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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

4,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 220

Shepherd Drowned

The Sun · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 8

The body of Albert Baker, a shepherd in the Cressy district, near Launceston, who had been missing since Tuesday was found In the Macquarie…

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Casualties. Wharf Labourer Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 18

James Fisher, aged 5[?] years, a wharf labourer, of Percy-street, Bankstown, sustained serious injury to the spine yesterday, when he slipped from his position on a truck, from which…

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Brothers Drowned Tragedy at Marrickville Bathing in Waterhole

The Sun · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 5

Two brothers, with a party of several boys, were drowned in Daley's waterhole, Sydenham-road, Marrickville, this morning…

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Motor Fatality. Elderly Couple Killed. Shocking Injuries. Search for Motorist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 17

An elderly couple were knocked down by a motor-car in Parrainatta-road, Fivedock, last night, and received shocking injuries, from which they both died. The motorist, it is…

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South Australian Tourney Three States Compete Patterson's Ankle Injured Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 11

Several Inter-State contests were listed for play in to-day's tournament being held under the auspices of the South Australian Lawn Tennis Association. In the…

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Trail of Death in America Hundreds Killed and Thousands Injured Tornado's Untold Damage in Many Towns

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 1

The latest estimate gives the number of people killed by the tornado in five of the Middle-Western American States as between 600 and 1000, with more than 3000 injured…

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The Inquest. How the Accident Happened

Nepean Times · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 5

The district coroner (Mr. Arthur Judges) held an inquest, at Penrith Court House on Tuesday, into the fatality…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 March 1925 · page 2

BOWRAL. -- Walter Savell, 57, an old resident, who was struck by a falling tree, was found dead by a search party. The tree smashed a…

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Seaman Drowned

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 March 1925 · page 7

Alfred Dunne, who lived at Punchbowl, fell from the deck of the steamer Woniora last night into the water between a collier and the…

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Motor Accident Sydney Man Injured BATHURST

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 March 1925 · page 7

A serious accident on Riverlet Hill, between Mount Victoria Pass and Bowenfels, this morning marred the motor reliability trial. A car driven…

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Died Together Young Brothers Drowned

The Sun · Sunday 22 March 1925 · page 5

Norman Bishop, 11, and his brother, Kerwood W. Bishop, 7, of Garner-avenue, Marrickville, were drowned, in Daley's waterhole, Marrickville,…

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Turned Turtle Railway Officials Injured PERTH

The Sun · Sunday 22 March 1925 · page 5

While the District Superintendent, Mr. Hickey, the Locomotive Superintendent, Mr. Peters, Inspector John burgess, and a motor-driver, Fruin,…

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Injured in Collision Orange

Evening News · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 6

Accompanied by his wife and two children, Mr. West was returning to Spring Hill from Orange in a Ford car when he came into collision with a…

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Young Man Drowned Harbor Picnic Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 5

When the steam launch Lennett was making a picnic trip from Shark Island at about 1.30 p.m. yesterday, George Henry Murphy, aged 21, a…

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Car and Sulky Man Injured in Collision ORANGE

The Sun · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 15

Mr. West, of Spring Hill, accompanied by his wife and two children, was returning by motor from Orange, when the car came into collision with…

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Cycle Fatality

The Sun · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 8

Rockhampton, Monday.--Mrs. Julia Luck, 82, has died from injuries received through being knocked down by a cyclist, She had lived here since…

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Youth Drowned. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 11

A fifteen-year-old youth, Allan Freestone, of Landsborough, was drowned in the Brisbane River this afternoon. He was standing at the stern of the launch Joyce, which was…

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Man Drowned in Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 12

Whilst stepping from the rigging to the bridge deck on the collier Woniora, on Saturday night, Samuel Arthur Dunn, aged 31 years, of Jeane-avenue, Punchbowl, fell twenty…

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Two Men Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 11

In a collision between two motor cars in Allison-road, Randwick, yesterday morning, two mon—D. Appleton, of Arden-street, Coogee, and C. Phelps, of Concord-road…

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Two Brothers Drowned in Waterhole

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 5

Two brothers, Norman Bishop (11) and Kerwin Bishop (7), of Garner's Avenue, Marrlckville were drowned in Daley's water-hole, in Sydenham…

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