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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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N.Z. Athletics Q'landers Do Well But Greh[?]n Injured WELLINGTON

Evening News · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 7

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Runaway Hoppers Serious Accident Is Averted Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 February 1925 · page 3

zif Dunstan. the well-known artist, and Hurry Dawkins. had a sensational experience while driving in a sulky along the Mount Vincent Road,…

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Railway Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 17

Joseph Coleman, an enginedriver, who was badly burnt in the railway accident at Hawkesbury last Monday, died in Sydney Hospital last night…

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Touring Car Overturns High Street Fatality

Nepean Times · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 5

A big touring motor car overturned in High Street, Penrith, on Sunday afternoon, as a result of which a woman was killed and several…

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Terrible Fall City Hotel Fatality Sleep-walker's Death

The Sun · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 8

Frederick W. C Wright, aged 41, grazier of Weabonga, near Tamworth met his death through falling from a window and through a fanlight into…

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District Court. (Before Judge Scholes.) a Street Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 14

As a sequel to a collision between a motor car owned hy Ernest Henry Lowe, of Railway-street, Rockdale, and a motor-cycle ridden by Thomas Dunstan, of…

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DISTRICT (Before Judge Scholes.) Motor Cycle and Car Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 19

A verdict for the defendant was given by the judge in the action by Thomas Dunstan, of Connemarra St., Bexley, printer, against Ernest Henry…

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Strange Collision. Aeroplane and Motor Car. (See Front Page Illustration.)

The World's News · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 2

Of all the strange accidents that occur, surely the collision between an aeroplane and a motor car is the strangest. Yet just such an…

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RAZZLE-DAZZLE. Collapses at Glebe. Twelve People Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 17

Twelve persons were injured when a razzledazzle collapsod in Derby-place, Glebe, shortly after 10 o'clock last night. All those injured, with some others, were…

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Over-heated Fat. Explosion at Flemington. Five Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 17

The explosion of a quantity of over-heated fat resulted in five parsons being more or less severely burnt in a house in Mariborough-road, Flemington, yesterday…

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Claim Against Counoil a High Street Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 4

A special meeting of Penrith Council was held on Tuesday evening to consider two claims for compensation that had been received in connection…

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Motor Accident. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 18

John O'Malley, son of Mr. John O'Malley, proprietor of the Royal Hotel, Blayney, had his skull fractured through a motor car overturning and pinning him underneath, about…

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The Junction North Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 19

Our Broken Hill correspondent telegraphs that, owing to the accident to No. 1 power plant at the Junction North mine, which completely wrecked the plant, the mill will be closed till repairs are…

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Razzle-dazzle Mishap Several Taken to Hospital Accident at Glebe

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 1

At a carnival in Derby Place, Glebe, last night, a razzle-dazzle, carrying a number of persons, collapsed, and about 12 fell. They…

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Wharf Accident Claim for Damages

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 19

owing to the sliding gate of a cargo shed on the Oceanic Steamship Company's Wharf at Circular Quay being accidentally pulled from its supports,…

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A Warning to Children Avoiding Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 February 1925 · page 19

The traffic police advise the parents of children going to school to warn them against crossing streets until it is quite safe to do so, and then cross…

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Cycling Smash Two Riders Injured

The Sun · Sunday 1 March 1925 · page 2

There was a serious smash at the Sydney Sports Ground last nigh. while the riders were working out before the carnival commenced…

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Girl Drowned Wallacia Tragedy Rescue Attempt Fails

The Sun · Sunday 1 March 1925 · page 5

A visitor to Wallacia, Irene Klldorn, aged 19, who lived in Denlson-street. Newtown, was drowned in the Nepean River at Mulgon yesterday morning…

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Motor Cyclist Injured Well-known Veterinary TAMWORTH

The Sun · Sunday 1 March 1925 · page 5

As a result of his motor cycle colliding with a motor car on the Arml dale road near Tamworth, a well known veterinary surgeon. Mr…

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Movie Thrill Motorist Chases Runaway to Save Child's Life Two Persons Injured

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 March 1925 · page 1

A sensational runaway that had all the elements of a real movie thriller resulted in two persons being injured at Ashfield late last night An heroic…

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