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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

4,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 220

Horse and Car Collide Rider Injured BATHURST

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 14

Frederick Asimus, aged 30, a wellknown farmer of Triangle Flat, near Rockley, was admitted on Sunday to Bathurst District. Hospital with one…

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Car Somersaults and Lands on Wheels Three Men Injured Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 1

Three motorists had a narrow escape from death when they were hurled from a motor car at Cardiff this morning…

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On Caves Road Motor Car Overturns Two Badly Injured Bathurst

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 7

Mrs. M. Lucas, of Melbourne, and Mr. George Dunne, of Sydney, are lying in Strathmore private hospital, Bathurst, suffering from injuries…

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Injured Man's Ordeal Long Journey with Fractured Leg Story of Bushman's Endurance Glen Innes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 2

Suffering intensely from the effects of a fractured leg, Mr. Madgwick, of Glen Innes, was carried in a van for two…

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Two Injured in Motor Smash Car Overturns on Caves Road Melbourne Party's Mishap Oberon

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 7

A man and a woman were seriously injured when a motor car overturned on the Jenolan Caves, Road, three miles from Oberon,…

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Series of Accidents Several Motor Smashes Cricket Ball Fractures Boy's Skull

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

Quite a chapter of accidents occurred in the district during the week-end. It included motor smashes, a drowning fatality, and a cricket accident that…

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Cricket Dangers Serious Accidents Bathurst

Evening News · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 9

HOLIDAY cricket matches with visiting [?] were marred by unusual [?] of accidents two of which were [?]…

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Motor and Cycle Accident. Albury

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

George Thomas Ludlow, jun., residing on the Wagga-road, near Albury, was returning from work on his bicycle when a collision occurred with a single-seater motor car,…

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Horse Destroyed Accident at Randwick

The Sun · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 11

Tank[?]ton. an ex-A.R.C. performer, met his death at Randwick this morning. With N. Davis in the saddle he set out with Boss Rooster and Fieldpiece to jump…

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Balmoral Accident Little Girl's Fall

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 5

Climbing over the rocks at Balmoral yesterday afternoon, Jean Crouch (8), of 26 Spencer Road. Mosman, striped and fell 18 feet…

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No Holiday for the Ambulance Men Long Chapter of Accidents Boat Turns Turtle -- Occupants Rescued Just in Time

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 1

Yesterday was no holiday for ambulance workers and hospital attendants. There were many accidents. A youth was drowned in the Hawkesbury River; two boats collided in Middle…

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Motors in Collision

Evening News · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 6

When Henry Gwydir M'Cabe, of Haig-avenue, Maroubra, was driving a motor along Anzac-parade, South Randwick, last night, he came into collision…

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Tram Accident. Car Leaps Rails. Collision with Telegraph Post

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 13

A tram car travelling to Watson's Bay last night, and driven by Walter Baynes, leapt the rails on New South Head-road, near Serpentine-parade…

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Trainer Injured Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 6

While holding a horse at the Innisfall races, a trainer, Mr. Warby, met with a painful accident. A flash of lightning during a storm…

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Train Collision Two Engines Damaged Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 5

Entering Roseworthy station at 10.5 Just night, a freight train collided with a freight engine. The locomotive of the freight train was derailed, and…

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Fell Fifteen Feet Fireman Badly Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 6

Richard Hill, 12, a fireman, living at the People's Palace, Pitt-street, City, fell 15 feet on to a cement floor at the City Council Power House to-day…

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Under Tram Old Lady's Mishap Seriously Injured

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 6

Whether the thunder of the traffic deafened her, or whether the was confused by the swift procession of terms and cars cannot be said All…

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Fell From Horse Boy Fatally Injured GRENFELL

Evening News · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 9

Steel Baker, 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Baker, of Tyagong, was killed last night while riding a pony. the saddle slipped and the lad was dragged…

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Motor Accidents. Car Falls 400 Feet. Occupants Uninjured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 14

Remarkable escapes from serious injury were experienced by a woman and two men when the car in which they were travelling to Melbourne overturned and tell 400ft to the…

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Street Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 17

A man, supposed to be George Jenkins, who one time lived in Waverley, was run down by a motor lorry and killed at Waverley yesterday. The man was about 45 years of…

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