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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

4,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 237

Two Boys Drowned. Boat Sinks in Yowie Bay

The Propeller · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon three schoolboys were playing in a discarded hat bottomed boat at Yowie Bay, Port, Hacking. When they pushed the boat…

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Drowned at Brighton. Boy Wanders to His Doom

The Propeller · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 1

While hundreds of persons were bathing at the old baths at Brighton-le-Sands on Saturday last Walter Thomas Kennaugh (7), of Marrickville, was…

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Two Boys Drowned Boat Capsizes Bodies Recovered Port Hacking

The Labor Daily · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 1

TWO SCHOOLBOYS were drowned within seven yards of the shore yesterday afternoon, when a flat-bottomed boat overturned with them in…

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Hit by Flying Brick. Man Seriously Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 9

John Kingsley Clarkson, 20, a motor mechanic, of 46 Little Riley-street, Surry Hills, received Injurie. yesterday morning from which he is not expected to recover, when…

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Cyclist and Lorry Collide Youth Is Injured

The Labor Daily · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 1

As a result of a collision between a motor lorry and a push bicycle he was riding, Harold McDonald, [?] of Summon Street, Enmore suffered…

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Two Boys Sink with Punt Drowned Before Mate Who Escaped Tragic Adventure

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 3

Unable to swim, two little boys were drowned in a few minutes at Yowie Bay, near Port Hacking, yesterday, when an old punt in…

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Injured Bosun Radio for Help Niagara to Rescue Suva

Evening News · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 10

WHEN the R.M.S. Niagara was between Honolulu and the equator, she received a wireless message from the steamer Wathemo, stating…

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Lorry Overturns. Thirteen People Injured. Mothers Frantically Seek Children. Singleton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 13

There were frantic scenes on a roadside near Singleton when a motor lorry containing 13 people, mostly women and their children, overturned while endeavouring to pass another…

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Fourteen Killed Through Aerial Bombers' Error British Pilots Misread Ground Signals Three Bombs Fall on Troops Fifteen Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 4

PESHAWUR, India, Thursday. Fourteen men were killed and 15 injured when R.A.F. pilots, carrying out bombing practice near Jamrud,…

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Motorist Pursued. After Rockdale Accident. Cyclist’s Leg Amputated

The St George Call · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 6

A young motor cyclist, William Arthur Shepherd, was knocked down by a motor car at Rockdale, on November 20. and sustained such serious injuries…

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Accident at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 4

While crossing Forest Road, Hurst-ville, near the railway station steps, last Monday, Mrs. Annie O'Connor and her daughter Edith, of Bond Street,…

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Not Enough Caution Say Traffic Police Why Accidents Happen

The Labor Daily · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 6

The Police Authorities draw the attention of motorists to the fact that serious accidents continue to occur, notwithstanding the frequent warnings given…

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Fatal Accident. Conflicting Versions

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1929 · page 7

Witnesses who described a fatal collision between a tram and a motor car, which occured at Maroubra on November 18. to the City Coroner yesterday, gave conflicting…

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International Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 19

Leslie Agnew, of the Waverley (Association) and Kelloggs (League) team, and one of the most dashing players in Australia, suffered serious injuries at Botany. It is understood that a sudden rush of…

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Collision Leads to Broken Leg

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 1

Malcolm Henricks. 26, mechanic of Maida Street Lllyfield had his right leg fractured last night when. mounted on a motor cycle. he collided with…

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Five Injured in Velodrome Smash

Evening News · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 5

WHEN the machines they were riding skidded on the wet track while they were practising at the Canterbury Velodrome late this afternoon, five cyclists…

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Aeroplane Fatality Late Mr A. C. SMITH

Nepean Times · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 5

Mr Alfred Charles Smith, of Cornwallis, Windsor, who was killed while working on his farm on Monday by a Moth aeroplane crashing into him,…

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A Human Shuttlecock Motor Cyclist's Dual Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 10

GLEN INNES, Friday.--To collide with two motor cars in as many seconds was the hair-raising experience of a Glen Innes motor cyclist, G…

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Saw Boy Killed Corrimal Parents George-st. Fatality

Evening News · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 3

JOHN KILPATRICK, 5, of the Avenue, Corrimal, was knocked down and killed before the eyes of his parents in George-street, City…

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Fell Asleep and Dropped Into Water Buy's Lucky Escape From Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1929 · page 29

WOLLONGONG, Friday.--Mr. W. Puckeridge was fishing off a high wall at Wollongong Harbor at 11 o'clock, last night, when he heard a splash,…

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