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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Tragic Wedding Twenty=five Drowned LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 8

A message from Buda Pest states that a Wedding party in five carriages was crossing the frozen River Theiss, near Szegedin, when the ice broke…

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Four in a Sulky Mystery at Woodburn Believed to Be Drowned Coraki

The Sun · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 7

There was a shocking and tragic occurrence below South Woodburn last night. Mrs. Roy Dagg, her sister-in-law,…

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Nine Injured 'Bus Collides With Motor Car Passengers' Experience Newcastle

Evening News · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 7

The motor bus, "Endeavor," from Newcastle to New Lambton, collided with a motor car in Denison-street, Hamilton last night. Nine persons were…

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Smash After Wedding Motor Strikes a Post Bride and Father-in-law Injured Dress Drenched with Blood

Evening News · Thursday 16 February 1922 · page 7

There was a dramatic [?] to a wedding last night. Half an hour after the ceremony, when the bride and bridegroom were driving along…

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Sensational Fatality. Man Drowned at Port Hacking

The Propeller · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 8

A sensational fishing fatality, characterised by the escape of three men from attacks by a shark 12ft long, occurred on Saturday afternoon in the…

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Brothers Drowned Botany Bay Fatality One Body Missing

The Sun · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 8

"I have no doubt that the little boy fell out of the punt and his brother went in to save him," was the opinion expressed by the City Coroner to- day,…

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Found Drowned. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 10

Early this morning the lessee of the Glen[?] baths discovered a dead body on the beach. The body, which was that of a woman apparently about 35 years of age, was…

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Boating Fatality. at Port Hacking

The St George Call · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon last, about 3 p.m., William Hillman, of Copeland street, Alexandria,, engaged a boat from the Lilli Pilli boat shed and proceeded…

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Collision. with an Iceberg. Ship Damaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 9

The Sydney Mari[?] Uuderwriters' Association has been advised by cable from London that the ship Garthforce, bound from Liverpool to Sydney and Newcastle, collided with…

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A Fisherman Drowned His Last Throw

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 4

While fishing from a boat at for a Hacking (N.S.W) a man named Willman J. Hillman was drowned on Saturday afternoon. Hillman stood up in…

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Drowning Fatalities Caught by Undertow Sad End to a Picnic

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 4

Last week about a hundred residents of Reefton (N.Z.) went for a picnic to Greymouth, and while a large number of the party were bathing at the…

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Two Brothers Drowned Botany Bay Tragedy Disappeared From Punt

Evening News · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 5

The tragic disappearance of two boys from a pub in Botany Bay on the af-ternoon of January 10 was Investigated by the City Coroner (Mr. Jamieson)…

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Cored by a Bull. a Woman Fatally Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 4

A middle-aged woman, Miss Mary Savage, was gored by a bull at Mapleton near Nambour (Q) last week. The unfortunate woman was rounding…

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Motors Collide Eight Persons Injured Car-driver Fined Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 7

Between 11 and 12 o'clock last night a collision, resulting in slight injury to eight persons, occurred at Hamilton between a motor omnibus and a motor car…

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Four Drowned Horse Falls Into River Ex-soldier's Wife and Family Coraki

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 6

A distressing fatality occurred near Woodburn last night by which Mrs. Roy Dags and her two children and her husband's sister met their deaths…

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Did He Fall Over a Stone? Man Injured After Meeting BATHURST

Evening News · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 5

"Good-bye. Jim, and good luck," were the parting words of Sydney Walsh, 32, laborer, as he left the hall towards the end of the Premier's policy speech last…

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Accident to Wedding Party

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 10

A wedding party proceeding in a motor along Botany-road, Waterloo, on Thursday evening, met with an accident that led to three of the members being injured. The party consisted…

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Accident to a Youth. Compensation Awarded

The St George Call · Friday 17 February 1922 · page 7

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

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Fatalities & Accidents Drowning of Two Boys

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 12

The City Coroner, Mr. Jamieson, inquired yesterday into the drowning at Botany Bay on January 10, when two little boys, Albert and Oswald George Williams, brothers, 12 and 5…

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Nurse Injured

The Sun · Saturday 18 February 1922 · page 2

Nurse Carruthers, Fernleigh, Moore- head- street, Redfern was crossing George- street West yesterday when she was knocked down by a motor- car. She…

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