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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 139

Two Killed and 5 Injured Terrific Smash on Bega Rd. Three Serious

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 5

In a terrific car smash on the Bega Road on Saturday night, Gordon Perry. 17, was killed instantly, and Harle Armstrong…

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Two Killed in Bega Car Crash Through Bridge Rail and Fence Five Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 8

BEGA, Sunday.--Two men were killed and five injured last. night when their car tore, through a bridge railing and a…

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Crash Into Wires Ulm and Kerr Badly Injured Plane Hit High Tension Power Lines in Hospital Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 1

C. T. P. Ulm and J. A. Kerr were severely injured to-day when their plane crashed into the electric power transmission…

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Other Accidents. Lorry and Service Car Collide. Adelaide

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

Six persons were injured when a motor lorry capsized after colliding with a service car on Mount Barker-road, near Glen Osmond, about 7 o'clock last evening. Mr. Kenneth Wood, 33,…

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Missed Death by an Inch Kensington Tram Accident

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 February 1932 · page 5

George Parke, a l4-years-old boy, of Dowling Street, had a miraculous escape from death when he fell under a. Kensington tram in Anzac Parado…

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Scrub-cutter Injured. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 10

A. J. Herden, 42, of Weabonga, received severe injuries to a leg, which necessitated his admission to hospital, when his axe slipped while he was cutting scrub…

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Injured Aviators Both Regain Consciousness. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 10

Both Flight-Lieut. C. T. P. Ulm and Mr. J. A. Kerr, who were injured when an aeroplane in which they were flying crashed into the main transmission line from Yallourn to…

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Nine Die at Mine Tragic Explosions in India 13 Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 7

CALCUTTA, Monday. For the second time within a few days a fatal explosion has occurred…

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Ulm's Spine May Be Injured Fliers Have Good Night MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 5

Both Mr. C. T. P. Ulm and Mr. J. A. Kerr, who were severely injured when their plane crashed into a high- tension wire over the Geelong-road…

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David Blake's Fall Was Accidental

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 2

The A.J.C. stipendiary stewards concluded their inquiry into the cause of David Blake's fall in the Flying Handicap at Hawkesbury on…

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Fatal Accident to Be Probed Maitland

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 1

Mr. F. Sutherland Mnltland District Curoner will conduct an inquest at maltland on Thursday next collecting the death of Ronnald Athol Wallibridge…

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£10 Fine Sequel to a Blow Interference with Accident Case

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 1

Gordon John Monks, 30, a laborer, was fined £10 at North Sydney Court yesterday for assaulting James Payne at Artarmon on February 19…

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Safety in "Big Tops" Accidents Rare in the Circus

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 February 1932 · page 9

According to Mr George Wirth, who is to Australia what Barnum was to America, the number of fatalities or serious…

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Drowned Girl's Body Is Recovered

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 1

This body of Irene Lavender, 16 of Boronia Road Bankston, who was drowned in George's River, Hollywood…

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Saved Baby, But Hurt Herself Mother Is Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 1

Hurled along the deck on the Marama yesterday, Mrs. Helen Ellis was badly injured in protecting her baby. When the Marama arrived last…

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PAID 15/-; WORTH £15,000. Art Treasures Found by Accident

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 15

Gobelins is the name of the family who some three hundred years ago began to manufacture the most exquisite tapestry in the Faubourg St. Marcel, Paris. The…

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Car Accident. Mr. L. W. Gregory Killed. Companion Also Dead. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 11

Mr. Leslie Winchcombe Gregory, a member of the famous cricketing family, and Mr. Fowler Fitzhenry, hotelkeeper, of Mallanganee, were killed when a motor car capsized…

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Three Escape in Hit-Run Accident

The Sun · Wednesday 24 February 1932 · page 12

When a car turned over three times, went through a wire fence and rolled down a 10ft. grass bank, after being struck a glancing blow by a…

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Bathing Fatality

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1932 · page 7

Eileen Lavender, aged 10, was a member of a party of about 200 from Bankstown who attended a picnic at Hollywood last Sunday. During the afternoon she…

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Cyclist Hurt Collision With Car

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1932 · page 2

In a collision between a car and a motor cycle on the Parramatta-road, Granville, last week, George Fairburn, Rydal-road. Eastwood, was thrown…

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