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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

4,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 220

Mr. Ernest Field Injured. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 10

Mr. Ernest Field, a member of the New South Wales voluntary wheat pool committee, met with a serious accident whilst driving from his farm at Wave Hill to Marriar Station…

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One Killed in Car Smash Six Injured Tragic End to Night Ride Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 1

One man was killed and six others injured when the roar type of a big car blew out and the machine overturned in Coburg at…

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Oldfield's Fortitude Through Test With Broken Ribs Injured in Melbourne Doctors Expected That He Would Collapse

The Sun · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 9

Bert Oldfield, Australian XI. wicket-keeper, has always been noted for his phlegmatic temperament and modesty, and it is because of this that the story of how he played through the last test match in Sydney with two broken ribs has only now been made…

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Diving Accident

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

Max Nixon, aged 13 years, received severe injuries to the head through diving into shallow water at the Bronte Baths yesterday. He was taken by the Eastern Suburo[?]…

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Law Report. Full Court. (Before the Chief Justice and Mr. Justice Gordon and Mr. Justice James.) Accident on Military-road. Peterson v Mosman Municipality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 6

This was an appeal by Ernest John Peterson, who was the plaintiff in an action tried before Mr. Justice Ferguson und jury in December last, for £1000 compensation from…

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Accidentally Shot. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 13

Charles Dunlop, aged 25, employed at Whurlie Station, left the station on [?]orseback on Saturday morning, carrying a.32 calibre rifle. Later he was found with a bullet…

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Country News. Series of Motor Accidents. Singleton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 10

Several accidents occurred yesterday. Roy Cook, aged 16, of Whittingham, was riding a bicycle alongside a motor lorry in George-street when his right foot slipped off the…

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Accidentally Shot Coolah

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 6

Constable McKinnon. of Coolah. is in Hospital in a serious condition, as a result of accidentally shooting himself in the head with a pea-rifle…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 March 1925 · page 7

SINGLETON.--While riding a bicycle alongside a Ford motor lorry in George Street, Roy Cook (16), of Whittingham, met with disaster. His right…

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Boating Fatality Two Children Drowned

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 4

Two small boys, Melville and Desmond Loehran, were drowned in the Mary River, at Widgee Crossing, four miles from Gympic (Q.), on Sunday…

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The Woronora Fatality

The Propeller · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 1

That parts of the Woronora River at Sutherland were not safe for children to bathe in was stated at the inquest concerning Hazel May Pallard, aged 7…

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Motor Fatality. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 10

Mrs. Sarah Cavanagh, 77, wife of Mr. W. H. Cavanagh,, Arthur-street, was knocked down by a motor car last night on her way to the Church of England. She was taken to…

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Man Drowned. Tenterfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 9

At Paterson's Crossing, New Koreelah, a young man named Goodwin was drowned yesterday. The flood rains had made all the crossings in this district dangerous, and it…

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Met Head-on Centennial Park Collision

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 1

Late last night a Dodge and an Oakland motor car collided head-on in Lang Road, Centennial Park. Four people had…

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Cars Collide. Pour Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 10

Four persons were injured and two motor cars wrecked as a result of a collision which occurred in Lang-road, Centennial Park, shortly after 5 o'clock last night. The…

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'Ware Sharks! Two Tragedies Newcastle Lad's Death South Coast Fatality

The Labor Daily · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 5

TWO DREADFUL SHARK TRAGEDIES took place on the N.S.W. Coast--one at New castle yesterday and the other…

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Mr. Ernest Field Injured. Thrown From a Sulky

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 4

Mr. Ernest Field, the well known member of the N.S.W. Voluntary Wheat Pool Committee, met with a serious accident while driving from his farm…

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Motor Smash Four Slightly Injured Drivers Were Lucky

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 1

Four people were injured when two cars came into collision head-on in Lang Road, Centennial Park, shortly after 9 o'clock last night…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 March 1925 · page 2

BATHURST.--Lucy Callinan (5), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Callinan, of Peel Street, Bathurst, was terribly burned about the body and hands when…

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Car Overturns Two Men Injured Collision at Mascot

Evening News · Saturday 14 March 1925 · page 1

Two men were injured when the motor car in which they were driving collided with another car at the corner of Moloney street and…

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