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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

4,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 220

Steering Gear Jambs Car Crashes Into Post Two Men Injured Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 5

Through the jambing of the steering gear, a motor car, containing two men and two women, crashed into a telephone pole at South Melbourne last…

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A Sensational Smash Four Injured Near Homebush Car Overturns Another Crashes Into It

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 1

A sensational smash occurred on the Parramatta Road, near Homebush, yesterday afternoon. A motor car travelling towards Parramatta…

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Over a Cliff. Accident to Record Breakers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1925 · page 8

Whilst attempting to break the record between Sydney and Newcastle, and while travelling at a terrific speed, two motorists crashed through the retaining fence of the…

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Sad Fatality Drowned in Prospect Creek

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon, at 1.45, a lad named John Burkinshaw, nine years of age, was drowned, while bathing, in Prospect Creek, near Croudace's pleasure…

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Horseman Injured Collision with Car Bathurst

Evening News · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 9

As the result of coming into collision with a motor car near Rockley while be was riding to Bathurst on horseback. Frederick Asimus 30, [?]…

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Double Drowning. Brothers' Tragic End. Fatality at Kempsey. Kempsey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 9

A double drowning case occurred yesterday afternoon in the Macleay River opposite Central Kempsey. Four boys, sons of Mr. Adam Robert…

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Boy Drowned Sensational Crash Launch and Skiff in Collision

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 1

WHILE fishing from a boat off the bluff in Middle Harbor yesterday afternoon, Alec Heaydon, aged 3, who resided at 62 Pitt…

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Head-on Collision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 2

Edward James Thomas, of Wentworth-avenue, Sydney, figured in a collision near Lidcombe, on Sunday afternoon. He was driving along Parramatta-road…

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Child Drowned Boats Collide

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 1

A three-year-old child, Alex Heaydon, was drowned when a launch and a rowing boat collided in Middle Harbor yesterday afternoon…

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Motor Accidents. Car Capsizes. Several Injured. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 9

A serious motor accident occurred about three miles from Oberon yesterday. A party of four tourists, believed to be residents of Melbourne, were travelling from the Caves…

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Fatality at Carnival. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 10

Tragedy stepped closely on the heels of comedy at the carnival at Mordialloc to-day. George Baker (54), salesman, dressed as a policeman, was amusing the crowd by his…

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"Push" Fight. Several Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 9

A "push" fight, in which sticks, stones, and bottles were freely used, took place at Charing Cross on Sunday night between two parties of youths from Waverley and…

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Foreman's Death. Victorian Fatality. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 9

After having been seriously injured in a collision between a motor bicycle he was riding and a motor car on Prince's Highway, three miles from Dandenong, Mr. John Green,…

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Boy Injured Motor Cyclist Committed

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 10

A long-deferred case, by reason of an injurred boy being in hospital, was beard before Mr. La[?]dlaw, S.M., at the Balmaih Police Court to-day…

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Car Overturns. Two Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 9

After leaving the road at a street intersection in Kensington last night a motor car overturned and skidded about 15 yards on its side. The driver and one of his…

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Car Overturns Two People Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 10

A MOTOR car which was driven by patrick Ambrose Laskey. of Barcom-avenue, Darlinghurst, capsized in Anzac-parade, South…

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Boy Drowned. in Hawkesbury River. Richmond

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 9

A Sydney boy, Len Huntingdon, aged 15 years and ten months, was drowned in 30 feet of water at Macquarie Beach, near Windsor, in the Hawkesbury River, shortly after…

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Boats Collide. in Middle Harbour. Child Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 9

A three-year-old child, Alex. Heaydon, living with his uncle, Mr. Leslie Thom, of 62 Pitt-street, North Sydney, was drowned yesterday afternoon as the result of a boating…

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Two Injured in Car Smash at Kensington

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 7

Two people were injured and several others had a narrow escape when a motor car overturned at Kensington last night…

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Island Tragedy Four Drowned Mother and Children RABAUL

Evening News · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 7

A married woman, named Hyland, together with her these Children—A BOY OF 9. and two girls aged 7 and 5 years…

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