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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 139

Horseman Injured. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 April 1932 · page 10

Mr. Percy Howarth, of Kerr's Creek, met with a serious accident while riding in a race at the sports meeting. His horse bolted off the course and collided with a tree. Mr…

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Swept From Dinghy and Drowned Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 21 April 1932 · page 13

John Mathieson, 18, was drowned at Inverloch yesterday when he was swept out of his dinghy by heavy breakers. People on the beach were…

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Launch Capsizes. Two Men Drowned. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 April 1932 · page 10

Captain R. S. Halcrow and Mr. A. Allen were drowned when their launch capsized on the Waitara River bar this morning. The men had been out fishing all night,…

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In Equity. (Before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice Harvey.) Accident Insurance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 April 1932 · page 5

The hearing was resumed but not concluded of the suit of Wilson v The Australian Alliance Assurance Company. (Before Mr. Justice Long Innes.)…

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Drowned in Breakers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 April 1932 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- John Mathieson, 18, was drowned at Inverloch yesterday afternoon when the dinghy from which he was fishing…

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Fisherman Drowned Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 22 April 1932 · page 7

When a fishing boat was washed out to sea at Inverloch yesterday, it was overturned by huge breakers, and John Mathleson. 18, of Inverloch,…

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Mace Showed Grit Played, Though Injured G.P.S. FINALS

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 April 1932 · page 3

THE KING'S SCHOOL, Parramatta, are the G.P.S. tennis premiers for 1932. They won the title yesterday in the…

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In Equity. (Before the Chief Judge, Mr. Justice Harvey.) Accident Insurance

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 April 1932 · page 6

The hearing was resumed, but not concluded, of the suit, commenced on Tuesday, of John Wilson, plaintiff, and the Australian Alliance Assurance Company, defendant…

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Alleged Wanton Driving. Four-year-old Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 April 1932 · page 6

A serious motor-car accident, which occurred in Alison-road, Randwick, on November 29, 1928, was the subject of charges against John Gillen, 30, taxi-driver, at the…

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Motor Car Accident

The Propeller · Friday 22 April 1932 · page 3

Herbert Dunmore, of Eddystone Road, Bexley, was driving a motor car about midnight on Wednesday, accompanied by Miss Kitty Edwards, of…

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Hurstville Motor Accident

The Propeller · Friday 22 April 1932 · page 4

On Thursday afternoon Herbert Garside, a resident of Scone, at present a visitor to Bexley, was driving a car along Lily Street, Hurstville, and when…

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Street Accident

South Sydney Sentinel · Friday 22 April 1932 · page 6

Mrs. Sarah Jane Arkanstall, 70, of Clarence Street, Waterloo, was crossing George Street, City on Saturday when, she was knocked down by a motor car and…

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Three Men Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1932 · page 14

Three men were injured, two seriously, ea[?] this morning, when the car in which they were riding skidded on the wet street in Bridgeroad, Glebe, and collided with an electric light…

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Editor Drowned Yacht Dinghy Tragedy London

The Sun · Saturday 23 April 1932 · page 7

Mr. E. T. Scott, editor of the "Manchester Guardian," with his son Richard, embarked in a dinghy to board a yacht on Lake Windermere…

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Floor Collapses. Bricklayers Injured. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1932 · page 14

At the half-built Intermediate school at Warwick this afternoon the whole of the concrete floor of a corridor on the second story collapsed without warning. Three…

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Three Badly Injured Car Crashes Into Pole

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 April 1932 · page 6

Skidding on the wet roadway at 12.25 this morning, a car, while travelling along Bridge Road, Globe, crashed into a telegraph pole. Three…

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Motive Vague for Bellevue Hill Assault Couple Shockingly Injured As They Lay in Bed Hammer Found Robbery May Not Have Been the Only Reason

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 April 1932 · page 1

IN investigating the savage battering of Mr. Victor Claude Saywell, 54; and his wife, Adeline…

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Goulburn Accidents. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 April 1932 · page 14

Kenneth Gillett, 44, had two toes cru[?] when a heavy stone fell on his feet nece[?] tating amputation. Richard Emmerton, 62, of Towrang, will…

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Boxing Stars Injured Ambrose and Dave Palmer Motor Collision Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 25 April 1932 · page 6

Ambrose Palmer, heavyweight boxing champion, and his brother, David Palmer, welterweight, were injured to-night when the car in which…

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Boy Injured in Fox Hunt Accidental Shot in Stomach

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 April 1932 · page 5

Hot on the trail of a fox that had raided poultry yards for some time, James Birch (16), of Wyldes Road, Arcadia, was climbing' through a…

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