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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

4,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 220

Motor Car Accident. Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 12

Fred Thomas, a railway employee, and two young women, Violet Goodburn and Alma Charlton, were knocked down by a motor in the square, at the centre of the town. Miss…

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A Racecourse Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 14

FIELD PIECE FELL AT THE LAST JUMP IN THE STEEPLECHASE AT THE WARWICK FARM RACES ON SATURDAY…

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Train Accident. a Dangerous Practice

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 12

The danger of leaning from a carriage window, or of even resting an arm on the window sill with the elbow protruding, was again demonstrated on Saturday, when a trainee…

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Sir Harry Chauvel. Inspecting Gun Sites. a Slight Accident. Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 11

Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Chauvel and staff left by the Montoro this afternoon. Yesterday, while inspecting a position on the coast eight miles from Darwin for a site for…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 12

A motor cyclist and a young woman riding pillion on his machine were both injured when they collided with a motor car whilst crossing St. Peters bridge, Newtown,…

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Fatal Accident at Mosman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 12

The driver of a municipal council road-sweeper, George Curl, married, aged 31 years, of Park-avenue, Neutral Bay, was killed in a motor accident early yesterday morning…

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Accidents in Melbourne. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 April 1925 · page 12

A large number of motor and other accidents in Melbourne during the week-end were marked by fatal results in several cases. While driving along the Elwood Esplanade…

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Injured Jockey

Evening News · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 2

The steepiechess jockey, C. Cetter, who was seriously injured when Fieldplace fell in the Warwick Farm Steepiechase, was visited at the Liverpool Hospital by Trainer…

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Boating Fatality. Wellington (N.z)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 12

Constable Willets, a man named Rowe, and two lads, Train and Reimenschneider, set out from Waitotara on a fishing expedition. A strong wind rose, carrying the boat down the…

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Drowned in Dam Mother Finds Daughter

Evening News · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 13

"I'll go and get the water, and then we can finish our work." said Ethel Mary Ayton, 21, to her mother Miss. Mary Ayton, on the afternoon of…

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Found Drowned Builder's Death Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 1

That death was caused by or accidental means, was the Deputy- Coroner Mr. G.T Edward at the Newcastle Court to-day…

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Trotting Smash Sydney Reinsman Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.S.W.), Monday. During the running of the Wellington Trotting Cup to-day there was a big smash-up. When the horses were coming…

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Motor Fatality. Coroner's Finding. River Committed for Trial

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 12

The inquiry into the deaths of John Gurr, an elderly man, and Mary Gurr, his wife, who were knocked down and killed by a motor car on Parramatta-road, Flvedock, on the night…

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Murder Charge Burwood' Fatality Motor Mechanic Sent for Trial

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 1

A new development occurred at the end of the Inquiry into the deaths of John and Mary Gurr, the victims of the car tragedy on the…

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Bush Mystery. Man Found Drowned. Foul Play Suspected. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 11

Investigations by the police into the circumstances of the finding of the body of Phillip Willocks, partly submerged in the Narracan Crook, near Moe, early on Sunday…

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Two Killed at Crossing Melbourne Smash Three Are Injured Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 1

THE red roll of railway fatalities was again added to this evening, when two persons were killed and others seriously injured, at the…

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Crossing Fatality Near Melbourne. Mr. J. Griffith's Among The Killed. Five Casualities. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 11

Another level crossing accident, attended by fatal results, occurred in the vicinity of Melbourne tonight…

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Three Killed Two Injured Level Crossing Smash Train Hits Waggon Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 1

James Griffiths (75), a member of the well-known firm of Griffiths Brothers, tea merchants, of Bayswater, Miss…

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Over the Fence Peculiar Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 14

JAMES Alexander Windibanks, 24. of Victoria-street, Darlinghurst is in the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital as a result of a peculiar accident…

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Motor Accident. Constable's Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 11

The death occurred yestorday morning of Arthur Charles Humphries, aged 33 years, a police constable, stationed at Darlinghurst, who resided at 26 Hoddle-streot, Paddington…

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