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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Unfortunate Accident

Arrow · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 4

Cricketers are sorry for Barney McCoy, whose injured knee will keep him out. of the game for some time. A keen cricketer who got many runs for…

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At the Wheel Avoiding Accidents Need for Imagination

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 13

There is no contradicting the self evidence fact that modern motoring is consp[?]nous for a type of unthinking, [?] driver whose incomplete…

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Motor 'Bus Accident at Cremorne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 12

THE 'BUS, AFTER. LEAVING THE ROAD, CRASHED THROUGH TWO FENCES AND FELL 20 FEET INTO THE GARDEN OF A PRIVATE RESIDENCE. AS VIEWED FROM THE ADJOINING PREMISES…

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Held by Legs Strange Lift Accident Carpenters to Rescue

The Sun · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 9

For an hour and a half Charles Venables, motor driver, was hold by the lower part of the legs between the lift cage and the well…

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Motor Car Somersaults. Serious Accident at Bexley

The Propeller · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 1

Four persons were injured, one critically, when a motor car in which they were riding turned a somersault in Watkin Street, Bexley, last Saturday…

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Woman's Case Fails Motor Accident Injuries

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 February 1925 · page 3

A Motor accident in Leichhardt, In October last, when a young woman, Margarest Mahon, Marion Street, Leichhardt. was injured. was the…

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Drowned in Lagoon

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 5

On the morning of January 21 last the body of Adeiphus Ludwig Frederick a patient at the Coast Hospital was found floating in a lagoon in the…

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Carter Injured

The Sun · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 5

While working at the Alexandria railway goods yards, Garden-street, Alexandria, this morning, Richard Barrack, aged 59, a carter, of…

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Man Found Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 18

Arthur Moss, a joiner, of 419 Harris-street, Pyrmont, was found last night lying in the street in which he lives, and suffering from a fractured skull. He was taken to Sydney…

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Pole Crashes Linesman Injured

Evening News · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 1

When a telegraph pole at the corner of Miller and Lavender streets, North Sydney, crashed to the ground to-day, Claude Davies, 29. a [?]thesman of…

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Casualties. Boy Seriously Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 18

David Finn, aged 14 years, of Railwayparade, Erskineville, sustained serious injuries when, in travelling down a steep hill in Angel-street, Newtown, in a billy-cart, he…

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Motor Cars Collide. Three Men Injured. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 18

A collision occurred yesterday evening at Maryvale, a few miles out of town, between motor cars driven by Mr. Baird and Constable Fuller, of Dubbo. They were returning from…

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Fractured Arm Accident to Mrs. T. R. SMITH

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 5

Mrs. T. R. Smith met with a severe accident on Tuesday afternoon, when coming from Thornton Hall. She was opening a gate, which, unnoticed by her…

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Street Accident To-day

Evening News · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 6

The lorry which struck a pole in George street to-day, and brought the verandah down on top of the lorry…

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Blasting Accident. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 18

A report from Kandos states that Mr. Hind, aged 70 years, employed as working manager at the Clandulla dolomite quarry, sustained shocking injuries to his right leg in a…

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Lift Accident. Man Pinioned. Rescued by Carpenters

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 February 1925 · page 18

For over an hour yesterday Charles Venables, aged 45 years, of 10 Brighton Boulevard, Bondi, was pinioned in a lift at the premises of the New Century Press, printers,…

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DROWNED 17 Japanese Sailors Accident at Vancouver Vancouver

The Sun · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 1

Seventeen Japanese sailors were drowned when a shore boat from the Japanese cruiser Assama capsized in Vancouver harbor…

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Four Injured Motorist Arrested

Evening News · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 1

Four persons were injured in a [?]sion between a motor and a [?] at Pendle Hill last night. The [?] of the one was…

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Cars Collide. Accident at Bombala. Several Persons Injured. Bombala

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 10

A head-on collision occurred just before the lunch hour on Saturday between two motor cars two miles from Bombala. Mr. A. H. Jeffreys, owner of Delegate…

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Drowned at River Crossing. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 10

A Syrian, believed to be J.[?], was drowned at Boat Harbour crossing about 6 o'clock last night. The river was running high as the result of heavy rains. Two men,…

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