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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

4,108 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 206

Spine Injured

Evening News · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 3

Diving into 2ft 6in of water t Ye[?] Bay, yesterday, Richard Henry Cook, 50, of 245 Rochester-street. Sydney, sustained what is thought to be a…

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Car Accident. Five Injured. Steering Gear Fails

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 9

Through the steering gear locking a motor car got completely out of control on Windsorroad at about 5.30 p.m., yesterday. It careered wildly for about 30 yards and then swerved…

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Farmer Drowned Slips Into River

Evening News · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 3

ROCKHAMPTON, Monday. [?]ames Moncur, a young married farmer, a new arrival, was drowned in the Deep River at Dululu. Dawson…

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Epileptic Seizure Drowned in Brick Pit

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 5

While bathing in the disused pit at Spears' brick works, corner of May Street and Edgeware Road, St. Peters, on Saturday afternoon, William Herbert Stanley,…

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Drowned Man Worried Wife Wants Body Exhumed

Evening News · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 5

Whose is the body which was found floating off Lake Macqu[?] Entrance over a week ago? The police seam satisfied that…

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Yachting Disaster. Three Men Drowned Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 9

Three men were, drowned in Port Phillip Bay this morning when the yacht they were sailing cupsized." The victims were:- George Cooper, aged 45 years, storeman, of…

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Boat Capsizes Three Drowned Melbourne Tragedy Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 5

Three lives were lost in Port Phillip Bay to-day, when a fishing boat was struck by a sudden squall and capsized…

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Victorian Sporting Notes. Rivoli Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 6

Of the unplaced horses in the Newmarket Handicap Easingwold did the best. He began rather slowly, but was blushing strongly in fourth place at the end. It was a fine performance, as he carried 9st 5lb, and he…

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Car Crashes Smash on Windsor Road Five Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 5

Robert Padginton, of Arthur Street, Punchbowl, was driving his motor home after a day's outing on the Windsor Road, some miles out from…

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Motor Car's Plunge Into a River. Three People Drowned. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 9

A terrible tragedy occurred at [?]nnisfa[?]l on Saturday, three members of a party of eight being drowned when a motor car plunged over the end of the punt into the Johnstone River…

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Three Drowned Car Runs Off Punt Occupants in Death Trap Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 5

Imprisoned in a motor car which plunged from a ferry punt into 80 feet of water at Daradgee Crossing, on the Johnstone River, near…

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Claro's Failure Injured a Joint Sydney Out of Luck . MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 4

With Rivoll, The Hawk, and Claro in Melbourne, Sydney's chance of scooping the pool in the weight-for-age races at the V.R.C. Autumn…

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Three Drowned While Fishing Aspendale (Vic.) Tragedy-- Glassy Sea--then Wind- Boat Capsizes-- a Kew Councillor Dead. Fisherman's Warning

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A sad drowning fatality occurred at Aspendale late this afternoon when a small fishing boat [?]psized in the rough sea…

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Three Drowned in Motor Car Car Plunges Into a Queensland River--instead of Going on Punt--five People Escape Diver Recovers Body

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday.-- Im[?] in a motor car which [?]…

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HUGE T.N.T. EXPLOSION Thirty Killed and Hundred Injured All New Jersey Shaken Every Building Within Mile Obliterated New York

The Sun · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 1

Lower New York City, and all New Jersey were shaken by a tremendous explosion at the Nixon nitration works, where amilite was…

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Railway Accident. Truck Derailed. Several Others Smashed. HAY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 9

Particulars of yesterday's railway accident disclose that the mixed mail passenger and goods trains for Hay was 15 miles from Carrathool, when a big water-truck, which is…

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Train Accidents Trucks Turn Turtle HAY

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 March 1924 · page 7

A serious accident was narrow averted yesterday. When the H[?] train was 15 miles on the other side Carrathool, the water tank truck, ne[?]…

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Drowning Fatalities

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 March 1924 · page 3

BYRON BAY.--On Sunday afternoon John Gill, aged five, was drowned in Tallow Creek, while swimming with other boys…

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Motor Fatality Manslaughter Charge

The Sun · Tuesday 4 March 1924 · page 15

At the Glebe Police Court to-day, Henry John Stockdale, aged 23, was Charged with feloniously slaying Martin George Craigh, aged five years at…

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Driving Fatality Queanbeyan

The Sun · Tuesday 4 March 1924 · page 12

A fatal accident occurred on Saturday night, when John Flannagan, a workman engaged in the Federal Territory, was driving home in a sulky…

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