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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 139

Shooting Fatality

Nepean Times · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 4

Phillip James Healey (21) died in Nepean District Hospital on Tuesday morning from injuries received when he was accidentally shot by his cousin,…

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Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 12

David Nagle, 14, of Killara-road, Auburn, was injured in curious circumstances when riding a bicycle in Auburn Park yesterday. The front whee) of the bicycle passed over a loose…

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Casualties. Old Man Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 12

John Valantine, 32, a patient receiving treatment at the Coast Hospital, was seriously injured when he was knocked down in Little Bayroad near the hospital, last night. He was…

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Jockey Injured. Fall at Showground

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 11

William Barton. 23, of Casino, received severe head injuries when he was thrown from a horse at the Royal Showground yesterday…

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Motor Cyclist Injured. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 12

A motor cycle ridden by Stanley Chart, 20, of Belmore, collided with a motor car in Crown-street West, Wollongong, on Friday. Chart suffered a fractured right thigh…

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Man Drowned. Washed Out to Sea. Wife Witnesses Tragedy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 11

George Williams, a miner, of Cullen Bullen, was washed out to sea and was drowned at Thirroul yesterday afternoon, although gallant efforts at rescue were made. Police and…

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Amazing Escapes in Collision Train Drops Car Into a Gully

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.--There was an amazing series of escapes to-day when an electric train and car collided at a level-crossing near Wattle Glen Station…

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Miner Drowned at Thirroul Rescuers are Forced To Swim Ashore

The Labor Daily · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 1

SWIMMING outside the safety zone at Thirroul yesterday. George Williams, 48, miner, of Cullen Bullen,…

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Knocked Down in Safety Zone Two People Injured in Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Running over portion of a safety zone on the Esplanade, St. Kilda, shortly before midnight last night, a car knocked…

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Dived From Dinghy to Escape Police Search for Drug Suspect in Harbor Possibly Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 1

Surprised by water police in the early hours of yesterday morning, a suspected opium runner, with a bag in…

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Miner Drowned After Desperate Struggle in Surf Heroism at Thirroul Victim Is Washed From Rescuers' Grasp Wife Watches

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 5

A distressed woman at Thirroul yesterday watched the brave, but futile, attempts of two men to save…

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St. Marys. Accident with Axe

Nepean Times · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 5

Eric Field (14), son of Mr and Mrs Norman Field, of Station Street, St. Marys, was cutting wood with an axe on Tuesday, when the axe slipped and…

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Bad Year for R.a.f. 71 Deaths in Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 13

Seventy-one members of the Royal Air Force were killed last year as a result of 41 aircraft accidents. In 1930 64 were killed as a result of 46 accidents, and the year before…

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Accidents Near Gunning. Gunning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 March 1932 · page 12

At seven-ton petrol truck, containing 600 gallons of petrol, overturned at Ryries Hill, on the Hume Highway, when the driver swerved in an unsuccessful attempt to avoid a collision…

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Fatal Collision

Truth · Sunday 27 March 1932 · page 12

ARTHUR FOX, 16, of East-street, Granville, was killed instantly yesterday afternoon when a bicycle, which he was riding, and a motor-car collided…

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Greyhound Racing. Books Were Wary Yet Punters Picked 'Em a Collision

Truth · Sunday 27 March 1932 · page 8

SO often have the bookmakers been caught into laying false prices about a dog in the Forest Lodge Stakes, a race…

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Fishing Fatality. Young Man Drowned. Companion Missing. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1932 · page 8

The body of William Harvey, 20, who left Port Lincoln last Sunday in a 14-foot dinghy on a fishing trip with Harry Bird, 18 has been found washed up on the rocks at Boston…

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Motor Accidents. Three Hurt in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1932 · page 8

When a motor cycle and side-car collided with a stationary motor lorry in Victoria-road. Marrickville on Saturday morning, the driver and passenger of the car were injured…

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Jockeys Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1932 · page 11

The surgeon at Randwick on Saturday reported that W. Stephenson, rider of Port Risk, who fell in the Hurdle Race, suffered from con[?]usions to the back and cuts on the face and…

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Cyclist Injured. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1932 · page 8

During bicycle racing at the Wagga cricket ground on Saturday, T. Smith's machine touched another rider. Smith fell heavily, and was struck on the head by another…

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