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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

4,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 220

Wind Screen Smashed Peculiar Motor Fatality HOBART

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 8

Mr. Michael Jones, aged 58, who will be remembered by thousands of tourists from the mainland as the curator of the salmon ponds, at Plenty,…

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Unlucky Umpire Injured by Cricket Ball

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 2

Gerald Thompson, aged 20, a joiner, living at Curtis Road. Balmain, while acting as umpire in a cricket match on a piece of ground near the Leichhardt…

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Injured Workmen 'Inadequate Compensation' Judge Cohen's Attitude

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 10

Judge Cohen to-day refused to record two agreements, under the Workmen's Compensation Act, on the ground of inadequacy…

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Three Men Drowned Fate of Prospecting Party Hobart

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 7

News of a drowning tragedy in Rocky Boat Harbor has been' received hero. Two prospectors named H. Green and H. Kinsela, of Hobart, on Thursday had…

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Injured Workmen Compromise Agree-ments Judge Outspoken

Evening News · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 8

Ten are offering the applicant £350 less than he is entitled to This man is prevented from following an occupation at which he was…

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Drowned in Water Hole Baby's Tragic End Rescuers Too Late

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 7

A tragic drowning fatality occurred at Waterloo late yesterday afternoon when an 18 months' old boy, "William Robert Gurdon, fell into a small" waterhole and…

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Two Killed Two Injured in Motor Smash Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 1

Two man were killed and two badly injured in a motor smash on Point Nepean Road, Brighton, at 11.30 last night…

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Two Men Killed. Two Others Seriously Injured. Melbourne,sunday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 10

Two men were killed, two others seriously injured, and a motor car smashed lo matchwood in an accident on the Point Nepeanroad, North Brighton, shortly after 11 o'clock…

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Three Injured Motor Tyre Bursts Prominent Melbourne Residents Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 7

Prominent Melbourne residents were concerned in an accident near Sunbury on Friday, when a powerful car, driven by Mr. H. Whitting, a Yallourn…

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Motor Car Overturns Four Badly Injured on Way to Macedon Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 1

At 139 on Friday afternoon, four Melbourne society people left town by motor car to spend the week-end with a Macedon bostess…

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Lively Batting at Adelaide Gwynne's Century S.a.'s Best Bowler Injured Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 5

After scoring 398 in their first innings against New South Wales in the Sheffield Shield match. South Australia yesterday had the…

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Collapsed Wheel Causes Smash Man Injured When Car Overturns Two Others Escape Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 7

Through the collapse of a rear wheel, a motor-car containing three men overturned on the Port Road, Southwark, last night…

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Two Killed in Motor Smash Two Others Seriously Injured Car Overturns at North Brighton Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1925 · page 1

Two men were killed and two others seriously injured when a motor car overturned on the Point Nepean Road, North Brighton, late…

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Collision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 2

A collision between a motor lorry and a bicycle occurred at the corner of Church and Lansdowne Streets. Parramatta, on Monday afternoon. The lorry…

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Teamster Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 7

LITHGOW.--A teamster named Wilcox was knocked down and run over by his team on the Jenolan Caves Road on Sunday afternoon. He was brought into…

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Postman Injured

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 1

A piece of timber fell from a height of 30 feet on to the head of Oscar Taylor, a postal assistant, at his home. 56 New Street. Annandale, yesterday…

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Lorry Capsize Collision with Tram

Evening News · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 9

AS the result of a collision with a stream tram in Access-street, Sana Souci, las night, a motor lorry containing two adults and…

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Boy Drowned Brother's Narrow Escape

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 7

TAREE.--A party of boys went for a picnic to Gogley's Creek (near Laurieton), and were paddling in the water on a sandspit, when Robert Buckman, aged…

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Not Sufficient Injured Workman's Compensation

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 9

Judge Cohen, in the District Court yesterday, decide that a [?]ump sum of £200 was insufficient for Jack Dickson, a plankman, who on January 10 last…

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Motor Fatality. Broken Wind Screen. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 9

A most remarkable accident occurred on the road between Ouse and Strickland at 3.30 p.m. on Saturday, when Michael Jones, aged 58 years, of Plenty, received an injury…

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