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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

3,212 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 161

Motor Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 3

Harry Haken, of Hurstville, was riding a motor cycle in Durham Street, Hurstville, last Saturday, when the machine skidded in a rut. Haken was…

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Speed Motor Boats Adelaide Collision Major Donkin's Opinion

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 5

Major D. E. Donkin, owner of the racing motor boat Meteor II., and Mr., T. M'G. "Williams, owner of Miss Brisbane, returned to Sydney to-day,…

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Drowned? Chinese in Harbor Strange Disappearance Id He Swim Ashore?

Evening News · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 8

When the steamer Wonganella arrived from Nauru on Wednesday she carried 100 Chinese, who shipped for China. One of them…

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Boy's Death Auburn Accident Driver Charged

Evening News · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 9

Frank Smythe, 6, of Dartbrook-road, Auburn, was knocked down by a motor car near his home yesterday afternoon, death being almost instantaneous…

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Peculiar Drowning Accident. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 9

Peculiar circumstances attended death by drowning at Williamstown Baths of Albert Woolley, aged 12 [?], of Maidstone. Woolley, with a number of school-mates from…

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Railway Accident Drover Seriously Injured

The Sun · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 6

A drover whose name is believed to be Fred Dowdell was seriously injured this morning in a railway accident at Woolbrock, between Tamworth' and…

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Injured in Diving

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 4

Mr. Bob Jones, of Colyton. recently working for Mr. C. Brown, of Colyton, in diving off the rocks at Little Coogee recently fractured his spine and…

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Horse-trainer Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 20

Robert Gardiner (28), a horse trainer, residing at 13 Regent Street, Redfern, was riding a horse along Gay Street. Kensington, yesterday afternoon, when…

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Railway Fatality West Maitland

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 8

Mr. James Newman, an elderly man, who was injured in a railway accident at the crossing at Weston, has died. He was well-known in the Newcastle and…

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Car Topples Over Accident at Kellyville Four Men Injured

The Sun · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 6

A motor car owned and driven by William Constantino, Edmond-strept, Waverley, ran over an embankment, in Windsor-road, Kellyville, late…

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Fatality at Auburn. Boy Knocked Down by Car

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 6

About 3.45 p.m. on Thursday, Frank Smythe, aged 6, who resided with his parents in Dartbrook-road, Auburn, Was knocked down by a motor car, and killed…

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Motor Smash Four Injured Car Somersaults

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 7

Through the failure of the steering gear, a motor-car containing four male passengers, which was travelling along Windsor Road, Kellyville (near…

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Dived Too Deep Youth's Spine Injured BATHURST

Evening News · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 6

Robert Clarks, 15, residing with his mother at Tarana, struck the bottom when diving in the Fish River, and dislocated his spine. He has been…

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Struck the Bottom Bather Seriously Injured BATHURST

The Sun · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 1

The Fish River, though at present only a series of waterholes, owing to the drought, has contributed another casually…

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License Cancelled Sequel to Motor Accident

The Sun · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 2

A sequel to the accident in King-street, Newtown, on January 18, in which a 19-year-old girl was seriously injured through being knocked…

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Accidental Harmonies

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 12

It was at a concert in Sydney Town Hall. The star was just finishing a number, which ended on a high…

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Timber Across Line Accident Narrowly Averted Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 7

What might have been a serious railway accident was averted near Sherwood, a suburb of Brisbane, last night. The train concerned was the…

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Gab and Tram Moore Park Collision Cabby Injured

The Sun · Sunday 4 March 1923 · page 2

A cab-driver named Harry Churchill was thrown several feet into the air yesterday afternoon when his cab collided with a tramear. A rubber tyre…

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Constable Injured

The Sun · Sunday 4 March 1923 · page 5

Constable 'Mason, a motor patrol driver, met with an accident while motoring yesterday afternoon, and had two sittches inserted in a wound…

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Jockeys Injured Motor Car Hits a Pole

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 March 1923 · page 2

A motor car driven by Herbert Stavenson, 23, who lives in Woolcott-st., Darlinghurst, which had as passengers, George Moreson, 27, Dillon-st.,…

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