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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

4,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 220

Scalding Accident. Maitland

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

Miss Ada Mangan, a young woman, living is Horseshoe Bend, was badly scalded on the hands, arms, body, and thigh on Sunday, She was carrying a kerosene tin of hollins water…

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Accidents to Miners. Maitland

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

Lewis Pryor, a youth, had his right fool crushed and a bone fractured through the horse he was driving in South Greta colliery falling and rolling on him. Fred Burnett,…

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Girl Crushed to Death Another's Miraculous Escape Remarkable Motor Accident Perth

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 9

Hazel Trowbridge (19) was killed, and Marie Jabo (19) had a miraculous escape in a motor accident last night, under extraordinary conditions…

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Man's Terrible Injuries Fatal Accident at Woollahra

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 9

Frightful injuries were sustained by mail, whose name is believed to be George Jenkins, when he was knocked down and killed by a motor lorry at…

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Collision in City

The Sun · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 9

A motor lorry, tram, and two motor cars collided in Castlereagh-street, near Market-street to-day. John Vernon, 70, driver of the…

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City Mix-up Exciting Collision

Evening News · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 9

A two-horse [?] and two motor [?] were damaged as the result of a collision with a tram in Castlereagh-street, City, this…

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Motor Fatality. Young Woman Killed. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 10

A motor car, travelling from Cottesloe to Perth; at about 10.30 last night, with five passengers, crashed into a stationary car at Swanbourne, and Prioress Hazell Trowbridge,…

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Crashed Into Wall Three Persons Injured

The Sun · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 12

Three persona were injured when a motor car, owned and driven by William Romaine, Northumberland- avenue, Stanmore, crashed into a…

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Motor-cycle Turns Turtle Rider Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 1

A severe collision occurred last night between a motor-cycle and sidecar and a motor-car at Camperdown. The cycle was overturned by the force of…

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Cycle and Car in Collision Rider Thrown Out Suffers Serious Injury

The Labor Daily · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 6

Herbert Miller (37), of McDonald Street. Manly. fractured his righting and received severe shock and lacerations to the left leg when the…

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Out of Control. Steamer Ancoona. Exciting Time in Harbour. Almost a Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 9

There was considerable excitement on the harbour shortly after midnight when the Adelaide Steamship Company's steamer Ancoona got out of control and…

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Country News. Motor and Buggy Collision. Albury, Wednesday. Before the district coro[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 10

Before the district coroner, Arthur Edword Sheehan, aged 18, was committed for trial at Albury Quarter Sessions, with a ball of £50, on a charge of having feloniously…

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City Collision. Five Vehicles, Involved. Lorry Driver Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 10

Five vehicles were involved in a collision in Castlereagh-atreet, city, yesterday afternoon. All were damaged, and the driver of a horse lorry was injurod…

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Local Accidents. Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 3

On Wednesday afternoon a man named Alfred Bamford was riding a bicycle along Forest Road, Hurstville, and when opposite the railway station…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

The St George Call · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 1

On Anniversary Day, a party of picknickers from Bankstown had a very exciting experience off Taren Point by their boat becoming swamped…

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Drowning Accidents Brother's Sacrifice Futile Attempt at Rescue

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 4

A double drowning accident occurred at Kempaey (N.S.W.) on Sunday afternoon, Harold King, aged sixteen years, [?]erificing his life in a vain attempt…

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Casualties. Swimmer Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 10

Diving into a [?]ool of water in Breakfast Creek, near Blacktown. J. Stilting, of Blacktown, hit the bottom with lila head, mid badly injured his spine. Ho waa admitted to the…

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A Jockey Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 7

On Tuesday, about 6-15 a.m., while exercising a racehorse at Warwick Farm, William Tower, 19, a jockey, was thrown. In falling he struck a fence, fracturing…

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Car Accident at Taren Pt. Three Persons Injured

The Propeller · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 1

Travelling down a steep incline on Taren Point Road, Taren Point, last Saturday, a motor car turned a somersault when a rear tyre burst. The car…

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Two Boys Drowned Dinghy Overturns

The Sun · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 9

A double inquiry was held by the City Coroner to-day into the deaths of William Adams and John Endes Leahy, playmates, aged 12, who both…

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