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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Four Girls Saved From Drowning Boys to Rescue

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 1

Four girls narrowly escaped death from drowning at Liverpool on Sunday They were rescued by boys. The girls were Thelma Davis (16),…

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Three Hurt Double Collision Ambulance Struck

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 4

At Westmead on Tuesday night, a car collided with the Parramatta Ambulance while an injured man was being placed therein…

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Refused Rope When Drowning Body of Supposed Victim Recovered

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--The body of a man, recovered in the Port River at Outer Harbor to-day is believed to…

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Boy Drowned. in Newcastle Harbour. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 9

Sidney Nicholls, 16, of North stockton, was drowned in Newcastle Harbour this afternoon. The boy was giving a helping hand to a…

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One Left Injured, and Three Ran Away

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 2

Leaving their companion injured on the road, three men, who were occupants of a car supposed to have been stolen, ran away, early yesterday…

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Same Names Two Men Killed Head-on Collision Dunedin

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 15

As the result of a head-on collision on the Dunedin-Portobella road, which runs alongside the harbor, David Vernon Wilkins, 21, driver of a taxi…

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Boy's Foot Injured. Caught in Chain of Cycle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 6

Albert Since, agen 16 years, a telegraph messenger, residing in Underwood-street, Paddington, was the victim of a peculiar accident yesterday…

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Fierce Fight. Two Men Injured. Crockery and Glassware Shattered

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

An argument between some men in a house in Lander-street, Redfern, last night, developed into a fierce fight, in which the household crockery and glassware were shattered. Two…

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Woman Injured Knocked Down by Car Crossing the Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 1

Mary Ann Smith (56), of Franklin street, West Pennant Hills, was knocked down by a motor ear in Southern-road, Liverpool, last Sunday afternoon…

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Painter's Fall Out of Work Twelve Months Then Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 3

Whilst engaged is painting the Methodist Church at Castle Hill on Monday afternoon, Arthur Bees (20), of 28 Catherine-street, Cessnock West, fell from the…

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Sydney Express. Collision at Seymour. Two Engines and Carriage Derailed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 9

Two engines and a carriage were dera[?]d at Seymour to-night, when the Sydney limited express collided with the pilot engine, which was shunting in the railway yard…

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Brothers Drowned. In the Swan River. State Cricketer a Victim. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 9

A double drowning tragedy occurred in the Swan River, near the Causeway, last night, when two brothers—Roy Harding, l8, who had been selected as a member of the State…

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Tragic Day at BONDl Beach One Man Drowned Over 70 Surfers Rescued

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 1

Sensation followed sensation throughout yesterday at Bondi Beach, One man was drowned and over 70 other surfers were rescued from a…

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Drowned in Surf Ex-footballer Fight for Life at Bondi Near Shore

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 1

Thomas Linskey, 28, a former Well-known University footballer, was drowned in the surf at Bondi…

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Left Badly Injured Men on Road Cycle Wrecked By Car

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 2

Struck with great force by a car which did not stop, Norman Stapleton (24), of Corrimal, and William Aitken (48), of Balgownie. were hurled…

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Channel Trap: Bondi's Most Sensational New Year's Day Man Drowned, 10 Injured, and 70 Thrilling Rescues Biggest Endurance Test Ever for Gallant Life-savers Four Lines All Out at Once

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 2

Tragedy and sensation ushered in the New Year yesterday at Bondi Beach. One man collapsed and was drowned, 10 people were injured, and 70 thrilling rescues kept life- savers strenuously…

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Interstate Smashes Wheels of Death Three Are Killed Others Seriously Injured Cycles and Cars Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 1

Four are dead and others seriously injured as the result of motor smashes in Melbourne to day…

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Limited Express Smashes into Pilot Engine Three Injured As Dining Passengers Reel Both Engines Derailed-- Empty Carriage Wrecked Women Faint with Shock

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A terrific collision with a pilot engine near Seymour at 7.15 tonight sensationally stopped the career of the speedy limited division of the Melbourne to…

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3 Yesterday Nine Dead in Other States Four Drownings Big List of Motor Accidents

Evening News · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 5

THREE more fatalities in N.S.W. yesterday made a total of 23 violent deaths in the State, on week-ends and holidays, since Christmas Eve. TWO more names were added to the…

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Country Accidents Bathurst

Evening News · Thursday 2 January 1930 · page 5

J. Daymond, 22, of Lagoon, sustained severe lacerations to his left knee when a motor lorry which he was driving overturned on Vale-road, near Bathurst…

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