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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

4,885 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 245

Rescue From Drowning Man Saves Woman and Girl. Grafton

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

A double rescue was effected at the Maclean baths by Mr. D. McNamara, of Annandale. While bathing, Mrs. R. McMillan and her little daughter, Patsy, went out of their…

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Young Woman Injured. Diving at Balmoral

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

Miss Doris Thomson, aged 23 years, of Victoria-avenue, Chatswood, was injured whilst diving at Edwards Beach, Balmoral yesterday afternoon…

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Car Overturns. Police Car Damaged. Collision at Darlinghurst

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

Skidding on the wet roadway as the driver applied the brakes to avoid a Police Department car, which was turning from Williamstreet into Forbes-street, Darlinghurst, late…

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Motor Car Capsizes. Seven Persons Injured

The Propeller · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 1

Seven persons were injured, two of them seriously, owing to the car in which they were travelling along Prince's Highway, near Spring Street,…

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Struck by Car Man Fatally Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 9

A man, who has not been identified, was knocked down and fatally injured by a motor car in Parramatta Road, near Macquarie Street, Leichhardt, last…

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Drunken Driver Collision With Lorry Garage Proprietor's Lapse

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

As the result of a complaint he had received, Constable Corbett went to Sydney-road, Granville, on December 17. There a motor car and a motor lorry had…

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Drowned in the Murray. Brother's Attempt at Rescue

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

A twelve-year-old boy named William Thomas Meloury was drowned in the Murray River, near Moama (N.S.W.), on Tuesday. With his three…

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Chased Car Bathurst-rd. Fatality Cyclist Writes to Police

The Sun · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 3

A motor cyclist of Rockdale, who chased the speeding car which forced John Hunter off the Bathurst-road to his death on Sunday, has…

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Police Car in Crash Two Women Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 9

Two women were injured when a Hudson sedan motor car and the Darlinghurst police patrol car came into collision in William Street, near Forbes…

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Fierce Struggle. Detective Injured. Shopbreakers Arrested. Melbourne

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

Great courage and determination were shown by Detective Hogg when arresting a shopbreaker in a hairdresser's shop at Malvern shortly before 10 o'clock to-night…

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Cars Collide Accident at Liverpool

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 13

Eight persons were injured when two motor ears came into violent collision at the intersection of Mlacquarie-street and Liverpool-road, Liverpool, at 2 a.m…

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Lidcombe Granville News Accidents Holiday Lists

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 2

A series of minor accidents occurred on the Sydney-road and other portions of the Granville municipality during the holidays. Fortunately, no one was seriously…

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Splinter in Eye Peculiar Accident

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

On Monday, December 27, Mr. Boulton, of Adelaide-street, West Ryde, was a member of a party, who, in a friend's motor car, were making the trip, to…

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Railway Notes Level Crossings Freedom From Accident

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 13

It is satisfactory to note that although a regrettably large number of accidents happened on the highways during the Christmas and New…

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Motor Accidents. Police Comment

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

The weekly traffic bulletin issued by the Commissioner of Police (Mr. James Mitchell) refers to the accidents which occurred during the Christmas and New Year holidays. It is…

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Sailing Accident. Two Men Still Missing. Fremantle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 12

The search for the two young men, Alan Spurge and John Maynard, both of North Perth, who were lost whe[?] the dinghy Hustler capsized off Carnac Island on Monday…

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Kogarah Council— Sick and Accident Fund

The St George Call · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 6

That the outdoor staff of the Kogarah Municipal Council was as efficient conscientious and well organised as that of any other shire Council or…

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Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 January 1927 · page 10

JUNEE. -- E. Eeles met with a painful accident when he fell from a sulky. He sustained a broken shoulder…

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River Drowning Efforts to Save

Nepean Times · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 1

After a lengthy period of immunity, another drowning fatality has occurred at the Nape an River. The victim in thin case was Basil…

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Horseman Drowned. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1927 · page 16

While attempting to swim a horse across a narrow part of the Forth River this afternoon, Ralph Cox, aged 21 years, was drowned. The horse wandered down the bank of the…

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