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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

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Five Drowned in Week-end N.Z. Tragedies Vain Rescue Effort Wellington. N.Z.

Evening News · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 7

FIVE PERSONS ware drowned at various bathing resorts in New Zealand during the week-end. One of the victims lost his life…

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Mele. Motor Accident Melbourne

Evening News · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 9

Another 19-year-old driver was converted in a motor accident during the week-end, and has been charged with negligent driving. He is Henry…

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Jockey Thrown Track Accident at Bathurst Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 5

AN eighteen-years-old jockey, Fran McLean, formerly or Sydney, lies in the Bathurst District Hospital in a dangerous…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 4

BATHURST.--While driving to Bathurst by sulky, Leo Stapleton (18), of Burraga, noticed a large snake on the road. Stapleton was about to…

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Miner's Son Drowned Perth

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 1

[?] Hu[?]is [?] of Mr. J. Hughis [?] of Collie was drowned in the Collie River about 1.30 p.m. on Sunday afternoon…

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Miner Seriously Injured. Weston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 12

William Regan, employed at Hebburn No, 2 Colliery, was run down by a coal train between Weston and Abermain while returning home from work on Saturday morning. He…

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Manslaughter Charge Motor Car Fatality. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 11

While crossing Fitzroy-street, St. Kilda, last night, Henry Wharton Scott, aged 30 y[?] of Beaconsfield-parade, St. Kilda, was knocked down by a motor car, driven by…

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Twins Injured Same Time—Different Place

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 2

A case of twin brothers being Injured at the same time, but in different Parts of the town, occurred at Eastbourne. Frederick Crowhurst, of Uppterton…

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His Horse Fell Milk Vendor Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 1

On Saturday morning a man named Burgin, a milk vendor, residing in Graham street, Lidcombe, met with a serious accident while delivering milk in…

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Three Drowned Two Girls and a Boy Auckland

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 7

Four children were playing on a sand-bank in the Waikato River, when two sisters, named Lapwood, aged 17 and 15, tumbled into, deep water, and…

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Seven Killed Many Injured Berlin Explosion London, January 18

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 7

The residents of the Moabit district, in Berlin, were aroused early this morning by a shattering detonation, due to the explosion of petrol gas…

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Car Destroyed "Accidental," says Corner

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 1

"This engine was doing generally what an engine shouldn't do," was the beat way a witness at parramatta Corner's Court on Friday described the mechanical…

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Tram Accidents. Two at the Same Spot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 12

Within a few minutes two tram accidents occurred at the same spot in George-street North last night. Stepping from a tram just before it stopped…

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"Lady Betty" Accident Rescue of Two Men

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 19

During a motor speed boat race on Saturday, when the Lady Betty hurled Its occupants into the water and then turned over, it was…

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Death From Accident Leeton

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 5

The death has [?]corred at the Leeton Hospital of Mr. Gvo. Blight, who was seriously injured at Darlington Point some weeks ago…

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Explosion in Boy's Mouth at the End of an Operation Unprecedented Fatal Accident

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 6

An explosion in a pattent's mouth during an operation, said to be an unprecedented occurrence, was described at an inquest at West Ham…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 2

KENDALL.--While working at the B.A.T. Sawmill, Hastings district, James Elford was pinned against a wall by a piece of timber, his foot…

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Guard Injured

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 1

While engaged in shunting at shaming early yesterday morning. Charles Clarke, 12 a guard, was jumped between two carriages. He was…

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Railway Guard Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 13

Charles Clark, aged 42 years, a railway guard, of 127 Nelson-street, Annandale, sustained several fractured ribs yesterday, when he was crushed by the buffers of two…

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Man Fatally Injured. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 22

Andrew Collins (40), of Keswick, died at tho Adelaide Hospital yesterday from a fractured skull and ribs. According to a report, he was seen walking along West…

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