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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

2,680 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 134

Banco Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and jury.) Accident in a Factory. Self v Capper and another

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 6

This was an action for compensation, laid at £1500, for injuries incurred in a factory accident, the plaintiff being Frederick Walter Harold Self, a youth, and the defendants Basll…

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McDOWELL'S DEATH Murder, or Accident? What a Cabman Saw Mystery Still Unsolved

The Sun · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 9

"We are looking for a woman who made a statement that two men lifted Leslie Gordon McDowell, the city accountant who died in the Sydney…

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Fatalities & Accidents Struck by Coal Basket

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 April 1922 · page 9

Robert M'Donald (32), a coal -lumper, of Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, was admitted to Sydney Hospital last night suffering from injuries to the spine. He was working at the…

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Injured Through a Collision. (Before Mr. Justice James.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 11

Robert Neville Maidment, a youth, sued, by his next friend, to recover £500 compensation from William Percival for Injuries received by him through a collision which occurred at the…

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Driving Fatality. Yass

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 10

Last night Milton Smith, aged 34, married, was killed in the main street of North Yass. He was bringing a load of wire netting from Yass Junction. The team of four horses went…

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Chinaman's Cart Collision With Motor Car

The Sun · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 8

A collision between a motor car and a Chinaman's cart in Rocky Point-road Kogarah, at 3 a.m. to-day, resulted in the driver of the cart, Tye Mun, of…

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A Peculiar Fatality. Killed by an Electrified Fence

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 4

A fourteen year old boy named [?] J.Casey was the victim of a peculiar fatality at Tunstall, near Melbourne, on Wednesday. A severe stram the…

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Injured by a Cow Goulburn

Evening News · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 3

Mr.Ham Ju.les.a Yass butcher.was entering a slaughtering pen when a cow that was about to be killed rushed him.and catehing him…

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Woman Missing Disappearance at Dee Why Was She Drowned ?

The Sun · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 2

The Manly police are searching the bush and lagoon at Dee Why in the hope of finding the body of a young woman who has been…

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Air Disaster Pilot Picked Up at Sea Passengers Drowned

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 3

A scaplane fell into the sea off the coast of Floridn recently and five passengers were drowned. A steamer picked up Robert Moore,…

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Another Motor Car Smash. Several Persons Injured

The Propeller · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 1

A motor car accident happened in the Lady Carrington Drive, National Park, last Sunday, whereby the six occupants of a ear owned and driven by Mr…

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Gored by Cow Butcher Badly Injured GOULBURN

The Sun · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 2

Ham Janes, a butcher, employed in the Yass Butchery, was killing at the abattoirs near that town, when a savage cow, which was being cornered,…

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SHIP.SENSATION Officer Fatally Injured Death in Hospital

Evening News · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 5

[?] this morning Ottar [?] a single man, and a native [?] who was th[?] oth[?] on the [?] in…

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In Case of Accident

The Land · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 8

In the "Motor Annual of South Australia," just out, a series of useful hints is given on what to do in case of accident…

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NO. 2 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice James and jury.) Accident at Marrickville. Maidment v Percival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 6

The plaintiff in this action, Robert Neville Maidment, a youth, by his next friend, sued William Percival claiming £500 compensation for injuries caused to him in an accident in…

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Railway Accident at Kogarah Station

The St George Call · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 5

While waiting for the funeral train on Kogarah Station on Tuesday, a returned soldier named Charles Gore, residing at Ramsgate Road, Ramsgate…

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National Park Motor Accident

The St George Call · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 5

On Sunday, about 2.30 p.m., a Ford car got out of control about 3 miles from Waterfall in Lady Carington's Drive. The driver, in avoiding another…

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Accident at Kogarah. Sad End of Soldiers' Partnership

The Propeller · Friday 7 April 1922 · page 4

Charles Gore, a middle-aged man, living at Ramsgate Road, Ramsgate, fell from the Kogarah railway station in front of the funeral train at about…

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Little Girl Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 8

Hazel, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Davis, of George-street. Hornsby, met with a serious accident, whilst playing in the public school…

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City Fire. Building Gutted. Fireman Injured. Remarkable Rescue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 April 1922 · page 13

A sensational fire occurred in the National Building in Pitt-street, between, Park and Market streets, shortly after seven o'clock last night. The building…

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