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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

4,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 220

Four in a Boat Two Children Drowned Parents Rescued Gympie (Q.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 1

A double drowning accident occurred in the Mary River, at Widgee Crossing, four miles below Gympie, on Sunday…

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Motoring Accidents. Lorry Overturns. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 9

Four persons were injured last night on the road between Whittleson and Yan Yean, when a motor lorry overturned on account of one of the front wheels coming off. The…

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Driver Wanted Fatal Car Accident

The Sun · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 6

Sergeant McRae, of Paddington, wishes to communicate with the driver of the motor car, who drove Priscilla Jane Buchan to her home in…

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A Narrow Escape Motor Accident Car Smashed Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 6

As they were driving along the road from [?] this morning two Newcastle men Messrs Jack Anderson and T. H[?]key, had a narrow escape from…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 2

HAY. -- Thomas "Walkins, residing at Carrathool, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River on Saturday. The deceased, who was 59, was known to…

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Oxford Street Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 March 1925 · page 7

Sergeant M'Rae, of Paddington Police Station, would like to get in touch with the driver of the motor car which knocked down a woman in…

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Driving Fatality. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 10

Rueben Merrett, aged 12 years, was killed in a driving accident five miles from Derby on Saturday morning. He was driving in a cart with an elder brother when the…

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Unknown Man Fatally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 16

An elderly man, who has not been Identified, was knocked down by a lorry in Parramatta-road, Petersham, yesterday and fatally Injured. He was taken to Lewisham…

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Mechanic Injured Fall From Lorry

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 5

A motor mechanic [?] managed £[?] of Hugh Street Carton [?] a fractured said last night by [?] off the [?] of a motor lorry on…

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Thrown From Train. Youth Severely Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 15

George Barnett, aged 16 years, was seriously injured yesterday when a train on which he was travelling was making a sharp bend near Lidcombe Railway Station…

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Two Drowned Capsize of a Boat Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 1

A distressing double drowning fatality occurred in the Mary River, Gympie by which two boys named Melville and Desmond Louars aged four…

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Red-hot Iron Man Injured Fractured Spine

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 1

At Hoskins' iron works, Rhodes, yesterday afternoon, Thomas Sheen, of Boundary Street, Croydon, was hit by a piece of red…

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District Court. (Before Judge Rolin.) Motor Car and Cycle Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 12

George E. Mutton, of Leichhardt, porceeded against Robert Collins, of Dulwich Hill, to recover £200 damages for alleged negligence in connection with the driving and management…

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

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 5

His honor gave a verdict for the plaintiff for £126 in the action by George E. Mutton against Robert Collins, to recover £200 damages for…

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Car Overturns One Killed; Four Injured MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 9

As a result of a tyre bursting, a motor car overturned at Brunswick today. One of the six passengers, whose…

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Melbourne Accidents

Referee · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 15

On Thursday C. Disney the well known Victorian racing motor cyclist, who met with an accident at Geelong, has his left leg amputated. He was…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 March 1925 · page 2

ARMIDALE,--A motor-car, bound north from Armidale, went over an embankment about four miles out from Tilbuster. The three occupants, two…

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Motor Fatality Youth Killed Six Men Injured Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 1

One man was killed, and six other men injured, when a motor car crashed into a telegraph pole in Coburg at about 3 o'clock this morning…

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Motoring Fatality. Car Overturns. One Killed, Six Injured. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 9

One man was killed and six injured when a motor car overturned at the intersection of Sydney-road and Gaffney-street, Coburg, at 3 o'clock this morning. The casualties…

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Cyclist Injured

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 1

Keith Mortimer is a mechanic, residing at 53 William Street, Double Bay, while riding a motor cycle in Ocean Avenue, Double Bay, yesterday…

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