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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

4,648 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 233

Man Fatally Injured

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 5

Michael Hagarty, of Second Avenue, Lidcombe, was thrown from a horse and fatally injured in Kerr's Road, Lidcombe, yesterday afternoon. The…

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Collision. Remarkable Escape. Car Strikes Train. Casino Accident. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 11

A collision occuried at Casino on Saturday at 6 p.m. [?]ween a motor car and the Sydney express Four youths were In a heavy 8-cylinder car. They were:…

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Fatality Near Coolaii. Coolah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 11

A motor lorry, conveying Fioderick Pegler, his wife, and thies childi cn, and driven by John Moroney, cupslred on Cassillls-road, live miles from Coolah, on Sunday afternoou. One…

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Motor Collision £200 Damages Claimed

The Sun · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 15

Henry Charles Murray, of Kellick-street, Waterloo, mechanic, in the District Court to-day, before Judge Cohen, sought to recover £200…

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Three Injured Bathurst

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 7

A car driven by D. Hatch, of Parkes, and containing three passengers, collided with Dunkeld Bridge, about six miles from Bathurst,…

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Car Against Pole Men Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 5

A motor car, owned by the Hughes Motor Service, Ltd., ran off the Gordon-road, Lindfield, and collided with a telegraph pole at 2 a.m. to-day…

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Motor Cyclist Injured. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 11

Travelling on his motor cycle near O'connell yesterday afternoon R. M. Higgs, Lithgow representative of Munns Clink mid Company, struck a rut and the machino…

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Drowning Tragedy. in Murrumbidgee. Bodies Found Locked Together. Hay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 11

A double drowning accident took place llvr miles west of Hay on Bnturday, when Vlctoi Sydney ollhort, a young man, whose parents reside at Rockdale, Sydney, and Gordon…

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Two Injured Car Hits Post Gordon-road Smash

Evening News · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 7

TWO MEN were injured when a car collided with a telegraph post at Lindfield early today. The injured were:…

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Motors Take Toll Mishaps at Bowral Sydney People Injured Bowral

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 5

A serious motor accident occurred here yesterday afternoon, and as a result two Sydney residents are in the local hospital in very…

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Level Crossing Accident. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 12

The condition of Thomas Russell, who was seriously injured in the level crossing accident at Windsor on Saturday night, was this morning unimproved. He is still…

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Fatal Riding Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 12

Fatal injuries were received by Michael Hegarty, of Record-avenue, Hyde Park, Lidcombe, who was thrown from a horse while riding along Kerr-road, Lidcombe, yesterday…

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Motor Accidents. Mishaps at Bowral. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 11

During the week-end two serious motor accidents occurred. On Saturday evening Mr. Harold Halcrow was driving a car, containing his wife and her…

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Strange Accident. Fire in Hospital. London, Feb. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 11

During an operation at the Mansfield Hospital a nurse's skirt overturned a bottle of ether. The fumes spitad to a fire 14 feet distant and an explosion followed The ward…

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Car Capsizes Death Follows Accident Bowral

The Sun · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 11

Mr. Herbert James Maloney, of Dudley-street, Coogee, died at Berrima, District Hospital last night from injuries sustained in a motor car…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 7

BONALBO.--On Saturday Mr. Ducat, sen., of Old Bonalbo, was thrown from his horse, and lay for an hour in the sun with a broken leg…

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Injured in City Fire

Evening News · Wednesday 10 February 1926 · page 1

Deputy-Chief Officer Nancs, who was wounded by flying glass at the fire at Aberdeen House, Clarence-street, early this…

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Motor Car Collision Damages at £60

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 10 February 1926 · page 8

A verdict for £60 damages was given by Judge Cohen in the District Court yesterday, in a case in which Henry Charles Murray, of Kellick Street,…

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Level Crossing Fatality. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1926 · page 19

Jacob and John Rzosha, two middle-aged brothers, farmers, when returning to Parkvale from Carterton in a [?]ig, were struck by a locomotive at a level crossing. Both were…

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Off the Footboard Conductor Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 10 February 1926 · page 7

[?] 30 train conductor, of [?] was knocked o[?] of a tram by a cart [?] to-day…

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