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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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An Unusual Fatality. Young Man Electrocuted

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 4

While working on a soldiers' memorial that is being erected at Auburn (N.S.W.) on Thursday afternoon, a young man named James Tate was…

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Triple Drowning Tragedy. Sad End to a Fishing Excursion

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 4

A sad triple drowning tragedy occurred at Burleigh Heads, near Southport (Q.), on Thursday, the victims being Mrs. Ernest West, of Toowong…

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Struck by a Falling Tree. a Queensland Fatality

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 4

As the result of having been struck by a falling tree on Mr. P. Cullen's property at Mountfontein, in the Bell (Q.) district, last week, a man named…

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Knocked Down by Car Lad Injured at Bondi

Evening News · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 6

Leo Goldsmith (s), of Sandridge-street, Bondi. who was walking along the Bondi-road with his sister last night. stepped back off the pavement when near the…

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In Admiralty. (Before Mr. Justice Street.) Collision in Newcastle. Huddart, Parker, Ltd., v The Queen Bee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 6

Reserved judgment was delivered in two consolidated suits in which Huddart, Parker, Limited, owners of the cargo vessel Moorabool, and Mary Jane Weston, Robert…

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English Steeplechasing Accidents to Jockeys

Sydney Sportsman · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 7

The two fatal accidents, and the many more or less serious which have recently occurred to jockeys riding under National Hunt Rules, have naturally…

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Quartermaster Lost Accident on Hororata HOBART

The Sun · Tuesday 21 March 1922 · page 9

The New Zealand Shipping Co.'s steamer Hororata, on arrival from Sydney yesterday afternoon, reported the loss of Alfred Morris Oxspring, 23,…

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Collision in Church Street

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 2

About 8.30 p.m. on Saturday, Frederick Diehm, of Crimea-street, Parramatta, was driving along Church-st., Parramatta North, in a buggy. His wife and a child…

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Found Drowned. Newly Born Child

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 1

About 4.30 p.m. on Sunday last, Mr. Grog Keighery, licensee of the Auburn Hotel, was swimming his dogs in Haslam's Creek, in the Meatworks' paddock…

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Admiralty Court. Collision in Newcastle. (Before Mr. Justice Street)

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 4

Reserved judgment was delivered on Monday in two consolidated suits in which Huddart, Parker, Ltd., owners of the cargo vessel Moorabool, and Mary…

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Accident at Clyde Station. Death Five Weeks Later

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 1

On January 5, as the result of a mishap at Clyde station, Hannah Sarah Tracey, of Redfern-street, Clyde, was admitted to the Parramatta District Hospital. She…

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Lift Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 March 1922 · page 10

Owing it is thought, to the breaking of a wire, a lift in the New Zealand Chambers, 34 Jameson Street, fell from the second story to the bottom of the well yesterday afternoon…

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Boy Drowned Condobolin

The Sun · Thursday 23 March 1922 · page 7

George Ryan, 12, was drowned in the Lachlan River yesterday. It is surmised that he was thrown from a horse while giving it a drink…

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End of a Ride Two Boys Injured

Evening News · Thursday 23 March 1922 · page 1

There was a sudden ending to an outing taken by two youngsters-Horace and William Bryant, of Vernon-street, Marrickville-this morning…

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A Woman's Victory. Copyright. Published by arrangement with Cassell and Co. Ltd. Chapter Xix. The Man Who Was Injured

The Catholic Press · Thursday 23 March 1922 · page 45

The days slipped by, golden days for Mary, who was constantly meeting Jack Dalrymple both at Iveson House and at the abbey, where he was a frequent visitor…

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Trelevan in Collision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 4

The Sydney Marine Underwriters' & Salvage Association has received the following cable message:— "Trelevan has been in collision in…

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Little Girl Drowned. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 11

Lily Marjorie Wheeler, aged 9 years, living with her parents at Cardiff, was drowned in a water hole at Winding Crook, near Cardiff, late this afternoon. The body was afterwards…

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Mine Inspector Injured Greta

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 3

Aid. S. Harris, night deputy at the Whithurn collery, was seriously injured while on his round of inspection this morning, through a quantity of atone and coal falling upon him…

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The Hurstville Fatality. Evidence at the Inquest

The Propeller · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 1

An inquest was held by the Coroner concerning the death of Richard Mendoza Simmons, aged 32, the manager of the Hurstville Picture Theatre, who…

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Drowned at Lugarno. Assistance Came Too Late

The Propeller · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 1

Another case of drowning in George's River was before the Coroner recently, when he inquired into the death of George Cecil Nettleton, aged 25, of…

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