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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

4,885 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 245

Drowned in Dam Henty Contractor Wagga

Evening News · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 6

William Allen, 45, contractor of Henty, was drowned while bathing in Wilson's [?] last night. Al[?] was with a party, and as he…

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Touched Live Wire Miner Badly Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 9

Coming in contact with a live electric wire while at work in a sewer shaft, in Rookwood Road, Bankstown, Donald Bullen (33), miner, of Robert…

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Shock From Live Wire Miner Badly Injured

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 5

Donald Cuban 53, minor, of Roberta Road Banlkstown received severe shock end head Injuries when became into contact with a live wire while…

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Drowning Dancer Is Saved Rescuer's Wooden Leg Midnight Bath Fol. Lows Studio Party Nick

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 1

ISADORA DUCAN, the famous dancer, was saved from drowning last night by Captain Patterson. a prominent British resident…

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Sad Holiday Y.M.C.A. Boys Lose a Mate Drowned in the Nepean

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 7

There was a sad termination to a holiday of a party of Y.M.C.A. boys on the Nepean River, at Lower Cattlereagh, on New Year's…

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Cyclist's Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 4

While riding down Lapstone on a push bicycle on Wednesday, Mr "Mick" McCann, of Emu, met with a painful accident. The handle-bar of…

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£250 for Widow Novel Free Life and Accident Insurance "Guardian" Pays £1545

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 3

When Patrick Lavery was killed in a motor collision at Sydney on December 16, he left a widow and a baby. Mrs. Lavery was faced with the…

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Bad Eyesight Plays Its Part Cause of Many Motor Accidents "Unfit" Being Eliminated in U.S.A.

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 January 1927 · page 23

The writer of the following interesting article is chairman of the Motor Vision Commission of the Optometric Association of the…

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Three Hurt in Tram Collision at Petersham

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 January 1927 · page 1

A motor car, containing Frank Abigail, 37, a cabinetmaker. of Hercules-street, Ashfield; William Bell, 50, of Northum-berland-avenue, Stanmore; and Thomas…

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His Last Swim Chinese Drowned Narrandera

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1927 · page 5

"Too hot work. Come for swim," said Ah' You, Chinese gardener, to two lads at the Murrumbidgee yesterday. He entered the water, swam a short…

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Cycle Collides with Car : Driver Injured

Sunday Times · Sunday 16 January 1927 · page 1

George Watson, 38, a fitter, of "Mary-alda," Duke-street, Campsie, was severely injured when his motor cycle collided with a car in Canterbury-road,…

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Shot Up Four Injured at Railway Camp Seven- Arrests 50 Bullets Whizz--tom Mix Way Kyogle

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1927 · page 2

In approved Tom' Mix fashion, the tunnel railway camp near Kyogle was "shot up" last night. Three, men and a woman were injured, one man receiving 'a bullet, which he may carry near his backbone for the rest of .his life…

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Motor Accidents. Collision with Tram. Three Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1927 · page 14

A collision occurred in Parramatta-road on Saturday night between a motor car and a tram, as a result of which one person was seriously injured, and two others received…

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Collision at Randwick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1927 · page 14

Shortly before midnight on Saturday a motor car, driven by David Fitzgerald, of No. 3 Kemmis-street, Randwick, collided with a stationary car, owned by Thomas Shalker, of…

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Carpenter Drowned. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1927 · page 14

At 9 o'clock last night William Allen, 13, carpenter, in partnership with Gordon Tayler Herrty, entered Gibson's Dam, near the Henty showground, in company with five other men…

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Many Accidents Tram and Car Smashes Eight Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1927 · page 2

Three men were seriously injured and five others received minor injuries in motor-car and tram accidents during the week-end…

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Chinese Labourlr Drowned. Narrandera

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1927 · page 14

Ah You, a Chinese, aged 50 years, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River yesterday. Ah You was employed as a labourer by a Chinese gardener. He is said to have told…

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Saved From Drowning by Girl Aged 14 MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 January 1927 · page 1

Given Nellsen, 14 years old. a member of the Elwood Life Saving Club, saved a young man from drowning this afternoon. He got into…

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Two Men Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1927 · page 14

Two men were injured when a motor car overturned in Beach-road, Hampton, early this morning They are Reginald Monicho, 21 years, Collins-street, Lssendon, cut head…

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Car Overturns. Four Occupants Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1927 · page 14

When a single-seater motor car overturned in Carrington-road, Randwick, shortly before midnight on Friday the four occupants escaped serious injury…

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