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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

4,885 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 245

Motoring Accident. Tamworth

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

Harold Moore, aged 15, received such severe injuries to his face through broken glass from the windscreen of a motor car in which he was riding, that his left eye had to be…

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Accidentally Shot

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 1

A fatal shooting accident occurred in Haliman River, near Darknn, W.A., the victim being James Rex King, 12 years old. The boy went out parrot…

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Schoolboy Loses Eye Motor Car Accident TAMWORTH.Wednesday

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 3

Harold Moore 15. of Wartaids received such severe injuries to his fare by the broken glass from the windscreen of a motor car in which he…

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Rifle Accidents the Old Reason Young

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 3

Because his air-rille was not working loo well Roy Simpson who was out shooting sparrows, placed the gun to his cye to see If everything was all right…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 January 1927 · page 2

BOMBALA.--Mrs. Frank Smith (60) railway trucking yards, a boy named Macfie, aged nine, caught his groin on a hook, and was taken to hospital…

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Car Overturned Avoiding Collision Blacktown Residents Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 10

A motorist who was proceeding along the Great Wester-road, Prospect, on Monday afternoon, swerved to the side of the road to avoid a collision, and…

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Girl Drowned

The Propeller · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 1

Bathing in George's River on Monday afternoon, Norma Boland, aged 7 years, formerly residing with her grand-father at Canterbury Road, Bankstown…

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Drowning Accidents New Year Tragedies Seaside Resorts

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 4

The water proved a great attraction during the hot holiday week-end, and there was an unusually large number of drawings at the seaside and other…

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Ryde Accident Two Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 6

On Sunday afternoon, December 26, Mr. John Furness, of Drummoyne, with Mr. Arthur Roberts, also of Drummmoyne, as a passenger, was driving along…

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Collision at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 4

At an early hour yesterday morning a motor car crushed into a horse-drawn vehicle standing in Forest Road, Hurstville, at the station. The occupant of…

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Drowned Body Found

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 3

A radio message has been received by Darwin police that the body of Leslie Parker, who was drowned at Weaner Victoria Victoria River, on December…

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Railway Fatality. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 8

The body of a woman, which G. F. Coningsby, of Baker-street, Carnegie, subsequently identified as that of his wife, was discovered on the railway line near Carnegie Station…

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Newcastle Collision NEWCASTLE

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 3

The Swedish steamer Under, which was damaged amldships in a collision with the the Hero yesterday afternoon, sailed this morning, lightly laden, for Geelong, A surveyor…

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Fatal Collision Motor Cycle and Car

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 16

Francis Williams, aged 20 years, of Kingston-street, Haberfield, was fatally injured, and his companion, The[?]a Smith, aged 20 years, of Marrickville,…

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Boy Injured. Touches Electric Wire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 15

While climbing on to a grandstand at some tennis courts in Noble-street, Mosman, yesterday afternoon, John Johnston, aged 13 years, of Cabramatta-road, Mosman, received a…

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Cars Collide Two Women Injured

The Sun · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 10

A motor car driven by George Bond, of St. Neot's-avenue, Potts Point, skidded in William-street, city, last night, and collided with the rear of a…

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Cyclists' Chase After Road Hog Mountains Fatality

Evening News · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 8

THE police are still searching for the callous motorists who is alleged to have been responsible for the death of John Hunter, a motor…

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Car and Motor-cycle Collision at Parramatta

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 4

Last Friday night, Pennant-street, Parramatta, was the scene of a collision between a Motor-car, driven by Harry Hawkes, of Clark-street, Ryde, and a…

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Flooded Rivers. Man Drowned at Wave Hill

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 6

A wireless message from Wave Hill, in the Northern Territory, states that Lealle Parker aged forty-two years, was drowned in the Victoria…

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Waterhole Again Drowning of Two Boys Botany Menace Takes Toll

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 1

THE deaths of August Frederick Bouin. 11, and Carl Norman Bolin S, the two lads who were drowned in a waterhole at Botany…

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