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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

4,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 237

Collision at Fivedock. Tram and Motor Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 12

A tram and a motor cor caine into collision at the intersection or Lyons-road and the Great Northern-road, Fivedork, late yesterday afternoon. The car, which was driven…

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Three Injured When Sulky Turned Over

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--An accident at Morriset resulted in two women and a girl being thrown from a sulky and injured…

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Struck by Tram. Man Critically Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 17

A man who was knocked down by a tram while crossing the road at the corner of Falcon and Merlin streets, North Sydney, shortly after 7 o'clock last night, was picked up…

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Fatally Injured Woman Thrown from Sulky

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 1

Sarah Jane Howlett (62), of Queen-street, St. Marys, was thrown from a sulky while driving along Western-road, Prospect, on Friday night…

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Cycle Overturns Police in Collision Lorry Driver Fined

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 1

At Liverpool on the night of January 9, a police motor cycle and side-car collided with a taxi in which another policeman was riding…

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Drowned in Murrumbidgee Fourth Victim in a Week

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 10

WAGGA, Sunday.--Another drowning in the Murrumbidgee River, the fourth, within a week, occurred last evening, 35 miles 'below Wagga…

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One Dead and Five Hurt Car's Terrific Collision Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 1

Two motor curs collided on the Prince's Highway, Officer, with the result Hint John Stanley Alexander, 33 of Wattletree Road, Malvern, driver of…

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Car Somersaults Down 20Ft. Bank Two Passengers Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 3

MAITLAND, Sunday.--When a car, driven by O. Haviland, of East Maitland, somersaulted 20 feet down a bank on the Newcastle Road near East…

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"Hold Her, Jack!" Man Killed in Collision "Only Error of Judgment"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 4

"Come for a rider" It was just an ordinary invitation that Jack Alfred Potter issued to some of his friends on the night of December 28…

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Six Hurt in Collision Car and Tram Broadside Crash Five Dock

The Labor Daily · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 1

THE six occupants of a motor car which came into collision with a tram at the intersection of Great North and Lyons Roads, Five Dock, yesterday…

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Shark Attack. Youth Fatally Injured. at Magnetic Island. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 12

A Townsville message says that Harry Wetherell, aged l8 years, son of the Townsville manager of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency, was attacked by a shark…

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Two Girls Injured at Coogee Surf "Queen" Victim Bumped While Surfing

The Labor Daily · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 1

Mel Greenlces, 20, of Frenchman's ' Road, Coogee, who was the local s queen in a surf girl competition some time ago, was seriously…

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Blown Seven Yards by Bursting Tyre Arm Broken and Spine Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--William Wilson (31), laborer, wan thrown seven yards yesterday when a balloon motor tyre, Which he was pumping up,…

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Toll of the Road in Melb.: Sydney Three Dead Strange Fatality Week-end Smashes Melbourne

Evening News · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 4

FOUR motor accidents during the week-end resulted in two deaths and Injuries to six other persons. The victims were:—…

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Injured Captain Stood-by to the Last Held on by Their Teeth Italian Skipper Saw Crew Rescued Jumped Over New York

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 4

The story is told by an officer of a rescuing American steamer of how the Italian captain of a foundering vessel, having waited till…

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Surf Scare N. Bondi Porpoise Coogee Accidents

Evening News · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 4

SURFERS at North Bondi received a scare yesterday, when a porpoise was seen swimming some distance from the beach. They…

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Woman Killed. While in Motor Car. Remarkable Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 12

Mrs. Marry Eraser, an elderly widow, of Darling Point-road, Darling Point, was killed in most extraordinary circumstances yesterday…

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Surf Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 12

Two girl surfers—Miss Ryan, of Carringtonroad and Belmore-road, Coogee, and Miss Mel Greenlees, of Frenchman's-road. Randwick— met with accidents at Coogee yesterday…

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Motor Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 12

The lorry collided with a motor car and crashed into a post on the Great Western-Road, near Springwood on Saturday…

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Motor Accidents. Youth Killed. Knocked Down by Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 12

Ivan Godden (l8), of Gray-street. K garah, was knocked down by a motor car in Prince s Highway, Kogarah, on Saturday afternoon. He died later in the day in the St. George…

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