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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 139

Dairyman Injured. Blackheath

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 June 1932 · page 12

Herbert A. Duff, dairyman, of Blackheath, while hauling logs in the bush near Mount Boyce, was dragged by a young horse, which became restive and bolted Duff broke an…

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Accidents at Gloucester. Gloucester

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 June 1932 · page 12

A married unemployed man named Dunn received a fracture of a leg, an arm, and ribs when he was caught in the belting of a circular saw at Copeland. He was taken to…

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Two Badly Hurt in Falls Accidents on Stairs and Scaffolding

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 June 1932 · page 9

Two men came near death by falls yesterday, one from a scaffold and the other down a flight of stairs. Alexander Melcoff, 29, of Mary Ann…

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Damages Awarded Woodville-Road Collision

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

Before the Chief Justice and a jury last week, Charles Warner, fitter and turner, of Merrylands, brought an action against Fred Dalton for £500 as damages…

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Hands Shockingly Injured. Adelong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 9 June 1932 · page 10

While practising for the bullock-riding contest before the Church of England Sports commenced a young men named Reginald Wiles met with a shocking accident. He mounted…

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Benefit Dance For Injured Baseballers

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1932 · page 2

To assist two members who were injured recently in a motor collision, the Granville District Baseball Club organised a benefit dance to the Rechabite Hall…

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Boy Injured Fractured Leg at Football

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1932 · page 4

Playing football in Colquhoun Park at the week-end, William Jacobs, aged 9, of Farnell-street, Granville, fractured his right leg…

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Buried by Fall of Earth Married Man Dead: Another Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 June 1932 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--One man was killed and another, injured by a fall of earth in an excavation at Nashville, near Sandgate, this…

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Two Hurt Carramar Accident Lorries Collide

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 9 June 1932 · page 7

His nose cut almost in two by flying glass, William Donovan (44) received severe facial injuries in a collision between two motor lorries near…

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Head on Collision

The Biz · Friday 10 June 1932 · page 1

An accident occurred at the corner of Carrington-road and Lansdowne-road, Canley Vale on Monday night, when a lorry containing wood…

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Woman Injured

The Propeller · Friday 10 June 1932 · page 4

During an altercation between two men in Laycock Road, Bexley, last Saturday Margaret Shaul, 28, intervened, and was struck on the hand with a…

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Queen's-square Jury Causes (Before Mr. Justice Stephen and juries.) Motor Cycle and Car Collision Brown v Baker

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

Mabel Clarice Brown, wife of Royston Brown, sued Ronald E. Baker to recover £1000 for injuries caused to her, she alleged, through the negligent driving of the…

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Motor Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 June 1932 · page 17

Arthur Newton, 6, of Wetherill-street, Leichhardt, was crossing Balmain-road, near the Leichhardt Public School, yesterday, when he was knocked down by a motor car…

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Shot Herself Girl's Accidental Death

The Sun · Friday 10 June 1932 · page 14

Griefstricken, Mr. William Heran, of Victoria-street, Long Bay, related to the City Coroner (Mr. May) today how, returning home with his wife…

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Accidents of the Week. Fatal Accident

The Propeller · Friday 10 June 1932 · page 4

Ernest Bartholomew, 18, of Queen's Road, Hurstvilie, was fatally injured, and Roy Christie, 29, of Mort's Road, Mortdale, critically injured on…

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Accident at Botany

South Sydney Sentinel · Friday 10 June 1932 · page 2

At 6.46 p.m. on Saturday, at the corner of Botany Road and Da[?] Street, [?] accident occurred, when Frederick John Oddy, aged [?] of 1 Woodstock Street,…

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Injured Boarding Tram

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 June 1932 · page 4

Attempting to board a tram in Weston Road, Balmain, last night, Robert Zionzee, 44, laborer, of Smith Street, Ryde, fell, and fractured his…

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Unknown Man Drowned. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 June 1932 · page 14

It has been reported by the Cal Lal [?] that the decomposed body of an unknown was recovered from the Murray River on [?] 2 and buried under a tree nearby…

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COLLISION Shock for Tram Passengers Driver Lucky

The Sun · Saturday 11 June 1932 · page 5

When two trams collided at Balgowlah on a single track in Sydney-road, to-day, the drivers of both miraculously escaped…

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Injured Driver Trapped in Lantana Tangle Ambulance Men Had To Hack Path Groans Heard

The Sun · Saturday 11 June 1932 · page 3

AMBULANCE officers from North Sydney worked for two hours last night at the foot of the Spit Hill stone…

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