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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 139

Constable Injured by Communists. Police Station Bombed. DARWIN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 9

While trying to evict Communists from the hospital at Pine Creek, Constable Turner who is stationed there, was roughly handled and received injuries to the face that will keep…

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Tossed Into Air Two Victims of Motor Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 11 January 1932 · page 1

Struck by a motor-cycle as he was walking between two companions in Dunmore-street, Wentworthville, on Friday night, John Cotter, 24, skinner, of Lindsay-street,…

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Tempe Woman Injured in Motor Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 8

BATHURST, Monday.--Mrs. D. Aylett, of Tempe, received concussion and fractured ribs when a motor cycle and side-car driven by T. Cole, her son-in-law, crashed…

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Hotelkeeper Injured in Fight. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 15

A Lithgow resident has been arrested following the admission to hospital of Ernest Follett, licensee of the Royal Hotel, Wallerawang, who is in a serious condition. Follett…

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Drowned in Dam Child Was Chasing Rabbits WILCANNIA

The Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 9

Hannan May Riley (8) was drowned in a dam while chasing rabbits yesterday at White Cliffs. She had been chasing rabbits all day and…

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Aged Woman Found Injured in Bed. ALBURY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 12

When Walter Watson arrived home after midnight he found his bedridden mother, aged 78 years, suffering from blackened eyes, cuts about the head, a bruised right shoulder, and…

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Hacked His Face with Knife Youth Terribly Injured Savage Fight

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 5

With blood pouring from deep gashes in his face and a gaping wound in his forehead, cutting his car in two, and down the…

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Traffic Accidents. Fewer Casualties in 1931

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 11

Transport accidents caused 316 fatalities during 1931 in New South Wales. Of these, 290 were the result of motor vehicle accidents, and 14 were caused by trams. People…

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Motor Accidents. Cyclist Arrested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 15

William Bowman, 42, of Broughton-road, Artarmon, was crossing Lane Cove-road, Ryde, on Sunday night, when he was knocked down by a motor cycle, which was towing a disabled…

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Tram Conductor Is Injured

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 5

While chasing two youths from the back of the footboard of his tram in Hay Street, City. yesterday afternoon[?] conductor Hubert Brooks[?] 36[?]…

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Fall From Roof. Fatality at Garden Island

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 January 1932 · page 14

When two men fell about 40 feet from the roof of a workshop at Garden Island yesterday, one was killed and the other badly injured. Ernest G. Seymour, 45, of Newton-street…

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Cyclist Killed Tragic End of Trip Collision with Bus

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 1

The motor cycle tour which Leslie Laurence Rose, of Dundas, Commenced on New Year's Day, and was to have completed on…

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Leg Broken Cabramatta Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 9

Playing in the roadway, Leslie Elvin (6), of Longfield-street, Cabramatta, had his leg fractured by a car on Friday. With two or three other boys, Elvin…

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Fairfield Tragedy Killed by Train Accidental Is Verdict

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 7

With deliberate steps and bent head, George William Arscott (50) walked to death on December 15. Unconscious of his danger, he walked…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 4

Hugh Munan, aged 46 years, of Connell's Point Road, South Hurstville, was riding a motor cycle along Prince's Highway, Rockdale, last Sunday when…

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Little Boy Injured

The Biz · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 8

On Friday afternoon Leslie Elvin (6), son of Mr. aid Mhs. Elvin, of Longfield-st., Cabramatta, sustained a broken leg. With other boys he was…

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Swimmer Drowned in River Tamworth

The Labor Daily · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 4

Roy Doyle, 16, of Paillamore, was drowned in the Peel River, seven miles from Tamworth, to-day. While swimming with a party of…

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Casualties. Girl Injured. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 10

Mrs. David Cassidy and her daughter, Hope, were driving in a sulky when the horse shied and overturned the vehicle. A wheel passed over the girl's back, but her mother…

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Bike Leaves Roadway. Cyclist Injured

The St George Call · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 5

When a motor bike he was riding mounted tho footpath in the main street in Rockdale about 6.30 p.m. on Sunday, Hugh Munan (46), of…

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Youth Injured at Chester Hill

The Biz · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 6

While attempting to stop a runaway horse in the street near his home in Virgil Avenue, Chester Hill, on Sunday, Harris Thompson, 20, a…

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