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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

4,885 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 245

Drowned in Bath. Sufferer From Epilepsy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 10

Ernest Joseph Daniels, aged 32 years, of Wilford-street, Newtown, was found dead in his bath on December 24-last. At the City Coroner's Court yesterday it was…

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Jockey Injured. on Training Track

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 15

Riding a horse on the training track at Randwick Racecourse at 9 a.m. yesterday, William Johnson, aged 10 years, an apprentice jockey, of Orange-street, Randwick, was thrown…

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Cycle Crashes Into Lorry Two Badly Injured

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 5

Which a motor cycle along [?]…

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General News Fatal Collision Motor Cycle and Car COBARGO

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 11

John M 'Mahon (13), who died in Bega Hospital yesterday, was the victim of a Boxing Day accident. He and his brother were riding a motor cycle,…

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Seven Drowned Whisky Ship Wrecked Only Survivor Insane Mexico City

The Sun · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 6

The captain and six members of the crew of the British schooner Caiman, bound from Havana to British Honduras, with a cargo of whisky,…

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Fell Below Rushing Wheels Elderly Man Injured Orange

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 1

A shocking accident occurred at Manildra yesterday, when Chris Carty. 50. was run over by a goods train and his arm severed below the elbow…

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Accident Ends Fatally. Cobargo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 14

John McMahon, aged 13, died yesterday as the result of injuries received on Boxing Day, when a collision occurred between a motor cycle and a motor car. When a collision…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 January 1927 · page 11

WENT WORTH FALLS. -- Allan Crago, who was severely wounded by a pea-rifle on Boxing Day, is still at Mr. Maxwell's farm, in the Kedumba…

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Drowning Fatality MELBOURNE

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 1

William Thomas Meloury (12) was drowned in the Murray River near Moama last night. With his three brothers, he went bathing, and got out…

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Xmas Eve Collision

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 7

A collision between a car and tram on the Lane Cove Road Gerge Hill late on the Christmas Eve resulted in Dougls Gordon Luckie cleark being…

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Man Drowned DARWIN

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 10

A police report states that Leslie Parker (42), while crossing the Victoria River on his way to Katherine, was swept away, and drowned…

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Boy Injured. Bombala

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 10

A boy, aged 9 years, the youngest son of Mrs. Macfle, met with a painful accident yesterday while playing about the railway trucking yards in company with other children…

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Man Drowned. in Domain Free Baths

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 10

Henry James, aged 35 years, of Northcotestreet. Glebe, was found drowned in the Domain Free Baths, Woolloomooloo Bay, early yesterday…

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Man Drowned. Territory Rivers Flooded. Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 10

A wireless message from Wave Hill states that Leslie Parker, aged 12, was drowned in Victoria River on December 31. All the rivers are flooded. The Katherine…

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Steamer and Tug Collision at Newcastle NEWCASTLE

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 9

A collision between the Swedish steamer. Unden and Fenwick's tug Hero, occurred in the harbor late this afternoon…

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Brothers Drowned Bodies Found in Dam Mother's Evidence

The Sun · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 10

Returning from school to their home at "Parkview," Jesmond-street, Botany, on the afternoon of December 10, two brothers, August Frederick Bolin…

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Seven Drowned Whisky Ship Wrecked Mexico City, Tuesday. Jan. 4

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 5

The captain and six of the crew were drowned when the British schooner Caiman, travelling front Havana to Belize, with a cargo of whisky,…

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Injured Man's Ordeal Lost in Bush 15-Mile Tramp Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 1

While lost in the mountains near Bright yesterday, H. Roe fell and dislocated his shoulder. In that condition he walked 15 miles before he arrived…

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Fighting Death in Lonely Mountain Hut Boy May Recover Shooting Accident Katoomba

Evening News · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 9

ALLAN CRAGO, 18, who is in a serious condition in a hut near Maxwell's Farm, in the Burragorang Valley, is doing as well as…

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Accident at Junee. Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 10

This morning Isabella Cox, aged 11, while playing near a chaffcutter at the home of her aunt, Mrs. E. Butt, of Ivor, was caught in the machinery. She was taken to the Junee…

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