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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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How Accidents Occur Need for Commonsense on Roads Man Must Control Machine No. 1

Evening News · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 11

TO-DAY'S "Evening News," and every "Evening News" of a Monday for years, has chronicled the pain…

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Motor Accidents. Week-end Collisions. Boy Killed at Lakemba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 12

William Robert Brockley, 8, was run over and fatally injured by a motor car in Canterbury-road, Lakemoa, on Saturday. The boy's skull was fractured. The parents reside in…

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One Killed, Seven Hurt Week-end Accidents

Daily Pictorial · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 3

A boy was killed and seven were hurt in week-end accidents. The dead child is William Robert Brockley (8), of Canterbury Road,…

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Accidents at Sports

Daily Pictorial · Monday 10 February 1930 · page 3

TAMWORTH. -- There were three accidents at Piallawa sports on Saturday. A horse ridden by Thomas Mosley fell, and the rider received…

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COLLISION. Two Motor Cars. Man Critically Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 12

With a terrific Impact two cars met in a head-on collision near the intersection of Elizabeth-street and Phillip-street, Redfern, last night. One car was flung to the side of…

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Drowning Fatalities

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 15

GOULBURN, Monday. -- It is feared that a boy has been drowned in the Wollondilly River. Mr. Royle, caretaker of Roberts…

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Boy Drowned. Constable in Difficulties. TUMUT

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

James Freligos, 14, was drowned while bathing in the river immediately below the Tumut Bridge last night: Frellgos went beyond his depth. Three companions attempted to rescue…

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Man Drowned in Namoi River. Narrabri

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 12

On Saturday evening Leslie Barrett, aged 29, clerk in the office of Messrs. Charters and Taylor, was drowned in the Namoi River. He was with a swimming party, and while other…

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Badly Injured But Gets No Compensation

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 6

Having received abrasions to his body and a rupture of the muscles of his thigh together with a fracture, of his shoulder-blade through being…

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Dive Into Shallow Water. Girl Seriously Injured. Melbourne

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

Diving into shallow water at St. Kilda yesterday afternoon, Mabel Watson, 24, of Clyde-street, St. Kilda, struck her head on the bottom. She was taken to the Alfred…

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District Court. (Before Judge Curlewis and Juries.) Injured by Motor Car. Rutter v Postilnick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 6

Leonard Stanley Rutter, an infant-at-law, by his next friend, William Henry Rutter, of Redlands, via Picton, railway fettler, sued John Postilnick, of 203 Addison-road,…

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How Accidents Occur —No. 2 Impatience Is Root of All Road Evils Chance-taking and Its Result

Evening News · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 7

SOMEBODY has very wisely said thai impatience it the root of all motoring evils…

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Serious Accident at the Intersection of Elizabeth and Phillip Streets, Redfern, Last Night

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 14

This car came into violent head-on collision with another vehicle, and was seriously damaged. An occupant of the other car was thrown out and critically injured. The car on the left continued on after the accident and carried away a verandah post, causing this awning to collapse. The injured man was found beneath it…

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Man Accidentally Shot. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 12

Sydney Hewson, 21, who arrived from England about a year ago, was fatally shot by John Henry Maslin, 14, at Capel yesterday. Maslin said he did not know that the gun…

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Shot by Accident Proprietor Not to Blame

The Sun · Tuesday 11 February 1930 · page 17

A verdict of accidental death was given to-day at the inquest on David Hamilton, aged 44, who was shot in a George-street rifle gallery…

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Shooting Gallery Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 11

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the City Coroner (Mr. A. E. May) yesterday after he had heard the evidence relating to the death of David Hamilton, who died in a…

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Shallow Dive Boy Seriously Injured

The Sun · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 13

Diving from the wharf into shallow water at Clifton Gardens this morning, Roy Elmhurst, 13, of Ice street, Darlinghurst, struck his head on the…

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Child Drowned in River. Picnic Tragedy. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 15

Lorna Ayton, aged 4 years and 10 months, was drowned at Wynyard to-day. The child, accompanied by her mother and other relatives, crossed the Inglis River, with…

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Collision at Sea. Millimumul to Blame. Admiralty Court Decision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 8

Reserved Judgment was delivered yesterday in the Admiralty Court in an action brought by Roger Joseph Butler and James William Butler, owners of the trawler Palmerston (300…

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Drome Fatality Night of Records—Then Death in Last Race

Referee · Wednesday 12 February 1930 · page 17

ONE of the most successful speed meetings ever held at the Melbourne Motordrome, was marred on Saturday night, when in the last race on the…

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