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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

4,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 237

Man Injured Civic Chief's Motor Car Bump at Drummoyne

The Sun · Sunday 3 March 1929 · page 2

A motor car driven by the Chief Civic Commissioner (Mr. John Garlick) knocked down a pedestrian in Bridge-street,…

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Granville Collision Pillion Rider Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 2

William M'Monigal (23), of Fifth Avenue Clyde was a passenger on [?] pillion of a motor-cycle ridden by William M'Guire, which came into collision with…

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Unknown Man Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 7

The body of an unknown man was found in the Hawkesbury River, ten miles below Wiseman's Ferry, yesterday. It had apparently been in the…

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Women Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 12

When two motor cars met in head-on collision in Fifth-avenue, Campsle, late yesterday afternoon, three women were injured. Mrs. Harriet Tunks, off Macquarie-road,…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 1

When the motor cycle he was riding came into collision with a motor car at the intersection of Woodville Road and William Street. Granville,…

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Gothic Injured in Foreleg

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Gothic pulled up rather badly after the Newmarket on Saturday, but had improved by the time he was sent home…

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FLOODS. Man Believed Drowned. LISMORE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 12

W. R. King, of Lismore, who was employed by the Woodburn Shire Council, is believed to have been drowned while crossing a flooded creek on the Coraki-Lismore road. His…

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Schooling Crash Jockey Harris Injured

The Sun · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 4

Usually a good jumper. Roisyce crashed at the first hurdle over which he was sent in a school at Randwick this morning. He fell heavily and…

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Horses Killed. Jockey Injured Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 2

AT Mount Gamber races on Saturday, Taverna fell and broke his neck His rider J. Johnson, received a fractured…

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Four Injured Gar Somersaults Bathurst

The Sun · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 11

Four people were injured when a Willys Knight car dashed over an embankment about 10ft. deep near the District Hospital early this morning,…

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Caught in Strong Undertow Girl Rescued, but Fiancee Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Caught in a strong undertow in the surf at West St. Kilda this afternoon, a young man, Walter Exon, and his fiancee, Miss…

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Woman Killed Two Men Injured Car Overturns

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 1

A young woman was killed and two men were injured, about 8 o'clock on Friday night, when a motor car, which was travelling along Western-road, near Pendle…

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Fiance Drowned Woman Is Saved From Hobson's Bay Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 1

West St. Kllda life-savers rescued a woman named Parker from the sea. She told them that her fiance. Walter Exon, 26, of Burnley, was further out…

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Woman Injured by Car. Driver Fails to Stop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 12

Struck by a motor car, said to have [?]een travelling at more than 50 miles an hour, Mrs. L. Wiles, of May-street, St. Peters, had a remarkable escape from death on Saturday…

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Cars in Head-on Smash Three Slightly Injured

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 1

Three persons were slightly Injured when motor ears driven by, Robert Fenwick, of Liverpool Road. Enfield, and Leonard Tanks, of Macquarle…

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Lord Strickland. Collision with Church. a Franciscan's Expulsion. London, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 11

Reports that Lord Strickland, Premier of Malta, has been excommunicated are absolutely baseless, says Reuter's correspondent at Malta. They arise from misunderstanding…

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Man Drowned in Flooded Creek His Dog Refuses to Leave Spot

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 3

LISMORE, Sunday.--When crossing a flooded creek between South Lismore and Coraki, Walter Robert King, of Lismore, was drowned…

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Incendiarism or Accident? "Facts Consistent With Either" Says Coroner Owner Alleges That She Was Threatened

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 2

Exhaustive police investigation has failed to reveal the cause of the fire that destroyed a weatherboard cottage in Station-road, Auburn, in the early hours of January 21. The owner suspects that the fire was maliciously caused, although her…

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Boy Shot Dead. Pea-rifle Accident. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 12

At Nundah to-day Norman Stewart, aged 14 years, was accidentally shot dead by a school fellow. Arthur Wildermuth. Stewart, with another boy, left on a shooting expedition…

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Mr. Garlick's Car. Involved in Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 March 1929 · page 12

Benjamin Jones, about 40 years old, of Bridge-street, Drummoyne, was knocked down in Bridge-street, Drummoyne, at 5.40 p.m. yesterday by a motor car driven by Mr. John…

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