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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

4,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 59 of 220

Collision With trawler Scares Passengers of Liner CAPETOWN

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 March 1925 · page 7

The P. and O. Co.'s branch liner, Bendigo, travelling from Australia to England, was rammed by a trawler off Cape Aughulas last night…

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Jockey's Leg Broken Accident at Randwick A. Cooper and Spearage

Sunday Times · Sunday 29 March 1925 · page 9

The even tenor of the operations on the tracks at Randwick was broken yesterday morning, when a foremost Victorian jockey in A. Cooper and the…

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Speedway Fatality

The Labor Daily · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 1

Spectators at the Pearth Speedway on Saturday [?] a most honable fatallty. the victim being Harold [?]…

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Jockeys Injured. Accidents at Randwick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 13

Two well-known jockeys were injured whilst exercising racehorses at the Randwick racecourse early on Saturday morning. They were:-…

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Injured Jockey Cooper's Condition Better

The Sun · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 8

The Victorian Jockey A. R. Cooper, whoso left log was fractured in a mash at Randwick racecourse last Saturday morning, is progressing favorably. He had a fairly…

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Casualties. Motor Cyclists Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 15

Falling heavily in the last lap in the final of the Special Handicap at the motordrome on Saturday night, A. J. Dixon, aged 29 years, received a fractured skull and minor…

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Boat Capsizes. Officer and Seaman Drowned. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 12

While landing in a dinghy at Cape Borda from the lighthouse steamer Lady Loch last night, the chief officer and a seaman from the vessel were drowned, through the dinghy…

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Liner and Trawler. Bendigo in a Collision. Capetown, March 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 11

The P. and O. Company's steamer Bendigo, while on the voyage to England from Australia, was rammed by a trawler off Cape Agulhas last night. The bow of the trawler…

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Pseudo Hero Injured in Brawl His "Honorable Scars"

Evening News · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 1

A sensational story was told to the Parramatta police on Saturday night by William James Wilson, 28, who was charged at the…

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Horse and Jockey Injured a Fall at Randwick

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 6

As a result of a crash at Randwick Racecourse on Saturday morning. A. R. Cooper, a jockey, aged 20, sustained severe injuries, and the Victorian horse Spearage, was also badly…

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A Surf Boat Tragedy Two Drowned While Tendering Lighthouse Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 1

Chief Officer Robertson and Seaman Barton, both from the Lady Loch, were drowned when a surf boat landing supplies for the…

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Riotous Students Three=Cornered Battle Several Injured London

The Sun · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 8

Students objecting to the appointment of Professor Scelie, an ardent Radical as lecturer, barricaded the lecture rooms, says a Paris message…

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Chief Mate and Seaman Drowned Off Cape Border While on Supply Worn Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 1

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Fatal Burning Accident. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 15

The Mines Department has been advised that an employee at the Morgan Mine works, named Bates, died as a result of burns by a cinder, which fell from the treatment works…

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Serious Tram Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 15

One man was killed and one seriously injured by tram accidents on Saturday night. William Dodds, of Park-street, Kogarah, was run down and killed instantly by a tram in…

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Bus Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 15

Belle Clement, aged 15 years, of Wildestreet, Potts Point, was knocked down by a motor bus in Challis-avenue, Potts Point, on Saturday night, and sustained lacerated…

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AFTER 52 YEARS Brothers Meet Accidental Discovery Bathurst

The Sun · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 7

Fact is sometimes stranger man fiction. Mr. Humphrey Weston, now a resident of Whitten, but an erstwhile resident pf Bathurst, returned…

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Boy Killed in Bush Accidentally Shot

The Sun · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 7

While in the bush at Castle Hill yesterday, John H. Blissett, 12, who lived with his parents at Castle Hill, was accidentally shot dead by his…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 March 1925 · page 2

NARRANDERA.--Mr. Roderick M'Rae, of Kelvin Grove, Euroley, was on his way home, when the young horse he was riding unseated him. He…

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