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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

4,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 220

Miner Fatally Injured. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 10

Arthur Green, first-class shiftman, was fatally: Injured in the Aberdare colliery this morning, and died within,three hours. He was engaged pulling out baulks, when a…

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Venturesome Boy Drowned in Lidcombe Baths Playing in Deep Water

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 1

Always a venturesome Loy, George Kingston Pye's thoughtles daring eventually cost him his life. He was drowned at the Lidcombe Baths on January 4…

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Injured Workmen Inadequate Compensation Remarks by Judge Cohen

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 9

"I am here to see that justice is done, and shall not record an agreement come to when the compensation to the injured workman…

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Fierce Encounter. Rival Waterside Workers. Several Men Injured

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

The feeling of hostility engendered by the prolonged light between the Waterside Workers' Federation and the members of the former shipping labour bureau reached a…

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Severe Storm. Two People Injured. Buildings Damaged Balranald

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

Following three days' intense heat, a terrific windstorm, accompanied by dust, rain, hall, and lightning, passed over Balranald at 3 o'clock to-day…

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London's Fog Extends to Paris Crop of Accidents London, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 1

[?] on the streets [?] and trams…

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Casualties. Accident at G. P. O.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 10

Oscar Taylor, aged 32 years, a postal assistant at the G. P. O., and living at 156 New-street, Annandale, sustained scalp wounds and concussion when he was struck on the…

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Head Struck by Bridge Pillar Bandsman's Fatal Accident En Route to Sydney. Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 1

A SHOCKING fatality occurred on the first division of the Townsville mail train, just before reaching Bundaberg, on Saturday…

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Fog in London Stops Traffic Flares in Streets Many Accidents London, January 12

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 5

One of the worst fogs within living memory blotted out London streets yesterday. 'Buses and trains were at a standstill, or reached their…

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Three Men Are Injured in a Serious Encounter on the Waterfront Sydney Is Now Storm-centre of Shipping Hold-up Five More Deep-sea Vessels Are Declared "Black" Federation Men Will Not Work with Non-unionists Federal Government Takes Action

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 January 1925 · page 1

Sydney has Become the storm-centre of the overseas shipping dispute, and the waterside workers yesterday declared five more deep-sea vessels "black." In a serious melee at Miller's Point, returned soldier wharf workers, although outnumbered, repelled an attack by federation men…

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Firemen Fight Two Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 5

As the result of a disturbance on the American steamer Eastern Sea at Walsh Bay last night. Arthur Cebebladen and William Wesley Lowrie,…

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German Railway Collision. London, Jan. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 13

Many people were killed and injured in a railway disaster in Westphalia this morning. An express from Berlin to Cologne collided with a stationary train at Herne…

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Carter Injured Wheel Over Head

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 9

Serious injuries were sustained by William Stanton yesterday morning, when he was thrown from his cart and the wheel passed over his head…

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DERAILMENT. Collision Follows. Railway Traffic Delayed. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 13

A sensational railway accident occurred about three miles on the Wallerawang side of Rydal about 11 o'clock this morning, resulting in…

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Struck by Lightning Two Men Injured Albury

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 9

Two men were struck by lightning during a heavy storm last night. Both suffered severely from shock. The men (Watson and Collins) were…

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Fearful Smash Many Perish in Collision Harrowing Scenes London. Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 1

Reuter's Berlin correspondent telegraphs that numbers of persons were killed and injured in a railway disaster, which occurring…

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Many 'Killed In German Railway Smash Cologne Express in Collision Berlin, January 13

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 1

Many people were killed and injured in a railway disaster in Westphalia this morning. An express from Berlin to Cologne…

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Railway Smash in West Broken Axle Causes Collision Wheat and Stock Trains Delayed Bathurst

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 9

The breaking of an axle of a truck caused a sensational railway smash on the main western line three miles wast of Rydal this…

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Train I Smash To; Night Near Central Station Fifteen People Injured Passenger Trains Crash During the Busiest Hour Home-going Crowds' Ordeal

Evening News · Wednesday 14 January 1925 · page 7

FIFTEEN were injured in a train smash in Central Station Yard to-night, when two heavily-laden passenger trains met in a head-on collision. The injured were:—…

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