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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

4,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 220

Big Car Test Round Country Trip Series of Accidents

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 17

The motor reliability three days' test to Bathurst,. Orange and Sydney that commenced last Saturday, was an exciting event. J.R. R[?]…

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Country News. Curious Accident. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 12

Ernest Brown, Terranora, was pulling a calf, with a calf rope attached to its neck along the road near his residence, when the animal suddenly ran through a gate. Brown's…

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Smelter Accident One Victim Dead ROCKHAMPTON

The Sun · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 9

Walter Bates, 24, one of the men on whom the contents of a sinter pot fell at the Mount Morgan mine, succumbed to his injuries…

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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 2

ARMIDALE.-- Thomas Smith, of South Armidale. had a narrow escape from death when his sulky went into a deep gutter and threw him…

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J. Hayes Injured

The Sun · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 2

J. Hayes. the hurdle jockey, was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital this morning, suffering from concussion of the brain…

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Cars in Collision Driver Arrested

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 9

A motor lorry and a motor car came into collision on Parramatta Road, near Ashfield Park, last night. The lorry and car were slightly…

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Young Woman Drowned. Yass

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

The inquest was concluded yesterday into the death of Josephine Beryl Edwards, aged 23, daughter of Mr. T. C. Edwards, of the Royal Hotel, Binalong. Deceased was found…

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Young Woman Drowned at Eastern Creek

Nepean Times · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 4

Ethel Mary Ayton, 21 years of age, was found drowned on Wednesday in a dam about 300 yards from the residence of her parents, Prospect Road,…

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Collision at Kogarah. (Before Mr. Justice James.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 19

Reginald Charles Simms, carrier, of Kogarah, sued J. F. C. James, of Beaumont Road, Rose Bay, to recover £300 compensation, for damage caused to his…

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Penrith Tragedies One Drowned, Another Hanged Penrith

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 7

Ethel Mary Ayton (21) was drowned in a waterhole adjacent to her parents' residence at Eastern Creek. The body was recovered in about six feet of…

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District Court. (Before Judge [?]olin.) Collision in William-street

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

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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Midnight Collision Trawler Bumps the Bendigo CAPETOWN, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 1

At midnight yesterday a steam trawler crashed broadside on to the P. and O. branch liner Bendigo, which left Sydney on February 19 for…

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City Fire. Climb Over Roofs. Fireman Injured

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

Several exciting incidents were associated with a fire shich partly destroyed a building of four stories, occupied by Jonas and Co., printers, in Bathurst-street, last night…

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Motor Car. Crushed to Pieces. Collision with Goods Train. Lismore

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

A message from Eltham states that the Rev. A. E. Putland was driving a car at the railway crossing, when a goods train backed over the crossing and crushed the car to…

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NO. 2 Jury Causes. Damage in a Collision. Simms v James

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

As the result of a collision which occurred on Prince's Highway, Kogarah, Reginald Charles Simms, a carrier, sued J. F. C. Jamos, of Heaumont-rond, Rose Bay, claiming £300…

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Smash at Randwick Through a Fence Jockey Cooper's Leg Broken Spearage Injured

Evening News · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 1

A SERIOUS ACCIDENT occurred during training operations at Randwick this morning, when the Victorian horse, Spearage, ridden…

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In Collision P. & O.'s Bendigo Passengers Scared But No One Hurt Capetown, Friday Evening

Evening News · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 1

THE passengers of the P. and O. Company's branch liner Bendigo had as exciting time off Cape Aug[?]las, last night, when the…

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Motor Cycle Accident. Tamworth

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

About midnight last night, Gorden William Scott, 20, was riding a motor cycle when he collided with a car on the Gunnedah-road. He suffered frightful injuries. The victim,…

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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 March 1925 · page 2

LITTGOW.--Owing to some molten metal overflowing into his boot, W. M'Murray, dresser in the moulding shops at the Ironworks, was severely…

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Jockey Hayes Injured

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 March 1925 · page 11

The [?] jockey John Hayes, while riding Wartier at Randwick yesterday, was thrown. The cause of the accident was the breaking of a stirrup-iron…

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