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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 139

Young Man in Car Accident

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 6

Cyril Whittle, 23, of Penshurst Post Office, suffered a probable fracture to the nose, lacerations to the head, abrasions and shock when…

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Shot by Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Laurence Ung (12), of Carlton, was wounded in the left arm by a bullet this afternoon when he and another boy were…

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Just a Pot-hole "Smithy's" Detailed Story of Plane Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1932 · page 6

AIR-COMMODORE Kingsford Smith made the following statement yesterday regarding his reported "crash" in the Southern Cross at…

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Car and Lorry in Collision

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 5

A car collided with a lorry in Oxford Street, Paddington, almost opposite Victoria Barracks gate yesterday morning…

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Sportsman Injured. Narrandera

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 10

While out shooting with a friend in a mo[?] car at the week-end, Jack Jolley was ac[?] dentally shot in the left hand. Three fi[?] and part of the index finger were blown [?]…

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Wheeler Injured at Bellbird Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 4

While following his occupation as a wheeler, at bellbird colliery to-day. Leslie Linnertson, 24, Cambage Street, Bellbird, suffered an injury to both legs…

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People Injured and Crops Damaged by Outsize Hail

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 11

Several people were struck by hail the size of hen-eggs during the storm. At Kandos a child received an ugly gash on the head from jagged…

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The Speed Wizard's Record Dash-- --Caulfield Cup Winner Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 16

"WIZARD" SMITH breaking the world's 10-mile land speed record by doing 164 miles an hour on Ninety-mile Beach (N.Z.) in the Fred H. Stewart Enterprise car[?] inset: "Wizard" Smith climbing into the cockpit before the start. COLONEL ERIC CAMPBELL, leader of the New Guard (wearing light suit in…

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Child Killed. Six Persons Injured. Motor Truck Overturns. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 9

Joyce Reed aged 8, was killed and six other persons were injured three seriously when a motor truck overturned while desc[?]ding Sedan Hill about 2.30 this afternoon…

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"What I Saw" Speed Won 10- for First News of Train Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1932 · page 8

For phoning "The Daily Telegraph" with the first information of the train derailment at Strathfield on Friday evening, S. Brian, Ada Street,…

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Drowned Pony

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 16

WELLINGTON, Wednesday.--Convicted at the Yeoval Police Court of cruelty to a pony, Ray Miller was fined £20, or 40 days' imprisonment…

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Casualties. Boy Fatally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 17

While trying to recapture a canary near his home yesterday afternoon, Robert Savage, 14, of Sydney-road, Manly, was knocked down by a taxi-cab. He suffered internal and other…

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Skull Injured Woman Remanded On £50 Bail

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 20

Annie Maher, 64, was remanded by Mr. Laidlaw, C.S.M., at the Central Court to-day, on £50 bail, until February 10. on a charge of having…

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Workers' Compensation Commission. (Before Judge Perdrlau and Commissioners Routley and Halliday.) Injured Knee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1932 · page 10

John Murray, of Vulcan-street, Granville, farm labourer, claimed £1/10/ a week compensation during incapacity from Robert Weir, of Eureka, farmer, by whom the…

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Girl Injured. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 10

When a horse attached to a sulky shied at a motor lorry, on the Goonoo Goonoo-road, and the sulky crashed into a fence, Yvonne Coleman, 16, tried to jump clear. She was…

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District Court. (Before Judge Edwards.) Motor Collision. Thompson v Smith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 5

As a sequel to a motor collision at the intersection of Murdoch-street and Rangers-road, Cremorne, on August l8, 1930, Douglas Thompson, of Milson-road, Cremorne, sought…

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Check Up in Ruined Santiago Eight Dead; 300 Injured Santiago (Cuba)

The Sun · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 1

EARLY estimates of the casualties of the Santiago earthquake on Tuesday night were found to be high…

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Fierce Fighting Is Resumed at Shanghai Shells Falling in Settlement Several Residents There Are Injured; Ships Shell Woosung Planes Bomb Chinese British Troops Land From Singapore London

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 1

Fierce fighting on land and sea has been resumed at Shanghai. While 800 Highlanders and a battery of Royal Artillery from the Singapore Brigade, landed from the…

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Fatal Accident Woman's Leg Amputated Death From Pneumonia

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 15

A horse slipped—and a woman subsequently lost her life. The woman was Emma June Boarke (58), of Yillowrie-street, Auburn…

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ACCIDENTAL Bexley Girl's Death

The Sun · Thursday 4 February 1932 · page 17

On January 26, in distressing circumstances, the parents of Miss Edna Florence Wilson, of Monomeeth-street, Bexley, returned from…

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