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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

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

Railway Accident, Engine Crashes Into Train Mount Morgan (Q.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 11

While the afternoon train from Rockhampton to Mount Morgan was standing at Moonera station, waiting for a lack engine to assist in the ascent of the Razorback, the…

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Motor Accidents Doubled in 12 Months Melbourne's Plight Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 7

"From statistics supplied to the Morgue," said Mr. Phillips, Deputy Coroner," an alarming state of affairs in connection with motor…

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Two Accidents Broken Hill Mishaps Broken Hill

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 10

A motor car accident, without [?] results, occurred early yesterday morning, three miles from Broken Hill, on the Menindle Road. The occupants of the…

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Shooting Accident Albury

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1923 · page 5

Boyd Lawrence (10) poked a stick into a hollow log at Wymah, to dislodge a rabbit. His companion, Keith Thompson, fired a shot at the rabbit as it ran…

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Man Drowned in Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 12

The dead body of Edward Cartwright, 40 years of age, and residing in Denmore-street, Willoughby, was found Heating in the harbour near the ladies baths in the Domain…

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Boy Hero Saves Two From Drowning Made No Fuss Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1923 · page 7

Wallace Malcolm, aged 12, saved two men from drowning this morning. The men are tramway employees, aged 28 and 21, and one of them got into…

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Boy Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 9

A fractured pelvis was sustained by Arthur Westbrook (11). who was run over by a cart at North Sydney yesterday…

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Double Burning Fatality. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 9

A double burning fatality occurred at Pioneer, on the no[?]th-east coast, early yesterday morning, the victims being Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Redburn, both well-known residents…

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Drowned in Dam Schoolgirl's Fate GRENFELL

The Sun · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 2

A girl named Russell, who had won a bursary at the High School and was home for the holidays, went bathing in a dam at Gamarra, 16 miles…

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Drowning Fatalities Caught by the Current. Schoolboy Loses His life

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 4

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Lower Portland, on the Hawkesbury river, on Wednesday. A boy named James Smith, thirteen years of age…

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Shying Horse Woman and Baby Injured

The Sun · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 7

A woman, with a baby in a perambulator, was jumped on at Arncliffe yesterday afternoon by a horse which shied at a passing tram…

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Muscoota Again Nearly a Collision Off the Quay

Evening News · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 5

The four-masted American bar[?] Muscoots was nearly in collision again. This time it was just off Circular Quay…

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Drowned in a Dam. Mate's Futile Efforts at Rescue

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 4

Early on Saturday morning last a young man named Leslie Siggs, with a lad named West, went for a swim in a dam close by Siggs house. Shortly…

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Boy Injured by Explosion. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 9

Clifford Harold Goodwin, aged 13 years, [?]ad two fingers of his left hand blown off by an explosion of gelignite, which occurred at his home. It is stated that the lad was…

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Were There Lights? the Yarra-muscoota Collision Evidence at Inquiry Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 8

An official inquiry into the cause of the collision between the Norwegian steamer Yarra and the American barque Muscoota, off Wilson's Promontory, on…

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Death From Burns. Painful Accident at Coraki

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 4

Mrs. Lougly, of Evans River, near Cornki (N.S.W.), died on Sunday last as the result of burns accidentally received through her clothing catching…

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Another Motor Smash. Accident at Cronulla

The Propeller · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 1

Last Saturday night another motor car accident happened at Cronulla near the spot where a motor car was smashed up by a tram last week. In…

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Aeroplane Crashes. Accident at Cronulla

The Propeller · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 5

An aeroplane crashed at Cronulla on Monday morning, and was damaged beyond repair. The pilot (Mr. Barkell) escaped injury, with the exception of a…

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Girl Drowned. Grenfell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 14

Elsie May Russell, daughter of Mr. A. Henry Russell, of Greenethorpe, 15 years of age, was yesterday drowned while bathing in a dam on Gambarra, where she was staying for a few…

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Eight Drowned Vancouver

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1923 · page 6

The Canadian coastal steamer Alaskan has been lost, eight people being drowned…

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