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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

4,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 220

Collision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 4

About 5.10 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, John Edward Vinson, of Philip-st., Glebe, was driving a motor lorry along Church-street, Parramatta, and Mervyn…

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Child Drowned

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 7

A sad fatality occurred at Hillview Soldiers' Settlement on Monday last, when Jean, the 15 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Medley was accidentally…

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Railway Fatality. One Killed and Four Injured. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 9

A guard was killed and four workmen injured as the result of a railway accident in a shallow cutting on the new Opunake railway line last night…

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City Car Fatality

Evening News · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 4

Robert has [?]who lived in Park-road [?] totally injured by a motor car in Taylor [?] Darlinghurst, last night…

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Trainer Injured Thrown From Horse

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 8

The well-known horse trainer, Jack Brennan, aged 20, of Market Street, Randwick, was badly hurt when he was thrown from a horse yesterday…

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'Keep Off Drink' Coroner to Drivers Motor Fatality

Evening News · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 10

"I am strongly of the opinion that when a man known that ha is going to drive a motor car. he should abstain absolutely from…

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Sad Fatality Timber Getter's Awful Death Bowral

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 5

The dead body of Walter Saven 56. a timber-getter, was found a few miles from the town yesterday morning. The circumstances surrounding…

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Motor Bus and Car in Collision Charge Against Driver

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 1

Passengers in a motor 'bus bound for Coogee are stated to have had a narrow escape from injury when the 'bus came into collision with a motor car…

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District Court. (Before Judge Rolin.) Collision in William-street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 6

Arising out of a collision between their motor cars in William-street on January 1, 1925, Frederick Alfred Hawley and Arthur Hawley, trading as Holdsworth, Macpherson,…

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Fierce Tornado. Sweeps American States. Terrible Toll of Death Reported Thousands Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 9

Part of the United States "tornado belt" was swept on Wednesday by a storm of unprecedented fury. Missouri, Kentucky, and Illinois suffered most severely. Damage on an enormous scale was wrought, and the loss of human life…

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The Law Courts Jury (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson.) Injured by Motor Car

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 11

The hearing, was concluded of the action, in which William Carson sued J. Blackwood and Son, Ltd., and Philip J. Benson,…

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Train Derailed One Killed, Four Injured Caused by Cow Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 1

When a Public Works train on the new Opunake railway, in the Taranaki district, struck a cow in a cutting, six trucks were derailed,…

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Dural. Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 4

On Wednesday, of last week, Mr. W. Currell, who was riding a bicycle to work, was thrown to the roadway, owing to the machine collapsing. The rider…

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Law Report. No. 1 Jury Causes. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and Jury.) Accident in Crane-place. Carson v Blackwood and So[?], Ltd., and another

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 6

This was an action in negligence in which the plaintiff, Wm. Carson, sued J. Blackwood and Co., Ltd., and Philip J. Henson, their agent claiming £1000 damages for injuries…

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Fatal Street Accident. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 10

While hurrying to catch a tram early to-night, S. O. Wilson, of Toorak-road, Toorak, was knocked down by, a motor car driven by William Dunstan. He was conveyed to the…

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Fatal Accident in Bush. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 10

Walter Savell, aged 56, a very old resident, met his death in the bush yesterday. He went into heavily timbered country a few miles from town for the purpose of cutting wood,…

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Shooting Accident. Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 10

Another shooting accident caused by a pearifle occurred at Young, when William Eldridge, aged 17, while attempting to rectify a fault, accidentally shot his brother, James…

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Accident at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 6

In the District Court on Wednesday, before Judge Edwards and a jury, Joseph David Beverley, of Mortdale,…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 2

BATHURST. -- When a car, driven by A. Chalmer, a mountain resident, came into collision on Jenoian Road with a horse and dray, driven by T…

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New Settlers Accident to Dreadnought Boy

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 5

Two contingents of assisted migrants from Britain reached Sydney yesterday. The Aberdeen liner Demosthenes…

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