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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

2,680 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 134

All Hands Lost Submarine Founders Collision with Destroyer London, March 23

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 7

A destroyer collided with the submarine H42 during manoeuvres oil" Gibraltar. The latter foundered, and all hands were lost…

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FELL 40 Feet From Post Man Injured at Rhodes

The Sun · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 7

George C. Hyman, aged 51, of Galestreet, Mortlak[?], fell 40ft, from a [?]phone post near the Rhodes Railway Station this afternoon. He struck a…

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Accidents

The St George Call · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 3

Owing to a collision between a steam tram and a motor car in Taren Point Road, Kogarah, at 6.50 p.m., on Sunday, five persons were injured. They were:…

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Accident at Arncliffe. Motor Car Crashes Into Sulky

The Propeller · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 6

A collision between a motor car and a sulky in Rocky Point Road, Arncliffe, last Saturday afternoon, resulted in two men being badly shaken, the horse…

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Accident at Sans Souci. Tram and Motor Collide

The Propeller · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 1

A serious accident occurred at Sans Souci on Sunday last, when a motor car collided with a steam tram proceeding from Kogarah to Sandringham.The…

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Fatalities & Accidents with Throat Cut

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 March 1922 · page 8

James "Ritchie (77) was found in a room at his borne in Ernest Street, North Sydney, on Wednesday night with his throat cut. He was conveyed to the Royal North Shore Hospital…

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Child Fatally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 13

Kathleen White, a child, residing with her paronts in O'Brien-street, Bondi, wns knocked down by a motor lorry loaded with blue metal near her home yesterday afternoon. She was…

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Rooty Hill Fatality the Inquest

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 2

The district coroner (Mr. A. Judges) held an inquiry at Penrith Court House on 17th inst. into the circumatances concerning the death of Arthur…

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Woman Drowned And Son Missing ROCKHAMPTON

Evening News · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 2

The body of Bernie a Elizabeth Summers, married, aged 76 years, was found in Gladstone Harbor yesterday afternoon…

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Double Fatality at Glenfield. Two Men Cut to Pieces

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 5

Two railway employees named Michael Dignan, aged 44 years, and Henry Mybrea, aged 30 years, were run over and killed by the Melbourne Express at…

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Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 9

The twelve-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stein, of Church Hill, Fairfield, broke her collar-bone on Tuesday, lost week. It seems that the girl was playing…

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Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 2

The following casualties have been treated at St. Joseph's Hospital during the past ten days:—Rita Farrier (6), Auburn, cut lip; J. TV. Thornson (25),…

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Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 5

Mr. George Hllier, on the staff of Liverpool State Hospital, met with a nasty accident recently. He had his hand badly cut with a piece of iron, and has been off…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 5

There was hardly a more respected citizen in Guildford than Mr. Michael Dignan, who was killed in the Glenfield railway accident on Friday last. Mick…

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Accident with Cricket Ball

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 2

Reg. Weekes, employed by Mr. W. T. and was returning by the 4.20 p.m. cut over the eye with a cricket ball a few days ago. He went to Parramatta…

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Accident at Doonside

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 2

Bruce Finch, a schoolboy and son of a soldier settler at Doonside, met with it painful accident on Monday afternoon. He attends school at Parramatta,…

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Accidents and Fatalities. Died Tn Street

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 March 1922 · page 5

At about 7 o'clock yesterday morning Richard Dawson (56), of Little Essex Street, city, collapsed while walking along York Street. He was taken by the Civil Ambulance to the…

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Child Injured Played With a Detonator NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Sunday 26 March 1922 · page 2

Francis Weatman, aged 6, living at Beath's-crescent, Kahibah, was playing with a detonator this morning when it exploded, blowing the thumb…

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Fatally Injured Accident in Timber Mill

The Sun · Monday 27 March 1922 · page 8

Richard Thomas Virtue, aged 27, of Red Lion-street, Rozelle, died in the Balmain Hospital at 11 p.m. on Saturday, from the effects of an injury to…

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Chinese War Storekeeper Injured

Evening News · Monday 27 March 1922 · page 8

What appears to have been a small Chinese war was waged in Campbell-street last night, and, as a result, Peter Moon, 40, a Chinese storekeeper, of…

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