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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 139

Wood Chop Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 June 1932 · page 1

WHILE competing in a wood chop at Rooty Hill on Saturday, one competitor, Baxter, met with a painful accident, gashing his foot with his axe…

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Bullet in Girl's Head Death Was Accidental

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 June 1932 · page 10

The City Coroner, Mr. May, yesterday returned a finding of accidental death at the inquest into the death of Hazel Hope Hevan, 16, who…

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Good News for Car and Truck Owners! Full-Circle Remoulds Guaranteed for the Same Service as New Tyres Kent Method Is Most Modern Yet Evolved! The Keynote of economical motoring is good tyres at right prices and enduring dependability, thus reducing costs, and eliminating accident risks

Truth · Sunday 12 June 1932 · page 11

THE demand for more economy in motoring costs has made car…

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Country News Drowning Fatalities

The Sun · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 12

BOOROWA, Monday.--James Joseph Miller, 57, a plumber, was found drowned yesterday in the Boorowa River. He has left a widow…

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Footballers Injured

The Sun · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 2

Bathurst, Monday.--Having violently collided during a football match, at Rockley yesterday, two Lagoon players were later admitted…

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Motor Accidents. Three Men on a Motor Cycle Collision with Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 16

Three young men, who were riding on one motor cycle, suffered injury early yesterday morning when the machine collided with a motor car at a bend in Hopetoun-avenue,…

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Injured Motorist Is Recovering

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 4

Admitted to the Mater Misericorde Hospital suffering from concussion, scalp wounds and a dislocated shoulder after his car had tone over…

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Children "Drowned. Woman's Clothing Found. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 11

Two children, aged two years and four years, were fqund drowned this morning in the swimming pool at Sunshine. It is believed that a woman was drowned with them. A…

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Man Injured. Seized by Three Men

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 16

Arthur Hayes, aged 43 years, of Jackaman-street, Bondi, was found with his leg broken in Bondi-road early on Saturday morning. He was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital…

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Drowned Boys Parents May Be Dead, Too MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 10

No inkling of the identity of the two boys, aged four and two, who were found drowned floating on the water in the Koroit Creek, Albion,…

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His Glider Ran Over Him Youth Injured in Trial

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday. -- Bowled over by a glider which he had recently built, Walter Rutherford, 18, a junior…

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Hart Injured. May Miss Australian Tour. Wellington (N.z.), Bunday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 6

G. Hart, New Zealand's star wing three-quarter, severely injured a shoulder while playing at Christ-church yesterday, and may not accompany the team to Australia. The team will sall on Friday…

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WOMAN & Her Two Children Are Drowned Youngsters' Bodies Floating in Pond Not Identified Mother's Hat and Coat Found : Will Drag at Once Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 7

BETWEEN 6 p.m. yesterday and 7.30 a.m. to-day, an unknown woman and her two small sons, about 4½ and 2 years respectively,…

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Cyclist Hurt Sequel to Fairheld Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 June 1932 · page 2

Charged at Liverpool Court on Friday with driving dangerously in Liverpool-road. Fairfield, on March 30, Maurice Baxfer was fined £2 with £1/0/6 costs…

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Casualties. Cripple Injured by Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 June 1932 · page 13

Mrs. Florence Macnaught, 56, of Johnsheet, Woollahra, a cripple, suffered severe head injuries, including probably a fracture of the skull, on Sunday night, when she was…

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Famed Geologist Professor Gregory Drowned LONDON

The Sun · Tuesday 14 June 1932 · page 10

The famous geologist, Professor John Walter Gregory, has been drowned in the Urubamba River, Northern Peru, where he was leading…

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Man Fatally Injured. Driver of Car Arrested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 June 1932 · page 10

Robert Owen Facer, 17, of Westminsterstreet, Bexley, died in the St. George Hospital last night consequent upon shocking injuries he received earlier in the evening in a car…

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Double Drowning May Be Murder Where Is Mother ? Poison Theory in Tragedy of Children

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 June 1932 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Hastening to the morgue from his unit to-night, and still…

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Queen's-square Jury Causes (Before Mr. Justice Stephen and Jury.) a Fatal Collision. Berwick v While

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 June 1932 · page 6

This was a claim by Mary Theresa Berwick on behalf of herself and two sons, brought under the Compensation to Relatives Act No. 31 of 1897, and List No. 6 of 1928, to recover…

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Taree Presents a Problem Can Injured Players Go Back to Field? League Leaves it to Referee

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 14 June 1932 · page 3

Can an injured Rugby League player, off the field, rush on and join in a scoring movement?…

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