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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

2,746 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 138

Policeman Fatally Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 11

William John Vincent Roberts. 27, police constable and wireless opetator for the police night patrol, died yesterday from injuries received when the police motor car Hided with…

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Girl Injured in Fall From Tram

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 1

Falling from a tram in Botany [?] near Chelmsford Avenue, Botany, Lonnie Ralph, S. of John Street, Waterino, suffered, scalp wounds and concussion…

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Three Hurt in Collision Smash on Prince's Highway

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 12

WHEN two cars collided yesterday on the Prince's Highway, Kogarah, one, driven by Mr. Sidney Owen, Cameron Street, Rockdale,…

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Heart Attack in Surf Boy Drowned at Coogee

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 1

While surfing at Coogee on Saturday, Keith Homer, 15. of Mcrae Street, Petersham, had a sudden heart attack and died…

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Three Hurt in Collision Car and Milk-cart Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Sunday. -- Three men were injured and a horse was killed when a motor-car and milk-cart collided in Maitland Road, Mayfield, last…

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Drowned in River Flashed Torch As He Sank Overbalanced

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 11

In stepping from one rowing boat to another, both of which were in tow of a launch on the Williams…

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Fall of 80 FEET. Boy Injured at Coogee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 10

Herbert Pocock, 17, of Boundary-street, Clovelly, fell 80 feet from the cliffs at North Coogee yesterday afternoon. Eastern Suburbs Ambulance took him to St. Vincent's Hospital…

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Lorry Over Bank Into River Sydney Man Injured Lithuow

The Labor Daily · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 5

William Hanry Woolage, of 18 Albion Street, Ann[?]dale was driving a major larry fram Dabbo to Sydney cariv to-day [?]…

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Motor Accidents. Young Man Killed. GUNDAGAI

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 10

Jack Dalton, a young man, was killed and a man named Dunn was seriously injured when a motor car somersaulted on the Sydney-road, about 12 miles north of…

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Country News. Level Crossing Accident Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1931 · page 10

A passenger train crashed into a truck on a level crossing about seven miles from Glen Innes. R. Adams was carting metal from [?]…

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Coloured Sailor Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 10

Taka Eke, aged 23 yean, of Timor, a sailor on board the steamer Nieuw Holland, was drowned when he fell into Jones Bay yesterday from a painters' staging upon which he…

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Drowned After Collapse

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 7

Collapsing on a scaffold while painting the Niew Holland, at Jones Bay, yesterday, a native member of the crew, Deka Eke (23), fell into the…

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Cyclist Badly Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 10

While riding a cycle along the Lane Coveroad, Wahroonga, yesterday afternoon, Charles Pettit, 21, of Broadway, Enfield, collided with a motor car. The Central District Ambulance…

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The Injured Man

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 5

Dennis Maloney, whose story of an assault, by police he [?]lleges, is set out in the accompanying story…

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Skull Fractured in Motor Collision

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 1

When his motor cycle clliled with a car in Dane Cove Road, Wahroonga, yesterday, Charles Pettit 31 of The Broadway, Enfield, suffered a…

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Nieuw Holland Native Seaman Drowned

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 5

Delta Eke. 23 a native of the Dutch East Indies, fell from a staging on the side of the Nieuw Holland at Jones' Bay yesterday and was…

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Injured Workers Compensation Awards

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 8

Redemption of the weekly sum payable to Robert Lionel Cameron, of Juno Parade, Lakemba, by the State Brick Works, Homebush, in whose employment…

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Found Husband Drowned in Tanning Pit

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 1

A verdict of accidental drowning was returned by the City Coroner at the inquiry into the death of Francis Albert Beaven, 61, tanner, of Luff…

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Country News. Fisherman Drowned. West Maitland, Mondty

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 10

George Thrift, of Branxton, was drowned in the Williams River, near Eagleton. He was a member of a fishing party which had two dinghies being towed by a launch. Thrift…

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Teacher Injured by Car. Camden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 17 February 1931 · page 10

James Francis Ryan, 62, school teacher, of Theresa Park Public School, was admitted to Camden Hospital in a very critical condition last night. While he was walking along the…

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