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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 203

Wharf Laborer Injured

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 6

When working on the French steamer Commissaire Ramel at No. 4 Wharf, Circular Quay, yesterday, Frank Riley, of Adolphus Street…

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Midnight Prowler Injured

The Propeller · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 1

Mr. Herbert Miles, of 102 Crawford Street, Brighton-le-Sands, was awakened at about 2.30 last Sunday morning, by the presence of an unknown…

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Railway Employee Injured

The Propeller · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 7

When he slipped and fell from a breakdown train neat the Allawah railway station yesterday, A. V. Hayes, a railway employee, suffered concussion,…

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Injured in Tram Smash

The Biz · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 6
Also in The Propeller

Mr. Matthew Dennis Judge, 49, of Neale Avenue, Fairfield, was one of the unfortunate victims of the [?]ram collision on the Balman line on…

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Jockey K. Scott Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 46

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- K. Scott, rider of Jociere in the Novice Handicap at Bittern races to-day, received concussion and lacerations to the…

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High Lights Piccadilly Fatality London

The Sun · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 12

A New Zealand architect, Mr. Amyus Douglas Connell, residing in the West End, and winner of the Rome Architure Scholarship, was charged at the…

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Simultaneously Injured Father and Son

The Biz · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 3

Somewhat more than 50 years ago Mr. Tom Noble, then a young man of 21, settled in Fairfield West. There he has remained ever since, assisting…

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Roy's Legs Broken in Collision Camden

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 5

Frank Hickey 15 of Nareilan had both legs broken in Argyle Street, Camden, to-day. He was taken to Camden Hospital. Hickey was…

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Fell From Cycle Harbord Girl Injured

Evening News · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 5

AUDREY MILLER, 16, of Soldiers' Avenue, Harbord [?] the back of an motor in Balgowlah-road Manly, last night. She was…

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Motor Cyclist's Fatal Collision Crashed Into Lorry at Wollongong

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 7

WOLLONGONG, Thursday. -- When a motor cycle he was riding and a motor lorry collided to-day in Wollongong, Ernest Cleall (33), of…

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Air Collision. Four Men Killed. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Jan. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 13

The Air Ministry announces that as a result of a collision in the air, which occurred to-day at Abu Suwer, Egypt, between two Avrp machines of the Flying Training School,…

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Four Airmen Killed Collision in Egypt London, Friday. (British Official Wireless.)

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 5

The Air Ministry announces that as a result of a collision in the air which occurred to-day at Abu Sueir, Egypt, between two Avro machines of the…

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Car's Plunge Into River. Three Children Drowned. Courage Commended. Kempsey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 7

"My wife was in intense pain with a scalded face. I travelled fast—between 35 and 40 miles an hour. Suddenly the road seemed to disappear and a wall of water rose up over…

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Many Horses Lost Riders Jockey Was Injured Excitement on Tracks

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

THERE was a lot of "fun" on the training tracks yesterday morning. but it is doubtful if the owners of some valuable horses…

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Wounds of the Chest What to do with an Injured Horse

The Land · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 19

Wounds in the chest of a horse are generally caused by collisions with a shaft, pointed stakes, goring by a cow or a bull, foiling on the teeth of a…

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Fire at Factory. Man Dies From Burns. Firemen and Workmen Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 13

One workman received fatal burns and four firemen and two other workmen were severely burned in a fire which broke out in the factory of the Boston Blacking Company,…

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Track Accident

Arrow · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 2

J. Reunion received a nasty spill from Sturoff at Randwick yesterday morning. He was thrown heavily against a panel of the fence, and sustained at least one…

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Randwick Accidents. Several Riders Thrown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 17

There was a series of accidents at Randwick yesterday. Soon after the track opened, R. O'Donnell's pair Sturt and Rolls Royce set out together for a trial on the tan. After…

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Remarkable Accident. Youth's Neck Broken in Two Places

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 14

Louis Lewis, 17 years of age, of Peel and George streets, North Bondi, has been wanting about for over a week with his neck broken in two places…

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