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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

4,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 237

Bumped on Chin and Died Amazing Accident

The Labor Daily · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 5

Mary Fraser. 79. of Darling Point Road. Darling Point, was fatally injured in peculiar circumstances in a motor cur yesterday afternoon…

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Many Are Hurt in Accidents Three Dead in Weekend Smashes Lorries Somersault

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 3

Holiday week-end traffic accidents were numerous, and two people were killed. A FEATURE of the accidents was the…

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Casual Connie Oxford Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1929 · page 8

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Child Rescued From Drowning. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 12

Prompt action by Alderman E. G. Grainger averted a tragedy at Maclean Baths. Mr. Grainger took his family and other children for a swim, but on coming out found…

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Two Men Injured. Speedway Accident. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 11

Two man were injured and a car was wrecked at the Aspendale Speedway to-day in the five-lap handicap for motor cars from 850c. c. to 2000c. c. The competitors w[?]e A…

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Mine Accident. One Man Killed. Seven Injured. Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 12

An accident in Edwards' shaft on the Great Boulder mine to-day resulted in one man being killed and several others injured. They were —Killed: John Beale, 50, shift boss,…

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Railway Employees Injured. Tamavorth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 12

Allan Ryan, a railway guard attached to the Werris Creek depot, received injuries when caught between two trucks during shunting operations at West Tamworth trucking yards…

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Two Injured Lorry Hits Pole

Evening News · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 12

WHEN a tyre of a motor lorry blew out in Fountain-street, Alexandria, last night, a motor lorry, which contained five people, crashed into an…

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Motor Cyclist Injured. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 12

While Mr. Glen Sharpe was riding his motor cycle home from work the tall end of his machine was struck by a passing motor. The impact threw the rider and the vehicle across…

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Dangerous Tyre Blow-out Three Men Injured

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 1

Three men were injured when the motor lorry they were riding in came into contact with a telegraph post, at the intersection of Fountain Street…

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Driver Dies Car Capsizes Wife Injured Taree

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 5

JAMES LULHAM, an officer in the Taree branch of the Foresty Department, was driving with his wife home Mount…

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Lorry Hits Telegraph Pole Two Men Seriously Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 3

Out of control, a motor lorry driven by Frederick Hourigan (22), of Wellington Street, Bondi, swerved across the road and crashed into a telegraph…

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Fell Out--not Thrown Out From Window Young Woman Critically Injured

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 5

Falling 15 feet from an upstairs window at her home in Pidcock Street, Camperdown early last night. Alice Alvis, 25, suffered concussion, severe…

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Where Can They Be? Two Bondi Girls One Missing After She Was Injured

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 5

The disappearance of two young girls from their homes at Bondi is engaging the attention of the police. Kathleen Godden, 16, of Roe Street…

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"Stop at Main Roads" to Prevent Accidents

Evening News · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 6

ALD. ROCHESTER remarked at Burwood Council last night that there was no doubt that persons who drove motor cars into main roads without stopping…

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Line Breaks Nearly an Accident Excitement at Casula

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1929 · page 7

Passengers on a train bound for Campbelltown had cause for excitement shortly after 1 o'clock this morning, when the train passed over a break…

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Kalgoorlie Mine Accident. One Killed; Seven Injured

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 20

One man was killed and seven injured in an accident in Edwards' shaft in the Great Boulder Mine at Kalgoorlie (W.A.) on Monday. John Beal, 50, shift boss, of…

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Injured Man Identifed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 17

The man who on Sunday was knocked down by a tram and seriously injured, at the corner of Kaloon and Merlin streets. North Sydney, has been identified as Francis Vincent, 6[?], of…

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Botany Blaze Firemen Injured Brigades Kept Busy

Evening News · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 6

FIREMEN had a busy time last night when, in addition to a big blaze at Botany, they received calls to outbreaks in the city and several of…

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Lorry Overturns Sydney Men Injured Cessnock

The Sun · Wednesday 30 January 1929 · page 15

William Sanderson, of Belmore, and R. B, Cheatman, of Pitt-street, Sydney had a narrow escape last night when travelling by a motor lorry from…

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