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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

4,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 220

Div[?]ng Accident. Berrigan

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

Whilst bathing in a dam on the Woodstock estate on Saturdy afternoon, William Beattie, aged 16 years, dived off a post into the middle of the d[?]. His head struck a post…

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Three Horses Fall. Accident at Wellington. Wbllington

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

During the running of the Wellington Cup to-day, three horses fell, and a Sydney driver was seriously injured. When the horses were coming round the…

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Train Derailments Accidents on Mountains

The Sun · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 12

Three trucks of a special goods train from Eskbank to Penrith, were derailed at Woodford at 5.30 a.m., to- day…

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Lilypond's Accident

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 2

Trainer Jack Holt spent nearly all day Sunday fomenting Lilyond's off-blad leg. While the Cup candidate was leaving the railway station on Saturday…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 April 1925 · page 7

ALBURY.--Mr. Edward Klose, a well-known Gerogery farmer, sustained a fracture of the spinal column and was paralysed through a fall from…

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Motor Accidents. Fatal Collision. Motor Cyclist Injured. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 18

A head-on collision occurred on the Bowenf[?]-road on Sunday night between a motor cycle and sidecar aad a solo machine. The former machine was ridden by Mr. Riddell,…

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Thirty Injured Crowded Tram Bolts Down Hill Result of Collision London, April 6

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 1

Thirty people were injured in a tram car accident at Rochdale. A crowded car, reaching the top of a steep gradient, collided with a steam…

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Youth Drowned. Wrongly Identified. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 18

Although the body of a youth which was found floating in the Yarra, opposite the Botanic Hardens, on Tuesday was identified later as that of Joseph Edward Whitbourne,…

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Train Fatality Coroner Inquires Conflicting Evidence Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 1

The inquiry into the deaths of eight people who were killed when an eclectic railway delivery Van crashed into a Ford motor car at Highest Level…

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Tyre Blows Out Man and Wife Injured Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 6

Mr. and Mrs. Dennis, of Leichhardt, a middle-aged couple mot with a serious accident at the foot of Built Pass this afternoon, through a tyre…

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Accident Outside Ground

The Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 9

Mrs. Isabel Richardson, aged 40 years, a nurse, residing at 28 Napier-street, Paddington, was knocked down by a motor car at the entrance…

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Crushed by Lift Sewer Shaft Accident Man Seriously Hurt

The Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 12

Allen Cullen, aged 46, laborer, employed by the Water and Sewerage Board, and living in Rose-street, Petersham, was seriously injured in a…

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Tram Accident £255 Damages Awarded

The Sun · Wednesday 8 April 1925 · page 9

In the No. 3 Jury Court to-day, Mrs. Thirza Tamzim Taylor, a dressmaker, of Enmore, was awarded £255 damages against the Railway…

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Over a Cliff Mountain Fatality Little Boy Drowned Katoomba

The Sun · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 11

Taking his son Ronnie, aged 7, part of the way for company J. Ledger, contractor, of Gordon Falls, set out for his business place at Leura. On the…

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Show Accident Nurse Injured

The Labor Daily · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 6

An unfortunate mishap occurred near the Showground yesterday at 3 p.m. when a motor car knocked a woman down…

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Lad Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 3

Fate conspired against Cyril Gordon Daffy (15), on Thursday evening, and be now lies in St. Joheph's Hospital, in a serious condition. According to the…

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Pedestrian Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 2

Charles Peterson, of Carrington-road, Guildford, was knocked down by a motor cycle on the Woodville-road, on Saturday night. The accident occurred…

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Railway Collision. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 12

A serious accident occurred at Guthalungra, on the Bowen line, on Tuesday afternoon. A mixed train from Bowen arrived at Guthalungra, and was backing slowly for the engine…

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Blasting Accident Man Seriously Injured BATHURST

The Sun · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 11

John Delaney (43), of Locksley, is at present in the Bathurst District Hospital, as the result of having lost an eye, badly impaired the sight of the…

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Workman Killed. Deep Shaft Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 April 1925 · page 8

Allan Cullen, aged 46 years, received fatal injuries in a sewer shaft, 200 feet deep, at Enfield yesterday when he was crushed by the shaft lift…

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