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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

4,733 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 237

Off Rails Electric Train Crash Passengers Injured

The Sun · Sunday 17 March 1929 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. Crashing into a heavy motor ice cream truck, at Argyle-avenue crossing. Chelsea,…

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Many Accidents Happen Near Marrickville Subway

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 March 1929 · page 10

The frequency of accidents in Victoria-road, Marrickville, at the point at which the thoroughfare turns abruptly through the subday near…

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Head-On Collision Four Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 2

Four people were injured when two motor cars came into head on collision on the Southern-road Liverpool. They were: Robert Oxford, of Marion-street,…

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Head-on Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 12

Four people were injured when two motor cars came into head-on collision on the Southern-road, Liverpool. They were:—Robert Oxford, of Marion-street, Bankstown,…

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Apprentice Injured

Evening News · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 7

Jack Lenzies, 16, an apprentice, employed at the Ironworks, Meadowbank, was working on a lathe to-day, when a piece of steel few up and struck him on…

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Five Men Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 12

Five men were injured when a motor torry crashed into a fence in Western-road, Parramatta, at 9.30 o'clock last night. They were: Bert McCram, 25, of Contonsonby-street…

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Writ Issued. Sequel to Drowning Case. Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 12

Mr. J. M. Hooke, solicitor, acting on behalf of Mrs. Evenden, whose [?] and was drowned in endeavouring to rescue a schoolgirl, who fell off the ferry at Oxley Crossing, has served…

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Over Bank Lorry Party Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 2

Four me were slightly injured when a motor lorry ran down a bank on the Great Southern-road, near Denham Court, on Saturday. The injured were…

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Car-cycle Collision Two Taken to Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 5

Two young men were injured yesterday in a collision between a motor car and a motor cycle in Parramatta Road. Homebush…

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Head Blown Off Melb. Gun Fatality. Melbourne

Evening News · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 9

WHILE crossing a creek an Fern Tree Gully last night, picrman Franks, 23, of Ewing-street. Brunswick, shopped on a log. The fall discharged a shoe gun…

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Heeney Injured. New York, March 1[?]

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

An infection that may cause disfigurement has set in in a deep wound that Tom Heeny suffered inside his lip in his fight with Von Porat. It may necessitate plastic surgery i[?] it spreads further. His phy[?]ian…

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Knife As Weapon. Two Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 12

During a fight in a house in Calder-street, Darlington, late last night, Mrs. Elizabeth May Strang and Charles Henry Lord were slashed with a table knife, and received…

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Melbourne List 3 KILLED : 10 Injured Melbourne

Evening News · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 5

Since Saturday morning three people were killed in motor mishaps, and ten injured. The worst accident occured last night…

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Train Into Truck Smash at Level Crossing Both Drivers Injured Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 1

An electric passenger train crashed into a truck at a level crossing neat Chelsea Station on Saturday night. The train jumped the rails and the…

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Awful Accident Leg, Arm and Hand off

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 2

Frightful injuries were received by Roy Brown, 22, who fell from a train at Clye railway station on Thursday. Carriage wheels passed over his body…

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Toll of Motor Eighteen Hurt Sydney Accidents

Evening News · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 5

ARTHUR BOWMAN, 23, of Ruthven-street, Waverley, was knocked down by a car at Bondi Junction to-day. The Eastern Suburbs…

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Train Derailed. After Striking Lorry. Crossing Accident. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 11

After it had crashed into a motor waggon at a lovel crossing, near the Chelsea railway station, on Saturday evening, and carried it for about 25 yards along the railway track, an…

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Girl Accidentally Shot. Coonabarabran

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 12

A serious shooting accident occurred at Purlewaugh on Friday afternoon, when Mita Corbey, of Moree, entered a room in which loaded double-barrel gun was hanging in a…

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Blastino Accident. Moss Vale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 12

Mr. S. M. Westcott, who died upon arrival at the hospital as a result of a blasting occident yesterday at the Southern Blue Metal Quarries, had been mnnnger of the works for…

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Motor Accidents. Tram and 'Bus Collide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 12

A tram and a motor 'bus collided at the intersection of George-street and Hay-street yesterday, as a result of which the conductor of the 'bus and a passenger were injured…

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