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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

4,648 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 233

Injured in Motor Accident. Chinese Sues Actress. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 15

In an action begun in the County Couit today Miss Muriel Starr, the actress, was one of the defendants. The other defendant was Mrs. Elizabeth Fisher, of Merbein. Plaintiff…

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Thought It a Joke Drowning Man's Appeal Wagga

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 9

A man named Cullen, an employee on Mundowey Station, was drowned in the river. He had gone in for a swim after a meal, and soon commenced…

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LADY M.P. Injured Perth

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 1

Miss May Holman, Labor member for Forrest, is an inmate of a private hospital as a result of a motor car accident on Saturday night…

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Man Killed in Crane Smash Another Injured City Sensation Crushed by 45 Cwt

Evening News · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 7

ONE man was killed and another badly injured in a sensational crane smash at Farmer's new building in…

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Crane Crash One Killed, One Injured Jib Snaps Ugly Smash in Big City Excavation

The Sun · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 10

An ominous snapping sound--the tearing of five steel teeth from one of the cogs of a great crane in the excavations at the corner of George and Market streets for the expansion of Farmer and Company's building--preceded to-day a crash which killed one man…

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'Bus Strikes Pole. Accident at Artarmon. Eight Persons Hurt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 15

Eight persons were slightly injured at Artarmon late on Monday night, when a motor omnibus left the roadway and came into collision with a telegraph pole. The 'bus…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 9

JONES ISLAND.--Mr. D. J. Clune, secretary of the Manning River Dairy Company, was sick, and, going out on his verandah, which is about 6ft. high,…

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Fatalities and Accidents Struck and Fell 40 Feet

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1926 · page 7

Struck on the head by a heavy iron bucket, which became unhooked from crane. Sidney Foulstone (40), a…

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Seaman Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 3

On January 10 last Alexander James Beardsley, an able seaman, fell overboard from the steamer Belbowrle. When it was found that Beardsley was…

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Cup Horse Injured

The Sun · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 5

Cyrlplan, who is an acceptor for the Australian Cup, ran in the Mentone Purse yesterday with a fractured rle. It is understood that he was kicked…

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Steamer Nirvana. in Collision with Eburna

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 4

When leaving the port of Fremantle on Tuesday last, the British-India liner Nirvana collided with the incoming tanker Eburna. The Nirvana was…

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Driver Woke in Hospital Story of Collision

Evening News · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 10

A smash between a lorry and a taxi-cab in Oxford-street City on February 6 was the cause of the appearance of George Andrew…

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Motor Thieves' Fate Were They Drowned Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 9

A motor car owned by Mr. R. Greenless, a Melbourne journalist, was stolen from outside a newspaper office to-night. The thieves were seen…

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Crane Collapses. Workman Killed. Another Badly Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 9

A workman was killed and another was seriously injured yesterday at the building in course of erection for Farmer and Co., Ltd., at the corner of George and Market streets, city,…

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Four Hurt in Collision 'Bus and Motor Car Waverley Crash

Evening News · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 9

WHEN a bus and a motor car came into collision at the corner of Cooper and Birrell streets, Wave[?] to-day, four…

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Lines Blocked by Derailment Marulan Accident

Evening News · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 9

Owing to the axle of a truck breaking, a goods engine and four trucks were derailed near Marulan to-day. No one was injured…

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'Accidents will happen'

Evening News · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 3

Accidents will happen—don't you worry. Look out for the Marmaduke Comic next Sunday. Eight bright colored…

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Crane Falls Accident in City One Man Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 7

One man was killed and another received injuries of a serious nature when the jib of a crane broke at Farmer's new building,…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 7

TRANGIE.--Mr. W. Liddle, a returned soldier, of Orange Plains Station, is at Tottenham in a serious condition as a result of revolver wounds…

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Fatalities and Accidents Blinded by Lime

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 February 1926 · page 5

Temporarily blinded by lime, which splashed in his eyes, George Jones (56), of Flinders Street, Darlinghurst, fell 20 feet from a scaffold at the…

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