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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 139

Boy Drowned

The Biz · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 5

Ernest Shaw, 2, of Railway-street, Granville, was drowned in a creek half a mile from his home [?] Wednesday afternoon, The boy was…

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Lorries in Collision

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 8

Two lorries, one owned by the City Council collided at Piper and Annandale Streets, Annandale yesterday. Stephen Tressick, 42, of…

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Accidents of the Week. Collision at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 4

William Milne, of Carrington Avenue, Hurstville, was riding a bicycle in Forest Road, Hurstville, and when near the monument he came into collision with a…

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Cyclists Injured

The Propeller · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 4

M. Edwards, of Payne Street, West Kogarah, suffered a fractured thigh last Saturday afternoon, when his bicycle collided with a motor car at the corner…

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Cyclist Injured

The St George Call · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 2

M. Edwards, of Payne Street, Kogarah. suffered a fractured thigh on Saturday . afternoon, when his bicycle collided with a motor car at the…

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Death Follows Collision. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 10

Lance William Morrow, 19 who, while riding a motor cycle at South Grafton, last Friday, collided with a horse, has died at the Grafton District Hospital. The horse, on…

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Bad Street "Persons Injured."

The Biz · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 7

H. W. Coleman, of Fairfield, complained to council of the condition of Granville-street. He wrote that he had been informed that two…

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Woman Critically Injured. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 10

Mrs. Kinney, wife of Mr. William Patrick Kinney, hotel proprietor, of Wodonga, was critically injured at Barnawatha last night, when the car in which she was travelling…

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Man Swept Off Rock; Drowned Desperate Fight For His Life WOLLONGONG

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 1

When fishing from Honeycomb Rock, Port Kembla, early this morning, Charles Currie, 40, married man residing in a camp at Keliy's…

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Hard Labor at Long Bay Done While Injured Dislocated Thumb As Compensation Claim No Order Made Hurt While Working on Japanese Steamer

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 6

ACCORDING to Joseph Henry Slater, of Glebe, the term, "hard labor" applied to his sentence of one month's…

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Series of Accidents. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 March 1932 · page 10

A business man of Katoomba has been the victim of a curious series of misfortunes in the past two years. A sulky lost one of its wheels, which ran across the street and smashed…

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Fell From Train Woman And Baby Injured

The Sun · Saturday 12 March 1932 · page 7

A woman and a baby were injured this afternoon, when they fell from a train at No, 17 platform, Central Railway Station…

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Will Protect Police; Judge Warns Public Young Men Bound Over for Assault on Officers Their Birthday Injured Consts. Urge That Sentence Be Lenient

The Labor Daily · Saturday 12 March 1932 · page 5

WHEN Oliver Why, 26, motor driver, and Leslie McLeod, 27, laborer, yesterday appealed against their sentences of three…

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Stern Rebuke for Police in Death Inquiry Coroner Makes Strong Comment on High Speed Rate Vic Collision Patrol Car and Motor Van Crash; One Man Killed Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 12 March 1932 · page 5

STATING considered it unwise for a high rate of speed to be maintained by the police to the danger of innocent citizens…

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ACCIDENTAL Stipes' Finding MELBOURNE

Truth · Sunday 13 March 1932 · page 3

THE stipendiary stewards inquired into the cause of the mienap to Cape Royal and Karundok in the Orrong Two-Year-Old Handicap…

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Motor Accidents. Motor Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1932 · page 10

William Carey, 19, of Margaret-street, Petersham, was riding a motor cycle in Marrickville yesterday morning, when, at the intersection of William-street and Newington-road, he…

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Mail Car in Collision. Gunning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1932 · page 10

The Gunning-Gundaroo-Queanbeyan mail car, driven by F. Kemp, with a Passenger, K. Webster, coll[?]ded with a motor car driven by E. A. Bateup about a mile from Gunning…

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Man Drowned. Small Brother Saved. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1932 · page 10

John Abrahams 24 railawy porter, of Teralba, was drowned in Cockle Creek to-day. Abrahams was swimming in in arm of the creek and his four-year-old brother was on…

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Razor Slashing. Man Injured by Woman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1932 · page 10

A woman slashed Joseph Andeison, of Sydney-road, Marrickville, with a razor late on Friday night. The matter was reported to the police, but the woman could not be…

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One Killed Car Collision on Newcastle Road Newcastle

The Sun · Monday 14 March 1932 · page 7

D'Arcy Town, 43, of Hyde Brae-street, Strathfleid, was fatally inpured, and Roy Cabot; 35, of Kirkham-street, Beecroft, and Norman…

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