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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Motor Accidents. Collision With Tree. One Man Killed. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 13

A report from Kandos states that a fatal motor accident occurred yesterday on the Glen Alice road. A party was motoring to Glen Alice races,…

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Fatality in Adelaide. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 13

Charles Clarke, of Thirteenth-street, Bowden, was killed this evening, and four others received slight injuries as the result of a motor car having capsized on the road…

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Killed by Motor Lorry George Street Fatality

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 1

While crossing the road at the intersection of George and Barlow Streets, at 4.15 yesterday afternoon, a young man named Kennedy, a carter…

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Jockey Injured Duke Playfield Killed BEGA

The Sun · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 1

Duke Playfield was killed, and the rider P. Reed, seriously injured, when leading over the last jump in the hurdle race yesterday…

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Motor Car Overturns. Eight Persons Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 13

Eight persons were hurt when a motor cat overturned at Beaconsfield, near Berwick, yesterday afternoon. A holiday party was in the car, and in…

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Flying Pieces of Copper Two Men Injured MURWILLUMBAH

The Sun · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 3

Mr. P. Hunter, officer in charge of soldiers' settlements on the North Coast, and Mr. G. Marland, inspector, were burning papers in an old iron…

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One Killed When Car Capsizes Others Slightly Injured Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 11

Charles Clarke, of Thirteenth Street, Bowden, was fatally injured when a motor car in which he was riding capsized in the Memorial Drive in the…

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Man Killed Instantly Motor Strikes' Tree Others Injured Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 1

A shocking motor accident occurred on the Glen Alice Road, resulting in the death of Mr. Fred, Willis, a well-known resident,…

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Two Injured Motor Cars Collide Smash in Newcastle Suburb Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 1

Two women were injured in a collision between two motor-cars in Tudor Street, Hamilton, this afternoon…

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Painful Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 2

Mr. Bert Wall, of Glenbrook, met with a painful accident on Christmas Day. He was riding a horse, and carrying his yonng daughter, when the…

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Revolver Accident. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 16

While examining a rusty revolver which had been discovered in the garden of his residence at Regent-street. New Lambton, this afternoon. Cecil Blanche, 17 years of age,…

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Another Fatal Accident

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 January 1925 · page 1

An unknown man was knocked down by a motor car in Flinders Street early yesterday afternoon, and died later in the Sydney Hospital, as the result of…

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Little Girl Drowned

Sunday Times · Sunday 4 January 1925 · page 7

Beryl Sargent, aged two years, was missed from her home in Harris-street, Pyrmont, yesterday, afternoon. Her mother made a search for her…

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Motor Cycle and Car Collision at Campbelltown

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1925 · page 8

A motor cycle and a motor car collided at the intersection of Railway and Queen streets, Campbelltown yesterday afternoon…

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Drowned in Baths 10-Year-Old Boy

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1925 · page 2

A lad of 10, George Pye, who lived in Doodson-avenue, Lidcombe, was drowned yesterday when bathing in the Lidcombe Baths…

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Up 80Ft. Gorge Injured Man Rescued Ambulance Feat

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1925 · page 2

After a narrow escape from death through being crushed by a tree near the Woronora River, a young man was brought into the St…

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"Len" Cleggett Passes Beyond Wealthy Farmer Shot Dead "Leave Me Alone or I'll Shoot!"—Driven to Desperation, Distracted Woman Fires—Drink-maddened Husband's Last Words—"I'll Say It was an Accident"—But His Wife Wanted no Quarter Bordertown's Black Christmas

Truth · Sunday 4 January 1925 · page 15

LIONEL LEONARD CLEGGETT, generally known as "Len" Cleggett, a wealthy Tatiars farmer and descendant of a respected and widely-known pioneering family, is dead. His tragic end was allegedly the result of two rifle shots fired by his wife, at their picturesque homestead, four miles from…

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Violent Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 2

WENTWORTH FALLS.-- On Thursday afternoon a violent head-on collision occurred between two cars on Wentworth Hill, about a mile and a half west of the…

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Child Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 2

The body of Beryl Sergeant, aged 3½ years, whose parents reside at 40 Harris Street, Pyrmont, was found floating in the harbor on Saturday…

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A Baby Drowned

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 5

While playing on the wharf at Elizabeth Bay, Saturday afternoon [?]…

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