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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

4,393 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 220

Strange Accident Struck by Horseshore Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1925 · page 5

An unusual accident occurred to Geoffrey Dix. 13, on .Jervois Bridge. Glanville,late yesterday afternoon. Dix was leaning over the rail when…

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Sulky Smash Three Injured Collision with Telegraph Pole

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 11

Five people were thrown from a sulky in Parramatta Road yesterday, when the vehicle collided with a telegraph pole. William M'Cullum and his…

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Jockey Injured Schooling Accident MELBOURNE

Evening News · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 8

W. H. Colins, a cross-country jockey, was seriously injured when a horse which he was schooling fell heavily at Flemington this morning…

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Boatihg Fatality. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 10

His dinghy having capsized a mile off the shore at Albert Park this morning. John Tobin, aged 30, of South Yarra, reached the beach after a desperate fight for life in a…

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Cyclist Seriously Injured

The Sun · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 15

Raymond Chamberlain, aged 18, of Lane Cove-road, Ryde, was riding a bicycle along Belmore-street, Ryde, near the tram terminus to-day when…

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City Collision. Charge Against Motorist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 6

At the Central Police Court yesterday Clive Edwards, aged 81 years, an auctioneer, was charged before Mr. Giles Shaw, C.S.M., with having driven a motor car in Elizabeth-street, on December 27, whilst under…

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Drowned Under Motor Car. Queanbeyan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 10

Bernard Thomas, aged 30, driver for Mr. Fred Kaye, motor car owner, was found drowned pinned underneath a car in the Turalla Creek, near Bungendore. He had taken…

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Farmer Seriously Injured. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 10

A serious accident occurred at the railway station at Ballimore during wheat stacking operations. Mr. George Giddings, a wellknown farmer of the district, was sitting at…

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Licence Is Gone Motor Collision Newtown Smash

The Labor Daily · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 3

The [?] to a sensational motor collection at the corner of [?]…

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Still a Mystery Woman's Drowning Search for Two Men Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 1

The mystery surrounding the drowning of the woman. Mary Waldrun. on Monday night, has not yet been solved. but the police are now searching for…

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Man Drowned Swim for Shore Dinghy Overturns Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 7

A fishing dinghy overturned about a mile off Albert Park Beach to-day. and Roy Edwards. of Albert Park, one of the two occupants, was drowned…

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Jockey Injured Schooling a Jumper MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 3

A serious schooling mishap occurred during training hours at Flemington this morning, and as a result the crosscountry rider W. H. Collins is in…

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Blood on Wheels Body on Rails Greta Fatality Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 1

The remains of Stephen Morris, return of the Greta railway [?] wee burned in [?] Cimentare. According to the police report…

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Pick Through Hand Soccer Player Injured Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 3

Jack Counts, West Wallsend Senior Secure Club's star goalkeeper, was injured in Seabam No. 2 pit to-day. While working on the coal he…

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Trains Collide 3 KILLED, 60 Injured London. January 6

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 1

A message from Port Louis. Mauritius, states that three were killed and 60 injured in a collision between two passenger trains…

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Fight for Life Unconscious 15 Days Injured Horseman Bathurst

The Sun · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 3

The case of Mr. Martin Gibbons, a well-known resident of Foley's Creek, near Oberon, is exciting much interest. He is putting up a remarkable…

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Riding Home Fath Accident at Cemnock Cemnock

The Labor Daily · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 8

A poting man named Walset used with a fatan riding accident at a[?] He had been speedless a day or two in town, and we [?] after…

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Our of Their Depth Drowning Fatality Laurihton

The Labor Daily · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 4

Mr. W. [?] Bobble aged a years was drowned this afternoon at the [?]…

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Sad Drowning Case

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 2

A number of school children attended the funeral of George Pye, on Monday afternoon. The little lad met his death by drowning, in the Lidcombe Baths, on…

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Local Accidents. Motor Cycle Collision

The Propeller · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 4

Edward Dickinson, of Lakemba, while riding a motor cycle in Bay Street, Rockdale, on Thursday, came into collision with another cycle, and was thrown…

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