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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 139

Badly Injured Unknown Boy in Car Smash

The Sun · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 3

A boy aged about 12, whose name and address are unknown, was critically injured this morning in Wentworth-avenue, in a collision between…

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Lost at Sea Collision Costs 21 Lives New York

The Sun · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 1

THE dense fog of the wintry North Atlantic, which has claimed so many human lives from the fishing fleets of the Grand…

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Gaol Fight Roy Bruhn in It Convict Injured Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 5

Two prisoners, Roy Brunn and Albert Willis, while working in the mat-making yard at Pentridge gaol on Thursday, came to blows, and…

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Accident in Pit Earth Caves In Ambulance's Awkward Job

Nepean Times · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 1

Charles Clemson, a young man of Castlereagh, met with a severe accident while digging a well at Mr Athol Howell's place on Monday…

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Shotgun Accident. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1932 · page 14

The barrel of a shotgun held by Ken. Tw[?] good, 18, burst when he pulled the trigg[?] Portions of the barrel flew in all directio[?] and made wounds on the youth's left ha[?]…

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Tram Collision. Five Persons Injured. Outbreak of Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 9

A collision between two tramcars occurred at the intersection of George-street West and Glebe-road shortly before midday yesterday. Five people were injured, and were treated at…

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Collision in George-street West

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 12

Five persons were hurt when these trams collided and caught fire yesterday at the Glebe-road intersection…

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Casualties. Child Injured by Cycle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 10

Freda Young, 8, of Canterbury-road, Canterbury, who was struck by a motor cycle near her home, suffered concussion of the brain, contusions to the right eye, and…

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Motor Accidents. Car Falls Down an Embankment. Two Girls Dead. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1932 · page 10

When Walter Mawbey, of Colley-street. North Adelaide, tried to pass another car on the Hills-road, near Mylor, to-day the car he was driving skidded, turned completely over…

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Injured by Live Wire. Yass

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 10

R. Houston municipal electrical engineer, received severe injuries this morning when he came in contact with a live wire carrying 240 volts. When he regained consciousness he…

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Car Overturns Clergyman and Wife Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 February 1932 · page 7

EDEN, Monday.--Skidding at a dangerous turn on the Prince's Highway, on Bell Bird Hill, four miles from Eden, a oar driven by a…

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Harbour Bridge Fatality

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 8

The unfortunate fatality which occurred on the Sydney Harbour Bridge yesterday which resulted in the death of a foreman rigger, directs attention to the excellent record that the…

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Horsewoman Injured. Manilla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 14

While schooling a horse over hurdles in preparation for the Manilla show, Miss Doris McDonald, a young local horsewoman, was thrown heavily and received a fractured spine…

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Fall From Bridge. Fatality at South Pylon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 13

James Campbell, aged 45 years, of Northcliffe-street, Milson's Point, was killed instantly yesterday afternoon when he fell more than 300 feet from one of the southern pylons…

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Casualties. Woman Motorists Injured. Finley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 14

Becoming alarmed when the wiring fused in the car in which she was travelling, Mrs. W. Roulston jumped from the vehicle while it was moving, and, falling to the roadway on…

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Glass in Eye Accident May Ruin Man's Sight

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1932 · page 5

Falling against a window of a house in Cooper Street, Surry Hills, last night, Ray Maxted (34), of Waterloo Street, Surry Hills, lost his…

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Motor Accident Lady Cricketer Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1932 · page 9

Last Friday evening, Miss Olive Spurway, grand-daughter of the well-known ex-alderman, Fred Spurway, of Dundas, and prominent amongst the lady…

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Merrylands Cub's Bravery Rescue From Drowning

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1932 · page 7

The bravery of an eleven-year old cub Scout in saving another cub from drowning was recommended for recognition at the…

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Racehorses Injured. New Zealand Steamer in Storm. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1932 · page 10

The southern portion of the North Island is being swept by a heavy southerly storm and driving rain. The Wellington-Picton ferry steamer had a tempestuous passage and…

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Country News Hand Shattered Explosion Is Victim's Second Accident

The Sun · Thursday 11 February 1932 · page 34

MURWILLUMBAH, Thursday. -- Charles Collins, 37, had his right hand so shattered in an explosion that it had to be amputated at Green…

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