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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

2,746 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 138

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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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Cyclist Injured

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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Child Injured

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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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