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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 139

Train Strikes Lorry. Accident at Abattoirs

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 6

A man was injured at the Flemington Abattoirs yesterday, when a train crashed into a motor lorry laden with pigs. There are no signals at the spot, and both…

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Simple Accident

The Biz · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 2

Miss A. Buhner, while at church at Cabramatta, sustained a nasty fall one night last week. Some lads had tied the long grass in the yard into…

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Accidental Death

The Biz · Friday 19 February 1932 · page 4

The Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) on Tuesday held an inquiry at Parramatta Court House, concerning the death…

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Swagman Injured

Nepean Times · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 1

A SWAGMAN, John Cassidy, was knocked down by a motor car on Mulgoa Road on Wednesday afternoon. He was taken by Nepean-Hawkesbury…

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Under Tram Boy Bodily Injured

The Sun · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 5

George Parke, 14, of Dowling-street, Moore Park, was terribly Injured today when he was knocked down by a tram in Anzac-parade, near…

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"Chase It!" Stolen Car in Collision Driver Punched

The Sun · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 5

Walter G. Webb, of King-street, Tempe, last night chased and fought the driver of a stolen motor car which had crashed into…

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Casualties. Fatal Train Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 14

Sydney Thompson, a railway employee, of Rozelle, was fatally injured yesterday morning when he was struck by an electric train near Stanmore railway station, where he was…

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Stolen Motor Car In Series of Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 14

A stolen motor car containing three young men was involved in a series of accidents last night. The machine was driven rapidly along…

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£500 Damages for Baby Girl Disfigured Face in Car Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 February 1932 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Under a settlement made out of court, Norma Betty George, 5, whose face was stated to have been permanently…

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One Killed; Six Injured

The Sun · Sunday 21 February 1932 · page 9

BEGA, Saturday.--A youth was killed, three people critically injured, and three slightly hurt, when a car crashed into a culvert on Bega Rod,…

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Horse Killed, Jockey Injured MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 21 February 1932 · page 40

When his mount, Giraman, crashed at the last jump in the Terang Hurdles at Terang today, T. Smith, the rider, was…

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That Girl in Car Petters Cause Accidents

The Sun · Sunday 21 February 1932 · page 2

Pelting has been shown by a Sydney insurance company to cause more accidents than anything else. "ONE driver," said an insurance…

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Car Fatality. Two Men Killed. Others Critically Injured. Bega

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 10

Two young men were killed and two others are in the Bega District Hospital in a critical condition as the result of a motor car accident on the Bega-Tathra road, about three…

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A Fatal Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 8

MELBOURNE; Sunday.--Striking her head on the roof of a sedan car wh&n it came into collision with another car and overturned at St. Kilda…

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Prospector Drowned Albury

The Sun · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 9

James Ford, 54, who had been engaged prospecting, was drowned in the Murray River, at the Hume Reservoir, late yesterday afternoon. He…

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G. B. Shaw Is Injured in Motor Accident Capetown

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 1

MR. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW, the famous author or and dramatist, was slightly injured…

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Youth Seriously Injured West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 10

While riding a motor cycle at South Maitland, Ronald Athol Walldridge, 20, of Henderson-avenue, Newcastle, employed in the dredge service, collided with a bus. His skull…

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An Escape That Failed Injured by Fall in Strait-jacket

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Sunday. -- Crashing head first to the ground from a height of six feet while trussed in a straitjacket yesterday afternoon, Percival…

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'Plane Crash. Strikes Electric Cable. Mr. Ulm Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 9

Flight-Lieutenant C. T. P. Ulm, who accompanied Air-Commodore Kingsford Smith on several of his famous flights, and a companion were…

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Injured in a Forest Hook Drags a Limb on Man's Head

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 7

GRAFTON, Sunday.--Alfred Green, 43, of Glenreagh, received shocking head injuries, in an unusual accident late on Saturday afternoon…

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