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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

4,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 237

Fall Down Hold. Coal Lumpers Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 15

Two coal lumpers were seriously injured on board the steamer Euripides, when they fell a distance of about 20ft down the hold. Frank Jagger, 56, of 57 First-street,…

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Lost at Picnic Feared to Have Been Drowned

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 5

Worst fears are entertained, for the safety of the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mr. A. Fawcett. who strayed away from his parents at Kentucky…

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Bus Overturns. Four Workmen Injured. ALBURY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 18

A motor 'bus, carrying 25 workmen from Albury to the Hume reservoir, overturned near the weir to-day. Some of the occupants were pinned beneath the 'bus, and great…

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Injured on Wharf by Fall of Lead

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 1

Peter Olsen, 63. wharf laborer, of Gloucester Street, City, fractured his left leg when some lend fell on him at Dalgety's wharf. Miller's Point,…

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'Bus Oyer Six Workmen Injured Albury

The Sun · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 13

The weir motor 'bus, conveying 25 workmen from Albury, overturned, owing to the front spring breaking. Six men were injured, four being…

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Drowned in Six Feet of Water Attunga Creek Mystery Tamwokth

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 5

Death from asphyxia by drowning was the verdict of the Tamworth coroner. Mr. W. G. Gelkie, in the case of Gilbert Saunders. 19. an English migrant,…

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Accident at Mascot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 15

Mr. Charles McHugh, in a letter to the Editor, states that his son, James Joseph McHugh, was not running to catch a tram when he was knocked over by a motor car and…

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Journey's End Tragic Holiday Smash Two Women Killed Lawson Accident Inquest Katoomba

The Sun · Wednesday 16 January 1929 · page 10

Swift death overtook two women at Lawson on the afternoon of January 5. A tourist bus laden with holiday makers was returning from Katoomba, when one of the bumper bars is said…

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Cyclist Injured Collision With Car

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 3

Arthur Walter Plummer, of Percy-road, Auburn, escaped with slight injuries to the arm and leg when a motor car collided with his bicycle in Good…

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Life and Death Toddler Drowned

The Sun · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 13

Twelve hours after Mrs. James New man save birth to her fourth child, her third infant was drowned within 100 yards of her home on December 6,…

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Boy's Heroism Rescue from Drowning Girls in Difficulties

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 3

The heroism of an Auburn boy, who though not a strong swimmer, rescued two little girls from drowning in the George's River, has stirred Auburn…

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Car and Cycle Crash Cyclist Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 20

On Sunday a motor cycle, ridden by Kenneth. William Martin, of Roseberry-road, Guildford, and a motor car driven by John Bosei, of smart-street,…

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Fatal Holiday Collision Inquest On Lawson Smash Drivers Sorer

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 10

Constable Paine was the first witness called yesterday, when the Penrith Coroner, Mr. A. Judges, resumed the inquiry into the motor…

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Accident at Romano's

The Labor Daily · Thursday 17 January 1929 · page 5

Angelo Clerlea. 23, waiter, was badly burnt about the face and eyes when a spirit lamp exploded at Romano's Cafe last night. The injured man is a…

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Passenger and the Cyclist Injured Collision with Car

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 1

A motor cyclist and his pillion passenger were injured last night, when the machine on which they were riding and a motor car met in collision…

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Man Found Injured

The Propeller · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 1

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 at about 2 o'clock…

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Two Girls Injured

The Propeller · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 1

Two serious accidents occurred at Brighton-le-Sands baths last Sunday. Eileen Hickey, 28, of Tangoorah Bond, Lidcombe,' fell down a flight of steps…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 8

While riding a motor bicycle along Parramatta-road, Concord, yesterday morning. WilHam Whiman, 18 years, of Underwood-street, Homebush, collided with a motor car at the…

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Old Man Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 8

Peter Anderkon, 79 years, of 21 Dent-street, Paddington, was knocked down by a motor lorry in College-street, yesterday [?]orning. He was conveyed to Sydney Hospital by the…

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Cyclist Killed. Collision with Tree

The St George Call · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 1

Kenneth George Gibson, 36 of Edgar Street, Chatswood, was fatally injured at Peakhurst on Monday afternoon. He was riding a motor cycle along…

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