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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

4,648 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 233

Fatality at Kurnell. Crushed by Falling Rocks

The Propeller · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 1

A fatal ending to a day's picnicking occurred at Kurnell last Saturday afternoon, when Peter Hume Barrie, aged 35 years, a carpenter, residing at…

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Collision at Rockdale. Motor Car and Cyclist

The Propeller · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 1

At the Kogarah Police Court on "Wednesday, before Mr. Longfield, S.M., Aubrey Whitehouse was proceeded against for driving a motor car at…

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Seized with Cramp. Man Drowned at Goulburn

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 4

While swimming with a companion in the Wollondilly River at Goulburn (N.S.W.), last week, Joseph Henry Woods, twenty-five years of age, was…

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Thrown From Car. Woman Fatally Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 4

Mrs. Ada Coleman, of Woollahra (Sydney), died at the Berrims (N.S.W.) district hospital this week from injuries received in a motor-car…

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Oatley Youth Drowned While on Visit to Country

The Propeller · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 1

Joseph Henry Woods, aged 21 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Woods, of Myall Street, Oatley, was drowned in the Wollondilly River at Goulburn last Friday…

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DISTRICT (Before Judge Cohen.) Motor Cycle and Car Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 5

An action, arising out of a collision between a motor car and motor cycle, was brought by Herbert Newton Le Sueur, of 30 Gordon Avenue…

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Eleven Drowned Steamers Collide Port of Spain (Trinidad)

The Sun · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 1

Eleven persons were drowned when the Government steamer Naparima foundered after, a collision with the steamer Vandyck (2135 tons) in the…

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Three Nurses Injured Thrown From Side-Car

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 1

A motor cyclist named Bernard L. McCoy and three nurses from the Gladesville Asylum came to grief at the corner of Pennant and McArthur streets…

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Six Are Injured Serious Car Smash Parramatta Road Again

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 1

SIX persons were injured in a car smash in Parramatta Road, at Auburn, early yesterday morning…

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Dog Bites Bull How Boy Was Injured Murwillumbah

The Sun · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 3

Clive Williams, aged 11, of Stott's Creek, received a compound fracture of the skull as the result of being knocked down by a bull. The boy had Just put…

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Eleven Lives Lost Steamer Sinks After a Collision Port of Spain

Evening News · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 1

ELEVEN persons perished when the Trinidad Government stramer Neparina sank in the harbor here yesterday…

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Shooting Accident. Girl's Leg Amputated

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 4

Miss Florence Drumgold, one of the domestic staff at Mr. Fagan's Mulyan station, a few miles from Cowra (N.S.W.), received a charge of…

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"Evening News" Motorists Guide Drunken Drivers Fools at the Wheel Cause of Accidents

Evening News · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 9

IF is high time that some effort was made to clear the road at the manance of drunken drivers, With the advent of cheap motors we are…

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Fatalities and Accidents Struck by Train

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1926 · page 7

John Pringle (14), of Alam Street, Bankstown, had a narrow escape from death when he was swept between the platform and a train at Sydenham…

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Mysterious Explosion Four Men Injured. Pot of Molten Lead

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 16

Four men were injured late on Thursday afternoon, when a pot of molten lead exploded at Ch[?]vel's galvanising works, 122 Australia-street, Newtown. They were:…

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Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 4

Hunter William Kendall, son of Mr. L. G. Kendall, Principal of Penrith High School, met with an unfortunate accident on Sunday last. He was…

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Remarkable Accident. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 16

Whilst Mrs. John Culgan, of Goolagon, one day last week, was standing on the verandah of her home watching her husband yarding some horses, one of the foals ran towards the…

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Faulty Brakes Cause Serious Accidents

The Sun · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 7

The large number of accidents, fatal and otherwise, in which the automobile is a factor, is directing attention to the subject of efficient brakes. It…

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Accidents at Hay Hay

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 February 1926 · page 6

Mr. W. J. Ashcroft a well known Hay drover, was thrown from his horse, which hail taken fright at a passing motor car Mr. Ashcroft, who has only one leg, was…

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Concussion Melb. Jockey Injured Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 21 February 1926 · page 2

H. Bennett (24), rider of Jaso in the Stanley Steeple at Caulfield this afternoon, was admitted to the Aified Hospital this evening suffering from…

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