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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 139

Casualties. Boy Injured by Motor Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1932 · page 14

William Atkinson, 7, of Juliet-street, Marrickville, suflered injuries to the face, a fractured left leg, and a probable fracture of the skull yesterday morning, when he was knocked…

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Officer Injured. Fight at Military Camp. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1932 · page 14

Excitement was caused at a recent military camp at Portsea when an officer of an infantry battalion was struck several blows by another officer. As a result of the blows…

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Crashed On Dash To City Seriously Injured J.C.W. Love Actor 'Plane Crash Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 19 March 1932 · page 7

THE unconquerable desire of Mr. Campbell Copelin, the love actor in many recent J. C. Williamson…

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Fired at Rabbit Shot His Cousin Accident at Silverdale

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 March 1932 · page 1

As the result of a shooting accident at Silverdale on Sunday, Phillip Healey (21) lies in Nepean District Hospita in a serious…

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Knocked Down by Lorry Accident to Mrs C. O. ROBERTS

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 March 1932 · page 5

Stepping from a footpath in Pittwater Road, Collaroy, on Thursday, Mrs Mabel Roberts, wife of Mr C. O. Roberts, electrical engineer to…

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Good News for the Motorist! a Real Tyre Service -- at Last The Keynote of economical motoring is good lyres at right prices and enduring dependability, thus reducing costs, and eliminating accident risks

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 19 March 1932 · page 11

ALL motorists are confronted with the problem where to buy…

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Accidental Deaths. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1932 · page 14

The coroner found that Lancelot William Thomas Morrow, 18, died from injuries caused by being kicked by a straying horse while he was riding a motor-cycle at South Grafton…

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Casualties. Collision with Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1932 · page 16

Phillip H. Davis, 22, hairdresser, of Watson-street, Neutral Bay, was riding a motor cycle and sidecar along Penshurst-street, Willoughby, about noon yesterday, when he collided with…

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Youth Killed. In Cycle Accident. Girl Critically Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1932 · page 16

William John Drew, 19, of Victor-street, Chatswood, was killed instantly late last night when his motor cycle crashed into the rear of a stationary motor lorry in Willoughby-road,…

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Cycle and Car Liverpool Collision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 21 March 1932 · page 1

A sidecar passenger was slightly injured in a collision between a motor car and motor cycle in Macquar [?]…

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Baby Drowned Tumbled Into Big Can Of Water

The Sun · Monday 21 March 1932 · page 7

Missed for an hour from his home at 235 Beamish-street, Campsie, Keith Blackburn, aged one year and eight months, was found by his…

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Parramatta Speedway Rider Injured Paul in Form

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 21 March 1932 · page 2

A large crowd at the Parramatta Speedway on Saturday night witnessed a number of thrilling incidents and speedy riding. Edward Taylor, competing in the third…

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Parramatta Speedway. Rider Injured. Paul in Form

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1932 · page 8

A large crowd at the Parramatta Speedway on Saturday night witnessed a number of thrilling incidents and speedy riding. Edward Taytor. competing in the third semi-final…

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Judge's Son Hurt in Smash Collision with Taxi at Dawn

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 March 1932 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--When a sedan car and a taxi-cab came into collision in the city about 5 o'clock this morning. Frank Dethridge (21)…

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Wings Not Bolted Actor's Mad Flight in Small Hours Spine Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 March 1932 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Flying round aimlessly in the dark for nearly two hours, with the folding wings of his plane…

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'Plane Accidents. Actor's Night Flight Ends in Disaster. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1932 · page 16

Coming out of a nose-dive in an aeroplane at a speed of nearly 110 miles an hour, Campbell Copelin, aged 31 years, of Clarendon-street, Port Melbourne, an actor, who had…

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Casualties. Baby Drowned in Can

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1932 · page 16

Keith Blackburn, aged one year and eight months, was drowned yesterday next door to his home in Beamish-street, Campsie. When he was missed a search was made and the…

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Prosecution Follows Car Fatality Maitland

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 March 1932 · page 5

Following a car fatality on thw Bolwarra Road on February 10, in which a woman was the victim. John peattle, of Woodville, the driver was [?]…

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Fatality Feared. Motor Boat Washed Ashore. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1932 · page 11

The motor boat in which Messrs. S. R. Justice, 40, and Alfred James Wilson, 26, left Beachport to go fishing on Friday morning has been washed up on the beach in a bottered…

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Baby's Tragic Death Drowned in 5 Inches Of Water

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 22 March 1932 · page 1

Late on Sunday afternoon eighteen months old Keith Blackburn, was found dead with his head in five Inches of water…

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