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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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

Injured by Motor Car

The Propeller · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 5

On the 25th ultimo Charles Tretheweth aged 19 years, of Park Street, Kogarah, was struck by a motor car, while walking along Prince's Highway,…

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Side-car Passenger Injured

The Propeller · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 5

Frederick Mann aged 21 years, residing in Alice Street, Sans Souci, was a passenger in a side car of a motor cycle which crashed into a gutter near his…

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9 Injured in Smash Many Accidents On Holiday Sunstroke, Too

Daily Pictorial · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

Two families were mixed up in an accident last night at Crow's Nest, when a car hit a telegraph post. Nine persons…

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Man and Girl Badly Cut in Collision

Daily Pictorial · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 3

A man and girl, who were injured in a head-on collision between two cars yesterday in Moore Park Road, may be facially…

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Little Girl Injured Driver of Car Arrested at Botany

Daily Pictorial · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 2

SAID to have driven among children who were alighting from a tram in Botany Road, Botany, yesterday afternoon, a motorist was…

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Four Injured Cars In Head-on Smash Near Hawkesbury NEWCASTLE

Evening News · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 6

IN a head-on collision between two cars near the Hawkesbury River ferry to-day, four people were injured. The driver of the Sydney-bound car…

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"Get to Work on This" Man's Unconcern Carried Drowned Boy to Lifesaver Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

HAROLD Victor MacLaine, 14, of Thornbury, was drowned, in the sea at Albert Park to-day. A man carried the boy along the…

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Engine of Mail Crashes Into Fruit Train. Three Persons Injured. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 9

The engine of the Townsville-Brisbane mail train crashed into the rear of a heavy fruit train about 4 o'clock this morning, 12 miles from Mackay. The mail train was following…

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Age and Youth in Heroic Rescues of Drowning Children Boy Scout Starts New Year with Splendid Deed Rescues Lad From Muddy Death at Narrabeen; Was Saved Just in Time! Old Man Dives to Save Little Boy

Daily Pictorial · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 3

Age and youth were the principals yesterday in two heroic rescues of drowning children. A 13-year-old Boy Scout saved a lad at Narrabeen Lakes, and a man of 63 rescued a boy at Cars…

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Answers to Questions Accident Insurance

The Land · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 8

COulburn.— Yes, our free life assurance applies to death by accident as well as to death by disease. And when the free year is over you can, if you desire to continue, change to…

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Fatal Motor Accident Near Tumut

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 10

The wrecked motor car, in which Mr. S. Smith was killed, and two others injured at Grahamstown, being unloaded at Tumut…

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Holiday Accidents Several Badly Hurt Lorry Overturns

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 1

TWO cars collided at the corner of Green's Hoad and Park Road, Paddings on, at 11 a.m. yesterday. Three of the occupants were injured…

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The Accident

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 8

HE lost control of his car. Although an experienced driver Instalments were due, he already owed two…

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Thanks To Ponsford, Australia Is In Fine Position Grand Fighting Innings Saved Home Side Against W. INDIANS Was Dreary Bat Invaluable; N.S.W. Stars Go Cheaply; Woodfull Also to Rescue Tourists Field Brilliantly, But Lose Bartlett Owing to Injured Hand

Daily Pictorial · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 18

Thanks to a magnificent fighting innings by W. H. Ponsford and a valuable partnership with W. M. Woodfull, Australia rs in an excellent position against the West Indies in the second lest Match, at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Four good wickets had fallen for 140 when the Victorians became associated. Together…

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Injured in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 12

Colonel E. Thane, of Wolseley-road, Drummoyne, received minor injuries yesterday, when his motor car collided with a motor lorry near Iron Cove Bridge in Drummoyne…

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Surf Boat Rower Injured

Evening News · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 7

WHEN the Maroubra surf club's boat struck a sand bank on the way in after a practice row to-day. Allen M'Camley, 18 of Roma-st,…

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Victim of Boating Fatality. Camden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 12

The body of Frederick Webster, of Marrickville, who was drowned in the Nepean River at Cobbitty when a flat-bottomed boat capsized at the weir on Wednesday, was…

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Many Drowned Heavy Death Roll in City and Country

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 5

An unusually large number of drowning accidents have bran reported during the put week. Bobble Linkiater (0), of Campsie, was…

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Colonel Injured in Car and Lorry Smash

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 5

At 8.30 a.m. yesterday, Colonel Thane of Wolsley Road, Drummoyne was driving his car towards Sydney when it collided with a motor lorry…

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News from other States Killed in a Motor Car Collision

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 3 January 1931 · page 3

John Law (38), of Hamilton (Vic), was killed In a motor-car collision at Borcan latt Sunday. Mother Sees Son Drown…

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