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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

4,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 220

Playtime Accidents a Touch Zam-buk Enables Little Suffers to Quickly Forget Their Cuts and Bruises

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 February 1925 · page 2

Little [?] sprits [?] playing where danger hes it is natural and child-like The was and experienced mother, however…

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Tram Derailed. Collision in City. Driver Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 10

A tram car was partly derailed in Pitt-street, near Martin-place, yesterday afternoon, when it collided with a motor lorry. At about 2.30 p.m. the tram was proceeding…

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Coroner's Verdict Tram Fatality Accidental Death Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 3

A verdict of accidental death was recorded by the Coroner to-day, in connection with the tramway accident at Brush Creek on…

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Shooting Fatality. Perth

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

Gilbert Faulkner, orchardist, of Bolganup Homestead, was the victim of a gun accident at the Porongerups on Tuesday morning. While getting through a fence his gun…

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Injured by Motor Car

Evening News · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 11

William Kither. 38 a [?] of Grorge-street War was knocked down by a motor car in Elizabeth-street city to-day. He was taken to sydney Hospital by the Civil Ambulance…

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Smart Filly Injured Brisbane

The Sun · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 9

The champion Queensland filly. Mountain song, met with an accident while being shipped to Sydney yesterday…

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Engine Leaps Rails Accident to Steam Tram Driver Slightly Injured Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 1

When the engine of a steam tram jumped tho rails at New Lambton to-day, it dragged the first carriage with it. The driver was…

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Do Not Delay Injured Workers Why a Case Was Lost

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 5

FORM the evidence in the case of Williams versus Phillips, where the plaintilf, a member of the A.W.[?], sued the defendant…

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CRASHED French 'Plane Disaster One Killed, 3 Injured London, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 1

A French aeroplane, participating in the aerial expedition from Paris to Lake Chad, crashed at…

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Accident to the Pakeha. Wellington

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

The Nautical Court, which investigated the touching of the Pakeha when entering Bluff Harbour on June 3, found that the evidence presented by withnesses for the owners…

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Train Accident. Boiler Tube Bursts. Driver Blown Off Engine. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 February 1925 · page 10

The Trans-Australian train arrived at Kalgoorlie at 6 o'clock last night about five hours late. When the train was some distance past…

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Drowning Fatality

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 7

The District Coroner (Mr. P. S. Poolman) held an inquiry at the Liverpool Courthouse, on Saturday, 14th instant, into the circumstances surrounding the…

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Fractious Horses. Three Accidents. Several People Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 10

It is noticeable that during spells of hot, oppressive weather horses often become restive and sometimes unmanageable. In three instances yesterday, fractious horses caused…

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Dominoes the Cause? Man Seriously Injured

The Sun · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 10

"The defendant and the injured man are both members of a club in the city," Sergeant Caban said, at the Central Police Court to-day. "On…

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Swept Away in River. Man and Horse Drowned

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 4

A colored man, thought to be an Assyrian named Silba, was drowned at Boat Harbot crossing ad Murwillumbah (N.S.W.), on Sunday afternoon…

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Car Wrecked. Seven People Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 9

Seven people were injured when a touring car crashed into a tree in High-street, Bendigo, yesterday. The victims were:- George James Sforcina, aged 26, of Clifton…

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Events of the Day Misadventures Surf Tragedy Two Persons Drowned

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 4

A man and a woman were washed out to sea and drowned at Tuggerah (N.S.W.) on Sunday last. The victims were John William Wills, aged forty-five…

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Run Over by Lorry Young Woman Badly Injured

The Sun · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 10

While crossing Elizabeth-street, near Goulburn-street. to-day, Ruby Rogers, aged 25, of Consett-avcnue, Bondi,. was knocked down by a…

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Thrown Out on Roadway Sulky Occupants One Seriously Injured

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 February 1925 · page 1

MRS. S. DAVIS, of 70 Watson Road, Bankstown, was thrown out of a sulky last night while driving along the Canterbury Road,…

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