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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Warwick farm Accident

Evening News · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 3

[?] this afternoon [?] into the accident [?] on Saturday, when [?] fell in the Warwick…

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Air Accidents. Three Lives Lost. London, Feb. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 9

A burning acroplane crahed at Burnham, in Buckinghamshire. The pilot and a passenger were killed, the bodies being charred. An aeroplane crashed in Baldonnel…

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Fatalities & Accidents Bullet in Temple

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1922 · page 6

About 10.45 a.m. yesterday, William Unsworth (49), a bookmaker, of 16 Avoca Street, Randwick, was found in his room with a bullet wound in his temple. Dr. Taylor, of…

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Boy Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 9

A verdict of accidental death through drowning was recorded by the City Coroner (Mr. Jamieson), after an inquiry concerning the death of Edward James Murphy, 5 years,…

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Bathing Fatality. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 9

While swimming in the bay near to his residence at Margate, yesterday, Harold Blanks, a storekeeper's carter, aged 28, got into difficulties and was drowned in view of…

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Drowned in Dandenong Gale

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 4

J. A. Little was a leading sportsman in the old days and owned such good goods as Myrtie. King of the West, and Eros. The latter was drowned in the…

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Racehorse Injured by Fire

Evening News · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 5

The race horse, Aria, was injured about the hindquarters last night in a fire which burned the stables in which it was housed in Park-road. Mascot…

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Racing Fatality Jockey Renshaw's Death Moorefield and Large Fields

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 February 1922 · page 8

Several vexed racing problems--the respective merits of the various suburban racecourses, the desirability of apprenticed jockeys riding in two-year-old races, and the maximum number…

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Drowning Fatality At Parramatta Wharf. The Inquest

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 4

The District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) held an inquest on Friday at the Courthouse, Parramatta, concerning the drowning of John Herbert Draper, an…

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Casualties. Man Injured by Falling Timber

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 14

While J. M'Farlane, 33, a carter, living at 30 O'Connell-street, Newtown, was engaged in loading salvaged wool yesterday alternoon at the P.F.A stores, which were recaently…

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Poisoned by Fumes. Fatality in Quarry Tunnel. (By Our Special Reporter.) Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 13

The strange occurrence in the railway quarry at North Goulbuin, which resulted in one man losing his life and three others being placed in hospital in a critical condition on Monday…

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Radio Call for Medical Aid Narkunda's Captain Heeds the Appeal Injured Man Transferred in Mid-ocean

Evening News · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 1

How radio telegraphy saved a seaman from [?] and possibly death, is told report sept to the [?] News' overland from the P. and O. R. M. S. [?] on the Australian coast, en route from London to [?]…

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Accident Proves Fatal. Death Five Weeks After

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 2

A mishap at Clyde railway station, on January 5, had its sequel last Saturday night, when Mrs. Hannah Sarah Tracey. of Redfern-street, Clyde, passed away at…

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Turf Odds and Ends the Moorefield Accident Mr. G. D. Greenwood Going Well

Referee · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 3

At the Coroner's inquiry into the death of the apprentice R. G. Renshaw, who died from the injuries he received from a fall at Moorefield, witnesses differed…

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Newcastle. Fatal Sulky Accident. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 14

At the West Wallsend Police Court to-day Mr T. G. Edwards, Deputy Corner, held an inquest on the body of George Stanislaus M'Pherson, who died in the Wallsend…

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Cafe Fire Was It Accidental ? MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1922 · page 4

Further evidence was taken today regarding the origin of the fire at A.B.C. Cafe, Swanston -street, in which Maurice Mitchell lost his life…

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Tug Beached Collision With Wharf

The Sun · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 7

It was reported to the Sydney Ferries today that the tug, Ethel, which is owned by the, company, had to be beached in the Parramatta River,…

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Scaffolding Fails Two Workmen Injured

Evening News · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 7

Through a scaffolding giving way where alterations are being made to some of the buildings at the University. Harry Bass[?] a laborer, of Lord-street,…

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FELL 25 FEET Two Laborers Injured

The Sun · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 7

Harry Bassett, 41, of Lord street, Newtown, and Thomas Pike, 42 of Crown street, were working on repairs to a building at the University at 1:25…

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Motor Car Smashed Three Persons Injured

The Sun · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 7

A motor, car driven by Thomas Butler, of Killarney," Sharpe street, Belmore, collided with an electric light pole in Botany road, near…

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