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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 203

Accidental Company Secty.'s Death 50 Feet Fall

The Sun · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 16

Through a window of the office of the Vale of Clwydd Coal and Brick Co., Martin-place, on January 22, Lorna Nunn, a typist, saw the body…

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Miner's Son's Death No Delay After Accident

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 29 January 1930 · page 5

In connection with the fatal accident to Jack Robinson, eight-years old son of a Northern [?] Mr. F. Keats, of Hillview. with whom the…

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Cycle Collision Man Fatally Injured Avoiding a Dog

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 13

When two motor cycles came into collision on Woodville-road on December 14, Thomas Edward Ellis received such severe injuries that lie died five days…

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Drowned in Dam

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 17

PORTLAND, Wednesday.--Kenneth Walsh (15), was drowned in Piper's Flat Dam to-day. With a party of boys he entered…

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Heroic Rescuer Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 12

MR. G. W. HYMAN, who was drowned in tragic circumstances at Tamarama Bay yesterday. He went to the rescue of Miss Betty Burnie, but was himself…

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Immigrant Drowned. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 15

Two men who were swimming yesterday in the Murrumbidgee River, down stream from Hampden Bridge, discovered a body, which was later identified as that of John Smith, 26,…

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Girl Drowned Two Sisters Saved

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 1

Laura Margaret Smith (18), of Clifford-street, 7 North Parramatta, was drowned in Cattai Creek last Sunday, when the boat in which she was rowing…

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Miner Killed Kandos Fatality Kandos

Evening News · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 13

HOCK WYLDES, a miner, sustained a fracture of the spine, which resulted in his death, when a fall of stone occurred in Coomber coal mine, near…

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Sulky Overturned Collision with Motor-Cycle

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 6

On the Western-road, Parramatta, about 5.15 p.m. on Saturday, a motor cycle ridden by Herbert Broom, of Beresford-road Pendle Hill, collided with a…

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Child Fatally Injured Melbourne

Evening News · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 8

Knocked down by a car outside her home last night. Lorraine Cummings, 8, sustained a fractured skull. she died in hospital…

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Tank Collapses. Three Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 15

When a 5000-gallon water tank, used by the Main Roads Board, collapsed nfc Belowra it cal ried away a. staging on which two men weic working William Lethe, 31, of…

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Unhappy Picnic Little Boy Drowned Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 6

Kenneth Walsh the 15-years-old son Mr. D. Walsh, tailor, of Portland, was the victim of a drowning accident to-day…

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Surf Tragedy. Student Drowned. While Rescuing Girl. Boys' Gallant Efforts

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 11

While heroically attempting to save a 16year-old girl, who was in difficulties in the surf, Geoffrey Wellesley Hyman, a young law student, was drowned in Tamarama Bay…

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Country News Car Crashes Into Tree-guard Driver Killed and Woman Passenger Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 17

ORANGE, Wednesday.--Frederick James Agland, 56, of Lucknow, received fatal injuries last night when the car he was driving collided with…

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Heroic Boy Cripple Rescues Girl From Drowning Young Man Gives His Life in Vain Attempt "He Died Playing the Game", Says His Father Three Heroes at Tamarama Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 3

A girl struggling for life in the surf 200 yards out from the beach; a young man plunging to her rescue, and losing his life in the attempt; and a 13-year-old boy with a withered leg eventually bringing the girl to safety…

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Traffic Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 17

The N.R.M.A. safety department points to the fact that there were over 2000 more motor accidents in New South Wiles in 1929 than during the previous…

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Mountains Railway Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 16

Letters have been received by the Editor regarding the use of catch points on the railways…

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Motor Accidents. Man Dies From Injuries. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 12

Frederick Agland, 59, of Lucknow, was killed last night when the car he was driving from Lucknow to Orange crashed into a tree guard near Orange and turned over. He was…

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Verdict of Accidental Death

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1930 · page 5

Falling 50ft. from a window of the office of the Vale of Clwydd Coal and Brick Co., Martin Place, on January 22, Ernest Edward Sherwood, the…

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Motor Accidents. Three Injured in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 15

Three persons were injured and another had a lucky escape when a motor cycle collided with a lorry in McEvoy-street, Waterloo, yesterday…

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