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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

4,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 220

Car and Tram. Three Children Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 10

A motor car, driven by James Lyons, of Matilda-street, North Bondi, collided with a tram at Waverley on Saturday night, and three children were injured…

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An Injured Eye West Maitland

The Labor Daily · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 6

While skylnrking on the banks of the river this afternoon Fred. Mark hum. of Haman Street, West Mailland, was hit over the eye with a…

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Car Capsizes Smash at Bexley Three Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 1

A motor was travelling from Hurstville to Rockdale, on Saturday afternoon, when, owing, it is stated, to the steering gear becoming locked, the car…

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Fell 30 Feet Painters Injured Scaffolding Broke

Evening News · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 4

Two painters fell about 30ft to-day in Prince Alfred Park, and in consequence both are in Sydney Hospital in a serious condition…

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Tragic End of Holiday Engineer Drowned in Sight of Family

Evening News · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 9

"I will go in, and be back in a jiffy." were the last words uttered by Robert Brown Rudd, 38, an engineer, of Hill-street, Abbotsford,…

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Fall of 30 FEET Scaffolding Collapses Two Men Injured

The Sun · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 10

Two men has a narrow escape from being killed in Chalmers - street, Red form, to-day, when a scaffolding collapsed, and they fell 30ft. to the…

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Car Somersaults. Serious Accident at Bexley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 10

Four persons were injured, one being in a critical condition, when a motor car in which they were riding turned n somersault in Watkin-street, Bexley, on Saturday afternoon…

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Harbour Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1925 · page 10

On Friday night the steamers Kubu and Kanangra were proceeding to Circular Quay, and when opposite No. 4 wharf they came into a "bwo-on" collision. Neither vessel had…

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Steamer Collision. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 10

At a meeting of the Marine Board to-day it was fouud that no blame attached to anyone for the collision between the outward-bound steamer Surrey and the Cooma, which was…

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Cooma-surrey Collision. Damage Greatly Exaggerated

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 4

In a report of the collison between the F.S.N. steamer Surrey and the Howard Smith steamer Cooma at Brisbane on January 25 last, it was stated…

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Painters Injured. Fall From Scaffold

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 10

Two painters sustained serious injury at the Exhibition Palais de Dause, Prince Alfred Park, yesterday morning, when they fell a distance of about 30 feet…

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Youth Drowned Seized with Cramp Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 1

The [?] young man named [?] who was drowned in the Hunter River yesterday, was rewarded today…

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Holiday Tragedy Engineer Drowned "Cant Kind My Daddy" Penrith

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 1

"I can't find my daddy, be must have stuck in the mud." cried the seven year old toy of Robert Brown Rudd (38)an engineer, of Abbots…

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FELL 30 FEET Two Painters Injured Scaffolding Collapses

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 2

Two painters were injured yesterday morning when a scaffolding on which they were working collapsed. They were Allan Turton (36), of Parramatta…

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Tram Fatality Inquiry to Be Made Driver in Bed Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 5

The Districk-suparintendent of Newcastle Tramways, Mr. Davies. to-day visited the scene of the Wallsend tram fatality…

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General News Miners Injured Fall of Stone and Explosion

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 2

GRETA.--George Bedford, miner, living at North Rothbury, had his right leg broken by a fall of stone in Whitburn Colliery, Greta, at the week-end. By…

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Caught on Meat Hook Painful Accident

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 February 1925 · page 5

A peculiar accident befel George Ikin. of 19 Pleasant Avenue. Hurstville. while working in Woodrow's butcher's shop, in Carlton Crescent,…

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A Baby Drowned

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 4

Robert George Preston, a year and ten months old, was drowned in a dam at Bringelly. The circumstances point to the fact that his constant…

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Who Was He? Japanese Drowned

The Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 16

After exhaustive investigations by the police and an inquiry to-day by a the City Coroner, the identity of a Japanese who was recently found…

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Gun Explodes Machinist Injured

The Sun · Wednesday 4 February 1925 · page 7

Roy Shipton, aged 26, a machinist, of Thornleigh-street, Thornleigh, was climbing some rocks at Pennant Hills this morning, when the rifle he was…

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