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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 139

Ambulance Is Kept Busy Road Casualties Numerous Many Injured

The Labor Daily · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 7

NEWTOWN-MARRICKVILLE Ambulance was kept exceptionally busy throughout yesterday and last night attending to road accidents…

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Leg Amputated Result of Motor Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 1

Knocked over by a car at Quarry Hill, Werrington, on Saturday evening, Harry Francis, an attendant at Boddington Sanatorium, was so…

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Accidents

Nepean Times · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 4

An accident, which, quite casily, might have had serious results, occurred to the small daughter of Mr J. Hunter, of Miller Street, a few days ago. The…

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Charge Follows Motor Accident

The Sun · Saturday 28 May 1932 · page 7

Struck by a motor car in Oxford-street, Paddington, this morning, Thomas Jones, 51, butcher, of Liverpool-street, Paddington, was…

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Hard Football in North Several Players Injured

The Sun · Sunday 29 May 1932 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.--Football games in the Northern District today were responsible for a number of players being injured…

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Cargelligo Shooting Was Accidental

Truth · Sunday 29 May 1932 · page 22

A REMARKABLE scene followed the conclusion of the inquest on Edgar Douglas Cook, aged 39…

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Tramway Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 7

When its brakes failed at the Argyle Street stop yesterday a tram collided with another ahead of it. The drivers' compartments of both…

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Country News Found Drowned

The Sun · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 10

GOULBURN, Monday.--Alarmed at the absence yesterday of his two-year-old son, William Dawson, of Bolong, searched and found the…

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Tram Collision On Bridge Approach

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 9

A tram from North Sydney crashed into a stationary tram on the Harbour Bridge approach at the Argyle-street stop, shortly before midday yesterday. The collision was…

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Footballer Injured. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 10

When playing in a Rugby League football match between Bathurst and Parkes, Patrick Kennedy (Bathurst) sustained concussion and lacerations. He was admitted to hospital…

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Wearing Had Injured Muscle

The Labor Daily · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 3

A DAMAGED leg muscle kept Benny Wearing out of the metropolitan team on Saturday…

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Elderly Couple Injured. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 10

Two elderly people were injured in a collision between a motor-car and a sulky on Jindera Gap. They were William Dopper, 71, who received fractures of ribs, abrasions, and shock,…

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Man Leaps From Harbour Bridge. Severely Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 9

A young man Jumped from the footway rail of the Harbour Bridge yesterday, and after turning over and over in the air, struck the water of the harbour on his back, Although…

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CLAIMS £249 Leg Injured on Toy Train Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 8

when a miniature train at Edwood capsized on January 24, Edward C. Lemon, bookmaker's clerk, suffered a broken leg and other injuries…

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Leaped From the Bridge--lives! Fall of 175 Feet; Hit Feet First Gassed Digger Has Spine Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 1

ROBERT Anderson, of Croydon Road, Lakemba, leaped from the Harbor Bridge yesterday…

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Under the Influence Canley Vale Accident Magistrate's Comment

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 1

"My own opinion is that you were all under the influence of Biquor," said the magistrate (Mr. Atkinson): at Liverpool…

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Peculiar Accident

The Sun · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 9

London, Sunday.--Just after a motor coach crowded with passengers had passed a manhole in Soho, there was a terrific explosion, and a…

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Taxi-cab Overturned. Greasy Roads Cause Accidents Motorist Charged

The Labor Daily · Monday 30 May 1932 · page 8

Motor accidents on Saturday, are responsible for four persons being seriously ill in hospital. In one case a man has been charged…

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Footballer Injured. Moss Vale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 10

Playing in the "Hasboens" v second grade football match in aid of the unemployed, Jack Ritchie had his right collarbone broken. He had previously suffered a fracture of the left…

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Man Critically Injured. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 May 1932 · page 10

Edward O'Donnell, of Urana-road, was knocked down by a motor car in Baylis-street to-day. He sustained extensive injuries, and was admitted to hospital in a critical condition…

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