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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 139

Ill-luck Dogs St. George Star Soccer XI.'s Injured To-day's Test

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 April 1932 · page 3

Still weakened by the absence of a number of its stars, who are on the injured list, St. George State League Soccer…

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Accident Through Car Skid

Nepean Times · Saturday 30 April 1932 · page 1

A CAR traavelling along the Western Road on Saturday, when turning the corner near Emu Park, skidded and almost turned over. Jesamine Clarke…

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Faulconbridge Motor Car Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 30 April 1932 · page 8

Mr A. Waghorn, of Sydney, and Mrs Brooking, a visitor from New Zealand, had a very lucky escape from serious injury on Monday night, when a…

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Youth's Deaths Ends in Charge of Murder Boy Friend's Story to Police of an Accident Two Versions Accused Is Remanded to Appear on Friday Kurri

The Labor Daily · Saturday 30 April 1932 · page 5

TRAGEDY attended an all night rabbit shooting expedition at Mulbring to-day, when, shortly after 8.30 a.m., Samuel…

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Cook Was No Angel Our Accidental Visitor Hard on Natives

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 April 1932 · page 4

"If Captain Cook had never landed here--" So began a once-popular song which went on to give a long list of the things…

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Jockey Who Drove Dangerously Sequel to Accident in Anzac Parade

Truth · Sunday 1 May 1932 · page 17

AFTERMATH of hit acquittal at the Sessions he was found net guilty and dischaged on a count of having caused grievous…

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Missing Girl Was Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 May 1932 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Missing from her home since Wednesday. Dorothy Jane Oxley, 37, single, of Seddon, was found drowned at 3.30…

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Two Injured Car and Cycle Collide

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 2 May 1932 · page 1

John Davis, 19, of The Avenue, Granville, was riding a motor cycle along Woodville-road. Granville, about 5.30 p.m. on Saturday when at the…

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Caught in Press Machinist Severely Injured

The Sun · Monday 2 May 1932 · page 10

Frederick Wilson, a machinist, employed on the "World" newspaper, was terribly lacerated about the arms and legs when caught to-day in the…

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Injured by Freak Car Albury

The Sun · Monday 2 May 1932 · page 10

Whilst driving a car which was reconstructed in such a way as to travel backwards at a fast pace at the Albury Motor Gymkhana on…

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Motor Accidents. One Man Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 May 1932 · page 10

Rowland Waterhouse, 73, of Bardwell-road, Mosman, died in the Mena private hospital, Mosman, shortly after he was admitted on Saturday night, following a motor accident…

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An Unfortunate Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 May 1932 · page 13

Tennis players will be sorry to learn that Mr. R. M. Kidston, the well-known tennis critic, met with a painful accident recently. He had the misfortune to fracture his right wrist…

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Constable Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 3 May 1932 · page 7

Constable Bamford, of the Regent- street Police Division, was knocked down by a motor car in Elizabeth- street, city, last night, and severely…

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Drowning Accidents. Opening of Duck Shooting Season. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 May 1932 · page 10

Three persons were drowned during the opening of the duck shooting season. A boat in which two brothers James George Symes, 26, and Alan Symes, 21, went shooting at…

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Girl Driver Injured. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 May 1932 · page 10

Last night Miss Marjorie Paviour, daughter of a postal inspector, was seriously injured in a motor accident on the Narromine-road. She was driving Mr. Vaughan Salter in his car…

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Death in Hospital. Man Drowned in Bath

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 May 1932 · page 7

The City Coroner (Mr. May) returned a verdict of accidental death after an inquiry yesterday into the death of Harold Aubrey Francis Ingram, aged 20 years, of…

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Train Badly Damaged In Fatal Collision MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 May 1932 · page 6

TWO men were killed in a level crossing smash between a car and a motor train near Toora this afternoon…

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Condition of Injured Riders Serious Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 3 May 1932 · page 1

Jockeys D. Smith and P. Ben, both of whom suffered fractured skulls when their mounts fell at Mentone on Saturday, were still unconscious…

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Unemployed Man's Act. Severely Injured in Breaking Window

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 May 1932 · page 10

"I wanted to go to gaol. I am unemployed," Austin John Walsh, 20, of no fixed abode, is alleged to have told Constable Semler after he had badly injured himself while breaking the…

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Three Cars Burnt. Accidental Fires

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 May 1932 · page 10

Petersham police, during the last three days, inquired into the burning of three motor cars. All the fires were accidentally caused. After Mr. Ellis of Dover-street, Summer…

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