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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Skull Fractured Bike and Lorry Collision at Granville

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 2

A serious accident occurred at the intersection of Alfred-street and Eleanor-street, Rosehill, about 5.30 on Monday, and a result a man was admitted to…

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Swimmer Is Drowned Well-known Athlete Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 1

Claude Hansen, a well known athlete and swimmer, wits drowned in the Pine River while bathing yesterday. Though tho body was recovered…

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Three Vehicles Collide. Man Injured at Drummoyne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 9

A tramcar, a motor car, and a motor van were all damaged in a series of collisions which occurred in Bridge-road, Drummoyne, last night. Henry Diamond, aged 47, of…

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Car Skidded Ran Into Drain Three Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 1

Three men were injured when a motor in which they were travelling capsized at Liverpool on Saturday night. They were:—…

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Long Trip P'matta-Auburn Ambulance Man Injured at Kurrajong

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 4

Travelling to Kurrajong Heights in response to an urgent summons, the Parramatta-Auburn Ambulance on Saturday carried a badly injured man to Windsor…

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Jazzing Now a Crime Mussolini's Order "Military Austerity" ' Injured Rome

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 1

FOREIGNERS in Rome are amused by the recent ultimatum of Mussolini, forbidding the dancing of certain fashionable dances of an exotic…

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Wanted to Die But Feared Death Would-be Suicide Saved from Drowning at Bronte "The Gap No Good"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 2

The attempt of a middleaged, married man to take his life by drowning at Bronte last night was frustrated through the prompt…

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Many Injured Hm Paris Clash Police v. Communists Battle Outside Prison Paris

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 1

A BIG battle between "Communists"and police took place outside the Sante prison to-day, many being injured on both sides…

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Steam Tram Accident at Young Wallsend

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 14

THE ENGINE LEAPT THE RAILS, AND SNAPPING THE COUPLINGS ATTACHING IT TO THE FIRST CARRIAGE, TURNED A COMPLETE SOMERSAULT AND FELL ON ITS SIDE. THE DRIVER, McVIE, WAS PINNED BENEATH THE ENGINE…

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After a Wedding. Motoring Accident. ARMIDALE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 11

A motoring accident in which a wedding party, including the bridal couple, were concerned occurred on the Armidale-Uralla road late on Saturday night…

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Flying Blade of Fan Hits Woman Unusual Accident at a Redfern Picture Shaw

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 2

Struck with a flying blade of an electric fan, under which she was sitting with her husband and little son in a, local picture theatre, Mrs. F. Andrews,…

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Police Find Clue by Accident Arrests on Arson Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 10

While police were inquiring into an entirely different matter yesterday they stumbled upon a clue which resulted in their arresting and charging a man…

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Motor Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1928 · page 6

In your issue of Monday a statement is published concerning an unfortunate motor accident upon the National Park. It is true that an accident happened,…

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Motor Collision. Four People Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1928 · page 16

Four people were injured last night, one of them seriously, when a motor car in which they were returning from the city to Auburn collided with a motor lorry on the…

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Jockey Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1928 · page 9

Bruce Small, agee 14 years, an apprentice jockey, was exercising a horse at the Kensington racecourse about 7.30 o'clock yesterday morning when he was thrown to the…

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Fatality at Martin's Creek Quarry

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 25 January 1928 · page 16

We regret exceedingly to report that a fatal accident occurred on Wednesday, the 18th January, at Martin's Creek Railway Commissioners' Quarry…

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Newcastle Collision Decision on

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 25 January 1928 · page 6

The inquiry into the collision at Basin wharf. Newcastle on October 17, of the [?] Yurra and lady Isobel. was construed by the Marine…

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Newcastle Collision. Decision on

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1928 · page 9

The Court of Marine Inquiry, consisting of Mr. Gates, S.M. (chairman) and Captain M. M. Osborne, and Mr. W. A. R. Douglas, assessors, yesterday concluded the taking of…

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Injured Mother's Children Cared for

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1928 · page 35

There was a speedy response to the appeal in the "Daily Telegraph Pictorial yesterday for someone to look after the five children of Mr. and Mrs…

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Verdict on Friday in Newcastle Harbor Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1928 · page 30

The inquiry into the collision between the cargo steamer Yarra and the Lady Isobel in Newcastle harbor on October 17 was concluded by the…

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