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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 139

Casualties. Injured in Surf

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

Esther Cooper, 21, of Castlestead-street, Concord West, suffered a fractured right arm when she was "dumped" in the surf at Coogee yesterday afternoon. She was taken by the…

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Man Drowned at North Stockton Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 March 1932 · page 8

The dead body of a man found floating near North Stockton yesterday afternoon, has been identified as that of Thomas Sample. 68. lately residing at 20…

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Injured Warder

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 8

WARDER T. O'DOWD, of Pentridge (Victoria), who was injured by a bullet fired by Reginald James Barker, an escaping convict, who was…

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In Tub Child Drowned In Yard

The Sun · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 9

Robert James Hawley Freeman, aged 16 months, was drowned in a half-filled bath-tub in the yard of his home in Young-street, Cremorne,…

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Car Strikes Bridge. Six Persons Injured. BENDIGO

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 13

Six persons were seriously injured when a motor car crashed into a bridge on the Bendigo-Echuca highway, near Goornong, to-day. The party was returning from a fishing trip…

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Did Smoke Screen Cause Hurdler's Death? Queerest Accident on Record

Referee · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 3

Was a smoke barrage responsible for the destruction of one of Sydney's most promising hurdlers, when Izaak Walton met his death at Flemington races on Saturday? Smoke blew directly across at the hurdle which brought him down, and he met…

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Fatal Bus Accident. Queanbeyan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 14

The coroner (Mr. Nott, P. M.) conducted an inquest into the death of Robert Colin Haslem, 11, and returned a verdict of accidental death. Haslem and a mate, Jack Cooper, had been…

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Accident at the Butcher's Little Girl.'s Face Disfigured £300 Claim

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 March 1932 · page 6

AN accident in a Bondi butcher's shop which resulted in a little girl's face being permanently…

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Casualties. Infant Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 10

Robert James Freeman, an infant of 16 months, was playing at his home, in Youngstreet, Cremorne, yesterday morning, when he fell into a zinc tub, which had been left in…

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Bathing Fatality Girl Victim

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 7

Mr. Poolman, Liverpool District Coroner, held an inquiry at Fairfield on 1st instant, into the circumstances surrounding the death of Irene May Lavender…

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Child Drowned in Creek

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 12

LISMORE, Wednesday.--Ivy Seccombe, three-year-old daughter of Mr. W. Seccombe, of Larnook, 'fell Into a shallow creek to-day and was drowned…

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Sisters Drowned Long Police Search

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 7

HOBART, Wednesday.--Two sisters, Alice (21) and Heather Woolley (18), were drowned at Bream Creek on Tuesday…

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Motor Car Collision in City Street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 12

This motor car was turned completely over on its side when it came into collision with another car last night at the corner of Abercrombie-street and George-street West…

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Cyclist Injured Hit Motor Car

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 16

Harold Weeden, of Bolton-street, Guildford, met with an accident on Saturday evening, when he was riding his push-bike along Woodville-road and came…

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Two Cars Collide. Man and Woman Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 9

When two cars collided with great force near the corner of Abercrombic-street and George-street West last night, a man and woman were badly injured…

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District Court. (Before Judge Edwards.) Accident in Butcher's Shop

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1932 · page 4

The hearing was concluded of the action brought by Patricia Ann Rowles, an infant, by her next friend, Roy Wilfred John Rowles, plasterer, of Sophia-street, Bondi, against…

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After the Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 7

SPLINTERED WOODWORK of tho driver's compartment of one of two trams telescoped in a collision in Oxford Street, Paddington, last night. Nobody was injured…

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Collision at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 4

A collision occurred last Saturday at the intersection of MacMahon Street and Forest Road, Hurstville, between a motor cycle driven by Ernest…

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Rescued From Drowning. Nimitybelle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 10

While bathing in the McLaughlan River, Mavis Thistleton, 12, narrowly escaped drowning when she was carried by the current into deep water. She was rescued by Misses Alice…

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Cyclist Injured

The Biz · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 7

Herbert Weedon, 37, a tramway ' employee, residing at 61 Bolton-street Guildford, was knocked off his pushbicycle by a motorist in…

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