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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

4,648 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 233

Motor Smash One Killed and Two Injured Hit a Fence West Maitland

The Sun · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 8

A woman was killed and two other persons were badly injured when, owing to'the steering gear falling, a motor…

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Sugar Blaze Explosion at C.s.r. Works Five Injured Thrilling Escapes From Death

The Labor Daily · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 1

FIVE MEN were seriously injured by an explosion and fire at the Colonial Sugar Refining Company's works at Pyrmont on Saturday. The…

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Motor Accidents. Auckland (N.z.)

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

Six persons were injured by the wrecking of a motor limousine at Papakura in the early hours of Saturday night. The car was travelling fast when the near tyre burst, causing…

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Bathing Accidents

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

Dorothy Watts, aged l8 years, of Hastings-parade, North Bondi, received serious injuries to the spine when she was dumped by the surf at Bondi yesterday morning. The…

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Bathing Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 8

Warwick Sussell, aged 30 years, of Alison-road, Randwick, died at St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday as a result of injuries he sustained whilst diving into shallow water at Clovelly…

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Cyclist Injured

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 5

Through the motor cycle and sidecar he was riding in Parramatta Rd., Camperdown, colliding with a lorry last night, Alexander Armstrong, 22. of…

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Boy Is Drowned Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 5

Claude Barren, 13. of St. Augusline's Orphanage, was drowned in the drowned in the Barwon River at Geelong to-day. Five boys from St. Augustine's went to the…

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Lesson From Drowning Case Forming L.s. Club

Evening News · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 7

A RECENT drowning fatality in the George's River, near Liverpool, was referred to in a letter from the Royal Life-saving Society to Liverpool…

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Woman Injured. Refuses to Give Evidence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 4

At the Central Police Court yesterday, the case in which John Marangon, aged 31 years, a cleaner, was charged with having maliciously inflicted grievous bodily harm upon Tilly…

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Freighter Sunk Collision at Sea New York

The Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 1

Bound to this port with a cargo of sugar from Cuba, the Norwegian freighter Solvang, of 2332 tons, was sunk in a collision with the New York…

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Drowned in Murray Sad Picnic Ending Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 5

John Burnam Hamilton, of Redcliffs, was drowned in the River Murray at Bonnie Doon, near Redcliffs, yesterday…

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Fatal Fall. Scaffolding Breaks. Man Killed; Another Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 7

One man was killed and another seriously injured when scaffolding on which they were working collapsed, and they fell a distance of 40 feet from a city building yesterday. The…

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Miner Dies of Injuries Aberdare Fatality Two in Fortnight Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 1

Frank Geatches, a wheeler employed at Aberdare Colliery, died in Cessnock Hospital yesterday as the result of injuries received…

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Sydney Lady Injured Doctor's Wife in Smash Mudgee

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 5

Mrs. warren, wife of Dr. Warren, of Macquarie Street, Sydney, was motoring. with her son and daughter, near Coolah, when the ear struck a hump…

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Second Elevens Nicholls Injured Victoria's Big Score Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 5

The annual match between the New South Wales and Victorian second cricket teams, was commenced to-day. Davies won the toss from Morgan, and…

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Woman Killed. Thrown From Car. Two People Injured. Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 7

A fatal motor accident occuned on the Maitland to Newcastle road at Tarro yesterday afternoon, the victim being Mrs. Isobella Rowley, of Steel-street, Jesmond. Mrs…

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One Is Killed and Another Injured Scaffolding Collapses at People's Palace

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 1

ONE man was killed and another seriously hurt when a scaffolding collapsed in the city yesterday…

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Peculiar Accident. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1926 · page 8

Jack Cowling, of Glenreagh, aged 28 years, was injured in a peculiar manager on Saturday. After he had finished cutting track through some scrub, he walkded or…

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Drowning Accidents. Bowraville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 14

A drowning accident occurred at North Creek, Bowraville, yesterday. Blanche Cronsey, aged 13½ years, together with her brother and a girl cousin, went for a bathe…

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Boy Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1926 · page 1

Geoffrey Yates, aged 11, of Alfred Street, North Sydney, fell about 16ft. over a cliff at Balmoral yesterday afternoon…

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