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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 139

Dog Drags Boy to His Death Took Pet Out For Exercise Pond Drowning

The Labor Daily · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 1

A pet dog unwittingly dragged Bryce Arthur Gunther, 7, of Roe's Street, Toongabbie, to death by drowning in a pond near the…

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Racing Fatality. Question of Crowding. Coroner's Suggestion. Auckland (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 15

At the inquest on Harry Edwin Stockley, Jockey, who sustained a fatal fall riding Exaggeration in the Fergusson Handicap at Ellerslie on December 29, considerable evidence was…

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Dragged to Death by His Pet Dog Boy Clung to Leash and Was Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 1

With a home-made dog-leash still in the grasp of his tiny hands Bryce Arthur Gunther, seven-year-old son of the railway night officer at Toongabbie, six miles from Parramatta, was found in a five-foot deep waterhole last evening, dead…

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Grade Cricket To-day Will Vitally Affect Premiership Star Match at Jubilee Record Likely at Hurstville Kipp Ax is Unable to Play: BRADMAN Also INJURED

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 2

SYDNEY'S grade cricket competition has developed into its most interesting a position for years. Four rounds remain to be played, and five teams are racing neck and neck for the honors. The points of the leading clubs are: St. George 50, Glebe 49, Petersham 48, and North Sydney and Balmain 47 each…

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Accidental Foul? Darwin

The Sun · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 7

Fred. Vaughan was knocked out near the end of the first round by Ponto Cubillo, in a boxing contest here last night…

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Road Accidents in Victoria Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 27 February 1932 · page 9

ROAD accidents in Victoria during 1931 totalled 7676, or 53 less than the previous year according to figures…

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Motor Accidents. Collision with Straying Horse

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 10

Thomas Power, 30, residing at Swinsonstreet, Blacktown, was admitted to Liverpool Hospital early yesterday morning, bleeding profusely from deep cuts in his left hand,…

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Casualties. Seaman Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 10

Anibal Costa, 29, a Portuguese seaman, of the steamer Temeraire, which is berthed at Woolloomooloo Bay, was drowned on Saturday afternoon when a rope broke and he fell…

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Cars Collide Two Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 1

Two men were injured yesterday afternoon when their ears collided in Windgor-road, Baulkham Hills. Ernest George Ringols 30, of…

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Station Manager Injured. Warrpn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 10

Mr. R. H. Ault, manager of Ringorah Station, accompanied by a young son, was driving on the property with a buggy and pair when the pole of the vehicle broke and the horses…

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Saved After Two-hour Fight Baby Apparently Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 5

LISMORE, Sunday.--Resuscitation methods applied to Kenneth Savins, 18-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. R. Savins, of Wyrallah, near Lismore,…

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Found Drowned Man in Newcastle Harbor Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 1

The body of an unknown man aged 60 years was recovered from the shallows of Newcastle Harbor between Walsh Island and North Stockton this…

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Child Drowned Dragged Into Water by Pet Dog

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 1

With a home-made dog-leash still in the grasp of his tiny hands, Bryce Arthur Gunther, seven-year-old son of the railway night officer at Toongabbie, was…

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Four Drowned in N.z. Father, Daughter Swept Off

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Sunday.--Four lives were lost by drowning at the weekend. Andrew Pearson (48) and his…

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Arrest After Car and Sulky Crash Woman and Child Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 5

Following a collision between a car and a sulky early yesterday morning, when a woman and child were injured, a motorist was arrested…

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400-Mile Flight To Attend to Injured Man. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 9

The Australian Inland Mission ambulance aeroplane returned to Cloncurry at 1 p.m. yesterday, carrying a patient who had sustained serious abdominal injuries when his…

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Inquiry Into Vic. Prison Fatality Why Was Door Left Ajar? Suggestion of Negligence Previous Escapes At Pentridge Prison Grim History Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 6

A departmental inquiry is being held into the attempted escape from the Metropolitan Gaol on Saturday afternoon of James…

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Fell From Rail Platform Accidents in North Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 February 1932 · page 5

When he fell from the platform at hen castle Railway Station, in an attempt to board a train. Albert Johnson, 25, of Kuril, barber, fractured his lets…

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Farmer Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 7

AUCKLAND, Monday.--While spearing flounder at night near Pukekohe, Leslie Fletcher, farmer, wandered into deep water and…

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Diver Injured. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 10

One of the leading Albury swimmers, Gordon Dowling, l8, a son of Mr. N. Dowling, suffered injuries to his head and neek when attempting a difficult fancy dive at Albury baths. He…

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