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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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

Boy Drowned in Baths

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 10

Missing a companion, George Pye, when dressing after a swim at Lidcombo Baths on Saturday, and after a fruitless search for him, a number of schoolboys informed the police…

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Boy Drowned in Lidcombe Baths

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 1

When a party of boys who had been bathing in [?] Baths had[?] and were dressed to go home on Saturday afternoon. it was…

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Fall Over Cliff. Fatality at Coogee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 9

The cliffs at Coogee were the scene of a fatal accident on Saturday. At about 4 p.m. the Eustern Suburbs Ambulance received a call to the effect that Miss Alice Smith, aged…

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Head-on Collision. Wentworth Falls

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 10

On Thursday afternoon, on Wentwerth Hill, about 1½ mile east of the town, a violent head-on collision occurred between two cars. One car, owned and driven by Mr. R. H. Weir,…

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Drowned in Baths a Boy's Death

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 10

Lying on the bottom, in left of water, the body of George Pye, aged 10, of Godson Avenue, "Lidcombe, was found on Saturday afternoon in the…

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Two Men Injured Detonators Blow Up

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 2

MURWILLUMBAH.--While P. Hunter (officer in charge) and G. Marland (inspector) were burning papers and rubbish in an Iron copper -stand at the rear…

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Knocked Off Tram Conductor Seriously Injured

The Sun · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 9

Neville Lonagh, aged 25 a conductor was knocked off the footboard of a tram in Now South Head- road, Edge- cliff by a motor 'bus to- day. The…

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Man Drowned Tragedy In Yarra Boat Overturns Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 7

Norman Bonnetti, 36, a commercial traveller, was drowned in the Yarra near Prince's Bridge to- night, when a small boat in which he was standing…

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Cars Collide Woman Injured Neutral Bay Smash

The Sun · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 10
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Two motor, cars collided at the corner of Laycock- street and Military- road, Neutral Bay, late yesterday afternoon, and a woman was injured…

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Motoring Smash Cycle and Sidecar Three Youths Injured

Evening News · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 6

A serious motor cycle accident occurred near P[?]ndle Hill yesterday afternoon, when three youths. Frank Hellies, Alfred Ryan, and…

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Snake in Shaft Workmen's Surprise Man Seriously Injured

The Sun · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 10

Returning to work to-day after the New Year festivities six men engaged on a deep sewer shaft at Willoughby had a surprising…

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COLLISION. Train and Motor Car. Clergyman Killed. Carriages Derailed. WYONG

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 9

A serious railway accident occurred at the Tuggerah level crossing at 6 o'clock this evening, resulting in the death of the Rev. W. M…

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Explosion. Two Men Injured. Detonators Among Rubbish Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 10

Preparatory to closing down a soldier settlement branch, Mr. Percy Hunter, officer in charge, and Mr. G. Marland, inspector, were burning papers and other rubbish in a…

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Two Men Injured Motor and Cycle Collide Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 5

Last night about 7 o'clock a motorcar and a motor cycle collided on the [?]…

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Drowned in the Yarra Supposed to Be a Sydney Man Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 1

Norman who [?]traveller from[?]…

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Motor Fatality. Two People Killed. Car Falls Into Creek. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 10

A motor car, in which two Christchurch families were touring, while attempting to turn a hairpin bend at Redwood Pass, about eight miles from Blenheim, swerved and ran…

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De Garis Missing "Drowning Surest Death" Letter to His Wife Clothes Found in Motor Car MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 9

A sensation was caused to- day when it was known that an abandoned motor car, in which, were clothes believed to have belonged to Mr. C. J. de Gari's,…

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Hurled Into the Air Three Motor Cyclists Injured Smash at Prospect

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 7

Three youths were buried to the ground with great force when a motor cycle and side -car capsized on the Western Road, Prospect, early…

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Ambulance Men's Feat Injured Man Carried Up Gorge Pinned by Falling Tree

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 2

To reach the roadway, two men from the St. George Ambulance Station had to carry a badly -injured man 80 feet up a gorge near the Woronora River…

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