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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Struck by Lightning. Wall Known [?] Injured

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

Three men were injured by lightning while they were watching a cricket match at Peak View, about fifty-miles from [?] (N.S.W.), on Monday…

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Man and Girl Drowned. a New Zealand Tragedy

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

A young man named Andrew Lands, aged twenty-two years and a girl named Mary Mckenzie, aged fourteen, disappeared from their [?] at…

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Sutcliffe Injured Elbow Fibres Torn MELBOURNE

The Sun · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 7

Sutcliff[?]fe, the dashing English batsman is the first player to…

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Motor-cycle Hits Bridge Two Men Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 5

Two men were injured, one seriously, when a motor cycle and side-car crashed into the side of a bridge on the Western Road yesterday. Their…

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Steering-Gear Fails Lorry Crashes One Passenger Injured

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

When the steering gear of a motor lorry failed to net in Parramatta-road, early on Wednesday morning, the lorry crashed into an electric light, pole, and a…

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Dynamite Explosion Workers Killed Hundreds of Persons Injured

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

A frightful explosion of dynamite occurred at Tokyo Japan) on Saturday, resulting in the death of fifty persons and 830 others being more or…

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Lorry Overturns. At North Sydney. Nine People Injured

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

A motor lorry, carrying twenty young picnickers to Manly and Narrabeen, bounded out of control in Eaton-street, North Sydney,…

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Nine Injured Serious 'Bus Smash Picnic Party's Disaster

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 1

A serious motor smash yesterday morning, about 10.30 o'clock, interrupted a picnic party bound for Manly…

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Nine Injured in Motor Smash Lorry Out of Control Overturns on North Sydney Hill

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 1

By the overturning of a lorry in Eaton Street, North Sydney, yesterday morning, nine people were injured, five seriously…

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Matters of Moment First Aid Accidents on the Farm Awaiting the Doctor

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 3

A knowledge of what to do in case of accidents, which frequently occur on the farm, and the method of treating wounds or injuries until the…

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Motor Accidents Many Holiday Smashes a Heavy Death Roll

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

Tho holiday season was marred in Melbourne by a list of motor accidents that caused the death of four persons and serious injury to many others. The…

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Shooting Accident. Denman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 8

While setting rabbit traps along the river bank at Gnorang at dusk last night, Les[?] Duggan, a lad of about 10 years of age, was the victim of a pea-rifle shooting accident…

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Motor Car Accident

The Propeller · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4

Last Saturday a motor car travelling to Cronulla capsized at Blakchurst on the road to the punt, pinning the six occupants underneath. The passengers…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

The Propeller · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 4

William Joseph Morgan, aged 22 years, a breadcarter, of Rockdale, who had been spending a holiday on the South Coast, died on Monday morning…

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General News ACCIDENTS

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 8

BATHURST,--When Charles Aylin (54), an old resident of Bathurst, fell from a mulberry tree a distance of about 10ft., he fractured his spine and also one rib…

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Drowning Fatality

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 2

Another sad drowning fatality occurred at Wallacia on Sunday last. Cyril Lonsdale, aged 27, a visitor, went to the Nepean River for a bathe,…

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Collision at Hamilton. Woman Injured. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 13

A collision between two privately owned motor cars occurred at the intersection of Tudor and Beaumont streets, Hamilton, this afternoon. Mrs. A. E. Allen, residing at the…

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Motor Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 11

Victor Kennedy, aged 23, a carter, of First Avenue, Campsie, was knocked down by a motor-car in George Street, near Barlow Street, City, yesterday…

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Casualties. Street Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 16

Victor Kennedy, aged 23 years, a [?] of First-avenue, Gampsie, died at Sydney Hospital soon after admission yesterday afternoon as a result of injuries which he received…

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Railway Porter Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 16

George Carter, aged 21 years, a railway porter, sustained a crushed chest when he was caught, between two railway trucks at No. 10 wharf. Darling Harbour, yesterday afternoon…

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