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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 203

Fatal Floods Two Drowned in North Queensland BRISBANE

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 January 1930 · page 2

There have been two drowning fatalities in northern Queensland, due to rivers swollen by the tropical rains sweeping the victims to doom…

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Another Accident at Randwick

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 26 January 1930 · page 13

Another jockey was injured yesterday at Randwick. Apprentice K. Hasler was riding an unnamed Piastre gelding in G. P…

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Rescued From Drowning

The Sun · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 9

ALBURY, Monday.—While bathing with a number of companions at Doctor's Point, Murray River, yesterday, Hazel Fraser dived and struck…

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Fatal Collision with Ambulance

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.-- William Carpenter (35), of Buchanan Street, Merewether, who was admitted to Newcastle Hospital last right with…

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Two Women injured

The Sun · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 7

When a motor car skidded on the Main Western road, Linden, this morning, and struck a light standard, Mrs. Harris, of Tunbridge street,…

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Barnardo Boy Drowned Leeton

The Labor Daily · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 1

William Joseph Bowes a Barnardo boy, was drowned yesterday in Hay Canal near Leeton. The lad shot a white crane on the opposite bank and…

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The Turf. Jockey Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 12

Jockey K. Hasler met with a painful accident at Randwick on Saturday morning Since D. O'Connor was injured in a smash when Violin Solo collided with Antipodal…

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Another Rider Injured Strange Coincidence

The Labor Daily · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 2

SINCE D, O'Connor was badly injured about a month ago, falls have been numerous on the Randwick tracks, On Thursday the hurdler…

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Saturday Night Smash Wollongong Collision Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 5

Two cars collided at the [?] of Bourke Street and Prince's Highway, Wollongong, at 9.80 last night, the one on the Prince's…

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Surfer Drowned. At Barrenjoey. Caught in Undertow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 9

A picnic at Barrenjoey yesterday ended in tragedy. One member of the party, William Hampstead, 40 years, who resided at the Commonwealth Hotel, city, was carried out in…

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Three Injured in Smash at Wollongong

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 4

WOLLONGONG, Sunday.-- Three were injured last night when two motor cars collided at the corner of Prince's Highway and Bourke Street…

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Fight in Cell. One Prisoner Injured. Another Charged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 9

Little improvement was evident late yesterday in the condition of the man who was admitted to Royal South Sydney Hospital on Saturday night suffering from critical…

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Pea-rifles Claim Two Victims Queer Fatality at East Hills Youth Dying

The Labor Daily · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 1

A YOUNG man and a youth were accidentally shot by pea-rifles over the week-end. The former died, while the other mav not live…

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Three Are Drowned Perth Residents Yacht Wattle Sinks One Survivor Perth

The Labor Daily · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 6

EARLY yesterday morning news came through to Perth of a tragic yachting accident, the central figures being well-known men in city…

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Girl's Tragic Drowning Sister Had to Let Go Boat Capsized in Cattai Creek Father Dying

The Labor Daily · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 1

In one of the most distressing drowning cases of recent date a young girl was drowned in Cattai Creek yesterday…

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Motor Toll Is Light One Fatal Case Small Injured List

The Labor Daily · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 5

One person was killed while very few were injured in the lightest motor toll for many weekends. Those concerned were:…

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Three Shootings, One Dead, Four Drowning Fatalities Shot Fired at Showman Attempted Murder Charge Narrow Escape

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 2

KIAMA, Sunday. -- Three hours after he reached Kiama this morning, a man, who is said to have been armed with…

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Motor Accident at Mangrove Creek, Near Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 12

This car, containing four passengers, overturned whilst passing another vehicle at Ten-Mile Hollow. It plunged off the road into the creek below, suffering considerable damage…

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Pearifle Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 10

While cleaning a pearifle at his home in Rocky Point-road Sans Souci, on Saturday William Dodds 17 years shot himself accidentally through the chest. The bullet…

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Motor Accidents. Several Fatalities

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 10

Knocked down by a car in Queen Victoria-street, West Kogarah, on Saturday night, Miss Alma Dean, 27 years, of Northbrook-street, Bexley, suffered fatal injuries. She was taken…

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