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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

2,680 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 134

Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 9

An old lady named Mrs. Edmunds, a resident of Smithfield; met with a serious accident on Wednesday, last week. She was riding on a Fairfield West bus, when the…

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Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 2

The following casualties have been treated at St. Joseph's Hospital during the past week:—Nellie Mills, 10, Rundle-street, Granville, severely cut leg through…

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Dundas. Accidents to Council's Employees

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 8

It was reported at the Dundas Council meeting held on 12th inst. that Messrs. J. Moss and Henshall, two employees of the council, were still off duty as a result of…

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Series of Accidents Lithgow

The Sun · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 1

There has been an epidemic of accidents in Lithgow since the holidays, some of them serious. Charles Alfred Sparkes, a colliery carpenter,…

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Fatal Cracker Boy Mortally Hurt Gore Hill Accident

The Sun · Saturday 22 April 1922 · page 5

"While letting off crackers this afternoon, in his yard, Edward John Woods, aged 15, who lived with his parents in Whiting-street, Gore Hill,…

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Unknown Man Drowned

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 April 1922 · page 2

WINDSOR, Saturday.—The body of an unknown man was found in the Hawkesbury River this morning about five yards from the bank on the…

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A Brave Boy Shocking Fatality Follows Experiment Body Pierced by Lead Pipe

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 April 1922 · page 2

The death of a boy of 15 resulted yesterday afternoon from an experiment which he had made with gunpowder. A piece of piping penetrated his abdomen…

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Boy Drowned

Evening News · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 5

Frederick John Hughes, 4, of Womerah-Avenue, Darlinghurst, was playing with come other youngsters on the wharf at Rushcutter's Bay to-day…

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Laborer Injured

Evening News · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 3

Michael O'Connor, 40, a laborer, of illawarra-road, Marrickville, was working on the tram line at the corner of Oxford-street and…

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Fireman Fatally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 10

A fireman named Angelo, on the Italian vessel Citta de Genova, was knocked down by a car in William-street early last night. He was conveyed in a private car to Sydney…

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Boy Injured Thrown From Horse

The Sun · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 7

As a result of a fall from a horse at the Canterbury Racecourse to-day, William Henry Atkins, aged 11, of Farley-street, Ashfield, is in the…

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Traffic Fatality. Australian Traveller Killed. New York, April 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 9

A telegram from Chicago says that Mr. Albert Edward Langford, an Australian mine owner, has been crushed to death between an automobile and tram car. Mr. Langford was on…

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Car Accidents Little Boy Knocked Down

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 April 1922 · page 5

Shortly before 5 o'clock last evening, Robert Hardy (5), of Onslow Street, Rose Bay, was knocked down by a motor cor while on his way home from Sunday School. The driver of the…

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Child Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1922 · page 7

Frederick John Hughes, aged 3 years and 6 months, foll into the water at Rushcutter Bay, yesterday afternoon, and was drowned. His parents live in Womerah-avenue,…

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Child Fatally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 April 1922 · page 7

About 4.16 p.m. yesterday Robert Lesile, 4, who resided at 15 Charlotte-lane, East Sydney, was hanging on the back of a lorry in Yurong-street, city, when an oxygen cylinder…

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Bolting Horses Two Men Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 25 April 1922 · page 8

Bolting horses in the suburbs yesterday were responsible for two men being injured and having to be taken to hospital…

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Youths Flee and Attack Pursuer Italian Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 26 April 1922 · page 5

Seeing youths stealing fruit from a sountryman's shop last night.[?]22, a recent arrival from Italy, ran after them. One of them turned…

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Crack Two Year Old Soorak Slightly Injured

The Sun · Wednesday 26 April 1922 · page 4

Owing to a severe knock to his off hind leg, it was found necessary to ease Soorak in his work. The incident occurred the night before he ran in the…

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Killed in Collision

The Sun · Thursday 27 April 1922 · page 9

The collision between a motor-cycle and a cart at the intersection of Austenham and Balmain roads, Leichhardt, on April 11, which resulted in the death…

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Knocked Down Wool-Classer Injured

Evening News · Thursday 27 April 1922 · page 6

Robert Taylor, 20, a wool-classer, of Rawson-street, Newtown, waited for a tram to pass the intersection of George and Regent streets, and then…

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