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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

2,746 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 138

Broken Neck Parallels Coincidence of Diving Accidents

Evening News · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 9

LYING side by side in a ward at the Canterbury District Memorial Hospital are two young men with their necks broken, and remarkable series of…

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Scalp Torn From Nape of Neck Up Cyclist's Plight Many Accidents Yesterday Car Casualties

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 January 1931 · page 1

Ambulances in several suburbs were kept busy yesterday and last night handling minor accident cases. The most…

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Collision at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4

A motor car driven by Annie McInnes, of Homebush, came into collision on Tuesday afternoon with a horse and sulky driven by John Puckett,of…

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50 Drowned Bucharest

The Sun · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 8

During a terrific storm in the Black Sea the Russian steamer Zavaslia foundered, and 36 of her crew and 14 of the passengers were…

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Accidents of the Week. Man Found Injured

The Propeller · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4

Athol Pavior, 28, of Grove Street, City, was found lying in the roadway in Prince's Highway, Kogarah, on Wednesday night, suffering from a probable…

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Three Girls Injured

The Propeller · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Three girls suffered abrasions and shock when they were struck by a motor car as they were crossing an intersection in West Botany Street,…

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Fire Officer Injured

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 5

Patrick Pirmegan of Tenns son-road, [?] special service officer attached to fire brigade headquaters, was struck by a motor car, which got…

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Husband and Wife Injured

The Propeller · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4

When a lorry capsized on Monday on the Prince's Highway, Blakehurst, Mrs. Iris May, of Randwick, received shock and abrasions. Mr. May was also…

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Man Injured at Kogarah

The Propeller · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon the St. George Ambulance attended to a call from Beach Street, Kogarah, where they found a man named Peter Neary, aged…

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Motor C'clist Fatally Injured. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 12

James O'Farrell, 42, a visitor from Victoria who was severely Injured in a collision on Hume Highway on January 3, died in the Goulburn District Hospital on Wednesday…

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Wall Fell on Girls One Dead : Three Injured at Camperdown

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 5

ONE little girl was killed and three were injured when a wall suddenly collapsed at the corner of…

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Fatal Accident

The St George Call · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 1

William Dec, aged 12 years, of Fountain Street, Kogarah Bay was fatally injured when he was knocked down by a motor van on the Prince’s Highway…

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Fatal Swimming Accident

The Propeller · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 4
Also in The Biz

Eric Townsley, aged 17 years, of Milperra, who suffered concussion of the brain when he collided with another youth while swimming in George's…

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Nat. M.l.a. and Wife in City Smash Young Woman Is Arrested Car Accidents

The Labor Daily · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 8

Mr. W. F. Foster, M.L.A. for Vaucluse, and Mrs. Ada Foster, his wife, of Shan Hall, Holt Street, Double Bay, were injured when a…

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COLLISION. Locomotive and Cart. Man Killed, Another Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 14

A man was killed and another was seriously injured when a locomotive crashed into their cart on a level crossing between Rosehill and Clyde last night…

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Road Crash Lorry's Three Rolls Six Injured Night Collision

The Sun · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 5

In a collision between a motor car and a motor lorry on the Cowpastures-road, three miles north from Narellan, early last night, a…

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Rescuer Drowned. Roma (Q.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 17

Roy Countryman, 24, was drowned in the Dawson River while attempting to save the life of a girl, Mona Laycock, who was in difficulties. Charles Laycock eventually saved the girl…

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Motor Cyclist Killed. Collision with Lorry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1931 · page 14

John Booth, 46, of Boronia-avenue, Pagewood, was killed instantly yesterday in Cityroad, Redfern. He was riding his motor cycle, and crashed into a motor lorry…

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