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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

4,648 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 233

Serious Accident Averted

Nepean Times · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 6

What might have ended in a fatality occurred at the Exchange Sale Yards on Monday last, during the progress of the sale. Mr Field, of Kingsword,…

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Unfortunate Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 5

A rather nasty and simple accident Befell Miss Vera Giles on Sunday morning last. She was a member of the congregation at Rupertswood Church,…

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"No Accident" Week. Fewer Road Deaths in London

The World's News · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 2

Accidents and deaths due to traffic in London streets are decreasing. There were fewer people killed during the quarter ended September 30 than in the…

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Keeping Down Accidents

The World's News · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 2

The Americans have adopted an excellent idea foe warning motorists of level railway crossings. Two white ridges of concrete, about two…

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Accident at a Circus. Burraga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 16

While playing with the trapeze rings before the commencement of Clinton's Circus at Burraga on Wednesday night, Mr. Bob Smeaton, proprietor of the Royal Hotel, fell and…

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Fatal Motor Accident. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1926 · page 16

A verdict of accidentai death was recorded by the Coroner (Mr. H. M. Cleeve, P.M.) at the inquest yesterday concerning the death of Mrs. Isabella Rowley, a resident of…

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'Bus Collision

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1926 · page 5

Two buses bound for the city collided on tho corner of Wentworth-avenue and Oxford-street, City, yesterday. Mrs. Alice Harper, aged 42, of King's…

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Smashes Man Killed; Five Others Injured Toll of the Motor Two Cars Crash Head on at Caringbah

The Sun · Sunday 31 January 1926 · page 2

Yesterday the road claimed another life. A man died after a smash in Liverpool-road, Enfield. Another man was injured. Two cars crashed on the Kingsway, Caringbah. Two women…

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Bus Collision. Three People Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 12

Two women and a child were injured when two motor 'buses collided in Elizabeth-street, near Hay-stroot, into yesterday afternoon. The injured were:…

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Collision at Caringbah. Three Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 12

Two motor cars collided on the Kingsway, Caringbah, on Saturday, and two women and a baby were hurt. The injured were:…

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Boy Drowned Towed by Horse Fatality in Dam Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 5

John Edward Mcwilliams, aged 15. met his death under most unsual circumstances at Kittingworth this afternoon…

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Drowned in Copper

Evening News · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 11

The City Coroner to-day returned a verdict of accidental drowning in the case of George Balley, 65, of Robert-street, Marrickville, who was found…

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Collision on the Harbor

Evening News · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 1

This in the ferry steamer Kurami a, of the company's works, at Milson's Point, after her collision with the Howard Smith inter-State car[?] steamer Wear. It was a nasty been p, and the damage is covered by [?]…

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Child Drowned Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 7

Beryl May Frances James (2) was found drowned in a waterhole near her home yesterday afternoon. The child, who was playing about…

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Newcastle. Boy Drowned. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 12

A 15-year-old boy, John Edward Mcwilliams, was drowned in a dam near Killingworth late yesterday afternoon According to a police report it appears that Mcwilliams hung on…

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Buses Collide Woman Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 4

Two city-bound motor-'buses collided at the corner of Oxford Sercet and Wentworth Avenue on Saturday afternoon injuring Mrs. Alice Harper,…

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Barking Dogs Cyclists Injured

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 1

BARKING DOGS, which make a speciality of rushing at cyclists, caused two nasty accidents during the week-end…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning Pantomime Actress Melbourne

Evening News · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 9

WHILE swimming at Elwood yesterday, Miss Lucy Southern, a member of the "Jack and the Bean-stalk" pantomime company, had a…

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Drowned in Bay Tragedy at Balmain

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 7

When a rowing boat capsized in Iron Cove, Balmain late on Saturday night, William M'Cleod' (20), of Tancart St., Rozelie, was drowned…

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Man Drowned Boating Tragedy Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 11

One man was drowned and another rescued just in time when a boat containing a picnic party was swamped at the Sandhills, Rockhampton,…

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