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Accidents, 1931

2,746 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 138

Motor Accidents. Cycling Fatality. Singleton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 14

A motor c[?] le ridden by Harold Sproule, 20, a Barnardo Joy, employed by Mr. F. J. Pankhurst, of Bderslle, skidded at the foot of Brunner's Jill, and Sproule was thrown on…

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Two Bathers Drowned

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Two young hotel employees at Cowes, Harold Pell, married, and Lawrence Hughson (24), single, were drowned…

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Boy Drowned in Dam

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 5

ARDLETHAN, Friday.--When playing near a dam on his father's farm at Wallaroobie, William Ernest Schliebs (15), slipped and fell into…

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Drowned in Canal Griffith

The Sun · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 7

James Cass, a young man, who had been camped in Griffith near the main canal, was found drowned in the canal this morning. His clothes…

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Cyclist Injured ORANGE

Evening News · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 1

In a collision between the bicycle which he was riding and a motor lorry, at the intersection of Clinton and Summer sts, to-day, Thomas Teacle, 53, of…

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Trainees Injured. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 14

[?] two norses collided, W. Rigby, 21, of Bridge-street, Telarah, and M. J. Lee, 17, of High-street Morpeth, military trainees attached to the Hunter Light Horse Regiment,…

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Farmer Fatally Injured. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 14

Arthur John Cantrill, 53, a well-known farmer and horticulturist, was fatally injured in a motor accident yesterday afternoon Cantrill was driving home when he stopped…

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ABANDONED. Motorship Enton. Injured Seaman Dies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 13

The British motorship Enton, which has been ashore on a reef at Kaure Pass, on the south-east coast of New Caledonia, 45 miles from Noumea, since early on Wednesday…

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Two Men Drowned. An Early Morning Swim. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 17

Two men were drowned at Cowes early this morning. Their names were Harold Pell, 28, and Henry Lawrence Hughson, 24. Both were employed at the Isle of Wight Hotel…

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'Plane Searches for Body Two Drowned at Cowes Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 1

An aeroplans is assisting in the search for the body of Harold Pell. baggage porter employed at the Isle of Wight Hotel Cowes who was one…

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Search for Callous Hit-run Driver Woman Seriously Injured Dashed Away

The Labor Daily · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 1

A WOMAN was seriously injured by a particularly. callous hit-run driver last night. Knocking down Pearl Harrison,…

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Shot in Breast "Accident," Says Victim

The Sun · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 3

Fumbling with a pistol in a shooting gallery in Pitt-street last night, a young man was shot in the left breast. He was admitted to the…

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Bookmaker Shot Dead by Accident Gun Charge Lodges in His Body Noted Fielder in Sydney and Vic. Buying Petrol

The Labor Daily · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 1

One of Sydney's leading book makers was killed instantly yesterday, when the charge from a double-barrelled shot-gun…

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The Kingdom of the Car Speed Is Hard to Gauge Most Accidents Due to Misjudgment

Daily Pictorial · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 18

Motor accidents are mostly the fault of drivers or pedestrians, according to a recent analysis of statistics…

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S.S. "Marama" Had No Doctor When Woman Smashed Ankle Slack Laws of New Zealand Once More Exposed by "Smith's Weekly" Injured Lady Who Promised the Captain Not to Tell the Newspapers

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 2

"SMITH'S" urges the Government of New Zealand to enact immediately that passenger steamers, on the 1200-mile run from N.Z. to Australia, shall carry a ship's doctor. On board the Union S.S. "Marama," reaching Sydney from…

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ATHLETICS. More Records Sunk Cora Collects Dishes Opponents in Discus Throw Official Injured

Truth · Sunday 1 February 1931 · page 5

TWO State records went by the board at the Sports Ground yesterday during the progress of the Inter-Club Competition…

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Midnight Smash Pendle Hill Collision Six Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 1

Six persons were injured when the motor car in which they were traveling along the Main Western-road, Pendle Hill, about midnight on Thursday,…

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Rescue From Drowning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 10

While frolicking with another boy on the bridge over the pond in University Park yesterday afternoon, Thomas Williams, 17, of Egan-street, Newtown, overbalanced and fell…

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Drowned in Pool

The Labor Daily · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 1

While [?] thing in the Little Coogee swimming pool in Parramatta Park yesterday Frederick Larkin, 25, of Emu plains got into difficulties and…

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Motor Accidents. Ten People Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1931 · page 10

Ten persons were injured, five of them seriously, when two motor cars collided at the corner of Livingstone-road and Sydenham-road yesterday morning. One car was turned…

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