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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 139

Car-tramcar Collision

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 6

AFTER trying to avoid a collision a car, while proceeding along Milliary Rd., Neutral Bay, yesterday,…

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Infant's Death Drowned in Creek

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 6

Wandering away from his home in Railway-street, Granville, on March 9, Ernest Francis Shaw, aged 21, was drowned in a'Beckett's Creek…

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Luck Out Albert Carter's Dogs Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 12

Mr. Albert Carter, the well-known Parramatta coursing man, is experiencing bad luck with his dogs. Just when Ready Money was at his…

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2 a.m. SHOOTING Man Seriously Injured Auburn Girl's Story

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 3

The mysterious shooting of John Edward Bray, 28, of Norton-street, Leichhardt, in a motor car at Parramatta-road, Concord, early on Monday…

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Nose and Jaw Broken in Fierce Fight Constable Badly Injured Arrest Is Made

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 5

INTERROGATING a burly stevodore, who is said to have been using bad language on the Contral Wharf, Walsh Bay…

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Holiday Accidents The Cause

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 15

In practically every case of serious motor accident during the recent holidays in Sydney, says the N.R.M.A., the cause was traceable to human behaviour as…

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Young Couple Vanish in Car Wide Search Now Missing Since Tuesday ACCIDENT?

The Sun · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 15

THE mysterious disappearance of Frank Darnley Wilkinson, 26, compositor, of Beresford - road, Homebush,…

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Accidents Never Come Singly Illawarra Soccer Sufferings Big Rep. Match

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 April 1932 · page 3

BERT HARPER, whose fine of £10 imposed by the State Soccer League wins paid by supporters of the Illawarra club, was rushed off to…

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Penshurst Motor Fatality

The Propeller · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 3

George Frederick Allen Springfield, who was killed instantly when a motor lorry he was driving crashed into a telephone post at Penshurst on March…

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Woman Injured by Bicycle

The Propeller · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 4

Last Saturday night Mrs. Alice Mould, 68, of McLaurin Street, Hurstville, was crossing Hillcrest Avenue, Hurstville, after alighting from a 'bus,…

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Motor Crash at Brighton. Four Persons Injured

The Propeller · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 1

Four persons were injured, one critically, in General Holmes Drive, Brighton-le-Sands, last Saturday night, when a motor car swerved from the roadway…

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Worker Badly Injured Nearly Every Bone in Body Broken

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 5

Suffering fractures to the skull, left leg, pelvis and spine, and concussion, Percival Ball, 46. of Stokes St., Lone Cove, was admitted to Royal…

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Pea-rifle Accident. Bombala

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 10

A young man named Desmond Toms, while rabbit shooting near his home yesterday afternoon, stood his pea-rlfle against a fence, while he sat down to rest. A movement of his…

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Accidents of the Week. Cycle and Car Collide

The Propeller · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 4

A motor cycle and a motor car collided at the intersection of Allan Street and Prince's Highway, Arnclilfe, last Sunday night, and two persons…

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Prestons Accident Verdict for £185

The Biz · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 5

In the Supreme Court, Sydney, the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for £135 in the action brought by Margaret Jane Bailey, of Prestons,…

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Train Collision. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1932 · page 14

Two electric trains collided near Windsor station this morning, but fortunately the rear train was slowing down at the time of the collision. Mr. J. J. Devaney, Deputy…

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In River Two Scout Cubs Drowned Gave Life

The Sun · Saturday 9 April 1932 · page 5

Two ten-year-old boy scout cubs, attached to St. Clement's Church of England, Marrickville patrol,…

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Rail Mishaps in Melbourne 12 Injured; None Seriously

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 April 1932 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Twelve persons were injured in a collision between two electric trains in a deep cutting near Windsor station to-day…

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"Rabbit Hopped Up" Shooter Gets a Shock a Fatality at Wallacia

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 April 1932 · page 7

The accidental firing of a shot gun was responsible for the fatal wounding of Phillip James Healey (21) at Silverdate on 13th ult., when deceased and…

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A Shot at 2 A.M. Ex-Penrith Man Injured Incident in a Car

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 April 1932 · page 1

John Edward Bray (28), formerly of Penrith, and now a garage proprietor of Norton Street, Leichha[?]dt, was severly injured in a…

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