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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 203

Bankstown Tragedy. Accidental Shooting

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

At 12 45 p.m. yesterday, Leslie Abbott, 20 years, residing in Lock-street, Campsie, died from the effects of a bullet wound accidentally received at George's River, Bankstown,…

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Miss Winter's Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1930 · page 19

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--An X- ray of Miss Rosa Winter's ankle showed that the injury she received at the athletic meeting…

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On Injured List

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 3

Novocastrian JACK ROBERTS injured his right hand during the week. He will have to spell for a fortnight…

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Brothers in Smash Many Injured Victorian Accidents Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 1

Three brothers were injured to-day when the motor cycle they were travelling on collided with another near Balnarring They were: Robert…

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Lorry Capsize; Men Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

Injured when a lorry ran off the Windsor Road yesterday and overturned, two men were admitted to Parramatta Hospital with lacerations…

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Four Hurt in Car-lorry Collision

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 5

Four people were injured, one seriously, when a car and lorry collided in Prince's Highway. Arncliffe, last night. Those in the car were:…

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Car in Flames Collision with Lorry

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 6

In a collision with a lorry at the corner of McEvoy and Fountain streets, Alexandria, this afternoon, a car burst into flames. The driver, Robert Burns…

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Man Drowned at Wagga. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 13

Police are dragging the river for the body of John Smith, who is believed to have been drowned Smith was not a good swimmer, and remained on the bank while his two…

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Six Injured in Car Smash

The Sun · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 10

BATHURST, Tuesday.--Six persons were injured, one serious, when a motor car, travelling from Cowra to Bathurst, overturned on the Blayney…

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Fractured Skull Car-cycle Collision Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 6

With his skull fractured, S. Cooper, 23, of Sturdee Street New Lambton, was admitted to Newcastle Hospital to-day. He was driving a motor cycle…

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Man Dies As Result of Collision Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 6

As the result of injuries received in a collison between the push bicycle he was riding and an ambulance car. on Saturday night William [?]…

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Father and Son. Drowned at Mackay. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 11

While fishing on a sandspit at the beach at Mackay early this morning, three men were cut off by the rising tide, and two of them, a man named Simpson and his son, were…

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Doctor's Family Injured Car Over Embankment Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 1

Dr. Rupert Magarey was driving this morning from Victor Harbor to Yankailla with his wife and two children when the car ran over an embankment…

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Two Injured in Car Capsize Windsor Road Smash

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 1

Two men were injured when a car crashed over a three-feet embankment on the Windsor Road, Kellyville, yesterday…

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Shipping INTELLIGENCE & Weather Bow Damaged in Collision Hanau Did Not Wait For Repairs

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 11

With a damaged bow strengthened by 30 tons of concrete, the German steamer Hanau came from Hamburg to Sydney…

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Dragged Half-a-mile by Bolting Horse Tamworth Boy Terribly Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

TAM WORTH, Monday.--James Alexander Foster (14), of Westdale, Tamworth, received frightful, injuries to-day when, with one foot caught in…

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Tragedy at Shooting Party--Another in Rifle Gallery George St. Fatality Gun Explodes in Man's Hand Bullet in Back

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

Two men were killed yesterday--one in a city rifle gallery and one at a shooting party near…

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'Bus Passenger's Queer Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 13

A PECULIAR accident befell John White, 45, wharf, of Western-road, Rozelle, to-day. He was leaning out of a window of a…

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Motor Accidents. Cab and Lorry Collide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 12

Four people were injured, one seriously, when a motor car and a heavy lorry collided at the intersection of Prince's Highway and Forest-road, Arncliffe, late last night…

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Man's Skull Fractured in Accident Car Overturns With Salvation Army Party

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 January 1930 · page 2

COWRA, Monday.--Mr. Charles Houghton, of Morongla, had his skull fractured in a motor accident near Carccar, and was admitted to…

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