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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

3,212 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 161

Car Somersaults Brakes and Engine Fail Seven Injured Maryborough (Q.)

The Sun · Wednesday 24 January 1923 · page 7

A serious motor car accident happened at Kin Kin, near Cympic, yesterday Seven persons were injured, one of…

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Shipping Fatality. Loss of Four Lives

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 7

A curious shipping accident, resulting in the loss of four lives occurred at Liverpool on Saturday last. A nudden gust of wind over-balanced a coal…

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The Last Swim. Two Boys Drowned

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 6

A sad tragedy occurred near Bundanoon (N.S.W.) on Sunday afternoon last, resulting in the death of two boys named Lesile Tooth and John…

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Alleged Assault Injured Man Reticent

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 9

Although it was alleged by the police that George Alfred Neal had been maliciously injured by Farry Allen, aged 19, on December 7, 1922, at…

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Caught in Points. Railway Employes Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 6

A shocking accident occurred at the Harden (N.S.W.) goods yard on Friday afternoon last, resulting in serious injury to a cleaner employed on the…

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Surf Tragedy Two Children Drowned Futile Rescue Endeavors

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 5

Two children were drowned in the surf at Freshwater yesterday afternoon. They were Austen Hands (14), and his 12-year-old sister. Beryl Grace,…

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Melbourne Tram Smash. Twenty-Three Persons Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 6

While a cable tram, crowded with passengers, was crossing the interaction of City-road and Clarendon-street, Melbourne, on Thursday night last, it…

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Double Tragedy. Brother and Sister Drowned. Bathing at Freshwater. Treacherous Undertow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 9

Austin Hands, aged 11 years, and his sister, Beryl Grace Hands, 12 years of age, were carried out by a strong undertow while bathing at Freshwater…

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Motor Car Smashes Five Persons Injured Car Turns Somersault

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 4

A serious motor smash occurred on the Hillgrove Road, within half a mile of Armidale (N.S.W.), on Saturday afternoon. A car owned and driven by…

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Collision at Sea Liners Damaged Woodfield and Jersey City Manoeuvring for Pilot

The Sun · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 7

According to a message received by the Superintendent of Navigation (Captain Morris) to-day, the steamers Woodfield and…

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Misadventures. a Mother's Ordeal Fatal Sulky Accident

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 4

While driving with her three-months old child at Watalgan, near Bundaberg (Q.), last week, Mrs. Hare, a young married woman, got out a sulky to…

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Burning Accidents Explosion of Petrol Old Man's Death

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 25 January 1923 · page 4

A message from Cloncurry (Q.) states that as a result of a serious petrol explosion on Ardnore station early on Monday morning an old man named…

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Motor Lorries in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 6

On Tavernor's Hill, Parramatta Road, yesterday afternoon, two motor lorries met in collision. The two vehicles sustained considerable damage, and their drivers narrowly escaped injury. One lorry was running down the hill in a westerly direction when the turned into Parramatta Road from Andrean Street…

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Injured While Fishing

The Propeller · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 3

While fishing off the rocks near Cronulla on Sunday morning William Harrison, 27, of Septimus Street, Erskineville, slipped and fell a distance of about 10…

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Motor and Sulky Collision at Penrith Penrith

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 2

Whilst driving his motor ear along the main street of Penrith, Mr. Webb, manager of the Penrith District Butter Factory, collided with a sulky which…

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Early Morning Collision Steamers Off Nobbys Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 2

A collision occurred early this morning at Newcastle Heads between the steamers Jersey City and Woodfield, without serious results…

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Collision at Sea. Off Nobby's. Two Cargo Steamers. Both Vessels Safe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 7

Two big cargo steamers, bound for Newcastle, came into collision about a mile from the entrance to the Newcastle harbour at 5.50 yesterday morning. The impact was not…

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Accident at Arncliffe

The Propeller · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 1

While the 8.40 p.m. train from Mortdale to Sydney was travelling at a fast rate just at the approach to Arncliffe Station last Sunday, a lad, 12 years of…

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Tram Collision. Three People Injured. Car Jumps Rails

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 11

A collision between two trams occured at the intersection of City-road and Cleveland-street, at Darlington, yesterday afternoon. Three women, who were seated in the front…

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A Collision

Nepean Times · Saturday 27 January 1923 · page 4

About 9 p.m. on Sunday Mr. Webb, manager of the dairy factory, was driving in his car casterly along High Street. Messrs. Blatch and Willett, of…

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