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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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Railway Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 1

William Clarke (27), of The Hall, Bankstown, was overtaken by a train whilst returning from luncheon to work on the railway line near…

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Motor Accident. Six People Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 10

Six people were injured at Darlinghurst early this morning, when two cars came into violent collision at the intersection of Flinders and Albion streets. Both cars were…

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General News Man Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 4

HELENSBURGH. -- Arthur Hornby (20), a miner, of Helensburgh, was washed off the rocks while fishing at Wattamolla, a favorite spot for…

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Collision with Cow Constable Unconscious

The Sun · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 7

Constable Hamer, of the police cyclist corps, while on duty in Pittwater-road Brookvale, last night, ran into a cow, which wandered on to the road,…

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Not a "Primus" Stove Coonamble Fatality

The Sun · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 7

In a report from Coonamble, published in "The Sun" on November 15 last, it was stated that the death of a young man at Coonumble was…

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Police Car Smash Collision with Taxi

The Sun · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 1

Tho police patrol car, driven by Constable J. C. Griffiths, in turning from Elizabeth-street into Cleveland-street, Redfern, at 3.15 a.m. to-day, collided…

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'Bus Smash Four Injured in Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 9

A motor omnibus, travelling to Belmore from Sydney, was jambed between two trams at Seymour's corner, Marrickville Road, Marrickville, yesterday…

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Holiday Smashes Eight Hurt Liverpool Collision Two Cars

The Sun · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 2

Eight passengers wore hurl, two seriously, when a collision occurred between two motor cars at the corner of Macquarie and Sydney roads,…

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Old Man Injured. Dragged Along by Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 10

In attempting to board a moving tram in Alfred-street, Milson's Point, about 8 o'clock last night, William Jeffkins, aged 67 years, of Bridge-road, Glebe missed his footing, and,…

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Cyclist Badly Hurt Injured in Fatal Smash

The Sun · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 2

Eric Baun, aged 25, the cyclist, of Leath-street, Croydon Park, who was seriously injured yesterday in the smash in which Ronald Kelsey, aged…

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Race Party Motor Car Overturns Seven Injured

The Sun · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 2

Seven people, on their way to Randwick Racecourse to-day, were injured when a motor car, through the brakes locking, overturned on the…

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Five Injured In Motor Smash MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 1

Swerving off the main Belgrave road early this morning, a double-seater car ran up an embankment and crashed into a fence. Five persons were…

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'Bus Jammed. Between Two Trams Four Passengers Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 9

A motor 'bus was jammed between two trams travelling in opposite directions in Victoria-road, Marrickville, yesterday afternoon. Four of the passengers were injured…

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One Killed Two Injured Motor Car and Cycle Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 9

A man was killed and two wore injured -- one seriously -- in a collision between a motor car and cycle at the corner of Hardy and…

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Hit by Rock Mountain Climber Injured Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 1

While climbing Mount Egmont Mr. and Mrs. Marks and Mr. and Mrs. Williams, residents of Hamilton, met with a startling experience…

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One Killed-two Are Injured Car and Cycle Collide Hurlstone Park Crash

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 1

A man was killed and two others Injured when a motor car and a bicycle collided in Hardy Street, Hurlston Park, last night…

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M. Spahlinger. Laboratory Accident. London, Dec. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 9

The Geneva correspondent of the "Daily Express" says:-"M. Henri Spahllnger was working in his laboratory with an emulsion of hyper-virulent cultures of tuberculosis…

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Two Killed. Railway Accidents. Struck by Engines

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 10

Two railway fatalities occurred yesterday, the victims being a fettler, William Clark, and a young woman who has not been definitely identified…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 January 1927 · page 4

ARMIDALE. -- The explosion of a petrol iron at the residence of Mr. C. Sawyers resulted in Mrs. Sawyers and her two-year-old child being badly…

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Condition of Injured

The Sun · Sunday 2 January 1927 · page 2

Following is the midnight report of those seriously injured in yesterday's smashes: -- STILL UNCONSCIOUS…

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