HOLIDAY ACCIDENTS
—► EIGHT-HOUR DAY TOLL. TWO DEATHS REPORTED. Press Association—By Telegraph-Copyright Australian and N Z. Press Association. SYDNEY, October 6. (Received October 6, at 10.20 a.m.) The usual crop of holiday accidents occurred on Eight-hour Day. At the Penrith speedway n competitor in a motor cycle race icll heavily from his machine and died later. A competitor in another race fell from his machine, and a spectator who rushed to his assistance was knocked down by a following cyclist, and was severely injured. Three motor cars collided when rounding a bond, and the occupants received minor injuries. Two men were sent to the hospital and two others treated as the result of a collision between taxi cabs in George street. Four other men wore injured as the result of motor accidents. At Palm Beach a, boy fell over a 100 ft cliff and was killed.
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Evening Star, Issue 19064, 6 October 1925, Page 5
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145HOLIDAY ACCIDENTS Evening Star, Issue 19064, 6 October 1925, Page 5
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