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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Crushed Against Wall by Crane Man Fatally Injured at Mort's Dock

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 2

James Murray (50), laborer, Old South Head Road, Bondi, was crushed against a wall by an electric crane at Mort's Dock, Balmain, yesterday. He…

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Terrible Tornado. In United States. Many People Injured. New York, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 17

A report from Cincinnati says that one man was killed, over 30 injured, and scores of anuses demolished when a tornado swept through a 200-mile path over south-western…

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Fatal Gun Accident. Grazier's Death. Longreach

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 22

Reginald Colin Crowie (38), a grazier, and owner of Frascrburgh, near Jundah, was accidentally shot last evening while getting mulga for his goats. He was reaching for…

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MR. G. A. TAYLOR. Accidental Death. a Varied Career

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 18

Mr. George Augustine Taylor, owner-editor of "Building." artist, author, town-planner, wireless and aviation expert, was drowned in the bath at his flat. 20 Loftus-street, city,…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 18

Joseph Dowling, aged 84 years, or Howarad-street, North Melbourne, was knocked down to-night by a motor car, and died shortly afterwards in hospital…

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Falling Girder Hits Three Men Others Escape Chullora Accident

The Labor Daily · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 5

When a steel [?]irder, weighing over 12 tuns, crash ; at Chullora electric train workshops yesterday afternoon, three men were injured, and several…

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Wedding Is Put Off Too Long Fatal Accident to Bridegroom-Elect Q'land Tragedy

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 4

LONGREACH (Q.), Friday. -- The wedding of Reginald Colin Crowe, a grazier, of Jundah, and Miss Helena Dutton, also of Jundah, was to have…

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Ruse to Cover Up Accident PARIS

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 4

Experts have pronounced that the Czech laborer whose body was found mangled on a rail-crossing at Meaux (France) was dead before he was…

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"Another Will Die Before You Reach Sydney" Death Omens of the Sea; Three Tragedies on the Sierra One Fatal Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1928 · page 2

The sea is steeped in superstition. Tragedy and sailors' superstition stalked hand in hand on the American mail…

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INJURED Hunting with Prince Serious Accident London

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 January 1928 · page 1

The Maharanee of Coochbehar met with a serious accident while hunting with the Prince of Wales, the Duke of York, and Prince Henry at the Quorn, Melton…

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Two Killed Motor Accidents

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1928 · page 2

Two were killed and many injured in motor accidents yesterday. Aubrey J. Bushell aged 19, of Windsor, was killed when his motor cycle…

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Spine Injured Cycle: Tram Collision

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 10

WILLIAM BUTLER, 54, plasterer, of Nelor-strert, Ryde, was riding his motor cycle to work to-day when he came into collision with a tram in Weston-road…

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Cars in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 12

Two motor cars—one driven by John Lamb, of Aramsay-street, Girraween, and the other by Thomas Roberts, of Wentworth-street, Wentworthville—came into collision with…

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Collision at Camperdown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 12

Seven people were injured on Saturday night when two cars collided at the intersection of Cardigan-street nnd Salisbury-road, Camperdown. They were:—Elsie Elbra, 19,…

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Two Men Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 12

Two men were injured when a motor cycle and sidecar overturned in Harris-street, Pyrmont, about 11 o'clock on Saturday morning. The mon were:—Harold Barnett, aged 35…

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Six Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 12

Six persons were injured, two very seriously, when a motor-car overturned while travelling at a speed of 30 miles an hour along Lady Carrington's Drive, National Park, late…

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Drivers Praised Main Line Fatality

Evening News · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 7

"THERE are surprisingly few accident on the suburban lines undergoing reconstruction, and I have nothing but praise for the train-driven, whose…

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Drowned in Creek Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 1

Desmond John Nock, 9. of New Market, was drowned yesterday afternoon while bathing in Eanogera Creek. The body was recovered two hours…

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Boy Is Drowned Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 1

Leaving the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Durbin, of Birkenhead, on Friday, Douglas Durbin. 8. did not return. On the matter being reported…

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Bather Drowned. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1928 · page 12

Harry Bush, aged 25 years, while [?] at New Brighton, was carried out. [?] friends attempted to rescue him, but he [?] gled so [?]ercely that they could not hold [?]…

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