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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 139

Casualties. Three People Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1932 · page 6

Three people, who were on their way to the mountains, were injured on Saturday when their motor car skidded on the wet surface of the Western-road, Pendle Hill, and crashed…

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Saved Boy From Drowning Well-Known Boxer NEWCASTLE

The Labor Daily · Monday 25 April 1932 · page 6

Only the prompt action of Teddy McGrath, the young Boolaroo boxer, averted a drowning fatality at the sulphide…

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Injured by Detonator. Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1932 · page 6

Thomas Smith, who has been in the employ of the Weddin Shire Council for 20 years, was severely injured at Greenethorpe when a detonator exploded in one of his…

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Boxer's Brother Injured MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 25 April 1932 · page 2

David Palmer, 26, a welter-weight boxer, and brother of Ambrose Palmer, the heavyweight champion of Australia, was injured when a car…

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MR. E. T. Scott Drowned. Editor of "Manchester Guardian." LONDON, April 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1932 · page 5

Mr. Edward Taylor Scott, B.Sc., Econ., editor of the "Manchester Guardian," with his son Richard, aged 16, embarked in a dinghy to board a yacht on Lake Winderm[?] The…

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Shooting Accident. Youth's Remarkable Escape

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 April 1932 · page 6

John Burch, 16, of Arcadia, had an extraordinary escape from death when he accidentally shot himself when hunting foxes with a shotgun near his home yesterday afternoon…

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Four Injured in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 April 1932 · page 10

Four persons were injured last night when a car and a steam tram collided head-on in the Prince's Highway, Kogarah. The driver of the car swerved to avoid colliding with…

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Car Collision. Rescuing a Canary

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 April 1932 · page 9

Two cars collided with terrific force at the junction of Curlewis-street and Old South Head-road, Bondi, yesterday evening. One of them, a tourer, which had travelled several…

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Man Injured in City Quarrel

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 April 1932 · page 5

ALLEGED to have been assaulted outside an hotel in Phillip Street, City, last night. Eric Kersley, of Austral Avenue, North…

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Left £40,000 Investor Who Was Drowned

The Sun · Tuesday 26 April 1932 · page 8

Charles Joseph Kevin, investor, of Manly, who was drowned near Middle Head on October 30, 1931, left an estate of £35,000 to £40,000…

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Car Hits Tram Woman Is Seriosuly Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 26 April 1932 · page 10

As a result of a collision between a tram and motor car in Prince's Highway, Kogarah, last night, Myrtle Lee, 32, of Wells-street, Redfern,…

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Glass Sides of Bus Fell in Woman Killed in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 April 1932 · page 11

MLBOURNE, Monday. -- Mrs. Kennedy, of Smeaton, was fatally injured when a motor-bus and a car collided at Ballarat to-day…

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Four Hurt in Car and Tram Smash Swerved to Avoid a Collision Woman Serious

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 April 1932 · page 6

FOUR persons were injured -- one seriously -- when the car in which they were riding along Prince's Highway, Kogarah, last night,…

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Queer Accident Murwillumhah

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 April 1932 · page 7

Neville McCabe, a young man who lives in the town, received an electric shock that rendered him unconscious for 20 minutes when he…

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Boating Fatality. Nowra, Tuesday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 12

Arthur Waters, 52 years, married, died following a boating accident at Conjola late this morning. Waters, who lived at Prospect, went fishing with a companion in a small boat,…

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Axeman Injured. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 12

While engaged in a wood-chopping contest at the Rockley sports, Ernest Bagnell, 35, of Sydney, overbalanced on the log on which he was standing, and his axe inflicted a deep…

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Five Injured in Car Smash

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 7

TWISTED RUINS of a car which collided with another on the Windsor Road, Parramatta. Five people were injured…

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Steam Tram-car Collision Woman in Hospital Seriously Hurt

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 10

With her skull fractured, and suffering from internal injuries received in a collision at Kogarah between a car and a steam tram. Myrtle Lee…

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No Mercy for Road-hogs Fatality Means Manslaughter British Bill London

The Sun · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 1

"CHILDREN and elderly people are being slaughtered in large numbers every year, and motorists are escaping…

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Big Batch Of Injured Rugby League Players A. Ridley on List Wrist Is Broken Out Of All Games Country Men Hurt Too

The Sun · Wednesday 27 April 1932 · page 4

The Rugby League season of 1932 is on a fair towards going on record as the one with more injuries than in any other year. There have certainly been a tremendous…

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