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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

2,746 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 138

Red Rose Crashes Another Accident to Long Record of 'Plane

Daily Pictorial · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 5

LISMORE, Monday.--'Plane of many adventures, the Red Rose, in which Mrs. Miller and Capt. Lancaster flew from England to Australia in…

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Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 9

Alan Holmes, 16, a baker's assistant, of Norton-street, Leichhardt, who was struck by a motor lorry as he was riding a bicycle at the Broadway, Glebe, yesterday, suffered…

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Two Cyclists Injured

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 5

When the bicycle he was riding along Manning Street, Roxelle yesterday skidded, Steve Mengher, 40, of Phillip Street Enmore was thrown…

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The Sun Stop Press Fatal Collision

The Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 1

Charles Barson, 19, was fatally injured this afternoon, when a motor cycle on which he was riding pillion collided with a motor lorry a…

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Collision After Horse Bolted Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 8

Francis Perry, 29, and Mrs. Jean Chamberlain, 44, both of Box Hill, were injured this afternoon when the linker in which they were riding was…

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Jockey Harris Injured At Ascot

Evening News · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 8

IN the second division of the 14.1 Handicap at Ascot to-day Fleetfoot (Hale) and Betts Clare (Harris) came down. Fleetfoot, which was one…

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Motor Cyclist Injured. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 14

Kenneth Mullard, a resident of East Maitland, was admitted to Maitland Hospital suffering from a fractured left leg, and severe shock. Mullara was riding a motor cycle…

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Turf News Rider Is Injured Good Schooling

The Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 4

Praetor (Cullum) and Kirna (Lillyman) were companions in a school over six hurdles at Randwick this…

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Two Injured Motor Cycle Smash At Glebe

Evening News · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 7

A BAD smash occurred at the corner of Bridge-rd, and clair-st Globe, to-day as a result of which two men were admitted to the Royal Prince…

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To Prevent Accidents. Closer Inspection of Cranes and Scaffolding

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 7 January 1931 · page 14

The N.S.W. Assistant Minister for Labor (Mr. Ely) stated recently that he proposed to amend the law in an endeavor to reduce the number of accidents in the…

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Drowned in Sight of Schoolmates Chullora Fatality

The Labor Daily · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 5

Drowned in sight of his little school mates was the sad end of William Norman Ryman, 12, of Mimosa Road, Bankstown, who went to swim in a…

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Two Injured Liverpool Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 13

Two youths were injured in a motor cycle accident near Liverpool on Sunday light. Stan. Jacobs (25), of Good-street,…

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Stop Press Girl Drowned

Evening News · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 1

A girl was reported drowned in Prospect Creek, Fairneld, this afternoon…

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Motor Cyclists Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 7

Two young men were Injured yesterday afternoon when their motor cycle crashed into a gate near Parramntta-road, Clyde. Roy Woodward, 22, of Whitehorse-street, Newtown,…

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Woman Badly Injured

The Labor Daily · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 1

Knocked down by a car in [?] St. City last night Lily Pickney, 50, of vliginia Flats Macleay Street. Darllinghurst, Cractured her skull Central…

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The Sun Stop-press Girl Drowned

The Sun · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 1

Kathleen Duff, aged 13, of Guildford, was drowned in Fairfield Creek, Fairfield, this afternoon. Her body was discovered by children…

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Drowned in Waterhole. Tragedy at Bankstown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 10

A schoolboy, William Norman Rynan, aged 12 years, of Mimosa-road, Bankstown, whilst bathing with his brother, Harold Rynan, aged 14 years, and other boys, was drowmd in a…

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"Hang Me" Liverpool Fatality Man for Trial

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 3

Rupert Leslie Sowton was killed in a motor accident at Casula on December 13. According to the police the driver of…

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"Has Been Laxity" Level Crossing Fatality Coroner's Criticism

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 1

Certain railway officials were adversly criticised by the district coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) at Parramatta on Tuesday, when he concluded his inquiry…

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Horse's Mad Bolt Fruiterer Injured At Paddington

Evening News · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 5

THROUGH a sensational bolt in oxford-1st., Paddington, to-day, Ernest Batemen, 30 fruiter of Marrickville was seriously injured…

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