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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Fierce Newtown Blaze Marcus Clark's Store Gutted Weak Water Supply Many Shops and Houses Damaged Several Spectators Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 7

ONE OF THE MOST DISASTROUS FIRES THAT HAVE OCCURRED IN SIDNEY FOR MANY YEARS GUTTED MARCUS CLARK'S HUGE EMPORIUM AT NEWTOWN LAST NIGHT…

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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 2

MOREE.--An outbreak of fire occurred in the Moree motor garage last night. The fire was quickly extinguished by the brigade. No damage was done…

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Bolting Horse Causes Fatal Accident MOLONG

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1924 · page 11

Through a horse bolting, Thomas George Harris (61), single, was fatally injured at Molong on Saturday. Harris was riding on top of a load…

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Man Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 5

WAGGA.--Late on Monday night, a laborer, Thomas Heslop (45), was admitted to Wagga District Hospital, suffering from a fractured skull. He was…

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Brave Rescue. Boy Saved From Drowning Treacherous Swirl

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 13

Only the prompt notion of a strong and brave swimmer saved the life of George Young, 13 years of age, at Tom Ugly's Point yesterday…

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Collision With Motor. On Sydney-road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 1

At a late hour on Tuesday last Mr. Nicholls, of Croydon, was travelling along Sydney-road in a salky drawn by a horse that was in a bad mood. At the corner…

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In Bath Tub Head Weighted Man Drowned

Evening News · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 8

Immersed in a bath—tub full of water, with a [?] weight keeping his head beneath the surface, [?] Taylor, 50, was found in his [?] at…

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Launch Tragedy. Two Men Drowned. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 13

A launch returning from the Sounds to Wellington was caught in Cook Strait by a bad southerly and driven ashore at Island Bay, and smashed to matchwood on the rocks…

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Japan Again Hit by Disaster Three—minute Earthquake Shock Believed Fifty Killed and Three Hundred Injured Towns Ablaze — Trains Derailed Meagre Details of Calamity

Evening News · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 1

JAPAN, in the midst of her wonderful reconstruction work, has been hit by a second disaster. While rebuilding her cities, laid waste by the world's greatest disaster in September of last year, a second earthquake has…

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Motor Accident. Corowa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 14

A car, driven by a visiting agent, was very bady damaged here on Sunday night. The driver left the main road, and in traversing the side t[?]ck, hurdled a heap of maintenance…

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Scalding Accident. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 11

Michael Psaltis, the proprietor of a restaurant, met with a peculiar accident, and sustained serious injuries, [?]hen preparing a mixture of ca[?]tle soda in boiling water. He…

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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1924 · page 5

ALBURY.--John Baker (60) fel downstairs at the Criterion Hotel, and sustained a fracture of the leg. He was admitted to the Albury District Hospital…

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Minee Injured. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 11

Harry Fraser, a miner, employed at Abermain colliery, while boarding an engine at Abermain this morning got a foot caught in the driving rod. His foot was cut in half…

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Drowned in Bath Old Man's Death

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 6

With a seven-pound weight tied to his neck with a piece of rope. Ernest Taylor, aged 58, was found lying in a bath filled with water at his home…

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Youth Drowned. Rescuer Fails. Struggle in Mid-stream

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 10

A gallant, though uusuccessful effort, of a young man to save a comrade from drowning nearly resulted in a dual tragedy in Long Cove canal, Haberfield, yesterday. John…

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Drowned in Canal Youth's Fate Valiant Attempts at Rescue

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 6

Long Cove Canal, at Haberfield, was the scene of a tragic drowning fatality yesterday afternoon. The victim was a 19-year-old youth,…

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Accident in Dock. Damage to Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 4

Last November, in the Admiralty Division, the Federal Steam Navigation Company, Limited, the owners of the steamer Devon, sued the Mersey…

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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1924 · page 2

TENTERFIELD.--James Aherns was working at a plaining machine at J, Mangleson's sawmill, on Wednesday afternoon. when he had the index finger…

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Accident Through Playing with Detonator. Boy Badly Injured

The St George Call · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 6

A sad accident occurred at Clarke Road, Ramsgate, on Monday morning, when Norman Berry, aged 15, of Cook Park Road,. Sans Souci, was playing…

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Drowned in River Narrandera

The Sun · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 9

A drowning fatality occurred in the Murrumbidgee River today. George North, a resident of Griffith and a guest of Mr. W. Noble, who lives…

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