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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

3,212 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 161

Boy Drowned in Hunter West Maitland

The Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 6

Arthur Leslie Dann, aged 8. was drowned in the Hunter River, near Luskintyre yesterday, while bathing. A man named Stapleton, tried to…

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While Crayfishing Boy Drowned at Bathurst BATHURST

The Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 7

Thomas Cosgrove, aged 8, living with his parents in Bentinck-street, was crayfishing at the Macquarie River last night, when he slipped into the water…

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Strange Gas Poisoning Taps Turned Off Week-end Accidents London, January 14

The Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 1

Another mysterious case of gas poisoning is reported. Two women and two children, occupying a new house in Battersea, were…

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Collaroy Fatality

Evening News · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 6

Sir.—I have been requested by the Collaroy Beach Progress Association to bring under your notice the facts in reference to the Attempted rescue of the unfortunate fisherman last…

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Saved From Drowning Elderly Man's Courage TRANG[?]E

The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 8

Mr. George Sullivan, who is 63 years old, rescued Joyce, the 13-year-old daughter of Sergeant Ferris, from the Macquarie River on Sunday…

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Pitfalls for Injured. Compensation Sacrificed

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 20

Considerable interest is being displaced by Trade Unionists in the suggestion of Judge Parry that a test case should be taken to the House of Lords to determine…

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Gelignite Explosion Man Badly Injured Death From Pneumonia

The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 10

On November 27 last, Wallace Lewry, aged 58, who was employed on Michael Mahoney's piggery at Worthville, was injured by an…

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Racing in the North Favorites Fail at Heddon Destroying Injured Horses

Referee · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 7

The betting public had a sorry time at Heddon Greta. A motor oar containing racegoers somersaulted and caused four men to…

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Unusual Accident to Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1923 · page 14

An unusual accident, seriously affecting the vessel's steaming power, occurred last week on the steamer, Rama, bound from Wellington to the Chatham Islands. The Rama, of 610 tons, belonging to the…

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Boy Drowned. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 10

A lad named Thomas Cosgrove, eight years of age, was drowned in the Macquarie River last night…

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Naval Stoker Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 6

Reginald James Byrnes, stoker on H.M.A.S. Sydney, was found in an unconscious condition, bleeding from injuries about the head, by…

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Shunter Injured Orange

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 8

A shunter named Grainger, while working in the railway yards, was knocked down by a truck and was badly injured. His ankle broken. His…

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Drowned in a Dam. Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 10

George Cox, a farm labourer, was drowned in a dam at Coobang. At the coroner's inquiry, an open finding was returned…

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Collision. Train and Waggon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 8

A serious accident was narrowly averted near Gosford on Monday last, when a mail train, carrying a full complement of passengers, crashed into a waggon to which 12…

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Two Boys Drowned a Melbourne Tragedy

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 4

Two boys both eight years of age named J. Langford and H. Woods of Collingwood were drowned in the Yarra near victoria Bridge…

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Drowned While Fishing Tragedy at Bathurst

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 4

A boy [?] Thomas Cosgrove eight years of age was drowned in the Macquaric river near Bathurat (N.S.W) on Tuesday night last while attempting…

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Motor Tragedy Collision at Coorparoo Two Persons Killed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 3

While proceeding form Belmont to Brisbane (Q.) at a late hour on Friday night last a motorcar containing seven persons collided at Coorparoo…

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A Blazing Costume Tragic Sequel to Dance Victim Drowned

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 3

Fragments of a scorched costume and footmarks to the river were the pathetic clues that revealed to anxious husband and son the tragedy that be…

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Crushed by a Waggon. a Carter Fatally Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 January 1923 · page 4

Willie a carter named Herbert Bailey was leadig a horse and lorry into a inneway connected with Toohey's Brewery in Sydney on Wednesday…

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