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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

4,648 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 233

Boat Capsized Young Man Drowned Rockhampton

The Sun · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 2

A tragic drowning accident occurred at the Sandhills, a seaside resort, 30 miles from here. Half a dozen young men got into a…

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Boy Drowned Fell Off Horse Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 7

A drowning accident occurred this afternoon in a dam near Killingworth, the victim being John Edward M'Williams (15)…

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Cars Crash Three Injured Charge Against Driver

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 11

The charging of the driver of one of the cars with having driven while under the influence of liquor was the sequel of a head-on collision between…

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J. B. Dalley Injured Serious Scalp Wounds Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 2

Mr. John Bede Dalley, the well- known journalist, was knocked off the footboard of the car he was getting into at Portsea last night, and…

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Children Injured Through Wind Screen of Car Newcastle

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 11

Robert and Ambrose Warren, aged [?] years and 9 years respectively, living at Cardiff, were riding in the front seat of a motor car, driven by their father,…

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Week-end's Toll One Life Ended Mother and Baby Are Injured Craze for Speed

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 1

LIVERPOOL RD., Enfield, added another death on Saturday to the toll ol the motor. William Boyle aged 22. of Listen venue…

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Motor Accidents. Man Killed at Enfield

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

Huried from a sidecar that was conveying him along the Liverpool-road, Enfield, towards Liverpool, on Saturday, William Hinton Boyle, 22, of Lister-avenue, Rockdale, received…

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Dogs the Cause Cycle Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1926 · page 7

Dogs were the cause of two accidents during the week-end, a woman being badly hurt at Botany yesterday as the, result of falling from the back…

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Drowning Tragedy

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 5

BOMBALA.--William C. Moore (27), only son of William Moore, a well-known builder, was drowned in a deep swimming hole in Bombala River, about…

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Boy Drowned. Singleton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 12

Edward James Kenna, aged 13, was drowned in a waterhole about three-quarters of a mile from his home, Glencairn, Warkworth yesterday afternoon. As he did not return…

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Railway Fatality. Unknown Man Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 8

Terribly mutilated, the body of an unknown man was found on the railway line near the Gordon station early yesterday morning, The discovery was made by a railway…

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Injured by Car Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 9

Mr. J. B. Dalley, formerly editor of "Punch," was knocked oft the running heard of a motor car at Sorrento last night by a passing car. He was…

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COLLISION. Off Circular Quay. Ferry Steamer Damaged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 11

Considerable excitement was caused yesterday morning, when the interstate steamer Wear and the ferry steamer Kuramla came into collision off Circular Quay…

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Injured by Motor Car. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 12

Mr. J. B. Dalley, of Collins-place, Melbourne, formerly editor of Melbourne "Punch," when about to enter a motor car at Sorrento last night, was knocked off the running board…

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Swimmer Fatally Injured. Kurri Kur[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 12

Allen Maxwell, 17 years of Edward-street, Kurri Kurri, died in the Kurri Kurri District Hospital this afternoon from a broken neck. He sustained the injury through diving into…

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Motor Car Smashed Joy Rider Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 12

How Raymond Kinnear Robertson, aged 20, wool classer, was injured when motor car, in which he was joy riding, collided with a wall at…

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Three Injured Motor Runs Away Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 1

Two men and a woman were hurt when an unattended motor car backed down a hill and crashed into a side show at Mordialloc carnival to- night…

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End of a Joy-ride. Injured and Arrested

Evening News · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 11

A Joy-ride in somebody else[?] to Raymond Kinne[?] wool-classer being in[?]parance at Darlinghurst[?]…

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Held Up Taxi Driver Robbed Assailants Fight Two Badly Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 13

A yellow taxi-driver had a hectic experience this morning. First he was held up by four men and robbed of £17 12s…

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Lorry Overturns. Two Persons Killed. Twenty Others Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 12

Shortly after 6 o'clock to-night, on the Devil's Elbow Tourist-road, about one and a half mile from Upper Fern Tree Gully, a motor lorry, containing about 25 people,…

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