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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

3,212 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 161

City Blaze Fire Officer Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 6

A fireman standing outside the Headquarters Fire Station, in Castlereagh Street, City, at about 8.45 last night, noticed smoke issuing from a building a…

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Drowned His Sorrows Country Driver in Trouble

The Sun · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 3

Stanley Wrigley, a carter, was charged at the Kogarah Court yesterday with a breach of the traffic regulations. He said he was from the…

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City Fires. Munro-chambers. fireman INJURED

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 9

While walking along Castlereagh-street shertly before 10 o'clock last night Mr. John Evans, of Dillon-street, Paddington, saw flames issuing from the ground floor of…

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The Eye Test For Motorists Avoiding Accidents

Evening News · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 14

A correspondent "W. M." directs attention to the frequency of motor accidents, and asks for a regulation requiring every driver to…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 April 1923 · page 3

ALBURY.--An inquest was opened at Hume Reservoir concerning the death of Henry Stanley Meade, who was crushed to death between the buffer of an engine…

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Train Derailed an Accident at Picton. Two Men Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 4

A goods train travelling from Goulburn to Clyde (N.S.W.) was deruiled at Pieton near the viudent on Monday evening last. It causal considerable…

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Brutal Assault Sergeant Injured "Six Months' Hard" "it was very brutal assault."

Evening News · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 8

So [?] Mr. Le Brun Brown, S.M., to Oliver Goddard, who was charged at Redfera Court with having assaulted sergeant Ryan while in the…

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Driving Accident. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 April 1923 · page 10

A serious driving accident occurred at m[?]goplah, near Wagga, when Michael Lyons, [?] son of Mr. J. H. Lyons, sustained a fractured thigh and other injuries. He was driving…

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Injured at Football

Nepean Times · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 4

Geosge Sheens, while engaged in a practice match with Waratah footballess early in the week, sustained a severe injury to the knee…

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Tram Accident. Car Leaves Rails Eight Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 16

As the rebult of a tram accident in Botanyroad, near Daphne-street, Botany, yesterday afternoon, eight persons were injured. When nearing the stopping-place the tram, which…

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Triple Collision Tram, Lorry and Car

The Sun · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 5

A motor-car, lorry and tram collided in Botany-road, Waterloo, this morning, the result being that the car, which was in the centre, was badly…

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Eight Injured Tram Jumps Rails Bolt on Line Accident at Botany

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 7

Eight persons were injured in a tram accident at Botany early yesterday afternoon. A city-bound single car was…

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City Brawl Man Injured Another Arrested

Evening News · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 6

As the result of an allercation in George-street North this afternoon a man about 60 years odl. whose name could not be ascertained, New in…

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Riots in Ruhr the Unemployed 5 Killed, 50 Injured Communists Active LONDON, April 20

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 7

The unemployed in the Ruhr are becoming, increasingly restive, and threaten to paralyse the life of the towns unless they are given work or…

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Mr. Henry Willis Victim of Vehicle Accident BRISBANE

The Sun · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 6

Mr. Henry Willis, formerly Speaker of the New South Wales Assembly, was thrown from a buggy near Roma. His head was injured, and he had to be…

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Chapter of Accidents Wellington

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 April 1923 · page 4

The Longburn Handicap was a chapter of accidents, and resulted in Dainty Step, who broke a fetlock, being destroyed. Three other horses were seriously injured. The racing…

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Frightful Injuries Man Under Train Granville Fatality

The Sun · Sunday 22 April 1923 · page 2

A man was frightfully mutilated by a train at Granville early last night. John Ellis (45), Fowler's-avenue, Guildford, was returning to his home…

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Struck on Head Ship's Painter Injured

The Sun · Sunday 22 April 1923 · page 5

Michael O'Connell (55), a ship's painter, was treated at the Royal South Sydney Hospital last night for scalp wounds and concussion…

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COLLISION Tram and Three Motor Vehicles Man and Boy Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 April 1923 · page 6

A strange collision, in which a tram-car, a motor-waggon, and two motorcars were involved, occurred in Botany Road, Alexandria, on Saturday,…

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Laborer Injured

Evening News · Monday 23 April 1923 · page 5

Working on the reconstruction of [?] building. [?] and Liverpool streets this afternoon. Charies [?]…

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