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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

4,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 50 of 237

Train Panic Express on Fire Many Burnt or Injured Calcutta

The Sun · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 1

When the Mandalay express was nine miles out from Rangoon, and travelling at full speed, the leading bogie (set of wheels) burst into…

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District Court. (Before Jadee Edwards.) Railway Employee Injured. Healey v the Railway Commissioners

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 8

Tais was a claim by Frederick Alfred Henley, of Broadmeado[?], acting [?]reman, to recover the sum of £[?] from the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales, for salary…

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Accident at Mascot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 16

While working on machinery at Messrs. Smith and Muller's engineering shop in Botany-street, Mascot, yesterday, Sydney Smith, 49, a labourer, residing at…

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Bank Clerk. Accidentally Shot. Merriwa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 12

Mr. R. H. McKell, re[?]eving clerk at the local branch of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, was examining a revolver in the bank to-day when the weapon exploded…

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Fatal Car Accident

The Sun · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 15

Mrs. Isabel Berkley, aged 27, of Amy-street, Erskineville, died yesterday at the Sydney Hospital, as a result of injuries received in…

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Dog Caused Accident Tumut

The Sun · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 6

Mrs. George Hayes, of Halivah, aged over 80 years, was knocked down by her dog, which playfully rushed at her…

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Fatal Accident

The Sun · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 15

Wallace Young, aged 20, tram conductor, of Gower-street, Hurlstone Park, died at the Lewisham Hospital at 2 a.m. to-day as a result of injuries…

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Boy Drowned. Kempsey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 18

A case of drowning, whuch occurred at Kempsey late on Sunday afternoon, was not discovered until Monday morning. The victim was John Woodcock, 10, a State boy,…

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Tree-felling Fatality. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 18

John Davis (29), of North Lismore, was killed while felling timber on a farm on the Nimbin-Lismore road to-day. Portion of a falling tree crashed into another trunk lying…

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Tramway Inspector Is Injured

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 1

Tramway Inspector William. HMulr. 66, of Palmer St.. North Sydney. was knocked down by a motor cycle, on alighting from a tram at the…

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Cowardly Attack. Carpenter Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 18

Several men concerned in the timber strike made a cowardly attack upon a carpenter employed on a house in course of erection in Newlands-avenue. Moonee Ponds, this…

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Motor Cyclist Seriously Injured. Duncog

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 18

As a result of a collision between a car driven by Jas. Kearney, jun., and a motor cycle ridden by Frank Moore, at the intersectlon of Stroud and Fosterton roads, Moore…

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Firemen Injured in £30,000 Blaze

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- The four-storied building of Wood and Co. Pty., Ltd., importers, in Equitable Place, was gutted by a fire…

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Callous Motorist Leaves Injured Man Katoomba

The Sun · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 21

Donald McKenzie, 42, of Edward street, Bankstown, was admitted to the Anzac Memorial Hospital, Katoomba, last night, suffering from abrasions to…

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Airman Killed. Captain G. Wilson. Accident Near Bogan Gate. Trundle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 22

Captain G. Wilson, M.C., a recipient of the Air Force Cross, and D.C.M., was killed as a result of a motor car accident late last night near Bogan Gate. He had been in charge of the…

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Fatal Result of Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 21

The death has occurred at Sydney Hospital of Mrs. Isabella Berkley, of 33 Amy-street, Erskineville, who, on Saturday afteraoon, was knocked down in Wentworth-avenue by a car…

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Country News Crushed Tree Felling Accident Bushman Killed Lismore

The Sun · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 21

When a tree which he was felling at Coffffee Camp, yesterday afternoon, struck the trunk of another tree, John Davis, 29,…

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Struck by Air Peculiar Accident Orange

The Sun · Wednesday 13 March 1929 · page 10

Richard Shrimpton, a resident of Autumn sheet, met with an accident under extraordinary circumstances yesterday…

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Terrific Collision Cars Badly Damaged

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 2

A terrific collision between two cars at Granville on Saturday resulted in considerable damage to the vehicles, though fortunately the occupants escaped…

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