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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 139

"Doggy Pulled Him In" Drowning Tragedy in Country

The Labor Daily · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 7

"Bruce [?] drowning in the big hole, Mummy. Doggy pulled him in." THIS pathetic cry to her mother…

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Railway[?] Injured. Mos[?]vale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 10

Percy Mumberson, of [?]he railway staff at Moss Vale, is in the d[?]ct hospital suffering from a fractured sku[?] and an extensive wound on the side of the [?]head. He is…

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Trotter Injured Gig and Motor Collide

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 10

At the Clyde railway crossing on the Parramatta-road on Monday lest, a motor cyclist crashed into a gig driven by Mr. Joe Cornwell, and owned by Mr. Alex…

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Horse Plunges Falls on Car Three People Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 3

When a car struck a horse on the Parramatta-road Auburn, on Sunday the animal plunged and fell across the bonnet of the car, shattering the…

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Stewart, M.h.r., in Accident

The Sun · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 15

Mr. P. H. Stewart, M.H.R., had a harrow escape from injury this morning, when the motor car in which he was driving to Sydney from Canberra…

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Another Sporting Official Killed Further Loss for Rugby Union Car Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 March 1932 · page 1

To the list of two dead and three injured within a week, another name was added last night…

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Fatal Collision

The Propeller · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 4

When a motor cycle and a car collided at the corner of Rocky Point Road and Targo Street, Ramsgate, last Saturday, Thomas Clark, aged 33 years, of…

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ACCIDENTS Tree Climber Injured

The St George Call · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 2

When climbing a tree on a vacant allotment off Bay Street, Rockdale, on Monday, a lad named Victor Coad, injured his back. He was a fair…

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Collision at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 4

At the corner of Durham Street and Roberts Lane, Hurstville, a collision took place on Wednesday between a motor car driven by A. Birkinshaw, of…

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Collision" at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 4

At the corner of Park Road and Cross Street, Hurstville, on Sunday, a collision occurred between a motor car driven by Wilfred Brindle, of Maroubra…

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Cyclists Injured

The Propeller · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 4

Ronald and William Ward, aged 14 and 12years respectively, residing in Prince's, Highway, Blakehurst, were both riding on one bicycle in Woniora…

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Footballer Injured

The Propeller · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 4

While playing football last Saturday at the St. George Sports Ground, Kogarah, William Hiskit received a kick on his right arm which fractured the…

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Motor Collision. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 12

In a motor collision in Otho-street, Mrs. Haupt, of Inverell, suffered broke ribs and other injuries. The other car contained Allen Arentz and his family, of [?]ngna, all…

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Injured in Rail Chase

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 11

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday.--Chased by railway officials after jumping from an empty train near West Maitland at 1.30 a.m. to-day, William Jones (18) and…

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Boy Injured By Car

The Sun · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 13

William Atkinson, 10, of Marion- street, Enmore, was seriously injured to-day when he was knocked down by a motor car. He was taken…

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District Court. (Before Judge Armstrong and juries of four.) Motor Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 6

The hearing was concluded of an action arising out of a motor collision in Parramatta-road, near St. John's College, in August, 1930, in which Peter Kiernahan, of Fivedock,…

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Veteran of Rodeos Is Game Man Courage and Resource When Injured by His Horse L. Skuthorpe

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 9

REMARKABLE courage and resource and an utter disregard for anything but his lifetime professior were displayed yesterday…

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Fatal Accident. Charge Against Motorist

The Propeller · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 4

A motorist has been charged with manslaughter, following the death of Thomas Clark, 33, of Margate Street, Kogarah, in the St. George District…

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Accidents of the Week. Serious Motor Accident

The Propeller · Friday 18 March 1932 · page 4

Two men were injured, one critically, when the motor lorry in which they were driving overturned in Livingstone Road, near Addison Road, Marrickville,…

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Damages a Collision Lorry and Cart

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 March 1932 · page 1

The Attorney-General was the plaintiff in a case that came before Mr J. B. Scobie, P.M., at Penrith Small Debts Court on Tuesday, and…

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