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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

4,885 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 245

Railway Fatality. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 12

The death occurred yesterday of William Henry Frost, aged 29, of Lithgow, railway guard, who was injured at Cullen Bullen on January 6. It appears that Frost was in…

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Miners Injured. Cessnock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 12

Joseph Jones, miner, was injured by a fall of coal at Stanford Merthyr Colliery this afternoon. A leg and several ribs were broken. Jack Young, of Pelaw Main Collier, received…

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Country News. Supposed Railway Fatality Uralla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 12

Stephen Hogan, 54, a resident of Walch, was found dead near the railway station early this morning. He is supposed to have been run over by a goods train during the night. His…

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Man Found Drowned. in Lane Cove River

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 12

The body of a man was recovered by Sergeant McGann, of the Water Police, from the Lane Cove River, near the Cumberland Paper Milis, late yesterday afternoon, and it was…

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Fate's Irony Returned Man Drowned Through War Uninjured Boy Pluckily Rescued Albury

The Sun · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 13

Fate used a wire rope to play a tragic trick on John Morris, aged 34, a native of Muswellbrook…

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Motor Accidents. Two Young Men Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 11

Travelling along the Parramatta-road, towards the city, shortly before 11 o'clock last night, a motor cycle, ridden by two young men, crashed into the front of a motor car…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1927 · page 9

BERRY.--A motor-car driven by Alexander Devitt overturned and collided with a telegraph pole, Devitt and Neil Leck wore pinned beneath,…

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Drowning Accidents Week-end's Heavy Toll Immigrant's Death

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 4

While swimming in the macquarie river about ten milos from Dubbo (N.S.W.), on Sunday, a young Englishman named William Duffell was…

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Little Girl Injured. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 12

Joynee Staider, aged 6, residing at Oak-street, East Moree, met with a painful accident while watching her mother cleaning a bicycle. She got the forefinger of the right…

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Crushed by Log Youth Seriously Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 15

Master Robert Savage, of Bruce-street, Blacktown met with a very serious accident on Saturday. He was assisting to roll some heavy…

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Tragic End Returned Man Drowned Uninjured During War

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 4

Eric Eyles, who met a tragic death at Albury on Wednesday, was a brother of Mrs. Ralph, wife of Mr. W. H. Ralph, the well-known taxi-cab proprietor, of…

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Ships Wrecked and Crews Drowned Norwegian Gales Oslo

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 1

HEAVY GALES are raging along the coast of Norway. Several ships are reported to have been wrecked and their crews…

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Clerk Badly Injured Run Over by Car

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 6

R. C. Longstaff, clerk, of College St., City, was run over by a motor car in Oxford St., City, at about 7.30 p.m. yesterday, and seriously injured…

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Fire on Ship. Three Men Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 11

Three men were injured, one seriously, while fighting a fire which ooourred in a hold containing sulphur on the steamer Queen Olga at Williamstown this afternoon. Their names…

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Soldier Injured Broken Arm and Leg Crushed Under Waggon

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 7

While exercising a team of horses at the Remount Depot, Holdsworthy, on Monday afternoon, an artilleryman named C. J. Maitland had the…

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Bad Time Result of Car Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 15

Mr. Harold Liversedge, a well-known Blacktown resident, is suffering very severely from the injuries he received in the recent motor car accident in which…

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Lack of Care. Came of Motor Accidents

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 16

During the Christmas and Now Year holidays there was an exceptionally large number of motor accidents throughout Now South Wales…

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Local Accidents. Struck by Lorry

The Propeller · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 4

At about 1 p.m. yesterday the St. George Ambulance, on receipt of a call, sent two waggons to Prince's Highway, Arncliffe, and conveyed three people to…

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How Dep. Morris Died Fatal Cage Accident Four Children Left--one Blind Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Friday 14 January 1927 · page 5

"I FORMED the impression that deceased stepped out of the cage while it was in suspension; I have known of such a thing…

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Girl Critically Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 9

Elsie Martin (15), of Victoria Avenue, Mosman, was knocked down by a motor-car whilst crossing the road at Spit Junction last night. Northern…

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