Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

2,746 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 138

Dive Into Shallow Water Man Injured at Domain Baths

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 10

Clive O'Nell (39), a labourer, who dived into two feet of water at the Domain Baths yesterday, was taken by the Central District Ambulance to Sydney Hospital, suffering from…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Train Jumps Rails Three Killed and 50 Injured LONDON

Daily Pictorial · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 4

WHEN rounding a curve near Carlisle the express from Edinburgh to London leapt the rails, literally jumping into the air, and…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Weekend Toll of Life 10 Meet Violent End In N.S.W. Injured List

Evening News · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 9

THERE were 10 deaths as the results of accidents in New South Wales during the week-end. Motor smashes claimed four…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Accident at Woy Woy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 13

Mr. George Brown, a member of City Tattersall's Club, sustained severe injuries to his legs at Woy Woy yesterday afternoon, and will be brought to Sydney to-day for treatment…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Motor Accidents. Man and Child Dead

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 10

Cecil Simpson, 4, of Beamish-street. Campsie, died at Canterbury District Hospital on Saturday. The boy had run from his home across the street to an ice cart, and…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Peculiar Accident Orange

The Sun · Monday 5 January 1931 · page 4

Joseph Spicer, who was admitted to Orange Hospital suffering from a fractured left femur, was engaged in fettling on the Molong line…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Tuncurry Drowning Forster

The Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 11

The body of Geoffrey Prior, the third victim of last Friday's drowning tragedy at Tuncurry, was recovered this morning…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Drowned at Tuncurry

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

Son of Mr. and Mrs. James Hart, of 31 Riley-street, Sydney, who, with his cousin, Mr. Geoffrey Bull, made a gallant attempt to save his uncle, Mr. A. E. Prior, when their…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Baby Saved From Drowning. Goulburn

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

[?], the three-years-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Cocks, unobserved by the remainder of the party, slipped into deep water at Robert's Park. Cecil Baxter, a member of…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Farmer Injured. Bathurst

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

When a horse attached to a sulky bolted in Wiseman's Creek-road, John Caivil, a farmer, of O'Connell, was thrown from the vehicle on to a barbed wire fence. He received severs…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

DROWNED. Man and Woman. MELBOURNE

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

The body of Mrs. Edith Jane O'Brien, aged 42 years, of Kerford-street, Coburg, was found in the Coburg Lake to-day by her husband Mrs. O'Brien had been missing from her home…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Contractor Fatally Injured. Melbourne

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

A heavy fall of earth at a gravel pit on the outskirts of Camperdown on Saturday burled Reginald James Smith, contractor, of Warrnambool. He died in hospital. Smith was…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Motor Cyclist Injured. Goulburn

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

James O'Farrell, of 4 Seymour-grove, Camberwell, Melbourne, who was returning from Sydney on a motor cycle with sidecar, collided with a car driven by H. O. Presdee, of…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Boy and Girl Drowned. West Maitland

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

Two drowning fatalities occurred in the district yesterday. The victims were Reginald Keith Dimmock, aged 11 years, the son of Mr. Reg. Dimmock, of Adam-street, West Maitland,…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Injured Cyclist Still Unconscious Maitland

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 1

SPENCER STRATTON, the motor cyclist who crashed at Maitland Speedway on [?] unconscious at Maitland Hospital at a…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Speedway Rider Injured. West Maitland

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

Spencer Stratton the speedway rider, who was injured on the Maitland track on Saturday night was still unconscious and in a serious condition this afternoon. He fell in…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Drowned in Dam. Farmer and Employee. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 9

William Pallister, 26, farmer, and Norman Wingfield, 28, his employee, neither of whom could swim, were drowned in a dam on the old State farm at Brunswick on Saturday…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Lorry Capsizes on Hill Two Women Are Injured Maitland

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 8

Two women were injured when [?] motor truck driven by B. Flick, of Cessnock capsized on a hill at East Grota to-day. They were: Mrs. A…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Husband and Wife Killed in Car Smash. Son Badly Injured. Nowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 9

A husband and wife were killed and their son was badly injured when a motor car overturned at the corner of the three bridges on Prince's Highway, four miles south of Nowra,…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Three Killed and 26 Injured Scotch Express Derailed London, Monday. (British Official Wireless.)

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 5

The crowded noon express from Edinburgh to London met with disaster a mile north of Carlisle on Saturday afternoon, when the engine and…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →