

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Chapter of Accidents. Nurse's High Tribute to the Sterling Worth of Zam-buk

The Land · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 10

"My experience with Zam-Buk has been both extensive and varied," says Nurse S. Francis, of 109 Harris Street, Pyrmont, Sydney; "One…

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An Unfortunate Family. a Chapter of Accidents

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 4

A family named Perrington, residing at East End, Bellingen (N.S.W.), has been most unfortunate during the past twelve months. The father, who worked…

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Fatal Accident. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 10

Thomas Townsend, aged 40, married, with three children, received injuries at the railway station, from which he died in the Albury Hospital this morning. He was unloading…

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Accidents at Kogarah

The St George Call · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 5

About mid-day last Saturday Mr. W. H. Peatfield accompanied by his daughter, was driving in a sulky to-wards Kogarah Station when the horse…

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Youth Accidently Shot

The St George Call · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 5

On Wednesday night last, Robert Morton, 16, residing at 76 Station Street, Arncliffe, was accidently shot while handling a revolver. The bullet…

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Unusual Accident Adelong

The Sun · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 7

James Perkins, aged 65, a minor, while preparing a charge, had his thumb and first finger blown off. Portion of the thumb nail was embedded…

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Accidents

The Propeller · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 1

Arthur Sharpe, of Cairo Street, Rockdale, a voluntary officer of the St. George Ambulance, was caught by a "dumper" in the surf at…

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