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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

4,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 220

For the Last Time Drowning Man's Sensations BRISBANE

The Sun · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 10

Dying sensations after he had sunk in the Brisbane River several times were described by J. Pritchard, when he was rescued after being knocked…

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Car and Sulky Four Hurt in Collision

The Sun · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 9

A motor car and sulky collided in Western-road, Pendle Hills, last night, and the four persons in the sulky were injured. The sulky was…

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Boat Run Down Child Drowned Coroner on Licenses

The Sun · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 14

Alick Heaydon, aged 3 years and 4 months, was drowned in Middle Harbor, a mile and a half from the Spit, on January 26, through a…

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Fatal Collision. English Vice-captain. Has a Narrow Escape. Melbourne

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

Mr. J. W. H. T. Douglas, vice-captain of the visiting English cricketers, narrowly escaped serious injury in a fatal motor accident in…

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Drowned Nurse and Fireman Tuggerah Tragedy Splendid Effort to Save Girl Brought Ashore

The Labor Daily · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 1

ONE of the saddest sun fatalities which has occurred along the coast happened at Tuggerah…

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Car Falls Over Cliff Driver and Woman Injured Early Morning Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 1

A man and a woman had remarkable escapes from being killed when a motor, car fell 30 feel over a cliff at Tom Ugly's Point early…

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Washed Away in River Man and Horse Drowned Drove Into Flooded Crossing Murwillumbah

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 5

A colored man, thought to be an Assyrian named Sliba, is believed to have been drowned at the Boat Harbor crossing. He disappeared…

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Four Injured in Motor Smash Cars Collide Near Bombala Machines Badly Damaged Bombala

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 5

Four people were injured in a motor smash near Saucy Creek Bridge, on the Delegate Road, two and a half miles from Bombala,…

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Two Drowned in Surf at Tuggerah Man Loses Life in Heroic Attempt at Rescue Young Woman Washed to Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 1

The surf claimed two more victims when a man and woman were washed out to sea and drowned at Tuggerah yesterday. A treacherous sea was running, and another…

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Cycling Derby. a Chapter of Accidents. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 12

Despite the threatening weather, there were between 8000 and 10,000 onlookers at the Exhibition Oval on Saturday night, when the final of the Cycling Derby was decided. There were many falls during the night,…

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Verandah Smashed Lorry Breaks Posts. Accident in the City

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

In George-street, near Rawson-place, on Saturday morning a motor lorry crashed through two verandahs post of a shop, and a roofing collapsed. No one was injured,…

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Horder Wins Derby a Series of Accidents Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 February 1925 · page 6

The World's Cycling Derby (one mile) was won by Harris Border (N.S.W.), by a quarter of a wheel from W. Bailey (Great Britain). E. Beecher (Victoria) was third, and W. Spencer…

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Collision. Four People Injured. Motor Driver Charged

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

Four persons sustained injuries when a motor car and a sulky collided on the Westernroad, Pendle Hill, on Sunday evening. Two are still in a very serious condition. The…

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Cyclist Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 2

Clauder Hodge (16) and Norman Carter (18), of Early-street, Parramatta, came to grief while riding a bicycle along Church-street on Saturday afternoon…

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"We Screamed" Launch Fatality and Death Was Accidental

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 5

"I SUDDENLY saw a launch coming towards as fast. My sister in law waved her umbrella, and we ail screamed. I couldn't…

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Harbour Fatality. Motor-boat Drivers. Coroner Recommends Examination

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 6

At the conclusion of his inquiry yesterday into the death of Alick Heaydon, aged 3 years 4 months, who was drowned near the Spit Bridge on January 26, as a result of a…

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Street Assault. Greeks Injured. Assailants Escape

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

Two men, believed to be Italians, committed a fierce assault upon two Greeks, who are brothers, at Redfern yesterday. One of the assaulted men was taken to hospital, and is…

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Serious Collision Motor Driver Charged "Only Had One Drink"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 2

At 7.45 p.m. on Sunday, Western-road, near Pendle, Hill, was the scene of an accident that resulted in the admission of four persons to the Parramatta…

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Miner's Death Injured by Fail of Coai. Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1925 · page 5

Fails of coal during the past few months on the South Maitland helds have been responsible for the deaths of many miners. Another victim is…

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