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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

4,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 237

Three Injured Paddington Smash

Evening News · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 6

THREE people were injured this afternoon in a collision between a taxi and a motor bus in Oxford-street, Paddington…

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Shunter Injured. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 18

Frank Small, employed as a shunter at the Mudgee Railway Station, was adjusting brakes when the wheel of the truck passed over one of his hands, severing one finger and badly…

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Blacktown Motor Fatality -- Soldiers' Appeal Postponed

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 10

A GREAT EFFORT by Brew (Queensland) to stop a fast ball from Onyons in the Queensland-Vic. Sheffield Shield game, in Brisbane. BLACKTOWN ACCIDENT. -- The car crashed…

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Constable Injured Jammed Between Trams

Evening News · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 6

WTHEN the motor cycle he was riding became Jammed between two trams at the intersection of Falcon and Miller-street. North Sydney, to-day, Constable…

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Woman Fatally Injured. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 21

Mrs. Ellen Costello, [?]5, of Bay-road. Kenwick, was fatally injured when she was knocked down by a motor car in Grenfell-street…

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Severe Injuries Collision at Quarry Hill Hand Amputated

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 1

As the result of a collision between two cars on Quarry Hill on Wednesday evening, Mr and Mrs Frank Grives, of Arncliffe, are in…

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Car Overturns; Two Are Badly Injured Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 4

A motor car overturned in [?] Street. Banarat, to-day with the result that Eric Herbert, the driver, was taken to hospital. suffering from…

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Car Smash One Man Killed Another Seriously Injured

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 5

Walter Cook, of "The Bungalow, Rooty Hill. was killed when a car that he was driving collided with the side of a bridge…

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Twelve People Trapped in Ruined Hotel as Flood Swirls Through Gloucester Man Drowned? Buildings Washed Away Rain Still Falling Water Three Feet Deep in Shops at Kempsey Gloucester

The Sun · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 5

The biggest flood in the history of the district is sweeping over the surrounding countryside, and is assuming alarming proportions. The Royal Hotel is in ruins, and in danger of…

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Death Was Accidental

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 6

While encased in loading train rails on to a bogle waggon on a section of the permanent way between Como and Sutherland, on January 25, Thomas…

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ACCIDENTS Legislation Imperative

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 29

Official figures just issued relating to the number of street accidents during 1928 make disquieting reading, and provide…

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Collier Founders Off Heads; Six Men Feared Drowned Hoodoo Ship, Annie M. Miller, Goes Down in Moderate Sea Pilot Ship Rescues Six of Crew; Wreckage Found by Searchers Close In-shore Terrific Explosions Precede Last Plunge

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 3

Without warning, in a moderate sea, the small coastal collier, Annie M. Miller, the hoodoo ship of Sydney, foundered six miles off Sydney Heads last night, and six of the crew of twelve are still missing. The pilot steamer Captain Cook rescued six of the crew, who were rowing for…

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Two Drowned Gloucester Deluged

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 February 1929 · page 2

Drowned in a gallant attempt to rescue twelve people, marooned by the flood at the Royal Hoteel here to-day, two men lost their lives. Floods of unprecedented volume overwhelmed the whole…

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For the Sake of £80! Wireless Could Have Helped the Drowning Seamen Federal Govt. Should Act

Sunday Times · Sunday 10 February 1929 · page 1

Each of the six precious lives lost in the foundering of the Annie M. Miller off South Head on Friday night presumably was not valued at £80, because, if an antiquated Federal Government insisted upon ships of her size carrying wireless…

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Two Men Drowned And Buildings Swept Away by Swirling Flood Marooned in Hotel Young Sydney Visitor Sinks in River Rescued From Roofs North Coast Railway Traffic Blocked. Hundreds Held Up

The Sun · Sunday 10 February 1929 · page 2

Devastating floods have occurred at Gloucester, Kempsey, and other towns on the northern rivers. A young man from Sydney and a local railway guard were drowned at Gloucester while swmiming the current, and a large portion of a block of buildings was torn from…

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Five Injured in Collision Bathing Party's Fate Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 5

A touring car bringing Dome a bathing party curly this morning collided with a taxi at St. Kilda The tourer overturned…

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Railway Fatality. Mittagong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 13

The body of William Wallace McFarlane, of 25 Ludgate-street, Concord, was discovered at 5.30 this morning, lying between the railway tracks about 200 yards from Aylmerton…

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Dream Accident Came True Two Brothers Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 2

On Thursday night Mrs. Daniel Seaton, who lives in the Eastern Suburbs, dreamed of a motor accident in which friends of hers--…

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Motor Accidents. 'Bus and Taxi Cab Collide Three Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 15

Three persons were injured in Oxford-street, near Moncur-street, Paddington, on Saturday afternoon, when a taxi-cub skidded on the wet roadway and collided with a motor 'bus…

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Brave Act Attempt at Rescue Fisherman Drowned

The Sun · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 11

At the conclusion of the inquiry into the death of John Henry Lutge, who was drowned when a fishing boat capsized at Dobroyd…

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