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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 203

Accidents of the Week. Two Accidents at Same Place

The Propeller · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 6

Last Sunday Mrs. Amy Blatch, of Glebe, was knocked down by a motor car at the corner of Ann Street and Prince's Highway, Arncliffe, and…

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Accident to Storeman

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 6

Henry Mateson. 63, off Coogee Street. Coogee was injured at the Federal Stores, Day Street, yesterday, Hit on the back by a bale of wool, he was…

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Accident at Deepwater Bolting Speed Boat

The Biz · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 3

Travelling at 30 miles an hour at Deepwater on the George's River, on Sunday afternoon, a new outboard motor speed boat, piloted by its…

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Sulky Accident

The Biz · Friday 10 January 1930 · page 3

Mrs. Anne Warner, of Chetwyndroad, Merrylands, was driving a sulky in Woodville-rd., Guildford, on Sunday evening, when it was struck by…

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Accidental Drowning an Inquest

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 8

That Willim Lieslie Norris (17) was accidentally drowned, while bathing in the Nepean River near Castlersagh on 29th December last was the verdict of…

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Motor Accidents. Fatality Near Tumut. Tumut

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 16

A fatal motor accident occurred yesterday three miles from Tumut, on the Adelong-road, at a spot known as Korn's Corner. A car owned and driven by Mr. Noel…

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Thrown From Sulky in Collision

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 6

Arthur Flicker, of Bay street, Botany, escaped from a bad smash in Botany Road, Mascot, last night, with abrasions to the face and cuts on the…

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Fatal Collision Death of Mrs Nellson

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 5

Marie Neilson, of Belle Street, Thirlmere, died in Nepean District Hospital on Tuesday from injuries received in a collision between two ears near Penrith…

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Sir Stanley and Lady Argyle Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Minor injuries were received by Sir Stanley Argyle Lady Argyle, and Miss Temple Smith (Lady Argyle's niece), when a…

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D'hurst Brawl Elderly Man Injured

Evening News · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 7

DURING a brawl in a house at Thompson-street, Darlinghurst, last night, Thomas Fadder [?], an elderly man, was wounded over the left eye and…

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Airmen Killed Fatal Collision Between Aeroplanes in Egypt

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 6

As a result of a mid-air collision between two Avro machines of the Flying Training School at Abu Sueir, Egypt, four airmen were killed on Wednesday. They…

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Express Collision. Eleven Indians Killed. Calcutta, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 16

Eleven Indians were killed and 33 injured in a midnight collision between the Peshawar to Lucknow express and a stationary goods train at Clutterbuckganj station near Bareilly…

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Drowned in Two Feet of Water Perth

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 6

ABOUT 6.30 a.m. to-day the body of John Beverley Murray, 60, carpenter, of Tilly's boasted, near Fremantle…

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Youth Drowned. While Learning to Swim. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 16

William Corbett Pye, 18, of Lithgow, slipped from a submerged rock while learning to swim in the River Lett, near Hartley, late yesterday, and was drowned, despite the…

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Fatal Error Car's Plunge into River Three Children Drowned

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 4

A terrible tragedy occurred at Jerseyville late on Monday night, three children, Patricia Marjorie, Barnes (0), John Henry Barnes (7), and Irene Rose…

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Chinese Injured When Lorry Overturns Katoomba

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 6

Failing to negotiate a sharp turn on the Great Western Road, Katoomba, this evening a lorry capsizes and the driver. Wille Way Ting, 32, was…

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Linesman Injured. Fall From Telegraph Pole. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 16

Stanley Hemme, a linesman, employed by the Postal Department, sustained frightful injuries yesterday when he fell from a telegraph pole at Bukkulla, 22 miles from…

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Collided Training Crash Jockeys Hurt Horse Badly Injured

The Sun · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 5

Roley, ridden by L. Robertson, and Cassie Redfern, ridden by R. Lee, collided on the training track at Kensington this…

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Father and Son Injured When Cars Meet Head-on

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 7

In a head-on collision between two cars on Great North Road, near Gladesville Bridge, yesterday, John Henry Lance (47), carpenter, of…

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Batoned Alleged Burglar Injured 1.30 A.m. Struggle Two Arrests at Rose Bay

The Sun · Saturday 11 January 1930 · page 5

In a desperate struggle with two policemen in a cellar of the residence of Mr. E. Walton,…

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