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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 139

Motor Accidents. Boy Killed by Car

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

Billie Harmon, 5, of Glen-street, Paddington, was fatally injured on Saturday, when he was knocked down by a motor car in Bays-water-road, Darlinghurst. Darlinghurst police…

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'Plane Accident. Detectives Making Inquiries. MELBOURNE

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

Inquiries are being made by a detective into the removal from the hangar of the Victorian section of the Australian Aero Club of the aeroplane in which Campbell Copelin, 31,…

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Collision Kills Motorist

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 March 1932 · page 7

PERTH, Tuesday.--Walter James Vincent, 47, of Leederville, was killed last night at West Perth when his motor car overturned in a collision…

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Treasures Under the Waters. Drowned City Under the Black Sea

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 23 March 1932 · page 15

Every reader of this newspaper knows that the seas, lakes and rivers of the world contain many costly treasures: gold, silver, precious stones, works of art, most…

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Woman Injured in Car Collision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 3

When two cars collided at the corner of Parramatta-road and Hampstend-road, Auburn, on Tuesday. Mrs. E. Palfrey, 34, Isis-street, Wahroonga, who was a…

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Finger Prints Told Bridge Opening Fatality

The Sun · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 11

Sergeant W. G. Noble, of Regent-street police station, this week proved again the value of fingerprints, when he established identification of a man…

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Dragged Into Water Little Boy Drowned

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 4

The Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. Richardson Clark) returned a verdict of accidental death at the resumed inquest on Bryce Gunther (7), who was dragged into…

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Boy Injured Fall From Train

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 2

In an endeavour to retrieve his hat, Ronald Oldfield (18), of Gordon-street, Granville, fell from a fast-moving train near Redfern station on Monday…

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Casualties. Boy Injured by Lorry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 12

Reginald Riley, 6, of 83 Redfern-street, Redfern, suffered severe head injuries, including probably a fracture of the skull, when he was knocked down by a motor lorry in Pitt-street,…

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Union Official Injured. Corrimal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 12

Having attended a meeting in Balgownie last night, Mr. Steve Best, secretary of the South Coast Trades and Labour Council, and a resident of Wilfrid-street, Corrimal, was…

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Dog Injured Scrimmage With Kennel Mate

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 12

The Parramatta dog, Ready Monday, was badly torn on the side and leg in a serimmage with Father's Glee last week, and in consequence he was withdrawn…

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Car Overhung Kerb Injured Pedestrian Awarded £40

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 6

An allegation that wale he was standing on the footpath at a corner a lorry swung so close to the kerb that portion of the vehicle…

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Cyclist Injured Crash With Car on Parramatta Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 3

In a collision between a car and a motor cycle, Norman Leslie Smith, 34, of Austin-street, Lidcombe, was seriously injured on Monday…

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Queer Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1932 · page 15

When the near-side front wheel of a car flew off whilst tile car was passing through the village of Skewen, near Neath (Britain, it bounded along the…

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Collision at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 4

Two cars came into collision on Sunday at the corner of Forest Road and MacMahon Street, Hurstville. Both ears were slightly damaged, but no one…

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Baby Drowned in Can

The Biz · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 8

Keith Blackburn, aged one year and eight months, was drowned on Monday next door to his home in Beamish-st., Campsie. When he was…

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Casualties. Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 6

Reginald McLeod, 26, of Arrowfield-avenue, Burwood, was riding a cycle in Burwood-road, Burwood, last night, when he collided with a motor car at the Park-avenue intersection…

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Railway Man Injured

The St George Call · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 5

Whilst working on an overhead wire at Bardwell Park Station, on the new East Hills railway, Jack Blaring was injured about 4 p.m. on Tuesday…

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Railway Worker Injured

The Propeller · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 4

Jack Blaring was working on Tuesday afternoon on the overhead electric wires on the railway at Rockdale, standing on a ladder, when he fell to the…

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Accidents of the Week. Injured by Sky Rocket

The Propeller · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 4

Arthur Long, of Cronulla, was struck on the chest by a falling sky-rocket shaft while watching the Harbour Bridge fireworks display from the deck of a…

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