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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 139

Boy Accidentally Shot. Wollongong

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

James Henson, 15, while shooting rabbits at the back of Mount Keira yesterday, was accidentally shot by a companion with a pearifle. The bullet lodged in his left elbow. He…

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Accident and Quick Study

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 May 1932 · page 6

Len Ryder, who took the part of Dino in the play "Humoresque." produced at the Four Arts Club, was out of the cost on Saturday. He had been badly hurt by the…

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Four Gars in Collision Drivers Hurt

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 May 1932 · page 6

Four cars were concerned in a remarkable smash at the intersection of New South Head and Beach Roads, Rushcutter Bay, last night,…

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Pillion Rider Injured Collision With Bicycle

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1932 · page 1

When a motor cycle struck a bicycle on the Woodville-road, Granville, last Thursday, Edwin McGurrity, aged 21, National-street, Leichhardt, who was…

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Youth Is Fatally Injured Cycle-car Collision

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 May 1932 · page 1

Suffering fractures to the skull, left arm and leg, and a severely lacerated left arm, Henry Bayley, 19, of Atchinson Street, Crow's Nest, was…

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COLLISION Coasters Crashed at Sea Limped Home

The Sun · Thursday 5 May 1932 · page 15

TWO well-known coasters, the Tyalgum and Abersea, were in collision off Norah Head at 5.15 a.m. to-day…

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Fatal Collision with Car Cyclist Through a Sedan Window

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 May 1932 · page 5

Crashing into a sedan car at Neutral Bay last night, a bicycle rider, Henry Bailey (19), of Crow's Nest, was flung through the window and…

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Fatally Injured Knocked Down by Lorry Walking to Parramatta

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1932 · page 14

On his way to the community singing at the Parramatta Town Hall on Monday night, Jeremiah Smith was fatally injured by a motor lorry driven by Ernest…

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Personality Lost in Memory Veil IDENTIFIED But Injured Girl Knows Nothing Fell From Tram

The Sun · Thursday 5 May 1932 · page 19

ALTHOUGH she was identified by her mother this morning as Miss Dorothy May Pitt, aged 23, the young woman who…

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Train on Fire. Spectacular Accident. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 May 1932 · page 13

As the fuel tanks on a petrol-electric train were being refilled in the passenger yard at the Spencer-street station to-night, a sheet of flame suddenly enveloped the train and…

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Woman Found Drowned

The Propeller · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 7

Shortly after 8 o'clock this morning Mrs. Nancy Kemp, aged 53 years, residing at Hamilton Street, Hurstvilie, was found floating in the water at Oatley…

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300 Chickens Drowned

The Biz · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 8

W. Hathway, of Humphries-road, St. John's Park, requested CabraVale Council to form the watertable in front of his property. In heavy…

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Injured in Car Accident Coraki

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 10

While returning from Kyogle, a car in which were Alderman J. Allison, the Mayor of Coraki, Councillor L. H. Robinson, the president of Woodburn Shire, Mr. G. L. Harrison, the shire…

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Collier Damaged in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 12

The bows of the collier Abersea after her collision at sea yesterday with the steamer Tyalgum…

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Result of Collision at Sea

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 12

A view of the starboard side of the Tyalgum, which collided near Norah Head yesterday with the collier Abersea…

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In Collision. Coaster and Collier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 9

The coastal steamer Tyalgum and the collier Abersea were badly damaged when they came into collision off Norah Head, south of Newcastle, early yesterday morning…

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Boy Injured by Car

The Propeller · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 4

On Saturday last Thomas Roper, aged six years, of Ascot Street, Bexley, was knocked down by a motor car driven by Herbert Thomas, residing in' Staple…

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Rounll-ball Devotees Are Working Into Form New Soccer Secy. Appointed Many Players on Injured List

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 3

AUSTRALIAN Soccer was givcn a surprise a few days ago by the appointment of Mr. Roy Druery (State League treasurer), as secretary of the Australian Soccer Association. He succeeds Mr. E. Lukeman, who resigned after holding the position for…

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Road Accidents. Heavy Toll in Britain. National Safety Congress. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, May 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 9

The National Safety Congress in London today considered the gravest problem of modern transport confronting all countries—that of road accidents. The Minister for Transport…

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Accidents of the Week. Three Cars Collide

The Propeller · Friday 6 May 1932 · page 4

Three motor cars came into collision on Sunday at the corner of Forest Road and Alfred Street, Hurstville. Fortunately the impact was not very severe…

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