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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

4,648 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 233

Speedster Injured Maitland

The Labor Daily · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 6

In a condition last night near High Street nentrance Basil Besoff, a motor cyclist who intended racing at the carnival, was struck by a motor…

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Injured Trainee Condition Improves

Evening News · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 14

THE condition of R. B. Finney, a military trainee, who was injured by a electric detonator which entered his chest below the left shoulder…

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Leg Badly Crushed In Collision With Car

Evening News · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 14

A motor-cycle ridden by G. Adams, 17 of Lang Cove-road, Turramurra, cattle into collision with a car in Lane Cove-road, Pymble, last night. The…

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Car and Train Collision at Casino Remarkable Escapes

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 4

Four youths had remarkable escapes from death on Saturday afternoon, when a motor car, in which they were travelling, crashed into the…

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Motoring Mishaps Level-crossing Smashes. Many Persons Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 4

The level-crossing tour Windsor (Q.) railway station was the scene of a [?] accident on Saturday night, when a train crashed into a…

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Fell From Car Woman Injured Police on the Scene

The Sun · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 10

A woman who gave the name of Mrs. Rita Wadworth, and her address as St. James's Hotel, Market-street, fell from a motor car, travelling along…

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Plane Crashes at Canberra Pilot Is Killed Observer Injured Spectators Horrified

The Labor Daily · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 1

TAKING a sudden dive to earth at Canberra yesterday, a Defence Department acroplane crashed and immediately caught fire…

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Distressing Accident. Man Killed by Falling Logs. Maryborough

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 11

While engaged in hauling logs near Takura, William Gallagher, 39, was killed. He was timber-getting with Joseph Currant, when one of the rear wheels of his team went over the…

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Fatal Shooting Accident. Byron Bay

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

Mr. George Johnson, a dairy farmer, with a holding near Byron Bay, was fouud dead yesterday afternoon close to a wire fence, with a gun beside him. One cartridge had…

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Riding Accident. Lithgow

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

John Armstrong, a well-known resident of the Oberon district, met with a painful accident on Tuesday afternoon. Anmstrong was riding a horse and leading two others, which…

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Unkind Fate Two Accidents -- Blind Lost an Eye Each Time Rockhampton

The Sun · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 9

John Robinson (55), of Blair Athol, met with an accident some years ago and lost his right eye. He was riding in the bush recently…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Propeller · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 8

Last Saturday a motor cycle and decar, driven by Arthur H. Hart, of Wellengong Road, Arncliffe, collided with another motor cyclist at Waterloo…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 February 1926 · page 4

GLOUCESTER.--J. D. Parish, farmer, of Gloucester River, was attacked by a hull on Wednesday evening, and sustained a crushed ankle and…

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Injured Eye

Nepean Times · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 4

Whilst Mr. Sid Snell was removing a shoe from a horse on Tuesday a piece of the shoe struck one of his eyes. He was taken to the Hospital, where the…

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Motor Fatality Driver Committed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 17

Archibald John Slvyer, a carrier, of Dillon Street, Paddington, was committed for trial by the City Coroner (Mr. Fletcher) yesterday on a charge of…

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Driving Fatality. Coff's Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 16

Edward Nelson (66) was killed last night while driving a cart. The vehicle upset, and the horse kicked Nelson on the head. His chest was also crushed. Nelson was an old…

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Clipper Injured Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 7

Yesterday Harold Rehel, a clipper employed at Bellbird Colliery, was jambed between two skips, receiving injuries to both legs. He was…

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Injured by Lightning. Wingham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 16

This week a storm nearly brought disaster [?] Mr. S. Walker and family, of Duckenfield, Lower Dingo Creek. Mrs. Walker was in a room adjoining the dairy, and Mr. Walker had…

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Leap From Car Woman Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 4

The police night patrol was travelling along Anzac Parade, near Cleveland St., early yesterday morning, when a car passed in which the police saw a man…

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Injured Trainee In Serious Condition

Evening News · Saturday 13 February 1926 · page 6

The electric detonator, which entered the chest of R. B. Finney, a military trainee, at South Head, on Thursday, has been removed, but the…

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