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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

4,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 220

Serious Accident Averted

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 2

Mr. N. P. Hillary writes:—Herewith I enclose a copy of a letter which I have Written to the Railway Commissioners. It speaks for itself. I would esteem it a…

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An Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 2

The dangerous condition of the footpath on the western side of the intersection of Alban-street and Parramatta-road was responsible recently for an…

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Painful Accident

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 1

Mr. Fred Bell, well-known in trade union circles and a representative of the Municipal Employees' Union on the Labor Council, mot with a painful…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 April 1925 · page 2

GRETA.--Norman, son of Ald. Joseph Elkin, aged 3 years and 9 months, while playing with a companion touched the earth wire attached to…

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Gun Fatality. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 18

A report from Portland bays that the victim of the Excelsior gun accident, James large, died in the Portland Hospital at an early hour this morning…

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Seaman Drowned. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 18

George John Chanman, a member of the crew of the State steamer, Eucla, fell over-board while the vessel was being moored at Esperance, and was drowned…

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Accidentally Drowned Went Into Dam for Water Young Woman's Death

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 3

The district coroner, Mr. Arthur Judges, held an inquest at Rooty Hill School of Arts on Wednesday morning concerning the death of a young…

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Speedway Fatality Young Man's Death

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 5

Henry John Stockdale (23), a member of the Western S[?]burbs Motor Cycle Club, wan killed on Reprith Speedway on Saturday afternoon, as…

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Fierce Attack. Policemen Assaulted. Constable Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 17

Shocking scenes marked a vicious assault upon a constable in a lane at Redforn last night. He was surrounded and kicked almost into insensibility…

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DISTRICT (Before Judge Rolin.) Motor-cycle and Motor Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 18

The judge gave a verdict for the plaintiff for £60 in the action by Stanley Norman Savage, of Thornbury Street, Hurstville, salesman, against…

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District Court. (Before Judge Rolin.) Collision in Botany-road

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 14

A verdict for £60 was given in the action in which Stanley Norman Savage, of Thornbury-street, Hurstville, salesman, claimed £100 from Thomas Middleton Jones, of…

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Senator Gardiner Struck by Motor Slightly Injured

Evening News · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 6

SUNATOR ALBERT GARDINER. 61 of 105 Newland-loan Wave[?] was knocked down by a motor [?] an Oxford-street to-day…

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Motor Fatality. Elderly Couple's Death. Defendant's Statement. Detectives Give Evidence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 18

The deaths of an elderly couple, John Gurr and Mary Gurr, as a result of being knocked down by a motor car on Parramatta-road, Fivedock, on the night of March 20, formed…

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Witness Wanted Inques[?] on High Street Motor Fatality "Objectionable Patient at Hospital"

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 5

The overturning of a touring motor car near the reservoir, High Street, Penrith, on Sunday, 22nd. February, which resulted in the deaths subsequently of Mrs. O'Grady and Mrs. Thompson, was the subject of an inquest held by the district coroner, Mr. Arthur Judges, at Penrith Court…

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Set Upon by Mob at Redfern Constable Injured Sly Grog Raid

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 5

DURING a sly-grog raid in Abercrombie Street, Redfern, shortly after 8 o'clock last night, Constable Hayes, of the Redfern…

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Accident at Sawmill

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 5

Mr. Robert Duff met with a very painful accident at Penrith Sawmills on Thursday morning when unloading heavy legs from a jinka on to a skid…

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NO. 2 Jury Causes. (Before Mr. Justice James and jury.) Accident in Oxford-street. Cohen v Fowler Body Works, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 14

The plaintiff in this action, Essie Cohen, sued the Fowler Body Works Ltd., claiming £250 compensation for injuries received by being run down by a motor trolley at the…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 April 1925 · page 2

LITHGOW.--James Large (25), the victim of the shooting accident at Excelsior last Sunday, has died in Portland Hospital. Large was placing…

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Motor Smash Three Persons Injured

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 April 1925 · page 7

Annandale was the scone of another serious motor accident last night. Doris Goodwin, aged 24, Louisa…

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Injured Innocence In the Dock Tobacconist's Till Raided—An Old Offender Arrested

Truth · Sunday 5 April 1925 · page 9

"IT is a pollution of the atmosphere of justice for the police to cross-esamine an accused man on his record,"…

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