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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

4,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 237

Crushed by Rock Colliery Fatality Lithgow

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 3

THE District Corner, Mr. A. Boyd returned a verdict of accidental death at the inquiry into the circumstances the weath of Wm. Woodburn, a…

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Triple Collision Man's Face Gashed Macksville

Evening News · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 6

A PECULIAR accident occurred at a sharp bend on the road about a mile from Nambucca Heads. Mr. Michelin, of Murrurundi, who was…

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Holbrook Threatened Fire-fighter Injured Holbrook

The Sun · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 3

On Thursday about midday word was received in Holbrook that a bush fire had broken out near the Chinese gardens behind Mr. Joseph Lawson's…

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Hosiery Manufacturer Killed Head-on Collision Between Car and Motor Cycle

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 5

Biding through the storm with his head over the handle-bars Robert Robertshaw (40), hosiery manufacturer, of Cardigan Street, Bankstown, was killed…

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May Lose a Leg Injured Man Who Was Placed In 'Bus

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 4

Well-meant interference by civilians with an injured man in Parramatta Road, Camperdown, late last night, may cost him his leg…

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Duke Pitched While Hunting Drenched In Brook, But Not Injured LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 2

The Duke of Gloucester was hunting with the Quorn Hounds when his forse fell. The Duke was pitched into…

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Cabramatta. Serious Accident

The Biz · Saturday 5 January 1929 · page 4

Mr. W. ROSS, of Church-st., Cabramatta, met with a serious accident on Saturday afternoon, and as a result is in hospital in a critical…

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Child Drowned

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1929 · page 2

Francis James Sewings, aged 7, who lived at Windsor, fell from the banks of the Hawkesbury, near his home, late yesterday afternoon, and was drowned…

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"A Few Spots" Made Raine Splash into Collision DAMAGES—£200

Truth · Sunday 6 January 1929 · page 10

WHEN Thomas Raine Rains, aged 23, an accountant in the city, called for tome friends at the Pacific Hotel, Manly, on…

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Four Killed Terrific Motor Smashes Many Others Injured

Truth · Sunday 6 January 1929 · page 16

FOUR persons were killed and several injured yesterday in terrific motor smashes, one near Lawson, the other on Parramatta-road, Homebush. THOSE killed and injured in the…

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Death Stalks Four Killed in Crashes Many Injured Terrific Smash at Flemington

The Sun · Sunday 6 January 1929 · page 2

Death has stalked abroad during the past 36 hours. Following the loss of four lives in Friday night's gale, there were two tragic accidents yesterday. Trapped in a hail of broken glass and splintered…

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Four Killed, Seventeen Injured, in Motor Smashes Toll of Road Two Terrific Motor Smashes SYDNEY—LAWSON Girl Killed On Way To Cemetery

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 January 1929 · page 1

Death took grim toll of four persons, and twelve were injured in sensational motor smashes yesterday afternoon. In one accident Fate played a wierd part, for…

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Accident on Mountain Road Lawson

Truth · Sunday 6 January 1929 · page 16

ONE woman was killed, one received fatal injuries, and several were injured, when the Sydney-Jenolan 'bus crashed into a telegraph pole on the main road at Lawson at 3 p.m. to-day…

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Hobbling Back Ada Reeve's Accident Suva

The Sun · Sunday 6 January 1929 · page 4

"Will you tell the people of Australia that I am awfully glad to be going back, although hobbling?" said Ada Reeve, a passenger on the Ventura…

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Death On The Streets--Psychology Of Traffic Accidents

The Sun · Sunday 6 January 1929 · page 19

THE appalling increase in street accidents provides food for thought as to what part the limitations of human capacity play in the…

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Cyclist Injured in Collision

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 5

When the motor-cycle he was riding and a taxi-cah met in collision at the intersection, of Parramatta Road and Crystal Street, Peresham, last night…

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Drowned in Hawkesbury

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 3

Francis James Fewings, 6, of Windsor, was playing on the bank of the Hawkesbury River on Saturday afternoon when he fell in and was drowned…

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Boy Drowned. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 8

Stanley Raymond Hart, 16, inmate of Seaforth Boys' Home, was drowned in the Canning River at Gosnells last evening. Hart, who was subject to fits, was swimming with about…

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Child Drowned in Duck Creek

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 16

While two young men in a canoe were paddling along Duck Creek, near Auburn, yesterday, they found the body of a child, who was subsequently identified as Mollie…

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Tragic Motoring Accidents. Four Persons Killed. Long List of Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1929 · page 12

During the week-end several motor accidents occurred. resulting in all in four persons being killed and many other seriously injured…

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