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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

4,648 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 233

Dragging for Body Seaman Drowned Couldn't Get Help

The Sun · Sunday 7 February 1926 · page 5

All day yesterday, the Water Police continued to drag the waters of Woolloomooloo Bay, near No. 2 wharf, for the body of Walter Joseph Hardy, aged…

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Jumps From Tram and Is Badly Injured

Sunday Times · Sunday 7 February 1926 · page 1

William Remington, aged 16, of Pitt-street, Redfern, jumped from a moving tram in Chalmers-street, City, yesterday, and a motor ear knocked him [?]…

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Cycles Crash Rider Thrown Under Tram Two Men Injured

The Sun · Sunday 7 February 1926 · page 2

Two motor cycles collided in Botany-road near Holland-street, yesterday afternoon, with the result that a passenger in the side-car of the first…

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Accident to Dalley's Son

Truth · Sunday 7 February 1926 · page 16

A telegram from Melbourne announces that on Sunday evening last Mr. John Bede Dalley, well known as a journalist in New South Wales and other States,…

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Six Injured Motor Overturns Collision with 'Bus Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 1

Six people were injured when a motor car and a motor 'bus collided at Corio last night. The former carried six passengers…

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COLLISION. Train and 'Bus. Twenty-seven People Injured. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 11

A sensational accident occurred at the level crossing, near Windsor Railway Station, about 10.30 o'clock on Saturday night, when a train crashed into a large motor 'bus, crowded with…

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Motor Car Accident Man Badly Injured Goulburn

The Sun · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 11

Mr. Percival Mulligan, of Mulligan and Boulter, was driving towards Taralga on Sunday morning, when a tyre blew out and his ear overturned,…

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Sulky and 'Bus Sutherland Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 4

A motor 'bus and a sulky collided in Prince's Highway, Sutherland, late on Saturday night, and the sulky was smashed beyond repair and the 'bus…

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Found Drowned in Elizabeth Bay

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 1

While attending to his, boats in Elizabeth Bay yesterday, James Madigan, a waterman, found the body of an old man floating about…

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Dredgemen Drowned Frantic Struggles Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 6

Two men, John Howard, a deckhand, and James Draper, 41, also a deckhand, were drowned at Rye, near the pier, on Saturday afternoon…

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Five People Drowned. Victohian Tragedies. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 12

The week-end was marred by an unusual number of drowning accidents in Victoria. John Howard, 41, and James Draper, 26, two deck bands employed ou a dredge at the Rye…

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General News Two Injured Cycles Collide

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 7

GRIFFITH.--Alexander Thistleton, 17, and Goluse Sebastiano, 19, were admitted to Griffith Hospital, suffering from injuries received in a…

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Cycle and Car Collide Two Men Injured

Evening News · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 9

TWO MEN were hurt when a motor car collided with a motor cycle in Bridge-road, Glebe, last night…

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Foreigners' Brawl. Bottles As Weapons. Five Persons Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 12

A desperate brawl, in which a Pole and a number of Russians took part, occurred at a house in Port Melbourne about 10 o'clock last night. When the police arrived the house…

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Stabbing Affray Two Badly Injured Man and Woman. Melbourne, Monday

The Sun · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 9

A small weatherboard house in Glass-street, North Melbourne, was the scene of a stabbing affray at 1 o'colck this afternoon, as a result of…

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Heads Split by Bottles Fremantle Assaults Three Men Injured Fremantle

Evening News · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 12

THE beer bottle as a weapon has been used to great effect in Fremantle during the last few days. A negro from the Travean…

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Motor Accidents. Motor Cycles Collide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 12

A motor cycle and sidecar, driven by Arthur H. Hart, of Woollongong-road, on Saturday, came suddenly upon another motor cycle as it was passing a tram car near the Half Way…

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Accident Near Spit

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1926 · page 12

Two motor cars collided on the Manly side of the Spit Bridge yesterday afternoon at the corner of Sydney-rond and Minkmead-avenue, a spot widely known as the "hairpin bend."…

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Double Drowning Fatality at Hay Hay

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 5

A double drowning fatality took place a few miles below Hay on Saturday, when Victor S. Gilbert, of Rockdale, Sydney, and Gordon I[?]…

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Two Drowned Hay

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 7

Victor Gilbert, of Rockdale, Sydney, and Gordon Irvine Pocock (7) were drowned in the Murrumbidgee River a few miles below Hay on Saturday…

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