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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

2,746 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 138

Passengers Injured in Bus Collision Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 5

Two motor buses collided on the Charlestown road. Adamstown, late last night Several passengers in the Dudley bus were injured…

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Rescue From Drowning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 11

Mrs. Florence Penlington, of 7 Greenwichroad, Greenwich, fell into the water from Longueville wharf, on the Lane Cove River, yesterday afternoon. A. Hill, a deckhand on…

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Five Injured in Collision 'Bus Runs Into 'Bus At Adamstown

Daily Pictorial · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Five passengers, including an aged woman, were injured last night, when one 'bus ran into the rear of another…

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Injured While Diving

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 10

Alick Payne, 21, residing at 22 Darghanstreet, Glebe Point, was injured about the head while diving at Narrabeen Lakes yesterday afternoon. He was taken by the Manly…

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Child Drowned Unnoticed by Picnickers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 2

Unnoticed by a large number of picnickers at the Casula picnic grounds, on the George's River, late yesterday afternoon, Yvonne Cugola, 5 years old, got into…

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Old Man Drowned. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 10

Parker Weigh, 72, was drowned in the Brisbane River last night. He lost his balance on the Hamilton ferry boat and fell overboard…

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Bank Clerk Drowned. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 10

Maxwell James Greenlees, 22, a bank clerk, residing at Unley, was drowned this afternoon at Christie's Beach. He could not swim and was carried out by the sun…

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Schoolgirl Drowned In Prospect Creek

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 2

A 12-year-old schoolgirl, Katherine Duff, of Morven-road, Old Guildford, was drowned in the Prospect Creek at Fairfield, on Thursday last…

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Child Drowned. Unnoticed by Picnickers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 10

Unnoticed by a large number of picnickers at the Casula picnic grounds, on the George's River,, late yesterday afternoon. Yvonne Cugola, 5 years old, got Into difficulties while…

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Two Hurt in Car-tram Collision

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 1

Two men were injured when a car and tram collided at Brighton-is-Sands yesterday. [?] Furniss, 23, of Munni Street…

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Outh Drowned in Dam. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 10

Mervyn Gregory, 21, whose parents reside at Newtown, sydney, was drowned while swimming with a youth in a dam near Lucknow yesterday. The body was not recovered…

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Seriously Injured By City Tram

Evening News · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 6

STRUCK by one tram u he stepped from another. In George-st West, near Mountain-st, city, this afternoon, a man, who is believed to be C. T…

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Three Injured Cycle Hits Pedestrian

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 2

Walking along Joseph-street, Lidcombe, shortly after leaving work at the Ports Hill pumping station late on Saturday night. Oswald Wilson, 31, coal trimmer, of…

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Young Woman Drowned at St. Kilda Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 1

Getting into difficulties at West St. Kilda to-day, [?] Walker, 23, of Earl Street, Windsor was drowned Efforts to revive her failed…

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Man Injured When Car Overturns Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 5

Thomas Chapman, 24, of Stockton, who in employed as an outdoor attendant at the Hawkesbury Mental Hospital had an artery in his right band [?]red and a…

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Woman Is Drowned Brother and Sister Try To Save Her

Daily Pictorial · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Carried out at West St. Kilda Beach today, Leila Walker (23), of Windsor, was drowned…

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Little Girl Drowned at Casula Dead When Body Was Recovered Got Out of Depth

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 1

YVONNE CUGOLA, 5 years old, of Gardinia Avenue, Bankstown, was drowned in George's River yesterday…

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Motor Accidents. Two Cyclists Killed. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 14

Hedley Travis Michell, 22, motor mechanic, died from injuries when he was thrown from the motor cycle he was riding on the Armidale-road at Coutt's Crossing this morning…

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Car Theft and Accident. Warren, Saturday. d

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 10

At me police court, Arthur Bland, 19, and Robert Henry McKenzie, 22, were convicted of stealing and damaging a motor car, the property of Francis W. Todhunter, grazier, of…

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Accidents and Robberies

The Sun · Monday 12 January 1931 · page 9

ARMIDALE, Monday.--Suddenly swerving from the road Ave miles from Armidale yesterday evening, a sedan car driven by Kenneth…

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