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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 203

Youth Drowned. in the Murray River. Doctor's Swim to Restore Life. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 12

Ivor Foulkes Parry, 17, a clerk, employed at the Commercial Bank, Albury, was drowned in the Murray River near the Albury waterworks this afternoon…

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Accident Victims Slight Improvement

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 3

The condition of Charles Lumsden of Haveclock-avenue Coogee who was admitted to St. George District Hospital yesterday, following a collsion…

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Girl Shot Dead. Gun Discharged Through Accident. Raymond Terrace

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 11

A fatal shooting accident occurred this morning at Eagleton, when Miss Rita Holbert. in getting into a boat with a loaded gun, slipped and the gun discharged, striking her…

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Serious Clash With Police at Kurri Meeting Baton Charge Against 1500 Angry Miners. Arrest of Militant Speaker Infuriates Crowd; Bottles and Blue Metal Hurled at Constables Two Are Injured in Desperate Fight

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1930 · page 3

KURRI KURRI, Sunday.--Menaced by a crowd of 1500 angry miners near Kurri Police Station tonight, a few police drew their batons and charged. In the serious disturbance that followed, a sergeant of…

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Motor Accidents. Cars in Collision. Holbrook

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 12

On the main Sydney-Melbourne road, about 12 miles north of Holbrook, on Saturday, an eight-passenger sedan collided with a singleseater motor car. Both were badly damaged…

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Scout Drowned. Picton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 12

Oliver Wilson, 12, of Beresford-street, Croydon Park, was drowned in a creekat Buxton on Saturday, Wilson was a Scout, and with a number of other Scouts went in for a…

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Unknown Man Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 12

An unknown man was found lying unconscious in Erskine-street, city, last night by Constable Phillips, of Erskine-street station, and he was conveyed to Sydney Hospital by…

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Boy Killed. Collision at Burwood

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 12

Alan Foulstone, aged 9 years, of Franklyn-street, Concord, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon when a motor lorry came into collision with the bicycle he was riding at…

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Swept Off Rocks. Drowning at La Perouse

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 8

On December 7, Thomas Duggan, of Knox-street, Chippendale, was fishing on the La Perouse cliffs, when he was swept into the sea by a wave. Yesterday morning the City…

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Unknown Man Badly Injured

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 1

An unknown man was found unconscious in Erskine Street, city, early, last night. It is not known whether he was assaulted or came by his injury…

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Two Men Injured Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 12

Jack Smiddy, 30, a rigger at the Australian Iron and Steel Works, fell off a girder about 20ft from the ground as the result of a spanner slipping. In his fall he struck several girders…

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Diver Drowned. On Bed of Newcastle Harbour. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 11

Andrew Hofferman, 65, was drowned this afternoon while working on the bed of the Newcastle Harbour in full diving dress. It is believed that a wire fouled the air…

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Brothers Drowned. Tragic End to Fishing Expedition. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 12

A double drowning occurred at Alexandra Heads to-day, the victims being two brothers, Lionel Eisenmanger, 32. and Raymond Eisenmanger, 29…

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Car Overturns Two Women Injured Bathurst

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 6

WHEN a motor car in which they were travelling from Bathurst to Sydney skidded and overturned nine miles from Bathurst, Mrs. O'Donnell, of Bathurst,…

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Injured Man's Optimism All Right--But Elided Up in Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 5

Two men--one after refusing medical treatment, had eventually to be taken to hospital-- were seriously injured in a…

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Country News and Personal Notes Two Drowned in Country Father's Efforts to Rescue Daughter

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 18

WEST WYALONG, Monday.--Ruby Valerie Peacock (13) was drowned in a dam at Tallinba yesterday. Her father, who resides at Ariah…

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Horses Bolt. Exciting Bondi Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 11

The bolting of two horses attached to an ice cart at Bondi yesterday resulted in some sensational incidents. Allan Emerson, aged 17 years, of…

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Daley Boy in Circus Act Queer Accident at Harold Park Drivers Escape Injury

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 2

SPECTATORS at Harold Park Trots yesterday witnessed an accident of an unprecedented nature…

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Driver Leapt on Horse's Rump Remarkable Accident at the Trots

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 January 1930 · page 11

Onlookers at Harold Park trots yesterday were thrilled by an accident unique in Australian racing…

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Harvesting Fatality. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 January 1930 · page 16

William Royston Bell, 20, son of a farmer at Bullaring, was killed while harvesting yesterday. The machine passed over his head. It is thought that he reached for the whip and…

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