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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

2,746 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 138

Brother: Sister Drowned Fell From Plank Into Vic. Creek MELBOURNE

Evening News · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 6

A BROTHER and sister were drowned in Thompson River, near Walhalla, yesterday. Mrs. M. Elliott, who was only 16…

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Waited in Vain Girl's Friend Was In Hospital Injured

Daily Pictorial · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 14

Waiting at a Darling Point rendezvous last night, a young woman, of Etham Avenue, Darling Point, wondered why her friend, Herbert…

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Boy Treads on Dead Girl's Body Disappeared, and Was Drowned Shallow Water

The Labor Daily · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 1

BELIEVED to have collapsed from the heat, a 13-years-old girl was drowned in three feet of water in Sandy Prospect Creek, Fairfield,…

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Accidents of the Week. Motor Car Capsizes

The Propeller · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 4

The victim of a remarkable motor accident, Henry Bernard, aged 52, of Kensington, was conveyed to the St. George District Hospital in a critical…

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Accidents and Cars Fewer Significant Drop Since 1929

Daily Pictorial · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 5

REGISTRATIONS of motor vehicles in force on December 31, the N.R.M.A. announces…

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Fisherman Drowned

The Sun · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 2

Norfolk Island, Friday.--While Ashing last night, Philip Wright was washed off the rocks and drowned. The body has not been recovered…

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Drowning Accidents Three Fishermen Lost in a Terrific Gale

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 4

A number of drowning accidents occurred in different parts of the State during the past few days, the most appalling being in wallis Lake, near…

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Young Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 17

Through his bicycle colliding with a motor car in Regent-street, Kogarah, yesterday, Geo. Field, 15, of Sanoni-avenue, Sandringham, suffered general abrasions, a fractured left…

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Injured by Explosion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 17

Two workmen were injured, one of them seriously, in an explosion yesterday at the Camperdown metal works of F. G. Kerr and Co, Ltd. Henry Gascoyne, 31, of…

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Drowned in Dam Orange

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 7

Attempting to swim across a dam at Lucknow. Mervyn Gregory, 21, whose parents live at Newtown, became exhausted and sank in about 10 feet of…

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Injured Jockey Shows Improvement

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 3

JOCKEY REG. Harris, who seriously injured when his mount. Betty Clare, toppled over Fleetfoot at Ascot last Wednesday, has been showing…

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Two Surfers Injured At North Bondi

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 6

TWO persons were injured in the surf at North Bond this afternoon. Mrs. Manion, 35, of Rose Bay, was struck by swimmer who was coming…

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Motor Truck and Car in Collision Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 1

When a car, and a motor [?] lided in the city to-night, the occupants of the former vehicle were injured. Orlando Wade, of Market…

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Railway Notes Damages Obtained from Motor Owner After Collision

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 3

These that follow newspaper reports of law cases crossing out of collisions at railway level crossings, wherein the responsibilities of road drivers have been legally…

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Three Injured in Smash Motor Cycle Hits Pedestrian

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 3

WALKING along Joscph-st. Lidcombe, shortly after leaving work at the Potts Hill pumping station, late last night, Oswald Wilson, 31, coal trimmer,…

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Three Injured in Smash Car : Cycle Collide Al Rockdale

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 7

THREE persons who were on a motor cycle and slider along Prince's Highway. Rockdale to-day were injured when the vehicle became…

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Two Badly Injured Hurled 25 Feet When Scaffold Broke Broken Hill

Evening News · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 5

HENRY ROBERT KING, 26, electrical fitter, suffered a fracture of the [?] and Albert Edward Henderson 20 apprentice sustained…

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Fierce Riot At Adelaide Batons Used Unemployed Try to See Premier Many Injured Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 1

IN a serious clash to-day between police and unemployed men who, sought to interview the Premier, Mr. L. L. Hill, several people…

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St. Marys. Chaffcutter Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 5

Mr Elijah Thompson, of Littleham, met with a painful accident on Tuesday, at Mr T. Baker's property. Children were playing with a chaffcutter, and as…

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Fatal Motor Car Accident. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 January 1931 · page 10

Miss Winifred Doig, 21, of Lome-street, Moonee Ponds, died from injuries to-day suffered when a motor car in which she was a passenger turned over on the Geelong-road…

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