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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

2,746 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 138

Vanished Accident Victim Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 14 January 1931 · page 5

There was no trace today of John Lees (42), who disappeared from hospital after a motor car and train smash near Chelsea yesterday in…

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Workman Seriously Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 13

Arthur Renn, 31, of Palmer-street, North Sydney, was loading boulders on to a truck yesterday when one fell off and struck him on the head, fracturing his skull. He was taken…

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Injured at Ascot

Evening News · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 9

Falling from a horse at Ascot racecourse, to-day. Reymond Phillips. 23. jockey, of High-st. Mascot. suffered a fracture or the skull. He was taken…

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Child Drowned Tragedy at Lidcombe

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 12

While swimming in a dam at the Lidcombe State Hospital, William Norman Ryman, of Mimosa-road, Bankstown, was drowned on…

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Breadcarter Injured Thrown from Cart

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 1

When the bread cart he was driving overturned in Blacktown-road, Blacktown on Monday, Sydney Knighton, 35, of Blacktown, suffered concussion: injuries…

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Old Man Injured Knocked Down by Train

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 7

Francis' Connor, aged 75 years, of Canley Vale, was seriously injured on Monday when he was knocked down by an electric train at the Strathfield…

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Shipping INTELLIGENCE & WEATHER Looking Back Steamers Crash Off Heads Suva and Chillagoe In Collision

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 9

About five miles south-east of Sydney Head on December 7, 1925, the steamers Suva and Chillagoe crashed. Both were badly damaged,…

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Toll of Accidents. 238 Persons Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 13

The return compiled by the Traffic Department of accidents in the metropolitan area during 1930 shows that the total was 14,429, as against 17,359 during 1929. In…

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Jockey Killed in Schooling Accident Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 15 January 1931 · page 13

Leo McNulty, 23, jockey, was fatally injured while schooling Royal Bob over hurdles at Flemington this morning…

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Injured in Collision

The Propeller · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 5

In a collision between his bicycle and a motor-car in Regent Street, Kogarah, last Friday, George Fields, 15, of Sanoni Avenue, Sandringham, suffered…

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Drowning Fatality a Fairfield Tragedy

The Biz · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 6

Just after we went to press last Thursday afternoon, word was received of the drowning of Kathoriue Duff, aged 13 years, of Morven-pound,…

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Collision at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 5

Last Saturday a collision occurred in Forest Road, Hurstville, between a motor car driven by Emanuel Hocking, of Townson Street, Blakehurst, and a…

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Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 5

While riding a bicycle along Council's Point Road, South Hurstville, last Saturday, a lad named Harold Bridges, of The Esplanade, South Hurstville,…

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Child Drowned at Casula

The Biz · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 6

Unnoticed by a large number of picnickers at Casula picnic grounds on the Georges River, late Sunday afternoon, Yvonne Cugola, 5 years…

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Accidents of the Week. Cyclist Injured at Brighton

The Propeller · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 5

A motor cycle and motor car collided in Bay Street, Brighton-le-Sands, last Sunday, and Harold Furness, 23, of Newtown, and Samuel Kinlyside, 23,…

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Caretaker Injured Goulburn

The Sun · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 11

Following the blow-out of a tyre, a motor car overturned on the road between Taralga and Wombeyan Caves last night. George Brown,…

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Constable in Car Smash Collision with Cart

The Labor Daily · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 10

Police Constable Owen Maher was injured when a motor car in which he was a passenger came into collision with a milk cart in Harris…

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Seven Drowned in Icy Waters St. Johns (Newfoundland)

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 1

ONE youth and six girls, whose ages ranged from 11 to 25, were crowned last night when their sled broke through the ice and precipitated…

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Touched Live Wire. Boy Injured on Roof

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 12

Noticing that one could enjoy the talking pictures at the Stanmore Theatre by climbing on to the roof of an adjacent house, Robert Mason. 11 years, of 51 Gladstone-street,…

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Detonators Explode. Four Men Injured. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1931 · page 12

Four men were injured, one seriously, when detonators exploded at a warehouse to-day The men were packing them at the time. Robert Norris, 45, was badly injured, and…

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