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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

4,648 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 233

Motor Car Accident

The Propeller · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 2

On Sunday last, at about 1 p.m., Mr. Robert C. Quine, contractor, of Sans Souci, arrived at Blackheath from Sans Souci in his car, and stopped on a slight…

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Fall Through Hatch Accident on Euripides

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 4

While engaged in supervising the disposal of refrigerated cargo in one of the holds of the Aberdeen liner Euripides yesterday afternoon. John…

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Disastrous Explosion in Burwood Extended (Redhead) Mine Another "Safe" Mine Explodes with Dire Results One Is Killed and Thirteen Are Injured Miraculous Escape of Over 350 Men Miners Are Caught in Engulfing Flash Ten in Newcastle Hospital; Three at Wallsend Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 1

A DISASTROUS EXPLOSION OCCURRED about 1.30 p.m. to-day at the Burwood Extended Colliery (Redhead), resulting in the death of one miner and serious injury to thirteen others. Ten miners are now in Newcastle Hospital, and three in Wallsend Hospital. THE TRAGEDY OCCURRED in the old workings, in what is known as No. 4 West, in the top of Victoria…

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Collision. Tram and Motor 'Bus. Three Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 16

Three persons sustained injuries yesterday morning, when a tram collided with a motor omnibus at the intersection of Victoria and Oxford streets. Darlinghurst…

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Colliery Accident. Man Killed and Father Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 15

An accident occurred at No. 2 bench of the McBride tunnel of the State coalmine last night, W. A. Matthews, aged 27 years, married, dying later from his injuries. A. W…

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Quarryman Injured. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 16

A man named Oscar McManus met with a serious accident while working at Mt. Fro[?] quarries to-day. He was quarrying rock while standing on a staging, which fell and…

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City Smash Three Injured [?] and Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 4

A sensational accident occurred at the corner of Victoria and Oxford Streets, Darlinghurst, yesterday. A citybound tram collided with a motor 'bus,…

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Explosion Five Men Injured at Pyrmont Wall Blown Down Serious Accident at Sugar Refinery Works

The Sun · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 2

Five men were injured--three of them seriously--in a violent explosion which wrecked the wall of one of the main buildings at the Colonial Sugar Refining Company's works, Pyrmont, to-day. The roof of the laboratory, which is housed in an adjacent…

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Driver Did Not Stop Man Injured by Motor

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 6

Covered with blood and staggering about in gutter in a semiconscious condition, Edward Sautler (20), laborer, of 499 Rlley Street. City…

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Hit Express Motor Cyclist Injured Broken Hill

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 9

A motor-cycle crashed into the Adelaide express at Bromide Street crossing this morning, and John Oliver, the rider, was seriously injured…

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Three Are Hurt in 'Bus Smash All for Hospital Oxford Street Collision

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 6

THREE people had narrow escapee from death yesterday when a bus and a tram came into collision in Oxford Street…

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Forty Injured Factory Explosion Women in Flames Warsaw, January 22

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 1

A short circuit caused a fire in the Granat Metal Works, where among other things hand grenades are manufactured…

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Sport and Sprotsmen a Course That Is Immune No Race Fatality Has Ever Marred Sandown's Sport Victorian Turf's Big Toll of Death

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 5

SANDOWN PARK has the distinction of being the only racecourse in Melbourne Metropolitan area on which a…

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Heavy Toll on Life. Motoring Accidents. Washington, Jan. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 15

Deaths due to motoring accidence in 79 of the largest cities in 1825 numbered 6370, an increase of 282 over the 1924 figures. New York led with 1001 deaths, and in Chicago…

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Quarry Accident Mudgee

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 10

A serious accident occurred at Mount Frome Hmestone narries, Mudgee, to-day. Oscar McManus, a young man, was working on the…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1926 · page 4

BALRANALD.--Andrew David Pedrana (60), a well-known drover, was found dead by his son in a paddock a mile from his home. He was…

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Two Explosions Huge Hole Torn in C.s.r. Works Five Injured Thrills During Fire in Martin-place

The Sun · Sunday 24 January 1926 · page 5

Tearing asunder 375 square feet of brick wall a foot thick, a violent explosion in one of the main buildings of the Colonial Sugar Refining Company's works at Pyrmont yesterday injured five workmen…

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Killed by Tram Kensington Accident

The Sun · Sunday 24 January 1926 · page 5

John Matthews (40), Essex-street, city, was knocked down and dragged several feet by a tram at the corner of Ascot-street and Anzac-parade…

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Drowning Accident. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 12

John Phillip Glanz, when bathing in the Gin Gin brook yesterday afternoon with his 15[?] year-old son, was drowned. The body was recovered…

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Tram Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 12

John Mattbews, aged 40 years, lately resident at 10 Essex-street, city, was knocked down by a tram on Saturday afternoon near the intersection of Ascot-street nnd Anzac-parade…

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