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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 203

Collision at Kogarah Woman Is Injured

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 6

Seven laceration to the head were suffered by Mrs. Amy George, of Ferrie[?] Glebe Point, when a motor car co[?]ded with a motor cycle and…

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Collision with Ambulance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 8

Edward Waggoner. 45, of Rawson-road, Wentworthville, was walking along Westernroad, Parramatta, last night when he was knocked down by a motor car and badly…

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Exact Injured

Referee · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 4

Misfortune follows misfortune so far as Trainer J. Scully is concerned. He had Violin Solo put in hospital as a result of a track accident on Christmas…

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Bathing Fatality. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 8

A party from Kinglake West, comprising Mr Francis George Barnes and his three sons and Mr.Charles Alexander Young, was camped at Anderson's Bend, on the Goulburn River,…

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Youth Drowned Newcastle

The Sun · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 11

A youth named Sydney Nicholls fell from the Stockton 'Ferry this afternoon, and was drowned. There was a strong current running,…

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W.A. River Fatality Perth

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 1

This evening a boy named Harding, 13. was found floating in a dying condition near Cause way Bridge and succumbed soon after being taken from…

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Farmer Fatally Injured. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 8

When a horse bolted on his farm at Northam, Thomas Murtin was caught in the reins and dragged by a leg across a paddock for about 25 chains. He died in hospital…

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One Killed, 10 Injured Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 9

James Murphy, 30, Bay-street, Port Melbourne, was killed, and 10 other persons injured in car accidents in he suburbs early to-day…

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Three Drowned? One Found, Two Missing Perth

The Sun · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 11

A crab-catching party in the Swan River, at Victoria Park last night, had tragic consequences. Lloyd George Harding, aged 11, was drowned, and…

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Boy Drowned. Plucky Girl's Narrow Escape. Launceston

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 8

Maxwell John Hammersley, aged 14 years, son of Mr. John Thomas Hammersley, of Mowbray, Launceston, was drowned in the first basin, Cataract Gorge, at Launceston to-day…

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Well-known Business Man Injured Car Crashed Into Pole

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 3

Mr. William McMurtrie, a member of the boot firm of McMurtrie and Co., was seriously injured last night when his car struck an electric light…

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Duel with Axes at Abo. Camp Three Injured; No Action by Police

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 5

Stories told of the battle between aborigines at the camp at Salt Pan Creek, near Penshurst, on Monday night, are so conflicting that the…

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Engine Derailed. Driver and Fireman Injured. Sudden Shower of Coal. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 7

A locomotive was derailed at Mount Victoria this morning, and the driver and fireman were injured. They were treated by the Lithgow Ambulance, and later left for their homes at…

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Engine Jumps Rails Mountain Mishap Driver and Fireman Injured Inspector's Lucky Escape Katoomba

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 6

AN engine was deralied early this morning at Mt. Victoria station, and is now lying on its side close to the road leading to…

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When Maddened Giant Got Verdict Camera Rolls in Anguish in the Ring Knock-Down Angered Him : Stribling Says Foul Accidental

Referee · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 11

The Carnera-Stribling fight at the Albert Hall was one of the most exciting staged in a London ring for countless years. Some of the scribes have rated it as the greatest heavyweight battle ever fought in England, but they have…

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Country News Two Youths Shot Guns Accidentally Exploded

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1930 · page 16

CAMDEN, Tuesday.--Charles Horan, a youth, of Helensburgh, was shot in the jaw when a gun was accidentally exploded to-day at Appin…

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Death by Drowning

Evening News · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 8

A FINE young athlete met his death yesterday in the surf at Bondi. Apart from the general regret at the fact of his early decease, there is a point of interest in…

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Leg Fractured in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 4

Captain Anthony Milroy, of Chesterfield Road, Epping, was involved in an accident last night when his motor car collided with a…

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Man Badly Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 10

A stolen motor car, in which several young men were riding crashed into a concrete pillar near the esplanade at Bondi early yesterday morning…

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Boy Injured While Diving

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 1

Striking a wooden beam while diving at Roseville baths yesterday afternoon, Frank of Worthington, 14, schoolboy, of Neville Street,…

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