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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

4,885 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 245

Newcastle. Cyclist Injured. Newcastle

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

When turning a sharp corner Just before reaching iron Bark Bridge on the Maitlandroad this afternoon. A. Giggins, a motor cyclist, collided with a car travelling in the…

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Boy Drowned Mates Couldn't Swim Griffith

Evening News · Monday 17 January 1927 · page 9

SLIPPING into deep water, Sin[?] Marks, [?] who had been padding with other children, was drowned in the Ma[?] River yesterday of…

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Man Drowned Companions Could Not Swim HENTY

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1927 · page 14

A well-known resident, William Allen (39), was drowned in the dam on Mr. D. P. Gibson's property. Deceased was unable to swim, and got…

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Children Injured Church Roof Falls London

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1927 · page 1

The root of London's oldest Baptist chapel, that in Lambeth, collapsed during the singing of the final hymn of a children's service. Fifteen…

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In Car Smashes Three Men Injured Melbourne

Evening News · Monday 17 January 1927 · page 11

Three men were injured in motor accidents in Melbourne yesterday. When a car overturned through a tyre bursting at Hampton, Reginald…

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Man Killed Two Others Injured Capsize of Car Warialda

Evening News · Monday 17 January 1927 · page 9

A MAN was killed and two others were seriously injured, when the car in which they were travelling capsized at a bend in the road n[?]…

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Tramway Accident. Man's Legs Amputated

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

Christopher Conroy, aged 60 years, of 288 Aberorombie-street, Redfern, was run over by a tram in Abercromble-street, near Codrington-street, Redfern, on Saturday…

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Fatal Blasting Accident. Walierawang

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

During the blasting operations at the Cox's River camp under the Main Roads Board on Friday a man named Walsh was so badly injured that he died yesterday in the Lithgow…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1927 · page 11

GUNDAGAI.--Herbert Williams (15), fell into a copper of boiling fat at Beatty's slaughter yard. He received frightful burns over his whole body,…

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Two Accidents Pepper and Flour Stop Bleeding Nose Split in Two Murwillumbah

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1927 · page 4

Two peculiar accidents occurred at Mooball this week. Mr. R. Casey was riding on Mooball Beach, when his horse fell. When he…

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Motor Collision. Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 8

A motor cycle came into collision with a motor car at the intersection of Parramattaroad and Australia-street, Camperdown, yesterday afternoon. The rider of the cycle,…

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Boy Drowned Cook's River Fatality

Evening News · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 10

JOHN MILLER, 16, of Day-street, Marrickville, was drowned while swimming with a number of companions in cook's river nerar the…

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Boy Drowned

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 19

John Miller, aged 16, of Day-street, Murrickville, was drowned while swim[?]ing with two other boys at Cook's River this morning…

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Italian Drowned. Boat on the Rocks. Port Kembla Fatality. Port Kembla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 12

An Italian, who was collecting shellgrit with some mates on one of the Five Islands, started for the mainland this afternoon in a rowing boat. A heavy sea forced him in…

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Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 12

Two youths, Albert McPherson, 17 years of age, of Rosebank-street, Glebe, and Thomas Stewart, 14 years, of Bertram-street, Glebe v re riding bicycles along Windsor-road, from…

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Cyclists Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 11

Two cyclists were injured in a collision with a motor car on the Windsor Road, near Kellyville, lust night. Albert M'Pherson (17). of Rosebank…

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Shooting Accident Cyclist Injured Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 6

While shooting rabbits on the property of his employer, Mr. P. Taylor, of Eglinton. Cyril Schofield (19). a well-known Bathurst cyclist, received injuries in a gun…

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Chinaman Drowned Narrandera

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 6

On Saturday a Chinaman was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River. An You (50) was employed by a Chinese gardener on the banks of the river…

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Wharf Labourers Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 8

A case of lead ingots fell out of a sling which was being hoisted to the liner Jervis Bay at Walsh Bay yesterday afternoon, and two wharf labourers were injured. They were…

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Youth Drowned West Maitland

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1927 · page 11

Joseph Bourke, aged 19, whose people live in Sydney, was drowned in the Hunter River last night when he swam out beyond his depth. The…

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