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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

4,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 220

Sad Echo of Trunk Tragedy Small Boy Drowned Alf Heaydon's Double Sorrow

Truth · Sunday 15 February 1925 · page 12

The Grim Reaper has pity on none of us. To-day he left but more survivor of a little family that set out so hopefully to face life a few…

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Mine Accident West Maitland

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 February 1925 · page 7

Arthur Teece, a well-known mining official of the Northern district, was injured by a fall of coal at Abermain Colliery this morning. He received…

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Collision. Bus and Motor Car. Three Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1925 · page 9

A serious accident was narrowly averted near Tom Ugly's punt on Saturday morning, when a big limousine motor omnibus and a motor car collided…

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Motor Cyclists. Badly Injured. Collision During a Race. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1925 · page 9

A sensational accident, in which R. Hipwell was seriously injured, and R. Hepburn, the American rider, received painful lacerations, occurred at the motordrome on Saturday…

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Child Injured. Grafton, Sunday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1925 · page 10

Ruby Mavis Wilson, aged 12, of Queensstreet, Grafton, was going to the convent school with her brother Ivan, aged 8. As they walked on to the footpath at Morrison's…

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'Bus Goes Over Bank Collision at Tom Ugly's Two Badly Hurt

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 February 1925 · page 1

Twelve people travelling to Cronulla had narrow escapes from death, when a 'bus toppled over a 25ft. embankment near Tom…

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Motor Cycle Collision Travelling at 80 Miles an Hour Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1925 · page 5

Travelling at 80 miles all hour R. Hepburn (U.S.A.) and R. Hipwells, motor cyclists, collided at the Motor-drome last night. Paul Anderson…

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Two Cars in Collision Head-on Smash at Intersection Passengers' Remarkable Escapes Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1925 · page 5

The force with which a heavy motor car collided with another car at Kew last night makes it remarkable that only three out of…

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Horses Enjoy Them Chariot Races Not Cruel "Not One Accident"

The Sun · Monday 16 February 1925 · page 9

Mr. E. J. Rafferty, assistant secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society, was quite emphatic in his opinion that the chariot races as conducted…

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Ambulance Busy Week-end Accidents

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 February 1925 · page 5

The Parramatta Civil Ambulance had a busy time on Saturday, when a sulky and motor-bike collision, and two cases of people being run over,…

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Struck by Wad From Gun Accident at Picnic Bathurst

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1925 · page 1

James Harris, a railway employee, was standing behind the starter of an athletic event at the Lithgow Iron Workers' picnic yesterday when he…

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Collision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 2

A motor-cycle, ridden by William O'Sullivan, and a horse and cart, driven by Horace Charles Ogden, of O'Connell-street Parramatta, figured in a collision…

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Conductor Falls From Tram Is Badly Injured

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 1

Passengers in a Congee tram in Flinders Street, Darlinghurst, at 6.45 last night, were startled when the conductor. J. Harrison (36), of…

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City Tram Smash Central Station Three Injured None Seriously

Evening News · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 7

"THREE WOMEN were hurt this morning, when two trams collided on the incline leading up to the Central Station…

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Under Wheel of 'Bus Woman Fatally Injured King Rush Time

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 1

SHORTLY after 8 o'clock last night. Linda Cousins (20), of 39 Paddington Street. Paddington, was killed near the Central…

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Fight with Bull Struggle for Twenty Minutes Man Terribly Injured Wyong

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 10

Mr. Walter W. Brooker, dairy farmer, living between Ourimbah and Lisarow, was so badly gored by a bull that there are very slight hopes of his…

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Accident at Granville

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 2

Cyril McKenzie, of Berwick-street Guildford, was riding a motor-cycle along Woodville-road, Granville, at 8-30 p.m., on Friday, when he collided with a sulky…

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Strange Train Accident. Boys Hurled Out of Carriage. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 10

R. Harwll, of Cobden-street, Kew, and H. A. Burmeister, of Eglinton-street, Kew, members of the 39th Battalion, were seriously injured while travelling to a compulsory training…

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Shocking Accident Train and Lorry Collide Two Men Killed Adelaide

The Sun · Tuesday 17 February 1925 · page 9

A shocking accident happened at a level crossing at 10 a.m. to-day, when a Gleneig train struck a motor lorry containing two men…

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Tram Collision. Near Central Station. Three Women Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 15

Three women were injured yesterday morning whan two trams came into collision on the inclined ramp loading from Pitt-street to the Central railway station…

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