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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

2,680 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 134

Fatal Fishing Accident. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 6

Mr. Walter Bdwerd Cook. aged 43 years, was fishing with a companion in the Shar[?] Brible island passage to-day when the boat capsized and he was drowned. Mr. Cook…

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Sawmills Accident Coolah

The Sun · Monday 6 February 1922 · page 2

On Saturday a man named Arthur Morris, employed at Coolah saw mills, while in the act of removing a log from the skids was struck by another log…

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Laborer Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 6

Alfred Bramwell. St laborer. of [?] Rilay-street, Surry Hills was at work at the Frisco Hotel In Darling-street Woollomooloo, this morning when he…

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Buried Under Wall Demolition Workers Injured Accident at Glass Works

Evening News · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 4

The collapse of a wall of a brick kill that wa being demolished at the Australian Glass Works, in Darling-street, Waterloo, buried two men under a…

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Motor Cycle Fatality. Dash Into a Wall. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 8

A shucking fatality occurred here late on Saturday. Paul Windle, of Darlinghurst, Sydney, and Roy Musgrove were crossing Kimo Bridge, over Jones Creek, at the west and…

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Parer Crashes Flight Ends at Boulder Aviators Injured Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 7

The following telegram was received to-day from Boulder (W.A.):--"The aeroplane in which R. J. Parer and Mark Parer (his cousin)…

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Lost Three Finders Accident to a Youth Compensation Awarded

The Sun · Tuesday 7 February 1922 · page 10

Judgment was to-day delivered by Judge Cohen in the District Court upon a claim by George Herbert Harrison of Arncliffe, machinist, by his…

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Surf Fatality. Woman Drowned. Caught in Undertow. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 13

While bathing in the surf at Lorne, a popular rosort, to-day, a party of seven was caught by the undertow and swept into a "channel." With the exception of two young…

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Man Drowned While Fishing

Evening News · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 2

An inquest was held to-day by Mr. Jamieson, the City Coroner, concerning the death of Arthur Baynard Warman, who when fishing on a punt moored…

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Motor Fatality. Car Overturns. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 14

An elderly man, Edward Harrop, a Gippsland farmer, was killed through the motor car in which he was riding overturning late this afternoon. Three other occupants of the…

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Motor Accidents Car Dashes Into Creek Funeral Party Injured GOULBURN

Evening News · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 1

Several persons were injured as a result of a motor car socident on the Rungendere-road. A Gibbs, of Braid-wood. was driving a car contaiaing…

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Gallant Rescue Drowning Boy Saved Rockhampton's Hero Rockhampton

The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 1

Floods in the Fitzroy River are almost invariably accompanied by loss of life, and but for a timely rescue this would probably have been the case…

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Surfing Fatality Miss Beaurepaire Attempts Rescue Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 7

In n purling fatality which occurred at Lome this afternoon. Miss Lily Beaurepaire, the champion lady swimmer of Victoria, emulated her brother Frank, the well-known champion…

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Huge Losses 100,000 Sheep Drowned Others Bogged in Silt Rockhampton

The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 8

Reports from Longreach tell of appalling losses of sheep and cattle owing to floods. It is estimated that 100,000 sheep have perished between…

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Aeroplane Crashes Parer and Cousin Injured. Machine Smashed. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 13

Two men lying injured on the ground, a mashed aeroplane, a confused mass of telegraph wire, and cries of alarm this morning at Boulder terminated Lieutenant Parer's…

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Going to Funeral Car Crashes into Creek Six Persons Injured Goulburn

The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 8

While Mr. A. Gibbs, of Braidwood, was driving a car containing Mrs. W. Gibbs and baby, Miss E. Gibbs, Miss Blewith, and Stan Gibbs towards…

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The Seating Collapse Crash at Adelaide : Many People Injured While Watching the Boxing

Referee · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 11

There was something more than sensational boxing at the Adelaide arena on Monday last week. Nearly 1500 people were present, and, just after initial…

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A Nasty Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 3

On Friday last, Valerie Roberts, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Roberts, accidentally sat upon a large glass bottle that had been broken. Her leg was…

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Trucks Fall 50 Feet Passengers' Narrow Escape Accident at Illawarra Kiama

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1922 · page 7

An accident occurerd to othe paper train from Sydney about 7.30 this morning, between Albion Park and Shellharbor, at Dunster's Cutting, where the embankment on one' side is…

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Child Drowned. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 February 1922 · page 11

A remarkable fatality occuried at Carrington this afternoon, when i Morris Mullens, aged 15 months, who lived with his parents in Gibb-street, lost his life. Shortly after 5…

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