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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

4,648 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 233

Premature Explosion 500 Tons of Rock Fall Two Men Injured Mackay

The Sun · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 9

Thomas Peterson, aged 33, and Richard Daly, aged 45, employed at the Harbor Works, Mount Bennett Quarry, were perched on the top of an 80…

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Died from Scalds Accident at Abattoirs

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 3

When boiling water poured over Frank King (33) at Homebush Abbatoirs on January 23, he was hurried away to hospital shockingly scalded…

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Fatal Riding Accident. Deniliquin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 12

Clar[?] Mary Stitt, 21, wife of William John Stitt, grazier, was killed at her husband's property, near Deniliquin this morning. Deceased attempted to mount a horse…

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Motor Cars Crash. Accident at Tom Ugly's

The Propeller · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 3

A remarkable smash occurred on the Prince's Highway at Blakehurst, near Tom Ugly's, on Tuesday night, when two cars met head-on, spilling their…

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Motor Cycle Accident. Rockdale Man Killed

The Propeller · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 1

Hurled from a sidecar that was conveying him along the Liverpool Road, Enfield, towards Liverpool, last Saturday, William Hinton Boyle, aged 22…

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Accidental Death

The Propeller · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 1

At Parramatta last Friday the district coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) held an inquiry into the death of Thomas Arthur Sayburn, aged 36, of…

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Accident at Baths

The Propeller · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 6

Frederick Pollard, aged 8 years of 32 Connemarra Street, Bexley, was standing on the landing at Sans Souci Baths on Sunday afternoon last, when…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 4

TEMORA.--The coroner. Mr. Bradley. inquired into the cause of the fire in a house on Saturday night, and the death of Mak Tuk, a Chinese, aged 96…

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Street Accidents Care of Victims

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 5

Ambulance officers state that much suffering could have been saved victims of street accidents during the last few weeks if our zealous helpers…

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Breeder Injured Lismore

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 18

Mr. W. Bower, senior, a well-known Jersey breeder, was seriously injured at Mullumbimby to-day. He was riding up an embankment in pursuit of a…

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Horse Bolts Into Telegraph Pole Woman Injured

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 1

While Mrs. V. Hansell, of Evalane-street, Camp[?]ie, was driving a sulky along River-road, East Hills, to-day, the horse became frightened and…

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Car Overturns. Three Men Injured. Mittagong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 16

Three men were severely injured in a motor car accident which occurred at 5.30 o'clock this evening near Yerrinbool. The car, driven by Kenneth [?]an Dunbar, of…

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General News Runaway Horse Car Driver Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 4

LISMORE. -- In the main street on Friday afternoon, a bolting horse, dragging harness behind him, dashed along a footpath, narrowly missing a…

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Could Not Swim Sailor Is Drowned Make Loses His Grasp

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 5

In tragic circumstances, Walter Joseph Hardy, 35, a seaman aboard the Port Kembla, was drowned in Woolloomooloo Bay yesterday…

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Drowned in Mine Disaster Recalled Lily Rose Incident Newcastle

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 6

A commencement has been made with pumping operations, with the object of recovering from the Lily Rose mine, the remains of the late…

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Painting Plank Slipped Seaman Drowned Plucky Rescue Effort Walter Joseph Hardy, 35

Evening News · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 1

a seaman on the steamer Port Kembla, berthed at Woolloomooloo, was drowned in the harbor last evening…

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His Gratitude. a dentist was saved from drowning by a laborer, and from the depths of his grateful heart. exclaimed:—

The World's News · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 6

"Noble, brave, gallant man, how shall I reward you? Only come to my house, and I will cheerfully pull out every tooth you have in your head, and not charge you…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 4

DENILIQUIN. -- Clarence Mary Stitt, 21, wife of William Stitt, grazier, was killed through being thrown from a horse…

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Sulkies Crash Peculiar Accident Lithgow

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 9

An unusual accident occurred at Porter's Retreat last night, resulting in injuries to W. E. Maloney and Patrick Cosgrove…

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Hit a Tree Cyclist Injured

The Sun · Sunday 7 February 1926 · page 2

Swerving in Railway-parade, Horns by, last night, a motor cycle crashed into a tree, the driver, Leonard Edwin Matthews, aged 28, butcher, of…

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