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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

4,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 220

Newsboy Injured

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 6

Walter Graves, 15, a newsboy, residing at 63 Bourke Street, Waterloo, was knocked down by a tram in Central Square at 5 p.m. yesterday. The Civil…

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Laborer Drowned Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 5

The body of George Miller, 65, who had been doing odd jobs about Thamil, was found at Alligator Creek, near Thamba. It is believed that Miller…

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Greek Drowned. Lockhart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 16

Arthur Papadimatiro, employed as a market gardener at Lockhart, was accidentally drowned in a dam whilst bathing on Sunday afternoon. He was unable to swim, and it…

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Jockey Injured Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 11

Septimus Trequair fell in November Handicap at Mornington races to-day, near the three furlong post, and breaking one foreleg had to be destroyed. His rider, [?] Roe, fell heavily, and…

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Drowned in a Dam Wellington

The Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 12

A young man named Percy listener was drowned at Wuuluman, near Wellington this morning, while swimming in a dam. The body was…

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Found Drowned in Station Dam Dubbo

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 6

Thomas Murnane, a Bathurst resident, was found drowned in a dam on a station near Dubbo, where he had been employed for some time. He had…

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Motor Fatality. English Vice-captain Gives Evidence. Melbourne

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

Mr. J. W. H. T. Douglas, vice-captain [?] English cricket team, was a witness at the morgue to-day, when an inquest was conducted into the death of Ebenezer Fergus…

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Spectator Injured at Cycling Race. Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 16

Robert Mason, of Lambton, while witnessing the cycling on the showground on Saturday night, was struck by the handle-bar of motor bicycle, and received an incised wound…

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Lucky Escape Rail Worker Injured GOULBURN

Evening News · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 10

John Cooper, 18 a married man employed at the railway quarry at North Goulburn, had a [?] from death About knocking-off…

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Bradley-rice Postponed Queenslander's Right Arm Injured

Referee · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 10

The Archie Bradley-Ernie Rice contest, to have taken place at the Brisbane Stadium last Saturday night, had td be postponed owing to an injury to…

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Balance Weight Falls Man Injured in Pit Well

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 3

While working in the pit well at Kembla Building 38 Margaret Street at midday yesterday, William Mathews [?] of Central Street,…

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Tram Smash Three Injured Brakes Fail at Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 11

When a tram from the Quay was ascending the slope in Belmore Park yesterday morning the brakes failed, and it ran back into a tram…

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Workmen's Compensation Accidents Should be Reported Immediately

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 5

How necessary it is that workers when they are injured should at once report the matter to their employer if they wish to come under the provision of the…

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Isolde Afire Rosina Buckman Burned Stage Accident London

The Sun · Wednesday 18 February 1925 · page 1

Miss Rosina Buckman, the New Zea land prima donna, who starred with the Quinlan Opera Company in Australia, was appearing in "Tristan and…

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Motoring Fatality. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 10

A motor car, driven by George Walth, at Bunbury, crashed into a tree. Two men, named McCarthy and Wilson (also known as Murphy), were killed. William Keyes was…

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Double Drowning Tragedy. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 10

A dinghy from which Clarence George Hubert, who was accompanied by his fiveyear son, was fishing, capsized in Sumner Estuary. Both were drowned…

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Lost Overboard Trawler's Cook Coalcliff Fatality

Evening News · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 7

The cook of the trawler Gilbert San was lost overboard between Sydney Heads and Coalcliff yesterday…

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Three Injured Cars Collide in Parramatta Road

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 5

Three people were injured when two cars collided at the intersection of Parramatta Road and Australia Street, Camperdown, late last night…

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Motor Smash Midnight Scene Several Injured Traffic Delayed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 19 February 1925 · page 1

A [?] collision between two motor cars at the [?] Road and Australia Street, [?] just before midnight last night…

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