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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 203

Child Drowned. Narrabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 12

Percy Quinn, aged 5 years, the eldest child of Mr. and Mrs. W. Quinn, of Narrabri West, was drowned in the Namoi River yesterday evening while his parents were fishing. The…

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Baby Drowned in Bath

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 10

Pulling the plug out of the bath. in which she had just bullied her 13-months-old baby Mrs. Marjorie Lundregan, of Alwyn Flats,…

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Baby Drowned Bath-tub Tragedy

Evening News · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 7

DAWN Ellen Londregan, 13 months, was drowned in a bath-tub at Alwyn Flats, Grosvenor-road, Woollabra to-day…

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Thrown From Lorry. Five Men Injured. Accident at Manly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 11

Five men were injured yesterday when they were thrown from a motor lorry which skidded in Sydney-road, near Bellevue-street, Manly, and collided violently with the kerb…

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Boy Drowned in View of Mother

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 3

NARRABRI, Monday--On Sunday afternoon the five-year-old son of Night Officer Quinn, of Narrabri West, was drowned in the Namoi…

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Youth Drowned in River. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 12

Thomas Percival Stevens, 15, son of Mr. R. P. Stevens, of Morgan, was drowned yesterday evening when bathing in the river at Morgan…

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Claim for £10,000. Sequel to Motor Collision. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 12

As the result of a collision between two motor cars on the Melbourne-Geelong-road on January 26, an action in which damages to the extent of £10,000 were claimed, was…

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Boys' Heroism. Man Drowned in Surf. Attempting to Rescue Girl

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 11

At the Coroner's Court yesterday a warm tribute was paid by the coroner (Mr. May) to the valour of Geoffrey Wellesley Hyman, who was drowned in attempting to save a girl who…

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'Plane Dive at Mascot Pilot's Sacrifice Badly Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 7

IN trying to avoid a collision with another plane, George He[?]therington, 27, of Springfield Avenue, Darlinghurst, nose…

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Workers" Compensation Commission. (Before Judge Perdriau and Commissioners.) Cyclist Fatally Injured. Massey v Katinka, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 7

Mary Ann Massey, of Harbord-road, Brookvale, claimed compensation from Katinka, Ltd., booksellers, of Sydney, in respect of the death of her son, Edward Charles Massey,…

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Accident on Ship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 12

Frank William Cochrane, 50 years, of Waltham-street, Artarmon, was struck on the head by a piece of metal on the steamer Roseric yesterday. Central District…

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Herbalist Killed. Strange Features of Motor Accident. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 12

Samuel Lazelle, 63, of Albany-road, Victoria Park, herbalist, practising in Perth, and in whose house a young woman died on Saturday, was killed instantly when the motor…

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Many Accidents Lithgow's Chapter Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1930 · page 6

Lithgow Ambulance had a busy time to-day attending to several more or less serious accidents. George Puddle a miner employed at…

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Aeroplane Crashes. While Attempting to Avoid Collision. Pilot Badly Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 15

Swerving to avoid another aeroplane at Mascot yesterday morning, a Mark II. Moth. piloted by George Hetherington, aged 27 years, of Manly, crashed, and Hetherington was…

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Cricketer's Tragic Drowning I

Referee · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 13

Cricketers were grieved last week by the tragic death of Mr. Geoffrey W. Hymnn, the University cricketer, who gallantly went to the rescue of a girl who…

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Baby Drowned in Bath

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 6

Thirteen-months-old Dawn Ellen Londregan was drowned in a bathtub at Alwya Flats. Grosvenor Street, Woollahra yesterday…

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An Injured Eye

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 5

Holding that Harold Fission of Railway Parade, Kograb, had failed to discharge the [?] upon him of showing that his incapacity, following upon an injury…

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Woman Badly Injured

The Sun · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 13

Struck by a motor car as she was about to enter a motor 'bus outside her home to-day, Mrs. Shaaf, aged 33, of Dans-avenue, Clovelly, was…

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Heavy Damages Claimed Trawlers in Collision

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 6

The hearing was commenced yesterday in the Admiralty Court, before Mr. Acting Justice Maxwell, of an action brought by Roger Joseph…

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Fatal Collision with Horse Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 February 1930 · page 6

Owing to his motor cycle striking a horse near Warragul, James Hunt. 18, was thrown heavily to the roadway. He died shortly afterwards from head…

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