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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

4,054 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 203

Trams in Collision Eight Are Injured Violent Impact Weston Rd., Rozelle Brakes Failed

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 5

EIGHT PERSONS were injured last night when a tram crashed into another, stationary, at White Bay junction, Weston, Road,…

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Motor Accidents. Week-end Fatalities. Many People Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 12

More than 20 people who had been injured in motor accidents were admitted to hospital in the metropolitan area during the weekend. A man was fatally injured in…

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Cycle-lorry Collision Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

Owing to a collision between a motor truck and a motor cycle at Stratford, William Crety, 17, who was riding the cycle, was severely…

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Supposfd Fowl Thief Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 7

Mr. Herbert Miles, of 102 Crawford-street, Brighton-le-Sands, was awakened at about 2.30 yesterday morning, by the presence of on unknown visitor in his backyard. As…

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Injured at Speedway. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 16

Racing at the dirt track meeting on Saturday night at the Exhibition was marred by an accident to a boy aged about 7 years. In the final of the scratch race, a rider fell…

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Timber-getter Injured. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 12

Donald Simpson was telling timber at Upper Sherwood Creek when a tree fell on him. The accident happened about midday, but it was not until 5 p.m. that Simpson was found. He…

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Youth Drowned Sister's Heroic Effort Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 5

Richard Thomas Grant, 17, while [?]athing with his sister and father at Carrum, was caught in an undertow. His sister was nearly carried out while…

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Back Injured in Plunge Diver Strikes Bottom

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 5

Diving from a height of six feet, into little more than two feet of water, Frank Greenlees, Journalist, on the staff of the "Daily Guardian,"…

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Two Injured When Car Overturns Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

A motor car overturned near Beaconsfield, with the result that R. Thompson, 40, and his wife were taken to hospital, suffering from…

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28 Injured in Terrific Traffic Collision at Pyrmont Two Crowded Trams in Violent Smash Thud of Resounding Impact Heard a Mile Away Fainting Women Lifted From Wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 3

Twenty-eight passengers were hurt, some seriously in a terrific tram collision at White Bay, Pyrmont, last night. With a crash that could be heard a mile away…

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Could You Rescue a Drowning Person? Royal Life Saving Society Wants to Teach You

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 6

How many people are properly equipped to go to the rescue of anyone who may be drowning? Not too many, according to the…

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Youth Drowned in Surf. Father's Heroic Effort. Daughter's Desperate Struggle. Melbourne

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

On the last day of a fortnight's holiday, Richard Thomas Grant, 17, of Trennery-crescent, Abbotsford, was drowned in the surf at Carrum yesterday. Both Mr. Richard…

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Warwick Farm. Dion Wins Handicap. Jockey Injured. Valuable Colt Destroyed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 15

At Warwick Farm on Saturday the January meeting was attended by nearly 11,000 people. A large number of them made the journey by motor car; but the raliway service was…

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Train Hits Car Women Killed Collision at Level Crossing Lucky Escapes Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

TWO women were killed and four persons injured to-night when a motor car driven by T. Hodgson, of Hampshire Road, Sunshine, was…

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Two Killed in Week-end Smashes; Many Injured Skin Ripped From Boy's Back Cycle Crashes

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 7

Of the many week-end tragic accidents two proved fatal, one in the city, and one at Wollongong. Over a score were injured, some seriously. One of the victims, a 10-year-old boy, was mutilated in a smash at Granville…

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Red List of Death Victims of the Road Many Injured Cars and Cycles in Smashes Week-end Toll

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 1

Three deaths augmented the appalling red list of week-end road victims. MANY others, some of whom may…

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Other Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 12
Also in The Labor Daily

Robert Ritchie, aged 14, a messenger boy, living at Seaview-street, Waverley, suffered a fracture of his left leg on Saturday, when he was struck by a motor car as he was…

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Surfing Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 13

Percy Bell, 24, of Emerson-street, Manly, when surfing at South Steyne yesterday, collided with another surfer, and received a wound over the left eye. He was taken to…

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Man's Leg Crushed to Pulp Fatal Accident in S.A. ADELAIDE

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 January 1930 · page 8

Cyril Fred. Atkinson, 22 Loxton, was seriously injured at Uraidia late last night. Taken to Uraidia Hospital, be died at 7.55 this morning…

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