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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

4,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 237

Man Found Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 12

A man, who stated that his name was Thomas Clark, 49, was found injured on the roadside on the Sutherland side of Tom Ugly's Point, about 2 o'clock yesterday morning. He…

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Fatality Amongst Fowls Blacktown District

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 2

The shortage of water throughout the whole of Blacktown district and further west, is becoming more acute, and farmers of all kinds are experiencing a very…

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Modest Heroine Saved Boy From Drowning and Disappeared

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--The identity of a modest heroine, who!saved Reginald Hall (15) from drowning at, the Semaphore, on December 28, has been…

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Drowned in the Swan Perth

The Labor Daily · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 1

A small boat containing three young men capsized in Swan River, near Causeway, yesterday afternoon. One was drowned--George Herbert Bishop,…

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Pound Drowned. Body Recovered at Pitt-water

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 12

A party of students who are spending their holidays at Pittwater, on Saturday afternoon discovered the body of a man in the water on Soldiers' Point Pittwater. An…

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Injured Man Found Unconscious Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 5

James Beattie, 40, a resident of Cardiff, was found lying in an unconscious state, with a large wound in the back of his head, on the main…

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Did Not Know How He Was Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--John Peattie (45) was picked up on the road near Young Wallsend, suffering from a wound on the back of the head, and…

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Motor Car on Top of Man Swerved to Avoid Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday.--When trying to avoid colliding with another car on the Redcliffe Road yesterday, Chesley Stevenson (38), a motor mechanic…

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Man Fatally Injured Iron Cove Bridge Car's Terrific Impact

The Labor Daily · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 1

James Alfred Riddett, 67 of Harris Street, Pyrmont, was fatally injured on Saturday night, when a motor car driven by his son crashed into the…

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Rescue of a Train Crew Axes Used--Three Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Working feverishly with axes, railwaymen rescued a fireman and an engine-driver, who were…

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Horse-racing Genuine's Mishap Injured Fetlock Out of Challenge

Evening News · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 2

GENUINE will not sport [?] the Challenge stakes, [?] next Saturday. As a [?] W. T. Dwyer started this [?] that…

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Lying on the Roadway Knocked by Motor Car Injured Man's Plight

The Labor Daily · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 1

While driving to Cro[?]lla at 2 a.m. yesterday, Reginald J. Coag noticed a man lying on the side of the road, after he had left the Tom Ugly's Point…

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Two Injured in Smash at Burwood Motor Cyclist and Pillion Rider

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 5

Two motor cyclists were injured at the corner of Burwood Road and W[?]ga Street, Burwood, last night, when, their machine collided with a motor car…

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Fell 35 Feet Cockatoo Dock Accident

The Sun · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 6

While working on the dock gates at Cockatoo Dock this morning, John Langford, aged 60, engineer, of Huntley Point-road, Huntley Point, slipped…

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Record Breaking Cup Winner Survived Protest Cavedweller's Third Rich Moorefield Victory Close Observers Agree With Verdict of the Stewards Start Was Faulty, and Accidental Interference Rife

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1929 · page 22

At Moorefield on Saturday Cavedweller won the Gold Cup by half a neck from Hustler, but it was not until the stewards had considered a protest lodged by W. Tindall, owner trainer of the second horse, that instructions were given for the…

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Resco From Drowning. Guyra, onday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 12

Florrie McCaskill, 12 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. K. McCaskill, Guyra, had a narrow escape from drowning whilst paddling in the Falconer River. She got out of her depth…

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Women Hurt in Car Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 7

A motor car driven by John Caldwell, of Sackville Street, Ingleburn, with Mrs. Erwin (50), also of Sackville Street, as passenger, collided with…

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Cyclist Killed. Collision with Tree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 12

Kenneth George Gibson, 36, of Edgar-street, Chatswood, was fatally injured at Peakhurst yesterday afternoon. He was riding a motor cycle along…

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Fatal Collision Motorist for Trial Bathurst

Evening News · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 11

ALBERT EDWARD WINSLETT, 26 [?] was committed for trial on a [?] of manslaughter. The [?] out of a smash between…

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Child Drowned in Pool Maleny (O.)

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 January 1929 · page 4

Olive Walker (8), while bathing in the township swimming pool at Obi Greek. slipped off a log on which she was sitting and fell into deep water…

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