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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

2,746 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 138

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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Two Injured in Crash at Railway Gates

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 3

Victor. Taylor (22), Edgeware Rd., Enmore, yesterday received abrasions to the groin, and Roy Woodward (21), White Horse Street. Newtown, had…

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Boy Drowned at Bankstown Mates Did Not Miss Him Until Too Late

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 4

MISSED by mates dressing on the bank after, a swim in a pool near Pott's Hill reservoir, Bankstown, yesterday, William Norman Ryman (12),…

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'Plane Crashes. Burst Into Flames. Two Men Injured. Griffith

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

Although their Gipsy Moth aeroplane crashed, burst into flame, and was destroyed at Griffith to-day, Mr. Walter Lyell, the pilot, and his trainee passenger, Mr. Hugh Peach,…

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Pillion Rider Dead Motor Cycle Driver Also Injured in Smash

Daily Pictorial · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 5

One man was killed, and another injured yesterday when their motor cycle collided with a lorry at the corner of Bridge Road and Clare…

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Crashed at Griffith Plane in Flames Pilot and Pupil Are Injured Lucky Escapes Griffith

The Labor Daily · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 1

A PILOT and a pupil were injured when an aeroplane crashed and burst into flames at Griffith late this afternoon…

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An Accident

The Catholic Press · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 47

Smith was standing before the judge for having injured his wife. Judge: "You maintain that you threw your wife out of the second-story through…

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More Accidents Liverpool Ambulance

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

Accidents in the Liverpool district were more frequent during the last half year than during the previous six months. Between July and December last,…

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Razor Gash "Accidental," Man Says All-night Ordeal

The Sun · Thursday 8 January 1931 · page 24

Said to have been accidentally cut on the left wrist with a razor at his home in Darook Park-road, Cronulla, Charles Robert Messent…

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Collision at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 4

A collision occurred on Monday in Gloucester Road, near Pearl Street, Hurstville, between a motor lorry driven by John Holmes, of Haig Street,…

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Cyclist Injured

The St George Call · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 6

When his bicycle collided with a stationary motor car in Rocky Point Road, Kogarah, last Saturday, Rex Hennessy, 15, of Prince's Highway,…

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Motor Fatality MELBOURNE

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 5

Miss W. Doig. 21. of Moonee Ponds, who was injured when a motorcar, in which she was riding with her parents [?] at Geelong died in hospital…

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Schoolgirl Drowned In Prospect Creek

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 12

A 12-year-old schoolgirl, Katherine Duff, of Morven-road, Old Guildford, was drowned in the Prospect Creek at Fairfield yesterday. A fairly large crowd was bathing in the…

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Child Injured in Surf

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 5

Audrey Walsh, aged seven years, of Carrington-road, Randwick, had her thigh fractured in the surf at Coogee yesterday. A surfer shooting a breaker collided with the child…

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Drowned Girl's Body Found by Playmate

Daily Pictorial · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2

WADING in Pr[?]pect Creek, Fairfield, yesterday, a youngster found the drowned body of her playmate, Kathleen Duff (13), Morven Street,…

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Girl Injured By Surf Shooter

Daily Pictorial · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 3

HER thigh fractured when she was struck by a man completing a "shoot" at Coogee yesterday, Audrey Welsh (7), Carrington' Street,…

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Brutal? French Rugby Fatality Tackler on Trial Bordeaux

The Sun · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 1

There is intense interest in the trial of Fernand Taillantou, a Rugby footballer, on a charge of the manslaughter in May last of Michel…

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Brother and Sister. Drowned in a River. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 11

Two people lost their lives in the Thomson River, near Walhalla, to-day. They were James Murray, 21, of Walhalla, and his sister. Mrs. Dorothy Elliott…

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Cupid on Crutches Injured Bridegroom Hobbled Into Church

Daily Pictorial · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2

SMITHTOWN, Thursday. -- Mr. Leo Rigby yesterday walked on crutches down the aisle of St. Patrick's, Smithtown, to marry Miss…

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Poor Home Hit by Tragedy Father III, Son Drowned, Others Starving

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 6

THE death of a 12-year-old boy, [?] Norman Ryman, who was drowned in a waterhole at Bankstown on Wednesday has added tragedy to a…

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