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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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

Accidentally Shot. Loaded Pea Rifle

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

On his way home from a holiday, part of which he had spent in pea-rifle shooting, Alfred John Mackay, l8 years of age, of Boronia-road, Bellevue Hill, was dangerously…

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Motor Car Accident

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

Through a motor car crushing into a tree at the corner of Wood-street and Addison-road, Manly, late on Wednesday night, Mr. Frank Paul, representative of Studebaker cars,…

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Series of Motor Accidents. West Maitland

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

Three motor accidents occurred this week. A motor lorry was overturned by a tram striking a wheel. A wheel was smashed, and other damage done to the lorry, The…

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Riding Accident. Goulburn

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

Dr. G. M. Faithfull fell from his horse at the Goulburn Racecourse and sustained injuries to his ankle. He was preparing a horse for the Tirranna picnic meeting, to be held…

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Cause--one Small Boy Sequence of Accidents

The Sun · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 11

By running in front of a horse and cart in Redfern-street, Redfern, yesterday afternoon a small boy started a series of accidents that landed the…

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Rockdale Railway Accident

The Propeller · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 6

Jack Lahey, of Sutherland, fell from a moving train at Rockdale station last Saturday. He received lacerations over the right eye and injuries to the back…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 10

WEST MAITLAND.--Frederick Geary, a resident of Bast Maitland, fell downstairs and fractured his skull. His condition is critical…

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P. Brown Injured

Labor News · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 8

A little over a furlong from home in the Carrington Stakes Sunburst fell. His rider, p. Brown, stated that no blame was attachable to anyone, but through the…

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Burning Fatality Woman's Clothes Alight

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 8

Through her clothes catching alight, Mrs. Victoria Adelaide Vidler, of Crown Street, Harris Park, was so seriously burned on Thursday night that she…

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Found Drowned. Blacktown Woman's Sad End

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 4

On Thursday, the dead body of Mrs. Sophia Winchester, of Blacktown was found in an underground well, near her residence. Deceased, who was aged 63,…

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Railway Fatality. At Lidcombe. Young Man's Rash Act

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 2

Rather than wait a few minutes for another train Charles Hayes, a young single man, 28 years of age, made an attempt to board a fast moving train at…

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Shocking Burning Fatality. Death of Mrs Guy Vidler

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 4

As the result of shock, following upon injuries caused by burning, Mrs. Victoria Adelaide Vidler, wife of Mr. Guy Vidler, a well-known Parramatta business man,…

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Another Car Overturns Five People Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 1

Returning from [?] outing on the mountains, a motor [?] consisting of visitors, from Melbourne, met with a serious accident on [?] Year's Day, at…

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Two Boys Drowned Tragedy at Riverstone Mysterious Fatalities

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 7

Frederick Lusty, 10. a State boy living With Mr. J. Mitchell; of Windsor, and Horace William Brookes, 9, of Riverstone, were drowned in a creek…

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Lorry and Tram East Maitland Collision West Maitland

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 8

At East Maitland a tram collided with a motor-lorry, owned and driven by William Whalan, of Kurri Kurri, who was accompanied by his wife and two…

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Two Boys Drowned. Bathing in Creek. Tragedy at Riverstone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 14

Two boys were drowned while bathing in Eastern Creek, Riverstone, yesterday afternoon. At about 3.30 the boys, Frederick Lusty, 10…

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A Leaky Boat Two Boys Drowned Henty Tragedy ALBURY

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 7

A double drowning tragedy occurred in a dam on Henty common this afternoon. The victims were Hansen Brady and…

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Two Boys Drowned Leaking Boat Tragedy at Henty Henty

The Sun · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 6

Two boys, Hansen "Brady, son or Mr. Frank Brady, blacksmith, and Jack Planner, son of Mrs. Jack Planner, both aged about 12 years, were…

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In Leaky Boat Two Boys Drowned Unable to Swim ALBURY

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 6

Two boys were drowned at Henry yesterday afternoon as the result of venturing on the dam in a lasky boat when neither could…

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Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1924 · page 7

William Bradshaw of Graham's-avenue, fell at the St. John's cycling carnival on Tuesday last, and sustained abrasions to the right thigh and right arm…

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