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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

4,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 237

Driver Stunned Shunting Accident Junee

The Sun · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 7

William McInerney, enginedriver, of Albury, was driving his engine alone on the centre line at the railway station before connecting with the…

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"Meet Bertie" Did Not Mean Politics Fortuitous Accident (To the Editor.)

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 February 1929 · page 6

Sir. -- Tour article "Meet Bertle." so misrepresents the motives of my association that I feel that in justice to the numbers (particularly those with Labor…

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Two Injured Car and Cycle Again

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 February 1929 · page 2

In a collision between a motor car and a motor cycle at the corner of Parramatta-road and St. David's-road, Haberfield, yesterday, the rider of the cycle…

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Girl's Leap From Blazing Bedroom Badly Injured

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 February 1929 · page 2

The flame of a gas ring exploded while Miss Constance Dawes, aged 21, was cleaning a dress at her homo at the corner of King and Uniou-streets, Newtown,…

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Traffic Accident Case Won with Aid of Picture Film

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 February 1929 · page 14

The exhibition of a moving picture in a law court, engaged in the hearing of a motor accident case, is a novelty introduced through the N.R.M.A. a few days…

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Drivers Urged to Be Careful Many Accidents Occur at Street Crossings

Sunday Times · Sunday 24 February 1929 · page 13

American statistics, taken by traffic men, who spend a great deal of their time checking violators of intersection stop signs, show that 82…

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The Man Under the Bed It Was Hard Luck for Escapee Jones That the Police Are Stickybeaks Accident Helps Law's Arm

Truth · Sunday 24 February 1929 · page 16

WALTER ("DIGGER") JONES, who escaped from police custody on the Central Railway Station the week before last, to-day must be cursing the…

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Three Injured. Collision at Campsie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 12

A motor cycle and sidecar, on which three persons were travelling, and a motor car came into collision shortly after 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the intersection of…

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Killed Coming From Golf Young Woman Four Are Injured Cars in Collision Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 5

After playing son at Caulfield William Empey, 57, school teacher, of Carlton, gave a lost to a party of ladies in his motor car. He was…

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Motor Accidents. Fatal Collision. Motor Cycle and Car. KATOOMBA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 12

A fatal collision between a motor cycle and a motor car occurred near Hazelbrook. The victim was Bramwell Vince, 18, of Scott-street. Croydon, who was a passenger in the…

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Farmer Drowned Trying to Cross Creek

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 11

BRISBANE, Sunday.--Christie Waibel, a farmer, of Moto, in the Burnett district, was drowned in attempting to cross a flooded creek yesterday…

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Plucky Motorist. Risks Drowning. To Save Man's Life. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 11

Faced with the fact that if he drove straight [?] he would run over and almost certainly kill a man, who, after falling from a motor cycle, was lying prostrate on the side of the…

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Desperate Leap. From Blazing Building. Girl Badly Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 12

With her clothes on fire and flames leaping around her and all ordinary means of escape cut off, Miss Constance Dawes, 21, of 582 King-street, Newtown, made a desperate bid for life…

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Injured Man Can't Attend Court Woman Is Remanded

Evening News · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 4

IN the case of Constance Foley, 26, who is charged with having mallciously inflicted grievous bodily harm upon William M'Geary last Friday,…

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Lorry Driver Arrested Collides with Two Cars Girl Is Injured

The Labor Daily · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 5

After figuring in collisions with motor-cars at Manly and Brookvale on Saturday night, the driver of a motor- lorry was arrested and charged with…

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Girl Trapped in Blazing Room Injured in Jump to Safety

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 10

Trapped by flames surrounding the door when her bedroom caught alight on Saturday, Constance Dawes (21), of King Street, Newtown, jumped through…

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Two Horses Killed Railway Crossing Collision Man and Boy Jump Clear Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 1

A colliery train crushed into a sanitary waggon on the Mount Kelra Coal Company's line, near Robson's Road crossing yesterday…

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Blown to Death Three Quarrymen Another Injured Explosion at Adelaide "Hoodoo" Number Adelaide, Sunday. '

The Labor Daily · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 1

THREE men were killed, and one injured, when a premature explosion dislodged about one hundred tons of rock at Waterfall Quarry, Burnside, on Saturday morning…

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Two Are Killed in Week-end Smashes Many Others Injured Woman's Fatal Fall From Tram Heavy Toll of the Motor

The Labor Daily · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 1

THE week-end brought an unusually heavy crop of fatalities. Two men, one unknown, were killed in motor accidents. Numerous others received injuries more or less serious. A woman died as the result of injuries caused through falling from…

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Boy Accidentally Shot. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 February 1929 · page 13

Leslie Gibbons, 13, was shot dead at Buntino on Saturday when a shotgun with which he was playing exploded…

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