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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 139

Accidents of the Week. Motor 'Bus in Collision

The Propeller · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 4

On Wednesday afternoon, at the Corner of Waratah Street and Forest Road, Bexley, a collision occurred between a motor lorry coming out of Waratah…

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Collision with Straying Horse

The Biz · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 6

Thomas Power, 30, residing at Swinson-street, Blacktown, was admilted to Liverpool Hospital early on Sunday morning, bleeding…

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Stolen Car Crashes Injured Men Arrested

The Biz · Friday 4 March 1932 · page 5

On Thursday las[?] a ear was [?] from Concord, and at Guild[?]ord eight gallons of petrol were p[?] into the tank from a roadside [?]…

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Injured While Saving Horse. Coraki

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

Murrey Yabsley, a well-known grazier and cricketer, was admitted to Coraki Hospital yesterday, suffering from injuries to his back, While he was supervising work at a floodgate,…

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Two Killed; Two Injured Cockatoo Dockyard Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 5

Two were killed and two injured when a 12cwt. steam pipe crashed among 30 men working in the engine-room of the A.U.S.N. steamer…

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Grimmett Injured MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 6

Australia s googly bowler, Clarrie Grimmett, had to be carried off the held in the Shield match against Victoria to-day…

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Turf Notes. Koomeela Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 16

While galloping at Randwick early in the week, Sir James Murdoch's promising stayer Koomeela, knocked himself, and it is unlike[?] that he will race again until the spring. [?]…

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Tragic Accident. Two Men Killed; Two Injured. Pipe Falls From Sling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 13

Two men working in the engine-room of the steamer Ormiston, lying at Cockatoo Island, were killed yesterday afternoon when a huge copper steam pipe fell from a cargo…

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News from other States Pea-rile Fatality

The Farmer and Settler · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 4

Robert Worland (S), of, Cobden (Vic), was that dead when g pea-rifle carried by hit brother, Donald Benjamin (10), was discharged accidentally…

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Would Not Tell Injured Man Maintains Silence

The Sun · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 7

Bluntly refusing to state the manner in which he received his injuries, Charles Phillips, 41, Caroline-street, Redforn, was taken by…

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Accidents to Horsemen. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 March 1932 · page 14

Martin Gimbert, 16, was admitted to the Tamworth District Hospital. He had a fractured thigh through being thrown from a horse at Bithramere…

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Drowning Feared Missing Man's Clothes Found Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 6

The Newcastle police were informed to-day that clothes and a towel belonging to W. T. Thompson, 26, who had been missing from…

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Mob Attack. Two Men Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 10

Two men were injured when a gang of men attacked them in a Newtown hotel on Saturday afternoon. The gang, numbering about 14, drove up to the hotel in a motor lorry…

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Man Drowned After Saving Children. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 9

Keith Tuchin, 35, railway signalman, of Moss Vale, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River, near Borambola, 18 miles from Wagga to-day…

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Another Baby Tragedy Drowned in Waterhole CESSNOCK

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 1

Wandering away from her sisters apparently unnoticed, while playing at the rear of their home in McLean Street, Cessnock, late this afternoon,…

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Cook's Hill Crash Three Injured Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 6

When two motor cars crashed at the intersection of Parry and Darby Streets, Newcastle, yesterday afternoon, three people were injured. They were:--…

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Drowned Near Her Home Little Girl's Death at Cessnock

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 8

CESSNOCK, Sunday.--Barbara Kilner (5), of McLean Street, Cessnock, was drowned to-night in a creek running through a vacant allotment at…

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Yachts Collide. Man Severely Injured. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 10

In yacht races at Williamstown on Saturday, Mr. Stanley Gamble's racing cutter Petrel collided violently with Mr. Charles Marshall's auxiliary cutter Uira. Petrel was…

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Lucky Escape Four Injured in Car Smash Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 1

Four people had a lucky escape last night when the car they Were riding in took the wrong turning off the main road at Charlestown,…

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Brothers Are Badly Injured Motor Cycle Crashes Into Car

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 March 1932 · page 1

While riding a motor cycle past the corner of Arabella and Northwood Streets, Northwood, at 11:30 a.m. yesterday. Ronald Crotty 22…

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