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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

3,212 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 161

Seaman Injured

Evening News · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 1

Abdul Cader Mahomet, 20, a seaman, on the stegmer Berwickshirelying at No. 20 Jones Bay, was taken to Sydney Hospital by the Civil…

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Run Over and Killed Fatality at Miranda

The Sun · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 5

Frank Dumbrell, aged: 40, caretaker, or Mr. Wunderlich at Yowie Bay, was tun over and killed, by a steam tram It Miranda last night…

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Boy Drowned Tragedy at Manly Treachery of the Surf

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 7

The surf claimed a little victim at Manly yesterday afternoon, when Leonard James Morgan (11), of Coombah Flats, Silver Street, Randwick,…

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Picture Thief Attempt at Mitchell Library Attendant Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 8

A daring attempt to steal three valuable pictures from the Mitchell Library, in Macquarie Street, was made last night by a desperate thief…

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Picture Thief. Assaults Attendant. Mitchell Library. Miss J. Cocks Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 15

Miss Joyce Cocks, a daughter of the Rev. N. J. Cocks, of North Sydney, wns found lying in a dazed condition in the basement of the Mitheell Library building last night…

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Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 2

Among the casualties treated at St. Joseph's Hospital during the past week have been the following: William Rowlinson (35), Yaralla-st. Newtown, wound on…

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Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1923 · page 5

Mr. C. Hunt, of Cross-street, Guildford, was badly injured by colliding with a motor car at Penrith, on Sunday. He was taken to the local hospital, and, after…

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Motor Collision Cyclist Badly Injured

The Sun · Sunday 25 March 1923 · page 2

Frank Jenkins, Montrose, Albermarle-avenuo, Rose Bay, is in the Sydney Hospital in a critical condition…

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Man and Wife Injured

The Sun · Sunday 25 March 1923 · page 2

It is alleged that while Mr. and Mrs. Hawthorne, of Jones-street, Ultimo, were having supper at home with a friend last night four men…

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Collision at Bondi Motor Cyclist Badly Hurt

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 March 1923 · page 2

Frank Jenkins, who lives in Montrose, Albemarle-avenue, Rose Bay, was seriously injured in a collision at Bondi shortly after midnight…

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Woman Injured Struck With Salad Bowl

The Sun · Sunday 25 March 1923 · page 2

Elizabeth Bl[?]loch, of Oxford-street, Paddington, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital last night with a wound in the scalp…

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Rosehill Mishap Fielder Badly Injured Three Horses Fall

The Sun · Sunday 25 March 1923 · page 2

The apprentice S. Fielder, was badly smashed up as a result of his full with Last Damsel in the second division of the Park Stakes at Rosehill,…

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Police Attacked One Seriously Injured Excitement at Quay

The Sun · Sunday 25 March 1923 · page 2

There has been a marked falling off in the number of assaults on the police of late, but early last night two policemen were attacked…

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Accidents at Rosehill

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 March 1923 · page 10

While running in the second division of the Park Stakes at the Hawkesbury R.C. meeting at Rosehill yesterday, Dunkinty galloped on to the heels of Mirthmaker, and fell. Eudid and Last…

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Mary Rosina in a "Pwam" Accident

The Sun · Sunday 25 March 1923 · page 3

"May I see the doctor, please? I'm in such a hurry. Mary Rosina's leg is broken, and her hair is all torn off. Oh, do be quick," and an agonised little mother, with tears rolling down her cheeks, hugged tenderly to her breast all that was left of her dolly after a "tewwific pwam" accident…

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Pitt-street Accident Foot Badly Crushed

The Sun · Sunday 25 March 1923 · page 2

John Prince (43), of Carlton-street, Manly, was knocked down by a tram in Pitt-street early last night. Prince was crossing the street, when…

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Collision at Bondi

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 March 1923 · page 6

Frank Jenkins, rider of a motor cycle, was taken to Sydney Hospital is an unconscious condition, with a compound fracture of the right thigh…

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Tram Fatality. Young Man's Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 March 1923 · page 10

Mrs. David McLean, who was admitted to Balmain Hospital on Friday suffering from a fractured skull, as the result of a fall from a tram while trying to save her husband,…

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Motor Cars Collide Two Persons Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 March 1923 · page 4

A taxi-car driven by Frank Woolf, 61 Carshalton Street, Croydon, east along New South Head Road, collided head tin with a motor car owned and driven…

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Railway Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 March 1923 · page 10

In attempting to board a city-bound train while it was moving out from the Burwood railway station late on Saturday afternoon, Henry) Hedgs, 32, fell from the platform of the…

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