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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 203

Tram Collision. Five Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 12

Five persons, thrown from their seats, were injured, but not seriously, when two tram cars collided in Mairickville-road, Mairickville, last night…

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Injured by Aeroplane. Accident at Cronulla

The Propeller · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 2

Miss Minnie Anderson, aged 22 years, of River Street, Earlwood, was struck by the whirling blade of an aeroplane at Gunnamatta Bay, Cronulla,…

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Accidents of the Week. Pillion Rider Injured

The Propeller · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 4

Last Sunday Miss Dulcie Dean, of Angelo Street Kogarah was riding on the pillion seat of a motor cycle on a trip to the mountains with a friend…

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Injured Youth Dies

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 8

William Puckett, 17, of Cooper-street, City. who was knocked down by a motor car in Chalmers-street, city. on Sunday died at sydney Hospital last night…

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Boy Injured at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 4

John Robinson, a school boy, residing at Council's Point Road, Hurstville, was struck by a motor cycle ridden by Roy Brown, Penshurst, in Forest…

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Girl Drowned in Waterhole. Temora

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 15

Robina Mary Tucker, 15, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Tucker, was drowned yesterday in a waterhole known as Bartle's Dam, two miles from Temora. She was…

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Runaway Car Two Men Injured

Evening News · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 5

TWO men were injured when they were struck by a motor car. which got out of control and ran on to the footpath in Cowper Wharf-road…

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Sulky Smash at Cronulla. Man Seriously Injured

The Propeller · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 6

A man was seriously injured and two others had a narrow escape on Wednesday night when a horse and sulky overturned at the corner of…

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Country News Girl Drowned in Dam Brother's Premonition of Disaster

Daily Pictorial · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 15

TEMORA, Thursday.--Robina Tucker (15), daughter of Mr. George Tucker, of Curry's Hill, was bathing in a stock dam when she slipped into…

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Horses Bolt 2 Horses and 2 Men Injured

The Biz · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 4

At Cabramatta last week two horses and two men were injured, when four race horses, out for exercise, bolted…

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Newsboy's Fall Causes Smash Marrickville Trams Six Are Injured

The Labor Daily · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 1

SIX persons were injured when two trams collided in Marrickville Road, Marrickville, last night. They were:--…

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670 Miles to Hospital Boy's Fearful Ordeal With Injured Leg

Daily Pictorial · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 2

PERTH, Thursday.--When David Fogherty (10), son of the manager of Newry Station, in the Kimberley district, injured his…

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Two Men Badly Injured Newtown Affrays Marlin Spike and Razor Used

The Labor Daily · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 1

NEWTOWN police are investigating two serious occurrences--one in Egan Street, Newtown, and the other at…

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ASHTONFIELDS. Assaults on Working Miners. Stories in Court. Injured Men's Evidence WALLSEND

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 11

John Jones, one of the miners who was maitreated during the Ashtonfields mass picketing riot of January 10, was the first witness to give evidence this morning, when…

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Country News. Train Accident Victim Identified Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 12

The man whose decapitated body was found on the railway line at Stoker's Siding has been identified as William Matthews, an Englishman. Mrs. Haig, of North Tumbulgum…

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Yesterday's Accidents

The Labor Daily · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 5

Malcolm McDermott, 29, of Smith Street, Redfern, was hit by a lorry in Regent Street, Redfern, last night and admitted to Royal Prince Alfred…

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Collision at South Creek Bridge

Nepean Times · Saturday 22 February 1930 · page 5

A Hudson ear, driven by Robert W. Boothby, of 25 Cumberland Road, Merry lands, and a Chevrolet, driven by Charles R. Cochrane, of Hurstville,…

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Children Scalded. Three Cases Reported. Fatality at Annandale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1930 · page 18

At Annandale yesterday, George Edward Robertson, aged 2½ years, of 102 Johnstonstreet, fell into a copper of hot water and was badly scalded. He later died in the…

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Injured When Motor Car Overturned Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Saturday 22 February 1930 · page 7

When a motor car overturned on the Orange Road, near Bathurst, Horace Evers, commercial traveller, of Cheltenham, sustained a fracture of…

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Well-known Businessman. Believed to Have Been Drowned. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1930 · page 18

A well-known Perth business man, Mr. E. B. Anderson, member of the real estate firm of Montgomery Anderson and Co., Is believed to have been drowned in the sea at Cottesloe…

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