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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

4,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 237

Cyclist Is Critically Injured

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

Harry Eldridge, 18, of Brancourt Avenue. Bankstown, was critically injured late last night when his motor cycle and a motor car met in…

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Cyclist Is Badly Injured Collides with Motor

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 5

When the motor cycle he was riding and a motor car met in collision at the intersection of Parramatta and Concord Roads, Concord, yesterday…

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Injured at the State Mine Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 1

Robert Brodie, of Oakey Park, was pushing a skip at the State mine today when he fell and fractured two ribs. The ambulance took him to a…

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Country News and Personal Notes Sheep Drowned When Cloud Bursts

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 17

MOREE, Thursday.--Last Friday Mr. F. A. Lord had a strenuous, time saving some sheep from drowning when a aloud burst a mile east of his…

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Knocked Down by Car. Injured Man’s Plight

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

While driving to Cronulla at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Reginald J. Coag noticed a man lying on the side of the road, after he had left Tom Ugly's Point punt…

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Cyclist Injured in Crash on Sand Wagga

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 1

Charles Morris, motor mechanic, of Wagga, was riding a motor cycle along Coolamon Road when he struck a patch of sand and crashed…

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Seized by Shark Young Surfer Fatally Injured at Bondi

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 4

The shark terror of all surf bathers has claimed another victim. Suddenly appearing at Bondi (Sydney) late on Saturday afternoon, a monster…

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"Molly Didn't Come Up" Little Mates Wondered Why Sister Born As Child Drowned

Evening News · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 1

"MOLLY fell in the water and went [?] hold her to come out, but she didn't, and went under again ...she didn't come up. THAT explanation, more pathetic by…

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Buried in a Tunnel Roof Collapses Two Men Are Badly Injured Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 1

The roof of a tunnel, 45ft. below the surface at Batenford quarries, Geelong, collapsed when a number of men…

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Picking the Fruit How the Quality is Affected by Injured and Broken Skin—a Common Cause of Rot

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 13

The keeping quality of fruit depends more upon the skin being kept in a sound unbroken condition than upon other factor, because…

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Jumped Clear. Motorist's Thrilling Escape. Level Crossing Accident. Bellingen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 13

Mr. H. Carstens had an amazing escape when a goods train ran down the car he was driving at a level crossing at Raleigh, and smashed the motor to matchwood. Carstens,…

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Girl’s Spine Hurt. Two Accidents in Baths at Brighton Le Sands

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

Two serious accidents occurred at Brighton le Hands baths oil Sunday. Eileen Bickey, 28, of Tangoorah [?]d., Lide[?]mbe, fell down a flight of stops…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Propeller · Friday 18 January 1929 · page 1

Charles James Larkin (18), of Colleen Street, Blakehurst, was riding a motor cycle along Prince's Highway, Kogarah, last Friday afternoon when…

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Two Injured in Street Brawl After Collision

Evening News · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 1

AS the result of a brawl in Liverpool-road. Ashfield shortly before midnight last night, Leo Bernard Cole, 40, of Wellington-street,…

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Collision Three People Hurt

The Sun · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 3

In a collision between a motor car and a motor cycle and sidecar at the corner of Palace-street and Parramatta-road Petersham, to-day, the…

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Three Drowned Auckland

The Sun · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 6

John Riddell, a farmer, and two Maorts were drowned when a surf boat capsized on the West Coast. Three other men managed to swim…

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Boy Drowned at Brighton Baths

The Sun · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 7

While swimming in the old Brighton Baths to-day Walter Thomas Kennaugh, aged seven, of Riverside-crescent, Marrickville, sank and was…

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Three Injured Leichhardt Smash

Evening News · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 5

THREE persons were injured to-day, [?] motor cycle and [?]-car came into collision at the intersection of Parramatta-road and…

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Elderly Man Injured. Leeton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 18

When Geo. Wood, an elderly orchardist, who came to Yanco irrigation area with the first settiers in 1912, arrived at his home at Brodenah-road, after a trip into Leeton, his…

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Fatal Dive Drowned in River Wagga

Evening News · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 5

WHILE swimming in Murrumbidgee River at Deepwaier Station, Albert Richard Allan suddenly threw up his hands and disappeared. He was dead…

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