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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

4,648 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 233

£10,000 Damage Camperdown Blaze Fireman Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 9

A GOOD supply of water and the absence of wind assisted the fire brigade to make a splendid save when fire attacked the…

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Island Riots One Killed; 17 Injured Navy Restores Order Auckland (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 1

The sloop Laburnum returned today, having effectively remedied the situation at Ocean Island, where rioting between Chinese and Gilbert…

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Twenty-six Burned to Death Many Missing and Injured Victorian Bush Fires Take Terrible Toll Townships Destroyed; Hundreds Homeless Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 1

Twenty-six lives -- men, women and children--were lost m the bush fires which swept Victoria, yesterday. Many were injured and other are missing. It is feared that the sad story of sacrifice has not been fully told…

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Gun Accident. Girl's Leg Amputated. Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 11

A serious shooting accident occurred at Mr. J. Fagan's Mulyan Station a few miles from town. One of the domestic staff, Miss Florrie Drumgold, received a charge of shot in the…

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Motor Accidents. Car and Cycle Collide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 11

A collision between a motor car and a motor cycle and sidecar in Addison-road, Marrickville, last night, resulted in both vehicles being seriously damaged. The cycle and…

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Melbourne's Accidents

The Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 10

Melbourne, Tuesday. -- There were 293 persons killed in vehicular accidents in Victoria in 1925. The total vehicle accidents for the year was…

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General News ACCIDENTS

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 7

LITHGOW.--Messrs. E. Painter, W, Kelly, O, Tobin. and J. Allen, residents, were returning tp Lithgow in a Sulky when the horse bolted and capsized…

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Two Women Shot Accidental Explosion Cowra

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 9

In a shooting accident on Mr. J. Fagan's Mulyan station, one of the domestic staff. Miss Florence Drumgold, received a charge of shot in the…

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Woman Found Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 19

About 8 o'clock yesterday morning Constables McLoughry and Roberts, of the Water Police, recovered the body of a woman, which was floating in the water at Iron Cove…

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Cyclists Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 19

Les[?] Heyden, aged 16 years, of Watkin-street, Huristone Park, and Ernest Jacobson, aged 16 years, of Florence-street, Hur[?]stone Park, two friends, were riding bicycles…

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Injured. in Melbourne Hospitals

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 15

Arthur' G. Walker, 21, timber trucker, Gilderoy, extensive burns; condition serious. Harry G. King, 23 log trucker, Gilderoy,…

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Seaman's Dying Appeal Drowned in Bay

Evening News · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 10

"Hold me up. I can't swim!" Walter Joseph Hardy, Seaman, according to evidence at the Coroner's Court, to-day, made that…

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Fell Asleep Lorry Driver Injured

The Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 11

Failing asleep while-driving a motor lorry along Liverpool-road, Ash field, at about 2.20 a.m. to-day, Clarence Edmund Saunders, of Orange Grove…

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Cyclists Crash Two Youths Injured

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 5

Two cyclists who collided head- on at the corner of Ida and Wat- kina Streets, Huristone Park, last night, were both seriously injured…

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'Bus and Lorry Collision. (Before Judge Curlewis.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 4

A verdict for the plaintiff for £15 was given in the action in which Abe Samms, of Castlereagh street, Sydney, motor-'bus proprietor, sued Antonio…

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DISTRICT (Before Judge Cohen.) Motor Cars in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 4

In a jury action. William Henry Rhodes, of Lane Cove Road, Pymble. cream distributor, sued Frederick Percival Cole, of Edward Street, Concord,…

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Pendilla Accident Jockey O'Brien Suspended MELBOURNE

Evening News · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 9

At the V.R.C. office to-day, the stewards finished their inquiry into the accident in which Pendilia was killed at the last Sandown Park meeting. The…

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COLLIS J. Boyd Dies. Fatal Accident at Caulfield Popular All-round Rider

Referee · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 1

QUITE an air of gloom was cast over the crowd at Caulfield on Saturday, just as the last race was being run, when it was learned that the popular…

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Fatal Riding Accident. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 16

Mr. Francis Henry Cartwright, a visitor from First-street, Canterbury, was accidentally killed as a result of his horse falling with him. He sustained a fracture of the base of…

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Damages Are Awarded Motor Accidents

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 February 1926 · page 3

A verdict for £33 damages was returned by the jury in the District Court before judge then yesterday. In the case in which William Henry…

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