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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

4,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 237

Injured Man, Dies. Kurri Kurri

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

Arthur Shaw, of Newcastle, who fell through a railway viaduct near East Greta Junction on December 1, died in Kurri Kurri District Hospital last night of spinal injuries. For five…

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Fireman Injured Midnight Call to Ship

Evening News · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 6

ABOUT midnight the Water Police received a call to the S. S. Dundula, at No 5 wharf, Walsh Bay. On arrival Serg Day and Const. Windred found that…

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Elderly Woman Injured Alighting From Train

The Labor Daily · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 6

Catherine Martin, 76, of Wells Street, Newtown, wan alighting from an electric train at St. Peters last night, when she clipped and fell on the platform…

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Man Drowned. Three Deaths in One Family Wagga

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

A drowning fatality occurred In the Murrumbidgee River downstream from Wagga to-day. Albert William Allan. 33. employed at Deepwater Station, went with others after work…

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Country News. Motor Cyclist Injured. Wagga

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

Charles Morris, 20 years, motor cycle mechanic, had a narrow escape from serious injury yesterday afternoon, when the motor cycle he was riding along Coolnmon-road,…

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Collision on Bridge. Motor Cycle and Side Car Hits Car

The Biz · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 5

On Sunday at midday, a motor cycle driven by Kenneth Martin, of Roseberry Road, Guildford, with Mervyn Duff, also of Guildford, in…

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Bitten by Pig Baby Badly Injured Auckland

The Sun · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 8

Roy Shadbolt, aged 17 months, was savagely attacked by a pig at Whitford. His mother heard the screams of the child, and rushed outside…

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Man Killed Motor Lorry Overturns Three Injured Queanbeyan

The Sun · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 8

A motor lorry, the property of the Posts and Telegraph Department, carrying four telegraph linesmen, capsized on the Burngendore-road near…

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Williams Is Injured May Not be Fit for Tennis Final

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1929 · page 30

Guy Williams, after scoring a great victory over Breden in the singles semi-final yesterday, sprained his ankle, and may be…

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Two Drowned

Truth · Sunday 20 January 1929 · page 1

TWO young men met their deaths by drowning within a space of two hours in the Parramatta district yesterday…

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Boy Drowned In Brighton Baths

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1929 · page 2

Walter Thomas Kennaugh, aged 7, of Riverside Crescent, Marrickville, was drowned in the old Brighton Baths yesterday afternoon. The boy's father was…

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Boy Drowned in Few Feet of Water Picnic Tragedy

The Sun · Sunday 20 January 1929 · page 2

Willie other members of a picnic party were preparing lunch at Brighton-le-Sands yesterday, Walter Thomas Kennaugh, aged 7, was drowned in a…

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Surf Tragedy at Kawhia Heads Three Drowned "I Am Done!" Auckland

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1929 · page 2

Three men were drowned at Kawhia Heads, on the West Coast through the capsizing of a surf boat. Seven men went out to test the boat…

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Girl's Finger Is Shot Off Gun Accident ORANGE

Sunday Times · Sunday 20 January 1929 · page 12

A serious shooting accident occurred at Amaroo, between Orange and Molong, this morning, when Miss Olivia Larsen, 18, of Mount Hope, had a finger blown off…

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Cyclist Badly Injured Motor Lorry Collision Driver Fails to Stop

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 1

A cyclist. Stanley Hanhell, 20. of Woodward Avenue, Stratified, was erotically injured by a hit-run lorry driver on the Great Southern Road…

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Collision Near Casula

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 12

The Liverpool police are searching for the driver of a motor lorry which is alleged to have collided with a motor cycle on the Great Southern road, near Casula, between 8 p.m…

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Two Lives Lost. Drowning Accidents. Penrith and Brightonle-sands

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 11

While spending a week-end holiday at Penrith, Jack Toohey, 19, Stokos-avenue, Alexandria, was drowned in the N[?]pean River on Saturday afternoon The accident occurred…

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Motor Accidents. Cyclist Killed. Collision with Taxi Cab

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 12

John Morton Robinson, 37, of Richmond-road, Flemington, received fatal injuries when his motor cycle and a taxi cab collided at the intersection of Helena-street and…

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Father and Daughters Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 12

Robert Brown, 41, of Percival-road, Stanmore, and his two daughters, Marjorie and Sylvia, aged 9 years and 7 years respectively, were injured on Saturday afternoon when…

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Boy Injured in Smash

Evening News · Monday 21 January 1929 · page 8

Keith Martin, 16, of Darling Point-road, Darling Point, was riding a motor cycle along New South Head-road. Ros[?] Bey, to-day, which a collision occurred…

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