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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

4,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 220

Chapter of Accidents. Snake-bite and Sulky Smash

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 4

A diopter of accidents occurred to a former his child at Upper Cold-stream, on the Clarence River (N.S.W.), last week-end. The father was…

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Transport Accidents

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 6

Until Investigation into the railway disaster is complete, speculation into its inexplicable cause must be withheld. But the rarity of such accidents is a matter for congratulation…

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DERAILMENT. Remarkable Accident. Engine-driver Acts Promptly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 11

A remarkable railway derailment occurred midway between Carlingford and Dundas yesterday afternoon. The bogey wheels of a…

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The Railway Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 10

The accident near the Central Railway Station on Wednesday evening, which resulted in nearly a score of persons being injured, and some of them seriously,…

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Railway Accident Progress of Patients Victim's Lost Arm

The Sun · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 10

The injured victims of Wednesday night's railway smash are getting on well. The four patients in Sydney…

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Sporting Gossip Accident in the Surf

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 11

A peculiar accident befell Stanley Hilder, 13-year-old son of Mr. J. Hilder, the well-known confectioner, of Pittwater Road, Manly. While standing [?]…

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Favoured For Drowning

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 3

MOST of Perth drowning cases select as their last watery resting place a nice backwash alongside the Swan brewery,…

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Child Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 18

Harry Murphy, aged 3 years, of 51 Little Mount-street, Pyrmont, was running across Miller-street, Pyrmont, last night, when he was knocked down by a tram car. He was…

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The Collision. Patients Improve

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 16

Those passengers still confined to hospital as the result of the railway collision on Wednesday night each showed a slight improvement yesterday. At the Sydney Hospital…

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Drowned in Jones Bay

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 4

In some way as yet unaccounted for, John Haynes, a ship's fumigator, fell into the harbor from the steamer Nagina at Jones nay yesterday…

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Seriously Injured Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 5

A serious accident occurred at Townville yesterday afternoon, when Andrew Hall, a waterside worker, riding a bicycle, was run down by a…

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Country News. Motor Cycle Fatality. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 18

A motor fatality occurred yesterday afternoon, the victim being Thomas Anthony Murtagh, aged 20 years, a clerk employed at the State coal mine. The yuong man was…

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Fall of Coal Two Miners Injured Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 5

A miner. J. Morgan, was injured about the head and arms by a fall of coal in Mount Pleasant Mine. Another miner employed in the…

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Bullet or Stone? Engine=Driver Injured Fireman Stops Train

The Sun · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 6

Whilst driving the mail train from Bathurst to Dubbo, Robert Aldrich, of Rocket-street, Bathurst, was seated in the cab of the engine, keeping the…

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Four Injured in Free Fight Two Policemen Hurt Marrickville Fracas

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 7

Two policemen and two civilians were injured last night in a free fight near the Marrickville Town Hall. Following the disturbance, George…

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Speedway Accident Death of Horace Preston

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 3

Horace Preston, who met with an accident on Belmore Park Speedway on New Year's Day, owing to the axle of his machine breaking, died in the…

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The Fatal River Claims One More Victim. Accident at Wallacia

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 4

For the third time within six weeks a drowing fatality has occurred in the Nepean River, at Wallacia…

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Sawmill Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 5

Mr. Clem Wedesweiler met with an accident while working at the railway sawmills. A piece if wood jambed, and in trying to extricate it Mr…

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Railway Accident. Trucks Crash Through Culvert. Remarkable Escape. Bogan Gate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 18

[?] raliway accident which might have resulted in a serious loss of life happened to the Tottenham-Parkes (mixed) up train to-day between Bogan Gate and Trundle…

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Charabanc Accident. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1925 · page 18

Striking a tree at the side of Sydney-road, Campbellfield, near Melbourne, to-night, a charabanc with 22 passengers was wrecked. All the passengers were injured, but only…

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