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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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Brought His Mates' Bodies to Shore First One Then the Other Tried to Save Them Two Men Drowned at Ramsgate

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 1

Two men were drowned at Ramsgate, Botany Bay, yesterday afternoon, despite brilliant heroic efforts to resuscitate them by a…

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Two Men Drowned When Skiff Capsizes; Mate's Vain Rescue Efforts Broken Mast Meant Death Heroes Tangled in Rigging Desperate Swim

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 2

Swift tragedy, the drowning of two men, when a fishing ketch capsized in Botany Bay yesterday, was relieved…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 6

When a motor car, travelling between Colac and Winchelsea, skidded in some loose earth and overturned, a man was killed and another was injured…

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Woman Found Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1931 · page 17

Stella Louise Dunn, aged 52 years, was found drowned in the Parramatta River yesterday. On Monday night she disappeared from her bed in a Parramatta hospital…

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Farmer Fatally Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1931 · page 17

Lewis William Flack, 55, farmer, of Leonard's Hill, near Daylesford was fatally injured on Saturday night. He was driving a waggon and 10 horses and on entering a gate, a wheel…

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Turf Notes. Jockey Injured. Melbourne, Tuesday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1931 · page 18

In the trial hurdle race at Moonee Vally to-day Silent Raven (R. McCormick) fell on the flat after having rounded the turn, and Cherry Wood (D. Wraight) came down [?]…

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Seeking Injured and Dead in Napier's Smoking Ruins

Daily Pictorial · Wednesday 11 February 1931 · page 1

FURTHER PICTURES showing the awful devastation of Napier by the recent earthquake.-- At top left is the ruin of the Empire Hotel, with furniture showing thorough the gaping walls. At right are the flaming ruins of the Masonie Hotel, and the fallen band rotunda, with rescuers removing wounded. The centre picture shows Hastings Street and the burnt-out new Post Office. At left are ambulance men carrying a victim past he Masonic Hotel, and in oval survivors are hurrying up Hastings St…

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N.Z. 'Quake Toll 212 Dead and 950 Injured Not Complete London

Evening News · Wednesday 11 February 1931 · page 1

IN a cablegram to the Dominions Secretary, the Governor-General of New Zealand, Lord Bledisloe, states that the…

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Drowned Before Day Broke at Maroubra Tragic End to Drive Swept to Sea Darlinghurst Man's Foolhardiness Body Missing

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 February 1931 · page 1

After motoring frol Darlinghurst to Maroubar Beach early yesterday morning a male member of a party of six:--four men…

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Police Car Wrecked 60 m.p.h. Crash With Jockeys' Motor Five Injured Melbourne

Evening News · Wednesday 11 February 1931 · page 5

Patrolling of the Brighton district early to-day, a police car crashed into a car occupied by jockeys, on their way to a course for the morning…

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Poor Patients South Sydney Hospital Serious Accidents

The Sun · Wednesday 11 February 1931 · page 7

Owing to the Royal South Sydney Hospital being surrounded by some of the largest factories in Sydney, the accidents which receive dally attention at…

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Suicide or Accident? Girl's Death at Greenwich Mystery Case

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 11 February 1931 · page 1

Was the death of a young woman at Greenwich last night accidental or suicide?…

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Mental Patient Drowned

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 5

A woman of 52, who had been an inmate of the Parramatta Mental Hospital, was found drowned in the river near that institution about midday on…

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Two Hurt Collision at Guildford

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 3

Two people were injured in a collision between a car and a motor cycle at the intersection of Woodville-road and Guildford-road, Guildford, last week…

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Wall Crashed on Girl Camperdown Fatality

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 5

A VERDICT of accidental death was recorded by the City Coroner yesterday on Irene Ryan: 18, of [?] who was killed when the well…

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Seven Injured. Police and Civilians. Motor Cars Collide. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 10

Five police patrolmen and two civilians were injured, two seriously, when a police wireless patrol car collided with a sedan motor car at the intersection of Bay and New streets,…

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Police Car Crashes Five Constable and Two Jockeys Hurt Melb. Collision Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 1

TRAVELLING at [?] miles an hour, a police motor car, patrolling the Brighton district early this morning crashed into a…

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Dog Face Rock Still Hangs On-- Police Injured in Car Smash

The Sun · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 28

SEEKING relief for needy settlers.--Deputation of farmers, led by Mr. H. K. Nock (centre) which called on the…

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Show Accidents Three Treated at Liverpool

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 10

Several minor accidents occurred at Liverpool Show last week. On the whole, the event was marred by few mishaps. Effective arrangements to deal with…

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Thrown Off Lorry Canley Vale Accident Critical Injuries

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 12 February 1931 · page 10

Thrown off a motor lorry at Cauley Vale on Sunday, a youth and a two-year-old baby were seriously injured. George Lee (23) suffered contused…

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