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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 139

'Plane Overturns. Crash Into Fence. Two Men Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 9

Two members of the Royal Australian Air Force were slightly injured at Mascot aerodrome on Saturday afternoon, when their machine struck a fence and overturned. It…

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Two Are Killed in Accidents Many Persons Injured Over the Week-end Man Under Tram Pushbike Crashes Into Stationary Motor Lorry

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 6

TWO persons met shocking deaths, while many others were injured, in street accidents over the week-end. In one case a man was…

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Woman Injured Knocked Off Pillion Seat by Hit-run Motorist

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 1

With a compound fractured left leg. Margaret Grosvenor (27), of Campbell Hill-street, Chester Hill, was admitted to Sydney Hospital on Friday night in is…

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Two Injured in Plane Crash W.a. Pilot and Girl Passenger

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 5

PERTH, Sunday. -- When a plane crashed at Wagln yesterday afternoon, Pilot Boston and a girl passenger, Miss Florence Hornsby, 18, of…

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Greyhounds Go Back To Country Too Few Meetings Carter's Bad Luck Dogs Injured--one Dies

The Sun · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 2

Greyhound owners and trainers with big strings of dogs in their kennels are up against it now with Harold Park only holding one meeting a week. Some idea of how hard it is for…

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"Sun" Gets All Mixed Up Again Bottle That Became a Razor : Man Badly Injured Torn Face

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 6

DESCRIBED by the "Sunday Sun" yesterday to be "the victim of razor slashing in its most terrible fom," Harold Nunn, 42,…

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Sea Gives Up Its Dead; Two Bodies Found Man and Boy Victims of S. Aust. Fishing Fatality Flung Ashore Woman Searching the Ocean for Lost Husband Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 6

THE body of Lex Hammond, 14, one of four who set away on a fishing expedition last Saturday, never to return, was flung up on…

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Fell From Train Messenger's Death Was Accidental

The Sun · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 10

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the City Coroner (Mr. A. E. May) to-day, when he inquired into the death of Ronald Oldfield, a…

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Soccer Results North, South and Sydney Games Results in Metrop. Surprised Accidents Upset St. George Premiers Lose

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 8

It was a day of surprises in the State League Soccer premiership on Saturday St. George, regarded as probably…

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Arrest Follows Accident Gar-driver Held on Three Counts

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 April 1932 · page 8

Arrested at his home in Haberfield last night by Deteotive-Sergt. Hill and Constable Thompson, a man was charged in connection with an…

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Hunt Fatality

The Sun · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 7

Miss Geva le Marchant 17-year-old daughter of Brig. General Sir Edward le Mar chant. Bart., fatally injured when her horse fell in a hunt at…

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Injured in Fall From Motorcycle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 6

Falling from his motor cycle in Oxford St., Bondi Junction, last night, Frederick Fullings, 25 of O'Brien St., Bondi, received…

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Dutch East Indies. Australia's Credit Injured by Lang Policy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 10

Mr. J. J. Phipps, of Messrs. W. P. Phipps and Company, who was a passenger from the Dutch East Indies by the Nieuw Holland, which reached Sydney yesterday, said that…

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Jockey Barden Gets £2 a Week Court Order From Father's Estate "Eyes Injured"

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 6

"It would be a terrible thing if this young man lost his sight completely, and this will give me a chance of a progressive report," said Mr…

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Wounded When Gun Exploded Parramatta Road Shooting Was an Accident

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 6

John Edward Bray 28, a garage proprietor, of Norton Street, Leichhardt, was shot in the abdomen in Parramatta Road Concord, in the…

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Shooting Fatality. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1932 · page 15

The body of Thomas Darby, an accountant employed at Civic Centre, Canberra, was found near Northbourne-avenue this morning with a bullet wound through the head. Darby…

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Buckjump Rider Injured. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1932 · page 12

James Jones, of Narrandera, sustained critical injuries while taking part in a buckjumping event last night. Jones was thrown from a hosse and fell heavily. The horse…

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Casualties. Man Injured by Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1932 · page 12

Edward Glover, 53, of Sussex-street, Annandale, a tramway employee, was struck by a tram in Elizabeth-street, city, while he was repairing tram lines. He suffered a fractured…

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Fireball Falls at Newtown Chapter of Accidents in Last Night's Storm Tram Off

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 April 1932 · page 5

AMID last night's torrential downpour of rain, terrific thunderclaps and lightning, in the city and suburbs, a fireball…

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Cyclist Injured Collision With Car

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 2

While riding a cycle in Joseph-street. Lidcombe, on Monday night, William Grandin, 21, Collins-street, Lakemba, collided with a car…

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