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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

4,108 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 206

Motor Smash One Killed; Five Injured ADELAIDE

The Sun · Thursday 14 February 1924 · page 9

When a motor car at Waterfall Gully last night crashed through a fence and fell into a creek 14ft. below the road, Leo Carroll, aged 28, was…

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Motor-car's Leap Into Creek Bed One Killed; Two Injured ADELAIDE

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 February 1924 · page 7

As a party was returning in a motorcar from Waterfall Gully, Burnside, at 7 p.m. to-day the steering gear locked and they plunged 14ft. into the bed…

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Remarkable Shooting Accident. Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 February 1924 · page 10

William Lee, who some time ago lost his light leg below the knee, and has since managed with an artificial one, has had his left leg endangered by a remarkable accident…

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General News ACCIDENTS

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 February 1924 · page 4

BEGA.--Mr. Palrick Kirby a well Jargon near Bega on Wednesday morning. MOREE.--Mr. J. D. Davis of Cessnock…

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Harbor Collision Two Persons Drowned a Picnic Tragedy

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 4

Two persons lost their lives when a Ferry boat and a launch collided on the Wellington Harbor (N.Z.) on Friday night last. The launch had on board…

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Drowning Fatalities— Gwydir River Tragedy

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 4

While bathing in the Gwydir River, Bundarra, on Wednesday, Navilla McGinty, the eleven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Russell McGinty, was…

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Injured While Swimming

The Propeller · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 1

Walter Robbins, of Flora Street, Arncliffe, was bathing, at Wolli Creck last Saturday afternoon, when he received a splinter about eight inches long in his…

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Injured by Tram

The Sun · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 9

William Brey, 46, laborer, was crossing Central Square at 9.50 a.m. this morning, when he was knocked down by a tram. The Civil Ambulance took…

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Injured by Circular Saw

The Propeller · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 8

Thomas Elley, aged 14 years, residing in Wright Street, Hurstville, an employee of the Hurstville Ice Works, met with serious injury from a circular…

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Motor Cyclist Injured. Gundagai

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 9

Paul Remaley, a visiting American motor cyclist, while trying to break the motor bicycle record from Sydney to Melbourne, crashed into a motor car at Hilla's Creek…

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Lift Crashes. Man Fatally Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 4

A man was fatally injured and another very seriously hurt in a lift accident in the Monarch Electric Light Co.'s building as Redfern on Monday…

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Knocked Down by Tram Laborer Injured

The Sun · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 7

Whilst William Brey, aged 40, & laborer, of Flood-street, Leichhardt, was crossing Central-square at 9.20 a.m. to-day he was knocked down by a…

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Rider Crashes Sydney to Melbourne Record Attempt Remaley Injured Smash at Gundagai

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 7

Hitting a motor car, evidently when he was going round a bend in the road at high speed, Paul Remaley, the recently-arrived American "crack" motor…

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Gored by a Bull. Curious Accident

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 11

A farm-hand named Frank Barry, seventeen years of age, was gored by a bull on a farm at Mr. Samson, last week, and later was admitted to…

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Rich Coal Seam. Discovered by Accident

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 9

A report has been received from Brisbane that coal in payable quantities has been discovered at Rocklen, a few miles from Brisbane, in a large…

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Railway Commissioners Have to Pay Costs a Blacktown Accident--Young Man's [?] Injuries-- Registrar Thinks Compensation Two Small

The Labor Daily · Friday 15 February 1924 · page 5

At the Parramatta District Court yesterday a case was decided in which the amount offered under the Workmen's Compensations Act was…

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One Killed Nine Injured Lidcombe Motor Smash Head-on Collision

Evening News · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 1

A GIRL was killed and nine people were badly injured in a motor smash at Lidcome to-day…

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Injured Speedster

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 17

Advices from Gondagal yesterday staled that the injuries of Paul Remaley, who struck a motor car beyond Gumdagai, when ahead of schedule…

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Harbour Tragedy. Man Drowned. Heroic Rescue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 18

Within sight of a large number of ferry passengers, who were returning home, Patrick Suillch, aged 25 years, a fireman from the Osterley, was drowned near the Watson's Bay…

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Tragic Drowning a Foolish Bet Swim in Harbor Plucky Rescues

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1924 · page 8

In a foolhardy attempt to win a wager, a fireman from the Orient steamer Osterley was drowned in Sydney Harbor last night…

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