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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 139

Clerk for Trial Story of Motor Cycle Accident Victim

The Sun · Thursday 26 May 1932 · page 23

Charged at the Ryde Court to-day with having caused grievous bodily harm to William Bowman, while riding a motor cycle without a light, on…

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Woman Claims £400 Damages Motor Cycle Accident

The Labor Daily · Thursday 26 May 1932 · page 8

Mrs. J. Mulhall of Mill Hill Road, Waverley. sought to recover in the District Court yesterday £400 damages from Stein Hayes, of…

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Collision Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 11

A court of marine inquiry into the collision between the steamers Tyalgum and Abersea, on May 5, off Tug[?] will be held at the District…

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Youth Injured

The St George Call · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 2

While riding a motor cycle along Dumbleton Road, Dumbleton on Friday morning, Charles Matterson (19) Chelmsford Ave., Baukstown, came into…

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Accidents of the Week. Car and Cycle Collision

The Propeller · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 5

Charles Mattson, 19 of Chelmsford Avenue, Bankstown, was riding a motor cycle along Dumbleton Road, Dumbleton, last Sunday morning, when, at the…

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Injured by Fall

The Propeller · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 5

While Mrs. Amy Dunn, of Garfield Street, Kogarah, was walking along Ormonde Parade, Hurstville, last Saturday she tripped and fell to the roadway…

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Linesman Injured. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 12

At Uranquinty, near Wagga, to-day, George Morton, telephone linesman, had his right hand almost severed. He was unloading tools from a railway truck when his hand struck…

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Casualties. Injured by Motor Cars

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 16

John Moore, 52, a labourer, of Surrey-street, Darlinghurst, was knocked down by a car in Alfred-street, North Sydney yesterday morning. He was taken to the Royal North Shore…

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Two Miners Injured Kurri

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 9

Gordon Little 27 miner, of Aberdare Street, Kurrl Kurrl, suffered lacerations to the scalp and injuries to the back and right knee when strack by a fail…

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A Vendetta Bomb ? Car Blown Up, Club Rocked and Italians Injured INNISFAIL

The Sun · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 9

A BOMB explosion early this morning shattered the windows of the Cosmopolitan Club, completely wrecked a…

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Country News. Accidents at Lithgow. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 12

When riding a bicycle near the Intermediate High school, Neil Summons (15) collided with a motor car. He received a fracture of a thigh, and was admitted to hospital…

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Fatal Motor Cycle Accident

The Propeller · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 5

John Daniels, 47, of Prince's Highway, Kogarah, was fatally injured last Monday night when his motor-cycle skidded into a tram in King Street,…

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Motor Accident

The Biz · Friday 27 May 1932 · page 1

Mr. W. Prendergast, of Fairfield, a member of Astoria Tennis Club, is in Auburn District Hospital with a fractured skull, which he received…

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Man Injured

The Sun · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 6

John Balgairns, 45, of West Botany-street, Arncliffe, suffered a fracture of the skull, other head injuries, and abrasions to the arms, last night,…

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Boating Fatality? Townsville

The Sun · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 5

John Young, 22, Frederick Young 24, brothers, and Andrew Keneally, 19, are believed to have lost their lives in a boating accident in…

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Lad Critically Injured

The Sun · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 5

When the bicycle which he was riding crashed into a motor car at the intersection of Prince's Highway and Terry-street, Rockdale, this…

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Young Cyclist Injured

The Sun · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 6

Telfer Steel, 15, of Bellambi-street, North Stevne, was riding a bicycle along Pittwater-road, North Manly, about 4 p.m. yesterday when one…

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Aged Woman Injured

The Sun · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 3

Mrs. Sarah Ann Hutt (75), of Marlborough-street, Leichhardt, fractured her skull last night when she fell from a tram at the corner of Norton…

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Hotelkeeper for Trial Cars in Collision

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 9

Charged with having on March 5 by wanton driving caused bodily harm to Ernest West. Lionel John Carpenter, 31, a hotelkeeper, was…

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TRAPPED Taxi Driver and Fare Injured

The Sun · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 5

A collision between a touring car and a taxi-cab at the intersection of Park and College streets to-day resulted in Mrs. Frances Pickburn, 54, of…

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