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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 203

Four Persons Injured. Collision at Arncliffe

The Propeller · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 1

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,…

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Fatal Collision

The Propeller · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 6

Last Friday night two motor vehicles collided at Port Hacking Road, Caringbah. A man named Ernest Graham, aged 35 years, of Alexandria, who was…

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Collision at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 6

Last Sunday afternoon a collision occurred at the intersection of Dumbleton Road and Forest Road, Hurstville, between a motor cycle driven by G…

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Car-cycle Collision

Evening News · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 11

John M'Knight, 32, electriclas., of Homer-street. Underclifie, sufferco a compound fracture of the right leg In a collision between a motor car and…

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Cyclist Injured

Evening News · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 8

When the front wheel of a bicycle which he was riding along Railway Parade, Mrotdale, to-day, became detached, Walter Gould, of Togo-street,…

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Miners Injured. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 12

Henry Barry, an employee of Vale of Clwydd colliery, received injuries to the chest when he was jammed between two skips. Arthur Bell, a youth, was riding on a set of skips…

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Three Workmen Injured. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 12

Three men weie injured winn a staging collapsed in Macquarie street Dubbo, yesterday afternoon. John Taylor plasterer, fractured his spine and injured his head and out…

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Three Injured Cycle and Lorry Crash

The Labor Daily · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 1

Three people were injured, two critically, when a motor lorry and a cycle and sidecar collided in McEvoy Street, Waterloo yesterday. After…

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Baby Drowned in Well Wellington, N.S.W.

Evening News · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 7

James William Green, the 16-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. James Green, was drowned in a well at his parents residence. The Hollows. Suntop. The…

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Battle of the 'Loo Injured Man Silent

Evening News · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 8

DURING a disturbance in Harmer-street Woolloomooloo, last night, James Miller, 24, of Judge-street, Woollomooloo, was injured. He was taken…

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7 Miles Wide Flooded Q'land River Man Believed Drowned Toowoomba

The Sun · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 9

Owing to the heavy rains, the western rivers continue to rise. The Warrego River, at Cunnamulla, is over 25 feet high, was still rising last…

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Three Drowned. In Flooded River. Many Lives Endangered. Tragedy in Queensland. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 11

Three men were drowned in the Burdekin River to-day, when one of the rowing boatconveying train passengers across the flooded stream capsized…

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Bomb Gangs in Chicago 2 DEAD: 10 INJURED £20,000 Damage Chicago

Evening News · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 1

THE fifth bomb outrage in 24 hours occurred this evening, when an olive oil shop was blown to bits, ten persons being injured…

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Turf Notes. Chapter of Accidents. Melbourne

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

There was plenty of incident in the Trial Hurdle Race at Woodend races to-day. Although 11 horses started, only six completed the course, and these came in in Indian file…

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Accidents of the Week

The Propeller · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 6

STEAM TRAM CAUSES BURNS. When Mrs. Killivy, of Ramsgate Road, Ramsgate, had her two-months-old baby son out for an airing in…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

The Propeller · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 6

A pea-rifle bullet, fired across George's River last Saturday evening, ricochetted from the water, and struck Leslie Norman Abbott (24), of…

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Pearifle Accident

The Propeller · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 1

While cleaning a pearifle at his home in Rocky Point Road, Sans Souci, last Saturday, William Dodds, aged 17 years, shot himself accidentally through…

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Fatal Accident at Bexley. Girl Killed by Motor Car

The Propeller · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 1

Miss Alma Julia Dean, aged 26 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Dean, of North brook Street, Bexley, was knocked down and killed by a motor…

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Miner's Son Killed Unfortunate Accident at Liverpool

The Biz · Friday 31 January 1930 · page 1

Jack Robinson, 8 years (son of a miner from the coalnelds), who was staying with Mr. and Mrs. [?]eats of Hillview (Liv.), was knocked down…

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Injured in Cycle-lorry Collision

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 1

When the cycle he was riding collided with a motor lorry at the intersection of Lyons Road and Gibbs Street. Drummoyne, yesterday. Lloyd…

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