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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

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Four Injured in Motor Smash Melbourne

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1927 · page 1

The second serious road accident at Belgrave within 24 hours occurred early this morning, when the off-side wheels of a motor struck a patch of loose metal…

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Two Badly Injured Car and Cycle Collide

The Sun · Sunday 2 January 1927 · page 2

Francis Williams, aged 25, motor cyclist, of Kingston-street, Haberfield, and a passenger, Thelma Smith, aged and a Marrickville, are in Parramatta…

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Men, Women, and Children Injured in Holiday Smashes Seven Racegoers Victims in Banksia Car Crash: Accidents Happen Everywhere

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 January 1927 · page 1

New Year's Day produced its customary roll of accidents, most of which were due to motor car mishaps. Seven were hurt in a smash at Banksia, and ten were injured in a car collision at Liverpool…

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Forty Injured New Year's Day Motor Toll Many Smashes

Truth · Sunday 2 January 1927 · page 14

New Year's Holiday motor accidents must have been nearly a record, the roll of those injured in motor-car smashes totalling 40. THE most serious accident was a col-…

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Hit Itself Unique Collision Train in Halves Runaway Beats Warning London

The Sun · Sunday 2 January 1927 · page 5

A train collided with itself at Wood bridge (Suffolk) yesterday, scattering fish ankle-deep among the fishplates from a truck loaded with sprats…

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Over 30 Hurt Many Accidents in Holiday Road Traffic Serious Injuries 8 Victims in Liverpool Smash. 7 at Banksia

The Sun · Sunday 2 January 1927 · page 2

Over the last twenty-four hours more than thirty people have been injured in collisions between motor-propelled vehicles in the Metropolitan and suburban areas, and several cases are also reported from the country…

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Collision. Motor Car and Lorry. Six Men Injured. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 13

A motor party returning from Wagga late last night, from the Adelong races, had a terrifying experience. Several men received serious injuries…

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Railway Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 13

The body of the young woman who was run over by an engine on the North Shore raliway line near Bay Road Station, has been identified as that of Vera Griffiths, aged 19…

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Drowned in River

The Labor Daily · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 5

Frederick Harday Harper tell from the Katherine railway bridges. when the river was in flood. and was drowned. Every endeavor is…

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Three Lives Lost. Drowning Accidents. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 10

Three drowning accidents occurred during the holidays. Eva Blanche Douglas, aged 22 years, of Wellington, disappeared while bathing at…

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Man Drowned MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 8

Walter Thomas Batty, of West Melbourne Road, Geelong West, was drownew at Bream Creek Beach on New Year's Day…

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Seven Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 9

Seven persons were injured, two of them seriously, owing to the car in which they were travelling overturning on Prince's Highway, near Banksia Railway Station, on Saturday…

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Woman Drowned. the Entrance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 10

When a rowing boat capsized on the rocky bar across The Entrance on Friday night a young woman was drowned.—The outflowing flood waters of Tuggerah Lakes have reopened…

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Motorists Injured MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon Leslie Mortimer (37), of Pelham Street, Carlton, and his wife, Jane Mortimer, were brought to the Homoeopathic Hospital…

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Motor Accidents. Week-end Toll. Three Fatalities. Many People Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 9

The first week-end of the new year was marked by many motoring accidents in the city and suburbs. In eight serious accidents reported 31 persons were injured, some of…

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Fatal Collision. Motor Cycle and Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 9

Francis Williams, aged 20 years, of Kingstonstreet, Haberfield, was fatally injured, and his companion, Thelma Smith, aged 20 years, of Marrickville, seriously injured on Saturday…

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Surf Fatality. Young Man's Death. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 10

At Bream Creek, about nine miles from Geelong, on Saturday afternoon, Walter Thomas Batty, aged 37 years, of Liverpool-street, North Geelong, disappeared in the breakers…

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Policeman Injured. Cycle Strikes Cow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 9

Through his motor cycle colliding with a cow on Pittwater-road, Brookvale, Constable Hamer, of the Manly police;, was thrown heavily to the tramline. He…

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Sequel to Smash Cyclist Injured

Evening News · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 9

WILLIAM A. SPEED, of Douglas-street, Stanmore, was injured in a peculiar manner yesterday. While he was pumping the tyre of…

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Horse Destroyed Sulky Driver Injured

The Sun · Monday 3 January 1927 · page 9

A man was hurt, a horse killed, and a motor car damaged, in a collision on the Woodville-road, Granville, to-day…

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