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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

4,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 237

Drowned at National Park

The Propeller · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 2

Sinking from sight as he was swimming across Audley River, near the Rest Mouse, National Park, last Sunday afternoon, Matthew Joseph Cusack…

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Drowned in the Floods

The Hebrew Standard of Australasia · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 6

Aaron Steiger, aged 34, and Leon Orlow, 40, both natives of Poland, and residing at Moore Park, Sydney, came to Sydney about two years ago, when they…

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Injured by Taxi

Evening News · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 9

Joseph Howe. S. of Johnston-street, Annandale, who was seriously Injured when a taxi capsized at the intersection of Bridge-road and Mallett-street…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 4

William Chenney, of Liverpool Road. Enfield, was critically injured late yesterday afternoon, when the motorcycle he was riding and a motor car…

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District Court. (Before Judge Armstrong and Juries.) Injured in Motor Collision. Austin v Yellow Cabs of Australia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 8

Maisie Mary Austin, wife of Thomas Arthur Austin, of 171 Palmer-street, Sydney, sued Yellow Cabs of Australia, Ltd., of 85 Darlinghurst-road. Sydney, to recover £400 damages…

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Razor Attack. Woman Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 14

In view of a number of people in Crownstreet. Surry Hills, about 5 o'clock yesterday aftornoon, a man attacked Mrs. Ellen Kelly, or Rainsford-street. Surry Hills, with a razor…

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Bootmaker Charged Licensee Injured

Evening News · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 10

A LBERT KELLOW, 21. bootmaker was, reminded until March 4 at Redfern Court, to-day, on a charge of having mailciously infllieted grievous bodliy…

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Mob Assault. Volunteer Workers Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 13

A party of 20 men yesterday committed a brutal attack upon three volunteer timber workers near the Granville raliway station Two of the volunteers were subsequently…

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Woman Injured Dhurst Sensation Carter Remanded

Evening News · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 6

AT the Central Court to-day. David Benjamin Davies 34, carter was remanded until March 1, on £200 ball, an a charge of having…

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Cycling. Ali Nefatti. Injured Rider's Courage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 18

There have not been many outstanding coloared cyclists, and few of them have made their appear ance in Sydney, the most notable in the past being the American negro sprinter, Major Taylor. The…

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Alleged Wanton Driving. Man Injured at Rockdale

The Propeller · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 1

At the Quarter Sessions on Monday, before Judge Curlewis, Edward Basil Bozier, 33, carnival manager, was charged with having done bodily harm to…

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Man Killed Wollongong Explosion Another Injured Wollongong

The Sun · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 11

The premature explosion of a charge, during blasting operations to-day, on the cross-country railway from Moss Vale to Unanderra, killed Walter John…

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Two Killed and Four Injured in City Rail W a Y Works "Red" Invasion Feared But Army Slow in Moving Police Guard Peace Delegates

Evening News · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 9

IN VIEW of the threats of the "Rede" to raid the industrial Peace Conference again and drag Mr. Jock Garden out by the "scruff of the neck," a strong force of police guarded the Town Hall and its immediate environs…

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A Mysterious “Accident”

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 22 February 1929 · page 4

An official court of inquiry has found that the bombing of Indian soldiers by an Army aeroplane at Peshawur was “attributable to a combination…

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Construction Fatality Too Quick Explosion Second Man Injured Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 5

Walter John Brock, a shotfirer on the Mass Vale-Port Kembla railway, died in the Wollongong Hospital last night from pellet wounds and shock,…

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Girl Saved From Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 19

GOULBURN, Friday.--When almost drowned, Eileen' M'Cullum (14) was rescued from the, flood waters of the Wollondilly by Les Leggett, who risked…

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Cyclist Injured

Evening News · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 6

Jack Norman Collis, of Leichhardt-st. Katoomba, had his right foot fractured to-day as the result of a collision between his motor cycle and a motor car…

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Blasting Fatality New Railway Works Woonona, Saturday. LITHGOW

Evening News · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 6

One man was killed and another injured when a blasting charge exploded prematurely on the cross-country railway works. A fall of stone occurred in the Cobar tunnel killing Daniel Bilkey, a miner His mate, W. H. Ossington escaped injury. The stone was about 3ft wide…

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"Battered for Nothing" Pie-seller Injured Affray in Bourke Street Residential

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 1

BADLY knocked about, Charles Beaumer, 65, ple-seller, a wellknown identity at Darlinghurst, was admitted to Sydney Hospital last night…

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Two Men Killed. Tunnel Roof Collapses. City Railway Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 17

Two men were killed and another was injured yesterday when huge sandstone boulders fell from the roof of the City Railway tunnel construction work near the Conservatorium…

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