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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

4,885 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 245

Motor Cycles Crash Two Men Injured

Evening News · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 1

WHEN two motor cycles came into cu[?] on at the corner of River-road and Northwood-road, Northwood, last night [?] Wh[?] 17, laborer…

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Drowned in Creek. Brother and Sister. Warialda

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 16

Gwen and Gordon Skippen, aged 11 and 9 years respectively, children of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Skippen, of Warialda, were drowned in a creek yesterday…

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To the Rescue Boating Party in Trouble One Fatality

Nepean Times · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 1

Mr L. G. Kendall, principal of Penrith Intermediate High School, his brother, Mr B. Kendall, of Adelaide, and Mr G. E. Madgwick,…

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Youth Drowned Rescuers Exhausted Flood Subsiding Maryborough (Q.)

The Sun · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 3

The submerged flats on the bunk of the Mary River at the foot of Bazaar-street, where the flood waters are from 12 to 14 feet deep, were the…

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Car Somersaults Four Men Injured Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 1

Four men were injured when a Rolls Royce motor car somersaulted twice a mile from Guyura to-night. The passengers, residents of St…

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Runaway Tram Poleman Injured Crashed Through Gates

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 11

When a ballast tram got out of control yesterday, and crashed through the gates at the White Bay power house, Walter Russell…

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Lorry Strikes Bridge Two Are Injured Muswullbrook

The Labor Daily · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 6

Owing to the steering-gear of a motor lorry becoming jammed the driver. Mr. W. Daniels, and a passenger. Mr. J. Priest, were injured. The…

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Three Injured Nurses in Smash Ambulance Hits Pole

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 7

While returning from the Coast Hospital along Little Bay Road, near Bunnerong Road, Daceyville, early last night, the Newtown-Marrickville…

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Bullock Likes Melbourne Takes Possession Spectator Injured Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 24

When a big Queensland bullock, tired from its long trek from Newmarket to the abattoirs at Richmond, lay down on the tram track at the corner…

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Four Nurses Are Injured Ambulance Hits Pole Driving From Coast Hospital

The Labor Daily · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 1

Four nurses from the Coast Hospital were injured last night when the ambulance waggon in which they were being driven to the city,…

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8 Killed Awful Glasgow Storm 100 Injured Buildings Wrecked, Trams Blown Over London, Friday Night

The Sun · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 1

A terrific tornado, which at one stage reached a velocity of 90 miles an hour, battered Glasgow throughout the day, until parts of the city appeared as if stricken by an artillery bombardment. Eight people were killed and over 100 taken to hospital…

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Moterists' Painful Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 4

John Cleary, of Pitt Town, was riding Pillion fashion on a motor cycle, driven by A. Stubbs, also of Pitt Town, on Wednesday afternoon. When they…

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Scooter Accident

Evening News · Saturday 29 January 1927 · page 7

[?] fell from a [?] near his home last night. The Northern Suburbs [?]…

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Fatality at Summer Hill

The Sun · Sunday 30 January 1927 · page 2

Ethel Moate, aged 35, of Kessel-avenue, Flemington, who alighted from a city-bound 'bus at the intersection of Parramatta and Liverpool roads…

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Youth Drowned Maryborough (Q.)

The Sun · Sunday 30 January 1927 · page 2

The submerged flats on the bank of theh Mary River at the foot of Bazaar-street, where the flood waters are from 12 to 14 feet deep, were the scene of a…

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Overboard Old Man Drowned Yachting Tragedy

The Sun · Sunday 30 January 1927 · page 2

Thomas Henry Rogers, aged 70, old ago pensioner, who lived in Ernest-street, North Sydney, a member of the crew of the 60-ton sailing yacht White…

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Old Man Washed Off Launch and Drowned

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 January 1927 · page 10

A 70-years-old man, whose name is un-known to the police was washed off a launch at the Heads last night, and drowned…

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Horse Trainer's Daughter Badly Hurt in Car Collision

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 January 1927 · page 2

Betty Hoystead, six-year-old daughter of the well-known trainer, living, in Hay: street, Randwick, was severely injured when she was hit by a car in…

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Drowned at Heads Old Man Falls From Yacht

Truth · Sunday 30 January 1927 · page 6

TRAGEDY ended the cruise of "White Wings," a yacht belonging to Mr. Norman Griffin, the well-known solicitor, yesterday afternoon,…

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Pony Smash Ale Queen Accidentally Brings Down Three Runners

Truth · Sunday 30 January 1927 · page 3

PERFORMING out of her class in the second division of the Fourteen-Two Handicap at Kensington yesterday Ale Queen had the misfortune to cause a smash that may easily have had fatal results…

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