Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 139

Easter Accidents at Wagga Three Victims in Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 March 1932 · page 10

WAGGA, Monday.--This town had its share of Easter accidents. A motor cycle was wrecked in Fitzmaurice Street this afternoon in…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Injured Players and Substitutes in Cricket

Referee · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 14

THE ever-growing tendency in Australian cricket for substitutes to field for injured or ill players has led to many comments on recent happenings. In the Melbourne Test against South Africa Don Bradman did not bat or field. In the Brisbane Test Alan Kippax stood out after the first day. In the Sydney Shield match F. Gough, the…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Man Drowned While Searching for Son's Body. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 11

While searching on Saturday for the bodies of S.R.Justice, 40, and Alfred James Wilson, 26, who lost their lives while fishing on March 16, Alfred James Wilson, senior, father of one…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Spills, Thrills But Nobody Was Injured Sprightly Lads and Smiling Lassies at the Show They Marvelled

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 6

YESTERDAY youth had its fling at the Show. Youth was everywhere with all its confidence and vigor. Sprightly lads and smiling…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Accidents in the Home

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 5

SOME accidents cause great anxiety when one is not quite sure what should be done. Take, for instance, the child who is always tumbling down. He injures…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

POWER Applied Power is the Basis of Modem Civilisation and the Main Source of National Greatness and Prosperity. Lower Labour Turnover Fewer Accidents, Better Work

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 8

There are several good reasons for insisting on a thorough physical examination in hiring. A man was brought into our factory (states W. Lynn Davis, industrial manager of the A. E. Staley Manufacturing Company in America) without physical examination. He had varicose veins. Six months after he was hired, one of these veins was punctured…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Woman Dreadfully Burned. Accident at Liverpool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 12

Mrs. J. Carro[?]l of Moore-street, Liverpool, was so seriously burnt yesterday evening that her life is in danger. She was lighting a spirit stove after her…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Country News. Arrest Follows Accident Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 12

William Hignet received severe injuries while attempting to board a goods train on Thursday morning, and had to have both his legs amputated. Later his brother, John George Highnet,…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Road's Red Roll Accidents Have Increased

The Sun · Wednesday 30 March 1932 · page 5

The police, ambulance and hospital records of the last few months show an inordinate number of motor accidents involving death and serious…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Horses Injured in Hurdle

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 2

Several horses were slightly hurt while competing in the Maiden Hurdle Race at Randwick yesterday. Bayacre, who came to grief, cut his…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Casualties. Man Seriously Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 10

Lewis Carter, of Curlewis-street, Bondi, was seriously injured last night when his car collided with a post at the corner of Curlewisstreet and Old South Head-road, Bondi. The…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Cycle Crashes Pillion Rider Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 9

William Sexton 64, of Northumbe[?] land-road, Auburn, was riding pillion on a motor cycle, which was travelling along Sydenham-road, Marrickville, on…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

District Court. (Before Judge Armstrong.) Motor Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 6

James Alfred Stevens, of Bon Accord-avenue, Waverley, sued Percy Herman Geyer, of Bondi-road, Bondi, far £75 damages for injuries received as the result of a motor…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Aged Woman Fatally Injured. Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 10

The district coroner (Mr. A. Judges) held an inquest to-day on Louisa Conway, 73, who was struck by a motor car driven by Charles Russell Doney, at Blaxland, about 9.15 p.m…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Boy Injured Knocked Down by Car

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 2

Knocked down by a car in Woodville-road yesterday, Raymond Bates , aged 7, of Granville, suffered a fracture of the right thigh, injuries to the held, Land…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

The Sun Stop-press Team-motor Cycle Collision

The Sun · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 1

Kevin Croke, 19, of Boundary-st, Paddington, sustained a fractured thigh and lacerations to the head when tho motor-cycle on which he…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Motor Cycle And Car In Collision Broken Hill

The Sun · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 18

J[?]n Oliver, 22, telephone attendant, was killed last night when the sidecar of a motor cycle in which she was travelling was smashed in a…

Continued on Trove, page 18 →

Western News Hit-run Victim Wentworthville Man Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 6

Knocked down by a hit-run motorist at the earlier of Western-road and Station-street, Wentworthville, in Monday night, Charles Weeks (47), of Monash-street…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Davis Cup Player Injured in Smash New York, Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 1

Francis Hunter, the former American Davis Cup player, sustained a fractured leg and abrasions as the result of a…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Woman in Flames Liverpool Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 31 March 1932 · page 7

Her clothing ablaze, a woman rushed frantically down Moore-street, Liverpool, on Tuesday before the horrified gaze of neighbours. She was admitted to St…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →