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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 203

Filling the Tank Engine Should be Switched off to Avoid Accident

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 12

A number of motorists have been badly burnt recently while having their petrol tanks [?]…

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Death of Woman. Follows Domestic Squabble. Gun Accidentally Explodes. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 16

Following a domestic squabble, William Henry Johns, a middle-aged man, was arrested this morning at his home, l8 miles from Southern Cross, on a charge of…

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Remarkable Hurdling Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 18

An incident in a recent race at Gatwick (England). Beau Sabreur swerved when about to take a hurdle, and fell over the left wing, receiving severe cuts. Thrown over the rails, the jockey suffered a broken left leg…

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Cinema Accidents. State Government's Precautions. Minister's Warning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 16

The Chief Secretary (Mr. Chaffey) referred yesterday with regret to the cinema disaster at Paisley, near Glasgow. He pointed out how necessary it was that the most…

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Level Crossings. Two Accidents. Giel and Boy Killed. Binalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 16

Terence Claude Bateup, aged 14 years, was run down and killed by the Temora mail train at a level crossing three miles from Binalong to-night. The boy's mother is in charge of…

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To Aid Accident Victim Comrades' Support

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 7

THE Seamen's Union is giving its support to a dance which is being organised to assist Mr. Ray Davenport, a former member of the union…

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Pollution of Parramatta? No, Say Councils, Barring Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 January 1930 · page 7

Municipal councils along the Parramatta River refuse to believe that oil, grease, and filth are polluting the stream…

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Horse Killed -- Jockey Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 13

Ruthless, a Moabite (imp.) colt, which cost "Mr. Constable" 459gns. as a yearling, had his third and last run at Warwick…

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Son Drowned, Father and Sister Saved

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Saturday. Richard Grant, 10, of Abbotsford, was drowned while bathing with his father and sister at Carrum late this…

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Fractured Skull Small Girl Injured

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 9

Joyce Norrish, 4, of Moorehead-street, Redfern, was crossing George-street in that suburb yesterday afternoon, when she was knocked down by a motor lorry…

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Seven Injured in Crash at Bondi

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 2

Seven were injured last night when a motor car got out of control and crashed into the Promenade in Campbell Street, Bondi…

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Victim of Vendetta? Glebe Resident Injured

Truth · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 17

IS Sydney John Penboss, a young resident of Glebe, victim of a mysterious vendetta, the cause or source of which he, at leant, denies all knowledge?…

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Victim of City's Danger Spot Man Grievously Injured by Taxi

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 2

Knocked down by a taxi in Central Square at 8 o'clock last night, a middle-aged man, whose identity is unknown, was taken to Sydney Hospital in a…

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Faulty Signalling is Most Fruitful Cause of Accident

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 11

FAILURE of motorists to give the required signals, or, if given, to signal properly is one of the most fruitful causes of road accidents and traffic…

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Accident Proves Fatal

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 2

A pair of gold sleeve- links, inscribed "M.C.," formed the only clue to the identity of a man who was knocked down by a taxi cab in Central-square…

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Newcastle Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 January 1930 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Saturday. -- Robert Truland (35), fettler, of Argenton, had his right wrist and right knee injured, and received abrasions to his…

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Cyclist Injured Collision With Car

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 2

A car driven by Ernest Charles Savage, of Waratah-street, Oatley, and a motor-cycle ridden by John Newsome, of Alexander-street, Crows Nest, collided on the…

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Woman Injured Thrown From Sulky Collision with Cycle

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 2

Mrs. Anne Warner, of Chetwynd-road, Merrylands, was driving in a sulky along Woodville-road, Guildford, last evening, when the vehicle was struck by a motor…

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Tram Collision. On Balmain Line. Eight People Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 11

Eight persons were injured when a tram car, driven by J. Barker, crashed into a stationary tram at a junction near the White Bay Power House last night…

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Extraordinary Gun Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A Bendigo gardener, Charles Arthur Wing (17), was shot dead while walking through an orchard to-night. His…

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