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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

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Saved From Drowning

The Propeller · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 8

John Bone, aged 10 years, who lives with his parents in O'Connell Street, Brighton-le-Sands, was rescued from drowning at Brighton last Friday by…

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Baby Drowned

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 11

Toowoomba, Friday.--An infant, aged 16 months, was drowned yesterday, at Coventry Station, outside Toowoomba. Whilst, playing with other…

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Head-on Smash at Randwick Nine People Injured Motor Car Collision

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 1

A HEAD ON collision in Randwick yesterday afternoon, between two motor cars, resulted in nine people being injured…

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Driver Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 15

William Calman, aged 52 years, of 108 Eveleigh-street, Waverley, sustained scalp wounds and fractured ribs when the motor-car which he was driving along William-street,…

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Steward Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 16

John Poole, aged 39 years, a steward attached to the steamer Euripides, sustained severe injury to the spine yesterday afternoon when he fell a distance of about 20…

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Kelleway Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 8

During the Sheffield Shield match between South Australia and New South Wales C. E. Kelleway received a painful knock on the ankle from a fast ball from Scott in the…

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Motor Collisions. Accident at Randwick. Twelve Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 15

Twelve persons were injured as a result of a collision between two motor cars at the intersection of Church and Cowper streets, Randwick, yesterday afternoon. The cars…

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Woman Found Drowned. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 12

Mrs. Amy Gooley, wife of Mr. James Gooley, of Greenridge, about five miles from Casino, was found drowned in the river about twenty yards from her home yesterday…

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New Zealand Tragedy. Two Girls Drowned

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 6

While four children were playing on a sand-bank in the Walkato River (N.Z.) last week-end, two sisters named Lapwood, aged seventeen…

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Fell Fifteen Feet Laborer Badly Injured

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 7

Charles Woods, 64, laborer, of Manly, fell [?] feet while fixing flags on a tree at Manly to-day for to[?] opening of the carnival. The…

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Gar Overturns. Child Killed. Three Others Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 15

A child was killed, two other children were seriously injured, and a fourth child received minor abrasions when a motor car overturned on the Liverpool-road, Bankstown, early last…

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Shots Fired. in City Wine Saloon. Man Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 12

Three shots were fired during a quarrel which occurred in a wine saloon at 504 Elizabeth-street, city, late yesterday afternoon. As a result, Thomas Michael Molyneaux, aged…

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Injured in Fatal Smash Victims' Condition Bankstown Tragedy

Evening News · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 8

JEAN and Colin Moore, aged 14 and 12 years respectively, who were injured in a motor smash at Bankstown last night. When their…

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Northern District News Thrown from Motor Cycle Eastwood Resident Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 6

Mr. L. Goldsbrough, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Goldsbrough, of Clanalpine-st., Eastwood, sustained rather severe abrasions to the head and face as a result of…

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Fall of Stone Kills Miner Wonthaggi Again Another Injured Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 1

Shortly before William Mathews, 27, [?] father seriously injured [?] fall of stone in McBride tunnel at the State…

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Mine Disaster One Killed, Ten Injured Sudden Explosion At Redhead Colliery NEWCASTLE

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 1

One man was killed and 10 injured in an explosion in the Redhead colliery, about nine miles south of Newcastle, between 1 and…

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Disastrous Explosion. In the Redhead Colliery. Attributed to Use of Naked Light. Miner Killed; Eleven Others Injured. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 11

A disastrous explosion occurred in Redhead colliery, near Newcastle, shortly after one o'clock yesterday. One miner was killed, and eleven other men were injured. None of these is in a critical condition, though two of them have serious…

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Railway Notes Level Crossings Avoiding Accidents

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 7

A cause of frequent controversy is revived by a proposal that all level crossings should be done away with. Those who make the suggestion do…

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Colliery Accidents. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 12

George Richardson, miner, employed at the Aberdare Extended Colliery, was admitted to the Cessnock District Hospital to-day, suffering from injuries to his head and back…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Propeller · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 3

While crossing Church Street, Parramatta, to take his seat in a Sydney-bound motor bus, Thomas A. Sayburn of Vista Street, Sans Souci, was…

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