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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 203

Many Injured Girl's Arm Almost Torn Off Wheel Over Head

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 6

IN addition to tho fatality at Rockdale, many people were injured in motor smashes over the week-end. Lila Deane, 20, of Kogarah, had her…

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Saved by Tree From 500Ft. Drop Man Critically Injured in Smash

Daily Pictorial · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 3

Crashing near Bilgola Beach yesterday, a car, driven by Sidney Bennett, with five other occupants, was saved from falling…

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Car-cart Crash Four Injured--three of Them Teachers Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 5

Three men and a woman were injured when a car coming towards Newcastle, collided with a horse and cart in Maitland Road, Mayfield last night…

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Coroner's Slashing Attack on the Rothbury Raiders Brown's Death "Accidentally Shot" Verdict "Men Used Arms" Praise for Police Attitude West Maitland

Evening News · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 1

THAT Norman Brown was accidentally shot during the quelling of the riot at Rothbury on December 16, was the reserved finding of the district Coroner, Mr. Reed, delivered to-day…

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Motor Accidents. Car Over Embankment. Man Critically Hurt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 12

Mr. Henry Hunt. 59, of "Avon" Station, Coonamble, suffered a fractured spine when a motor car went off the road above Bilgola Beach yesterday. Mr. Hunt, who is 59 yearts…

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"Accidental" When Brown Met Death Firing Justified Object of Riotous Miners Was Clear West Maitland

The Sun · Monday 17 February 1930 · page 9

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Coroner (Mr. Reed, P.M.), when the adjourned inquest concerning the death of Norman Brown, victim of the Rothbury riots, was resumed today…

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Baby Drowned. Leeton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 12

Leonard John, the 14-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lance Maley, was drowned on Sunday. The baby had wandered away from the house, and upon a search being made the…

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Motor Collision Ends in Serious Charge

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 16

GULGONG, Monday.--A motorcycle, ridden by W. Davies, with his sister behind, collided with a single-seater car driven…

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Horseman Fatally Injured. Bingara

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 12

Ronald Wright, aged 18 years, received fatal injuries when the horse he was riding dashed him into a tree, severely injuring his head. Wright, who was a resident of Bingara, died…

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70 Injured Glasgow Train Smash London

The Sun · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 7

Seventy persons were injured, of whom 20 were detained in hospital (two suffering from fractured skulls and two other with both legs fractured, in…

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Billy Grime Wins Bloom Outpointed Sarron Injured

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 3

BILLY GRIME defeated Lon Bloom on points over fifteen interesting rounds at Wanganai last week. Although Grime is considered by New…

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Crushed in His Cabin Tram Driver Hurt Collision with Ice Waggon

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 6

A TRAM driver had an amazing escape from death yesterday, when his tram collided with an ice waggon at the corner of Regent…

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Miner Jammed in Rocks and Drowned Dived 20 Feet to Death: Fishing Party Tragedy

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 7

BATHURST, Monday.--When Constable O'Brien, of Oberon, dived into the Fish River on Saturday night, he found the body of James Smith,…

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Motor Accidents. Old Man Struck by Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 12

Struck by a motor car in Bridge-street, near George-street, city, yesterday afternoon, William Alfred Graves, 60, of Lancaster-crescent, South Kensington, received a fracture of the…

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Road Accident. Girl Thrown Over Car. Charges Laid Against Motorist Gulgong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 12

Ethel Davies, who was riding behind her brother, W. Davies, on a motor cycle, was thrown over a motor car and struck the ground several yards to the rear of it, following a…

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Though One Was Killed Police Are Praised Norman Brown Verdict Coroner Says Dead Man Was No Rioter Accidental Shooting Maitland

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 6

IN his reserved finding on the Rothbury inquest, the Maitland Coroner, Mr. Reed, found that Norman Laurence Brown, 29, the Greta miner, died from a gunshot wound accidentally received during the quelling of a riot by the police…

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Three Break Spines One Dies; Strange Ran of Accidents

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 2

Two men broke their spines yesterday in falls, and one who suffered a similar injury on Sunday, died yesterday…

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"Accident," Says Coroner

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 6

AFTER a careful survey of all the available evidence the Coroner at West Maitland has refused to censure…

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Train Collision. Seventy Persons Injured. LONDON, Feb. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 15

Seventy persons were injured in a railway collision which occurred in thick fog at Rutherglen, near Glasgow, when one train dashed into the rear of another…

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Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1930 · page 19

In reply to a warning shouted by a companion who was following his machine, George Ernest Turner, aged 26 years, of Lawrence-street, Alexandria, turned around, and saw…

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