Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

887 stories in Riverina's papers · page 16 of 45

Electric Shock Painter Seriously Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 2

Thomas Dillon, of Bexley, had a remarkable escape from being electrocuted when he touched a live wire carrying 33,000 volts at the electrical…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Train Wrecked 18 Killed and 30 Injured Bogota (Colombia)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 1

Eighteen were killed and tt least 20 injured in the wreckage of a train on Sunday night at the town of Venta (Quemeda)…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Motor Car Accident Wagga

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 6

A motor car accident occurred after midnight on Saturday, when the [?]raffic on Lake Albert road fairly heavy on account of so many…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 April 1933 · page 2

While driving home on his milk cart last night, Mr. C. Manwaring met with an accident near the show-ground. The reins broke, and the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Items of News Gundagai Boy Injured

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 2

Billie Greenwell, son of Mrs. U. Greenwell, of Gundagai, was attempting to cut some boards when the tomahawk slipped and cut deeply into the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Marrar News. Serious Accident

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 2

Mr. Rev Finley Manager of the Marrar branch of the Bank of N.S.W., had the [?] to meet with a [?] and painful accident on…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Injured Woman. Night Spent on Road Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 April 1933 · page 3

Mrs. Mary Gilles, 50, of Horsley Park, spent Thursday night on the roadside near hear home with several fractured ribs. She was driving in…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Serious Accident Two in Hospital

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 April 1933 · page 2

A serious accident occurred during the tea hour to-night, in front of Collinst wool store in Kincald Street, a car striking a sulky…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Man and Wife Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 2

Ad accident occurred about 6 o'clock on Saturday night resulting in Mr. and Mrs. Hill, of Spring Gully, being injured. It appears that Mrs. Hill…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Thrown From Car Girl Seriously Injured Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 2

Early this morning two men, when crossing an intersection at East Melbourne, saw something thrown from a motor car which drove on. The men…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Railway Fatality Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1933 · page 2

The third fatal railway accident within a week occurred to-night when a man who has not yet been identified was cut to pieces by an electric train…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Father and Son Drowned Second Child Sees Tragedy Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1933 · page 1

A man and his infant son were drowned in the Noose River, about a mile from Tewantin, on Saturday. Their names were:…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Youth Shot Dead Fox Shooting Accident Glen Innes

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1933 · page 1

Cecil O'Hara, aged 19 years was shooting in a paddock at Yarraford when he wounded a fox. Finding that it was not dead he hit it with the…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Show Accident Woman's Spine Broken Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1933 · page 2

The first serious accident in the jumping events at the show occurred this evening when Eileon Foster, of Forster, near Kempsey, was thrown…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Long Flights Miss Jean Batten Injured in Crash Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 April 1933 · page 1

Miss Jean Batten, who crashed while flying to Australia, suffered severe shock, necessitating medical aid. It was revealed that the 'plane…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Mine Fatality Gunnedah

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 2

While working in the Block Jack coal mine this morning F. Summerville, a mine deputy, was buried under a fall of coal. He died shortly after being…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Car Mishap at Tumblong Car and Cycle Meet in Head-On Collision Front Wheel of Car Breaks Off

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 2

A motor accident of a most serious mature occurred on the Main Southern road, a quarter of a mile on the Wagga side of the Tumblong…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Junes Man in Accident

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 2

Mr. L. Spedding, of Crown street, Junee, employed by Mr. G. D. Webb, batcher, was to have readied Junee on Tuesday but he sent word that he had…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Motor Accident Driver Killed Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1933 · page 5

Leslie Turnbull aged 45 years, was killed at the corner of Union street and Fdward street. Pvrmont at midnight then his car crashed into a…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Man Fatally Injured By Hit and Run Motorist SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 21 April 1933 · page 1

After fatally injuring a man at Edgecliffe yesterday afternoon, the car driver looked back, and saw his victim lying on the road, but sped…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →