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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Surf Fatality. Accident at Coogee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 5

George Kinkade, aged 57 years, of Sullystreet, Randwick, died at the Sydney Hospital at 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, following injuries received in the surf at Coogee on…

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Brave Seaman Drowning Accident at Newcastle Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 5

On car light of December R. John [?] a seaman, feil overboard from his shop the iron monarch. which was lying in the basin…

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Child Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 2

Dulcie Spratt, 10, fell from a cupboard at her home in Pring Street, East Sydney, yesterday, and fractured her left knee cap…

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Youth Drowned Rockhampton

The Sun · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 6

Leslie Trovarthen, aged 10, a visitor from Murgon, was drowned at Mount Morgan yesterday. He and a lad named Jensen went swimming in a big…

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Young Man Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 6

Patrick O'Sullivan, aged 21, of Ninth-Avenue, Campsie, received serious injuries at Alexandria yesterday, when a revolving stone, on which he was working, broke, and…

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Bus Conductor Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 6

Herbert Wilson, aged 30 years, a 'bus conductor, residing in West-street, North Sydney, was collecting fares in Miller-street, North Sydney, at about 8.40 p.m., yesterday, when a…

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Motor Smash Lorry Overturns Nine Injured

Evening News · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 6

Nine people were injured when a motor lorry capsized in Eaton-street, North Sydney, this morning…

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Cricket Casualties Injured Keepers McCOY'S Bad Luck

The Sun · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 4

The match between the Victorian and New South Wales Second Elevens will be long remembered by B. L. McCoy, who captained…

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B. L. M'coy Injured a Fractured Knee

Evening News · Thursday 1 January 1925 · page 2

B. L. M'Coy, the Balmain captain, and one of the soundest batsmen in club cricket, has played his last game this season…

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Collision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4

Two cars. travelling in oppsite directions, collided at the intersection of Church and Landsdowne Streets, Parramatta. on Sunday afternoon. One was…

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Motor-Cycle Crashes Collision With Bridge Two Men Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4

On Thursday, while Arthur Selby, of Narellan, and John Anderson, of Liverpool, were travelling, along the Western-road, by motor cycle and side-car, the…

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Toll of Death Holiday Accidents Many Drowned

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4

Five persons perished in a boating accident on the Goulburn River, near the mouth of Lake Nagambie (Via.), on Saturday last. While the boat was…

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Cyclists Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 8

Two falls occurred in the second heat of the half-mile cycling handicap. Goodwill sustained a fractured arm, aud A. Kennedy abrasions…

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Fatal Collision. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 7

Jack Henrys, aged 22, died at the Perth Hospital yesterday from injuries received in a motor cycle collision. It appears that Henrys' machine collided with one driven by…

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Woolley's Injured Knee

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 1

Woolley is hare seen undergoing a somewhat luxurious electric treatment in Melbourne for his injured knee…

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Injured While Diving

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4

About 5 p.m. yesterday, Herbert Williams (37), of Prince street, Parramatta, dived into shallow water at Parramatta Park. First-aid was rendered by Mr. C…

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Burning Fatality. Woman's Terrible Injuries

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4

It was a sad Christmas for Mr. Thomas Anderson, a farmer, of Walleroobie (N.S.W.) and his family. On Christmas eve Mrs. Anderson was…

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Five Injured Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 7

A motor car capsized at Berwick to-day when a tyre caught in a ruck and blew out. The following were taken to the hospital: -- Colin…

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Struck by Car Parramatta Road Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 8

Thomas Edwin Gavin aged 44, was crossing Parramatta Road, near Layton Street at about 6 o'clock on Wednesday night, when he was struck by…

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Man Injured. Foul Play. Train Robbery

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 7

Arthur Wilkins, residing at 9 Pitt-street, Milson's Point, was found in an unconscious condition when the train from Penrith reached No. 1 platform, Central Railway Station, about…

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