Stand Collapses During Surf Carnival. 30 Persons Injured
The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 9
Thirty spectators at the Freshwater surf carnival were injured yesterday afternoon when a temporary staging collapsed. The structure had been stoutly built, but it was unable…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Stand Falls on Crowd Many Injured At Surf Carnival
Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 7
As thirty spectators swayed with excitement at the Freshwater Surf Carnival their grandstand swayed and collapsed beneath them…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Four Hurt As Car Goes Over Culvert Accidents Mar Joy of Holiday Child May Die
The Labor Daily · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 1
Swerving to avoid another car on a bridge on the Windsor Road, Rilverstone, late yesterday afternoon, a car got out of control and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drowned in Hastings River. Wauchope
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 12
Bathing in the Hastings River with two other young women. Miss Eileen Penning. l8, was seized with cramp ard collapsed in deep water. Her friends made unsuccessful…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Three Injured Cyclists Crash At Rose Bay
Evening News · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 6
Three cyclists were badly injured in accident in Old South Head-rd, Rose Bay, this afternoon. When a motor cycle and a motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ugly Scene Strikers and Shearers Train Menaced Policeman Injured Brisbane
The Sun · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 7
More violence marked the shearers strike to-day, stones being thrown during an ugly clash between 200 shearers and shed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Killed in Car Crash Business Man Another Is Badly Injured, Morning Smash Newcastle
The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 1
ERIC G. SNEESBY, well-known Newcastle business identity was killed instantly when a motor car crashed into an embankment on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Hissing Death! Queer Accidents
The World's News · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 31
SOMEONE ought to compile an anthology of extraordinary accidents, including the one I saw near Blackfriars Bridge this morning, writes "Onlooker," in…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →The Speed of the Present Day House Dr. Stewart McKay Does Not Think Carbine Would Have Galloped as Fast As the Best Horse To-day In Australia Real Staying Heart Had Not Developed When Carbine Was Running—stayer Who Finished Fast in Two and a Half Mile Race, and Was Then Able to Met for a Mile, After Whip Struck Him by Accident, Is Brilliantly Described in This Article. Evolutionary Change In Racehorses Has Been Taking Place Year by Year
Referee · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 1
IN reply to questions of a Tasmanian correspondent, I shall remark in the first place that I do not agree with his statement that "other judges consider that Carbine, if racing to-day, would gallop just as fast over…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Accidents. Pinned Under Car. with Dead Companion. Newcastle
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 12
Eric G. Sneesby, 38, well-known in northern business circles, as the Newcastle sales manager for D. Mitchell and Co., Ltd., was killed outright about midnight, when a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Motor Accidents. Girl Seriously Injured
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 13
Joyce Campbell, 10, of Henry-street, Mascot, was knocked down by a motor car at the corner of Gardiner-road and William-street, Mascot, last evening. The Central District…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 15
While riding a bicycle along Church-street. Parramatta, about 5.30 p.m. yesterday, James Harold Purser (22), of North Rocks, was knocked down by a motor car…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 6
Last Sunday afternoon. Nita Wilkinson aged four, was crossing Joseph-street after she had left the Methodist Sunday School at Lidcombe, when she was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Harbour Collision. Privy Council Allows Appeal
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 5
The Privy Council allowed the appeal, with costs, of the United States Shipping Board versus the steamer St. Albans…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Injured Doctor Attends Smash Victims
Daily Pictorial · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 4
THOUGH suffering from shock and a head wound, Dr. H. D. Matthews, Bondi Road, Bondi, was yesterday the first to reach the side of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cyclist Injured But Declined Hospital
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 3
On Tuesday morning last a collision in a most unusual manner occurred on Woodville-road, near Union-street, Granville. A motor cycle, ridden by Harold F. Phillips,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bolting Horses. Plucky Constable Injured
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 13
In attempting to stop two bolting horses at Rozelle yesterday a young constable was so badly hurt that he was taken unconscious to hospital. A number of people had narrow…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Injured Man's Fortitude. Goulburn
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 13
Thomas Rutter, 27, quietly smoked and joked with his rescuers while they were busy extricating him from the mechanism of a steam navvy, which had broken his right…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Stand Collapses Parramatta Residents Injured
The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 11
Mr. Oliver Steward, the well known Parramatta bootman, and Miss Lilian Sloman, of O'Reilly-street. Parramatta, were among the injured when a stand collapsed…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Injured Jockeys Improve Newcastle
The Labor Daily · Thursday 29 January 1931 · page 5
Injured when Quanonia tell in he Novice Handicap at the Newcastle Jockey Club's Anniversary Day meeting. A Colvin jockey has shown slight…
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