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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Sailor Drowned Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 3

H. Loveday married, of Sydney, a returned soldier, and employed as cook on the steamer Kaluga unloading timber at Port Melbourne, slipped off the gangway…

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Found Drowned. Coolamon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 10

The body of William Andrew Dryden, aged 31 years, a native of Scotland, was found in a dam near Marrar on Sunday. He had been seen in Marrar early on Sunday morning…

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Motor Accidents Four Persons Injured Mishaps in City

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 8

Several motor accidents occurred in the city yesterday, but only two had serious Consequences. A woman named Patricia Nye, aged 30…

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Somerset in Collision. at London

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

According to cable advices received from London, the Federal Shire steamer Somerset has arrived there with a damaged bow, as the result of…

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An Arncliffe Tragedy. Woman Drowned

The St George Call · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 2

A gallant effort to save her twelve years' old son from drowning in Wolli Creek, Arncliffe, on Wednesday afternoon, ended in the death of Mrs…

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Jockey Injured. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 10

During the running of the Maiden Race at Goulburn on New Year's Day Frank O'Connor, a well-known jockey, who was mounted on Caberfeldh, was unseated at the four-furlongs…

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Injured by Pea-rifle a Strange Accident Youth in Critical Condition

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 7

A peculiar pea-rifle accident occurred at Rozelle yesterday, resulting in serious injury to Arthur John Mackay, 18, engineers' apprentice, of…

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Rand Wick Training Jockey Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 3

The well-known hurdle rider, S. Hampson, met with a serious fall at Randwick yesterday morning. While schooling Big Jean over the steeple fences, the mare hit…

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Sisters Drowned. a Yarra Tragedy. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 9

A double drowning accident occurred in the Tarra to-day, when two sisters, Pearl Emily M'Dougall, aged 16 years, and Eileen Effie M'Dougall, aged 10 years, lost their lives. The…

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Crushed to Death Broken Capstan Fatality at Wharf

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 7

While the steamer Dilkera was being berthed at No. 6 wharf, Darling Harbot yesterday, a capstan broke. It rolled over George Matherson (40),…

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Yarra Tragedy Sisters Drowned Girl's Brave Effort Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 7

A double drowning fatality occurred at Kew today, the victims being Irene Effie M'Dougall (10) and her sister. Pearl Emily M'Dougall (16). both of…

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Pigs in Transit Injured by Careless Handling

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 8

Losses through injury to pigs in transit to market are sometimes so great that farmer and shipper each lose a considerable portion of their…

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Woman Drowned. Attempting to Save her Son. Sad Arncliffe Tragedy

The Propeller · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

A gallant effort to save her twelve years' old son from drowning in Wolli Creek, Arncliffe, on Wednesday afternoon, ended in the death of Mrs. Laura…

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Fence Collapses Crash at Glebe Man and Girl Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 3

About mid-day yesterday an old wooden fence bounding the Female Refuge property in Glebe Point Road was blown over by a gust of wind. The…

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Train Tragedy Crash Down Embankment Four Killed; Five Injured CAPETOWN, January 2

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 7

A message from Graafe Reinet (Cape Province) states that two women and two children were killed and five persons injured in a railway accident…

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Over River Bank Gig Falls 50 Feet Child Killed; Mother Injured WELLINGTON, N.Z.

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 7

A farmer Richard Hammond, was driving to his home in Turakina Valley, with his wife and two children, when he had to get out of the gig to…

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Motor Accidents the Holiday Tragedies Many Deaths

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

A mother and her five-year-old son lost their lives in a motor accident on the Toll Bar road, about four miles from Toowoomba (Q.) on Monday last…

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The Rivers Toll Week-End Accidents State Girl's Death

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

Norma Jeffries, a State child four teen years of age, who had been living with Mr. and Mrs. Rochester, of Granville (Sydney) went to bathe in…

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Country Woman Killed. Accident in Melbourne

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 6

As the result of injuries she received in a street accident in Melbourne on Monday, Mrs. May Bounader, of Gundagai (N.S.W.), died on Wednesday…

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Motor Accident Mr. Paul's Injuries

Evening News · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 7

Mr. Frank Paul, who met with a motor accident at Manly on Wednesday night, was more seriously injured than was at first supposed…

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