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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 203

Drowning Tragedy

Evening News · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 6

The annual conference of the Australian Legion of Ex-Service Clubs to-day carried a motion of condolence with Colonel A. W. Hyman, a vice-president…

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Shooting Gallery Fatality

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 6

Detective-sergeant Keogh, of the C.I.B., on behalf of Albert Mackle, who is charged with causing the death of David Hamilton, in a shooting…

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Manslaughter Charge. Fatality in Motor Accident Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 14

At Forbes Coroner's Court yesterday Cyril Heffernan, 41, dairyman, of Orange-road, Forbes, was committed for trial on a charge of maliciously slaying John Allen Appleby, 3…

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Aged Cyclist Injured

Evening News · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 3

Struck by a motor car while ridi[?] bicycle in Cutlewis-street, Bondi to-day Eric Oswald, 70. of Bondi-road Bondi suffered a fracture of the pelt. The…

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N.S.W. NEWS Boating Fatality

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 4

While boating on Oatta[?] Green, on Sunday afternoon, Annie Margaret Smith (18), of Parramatta, was drowned. Young Woman Killed. Knocked down by n motor car on…

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Drowning Tragedy. In Burdekin River. Further Particulars. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 19

Further particulars concerning the disaster in which three men were drowned in the Burdekin River disclose that two mail trains, which arrived at…

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Boxer Injured. Admitted to Hospital

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 18

After having been knocked down for nine seconds in the 15th round of his fight with Billy McAllister, of Victoria, at the Leichhardt Stadium last night. Vic. White,…

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Struck by Pole Linesman Injured

Evening News · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 2

LINESMEN were lowering an electric-light pole in Railway-parade. Granville to-day, when the tackle gave way, causing the pole to fail to the road…

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Infant Drowned At Rooty Hill Fell Into Dam

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 1

That Vincent Tuck, aged 23 months, was accidently drowned in a dam on the premises of his parents at Rooty Hill, on 4th…

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Witnesses Needed. To Clear Charged Man. Shooting Gallery Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 18

An unusual case is perplexing Detecthe Keogh, of the Crminal Investigation Branch. He is in charge of investigations into the death of David Hamilton, who was shot dead…

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Bombing Outrages in Chicago. Ten Persons Injured. LONDON, Jan. 30

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 17

The fifth bombing in the last 24 hours occurred at Chicago, when an olive oil shop was blown up and 100,000 dollars' worth of damage was done over an area of two blocks…

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Wife's Allegations Denied Dr. Page Has Got a New Car No Neglect of Injured Man, Says Matron Headed for Paradise Unlimited

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 4

Allegations by the wife of a man said to have been injured in the Warrimoo railway smash, that her husband had been neglected by the Dr. Page, now that he has not to worry over taxation and Federal Budgets. has bought a car--the first he has driven for over eight years!…

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Derailment at Warrimoo Worse Mountain Accident for Years Driver and Fireman Killed Great Disaster Narrowly Averted

Nepean Times · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 3

THE worse railway accident on the Mountains for many years befel the 5.25 p.m. excursion train ex Mt. Victoria on Monday evening at Warrimoo, where the two engines of the train left the rails and toppled over the embankment. The driver and fireman of the first…

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Workers' Insurance Employers' Liability for Accidents

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 8

"Employer" has a young man employed on his holding, and amongst other things he has to fetch the mail from the roadside twice a week. Although a horse is available for the…

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Traffic Accidents Increase of 2208 in New South Wales Last Year

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 13

Upwards of 9400 persons were involved in traffic smashes In New South Wales last year. This rate of nearly thirty a day is 2206 more than in the previous…

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Motor Accidents. Child Killed. Knocked Down by Lorry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 18

Joan Semmens, 4 years old, of Reynolds street Rozelle, was knocked down by a motor lorry near her home last night. She was taken by ambulance to Balmain Hospital, but…

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Foul Play or Accident?

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 3

Found unconscious last night in Morehead Street, Waterloo, by the police patrol, George Frederick Foy, 27, glass-blower, Trevelyn Ave.,…

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Shot by Her Fiance Accidental Death of Hockey Star

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 1 February 1930 · page 2

BARMEDMAN, Friday.--Miss Myrtle Sutherland, 19, a member of the Barmedman girls' hockey team which played the English…

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Strange Motor Accident Children Saved From Drowning AUCKLAND

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 February 1930 · page 2

Two well-known Wellington residents, Mr. and Mrs. Dwan, saved their small children from death by the merest fraction in a most unusual motoring…

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Don't Neglect Details in Care of Car "Letting It Go" Increases Risk of Accident

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 February 1930 · page 15

BECAUSE many of the cars used to-day by owner-drivers have seen long service before they came into possession of the present owners, they call for more care and attention. Some of these vehicles are, of course, properly cared for, but it would be no…

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