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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

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Accidents of the Week. Collisions at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 4

On Saturday evening a collision occurred in Station Street, Hurstville, between a motor 'bus, driven by William Kent, of Wollongong Road,…

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On Car Bonnet Man Hurt in Strange Car Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 5

Hit by a car last night at the corner of Cleveland and Bourke Streets, John Davis (50), an ex-pugilist, of Parkham Street, Surry Hills, slithered…

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Boy Drowned. Playfully Pushed Into Water

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 12

A case of drowning was dealt with by the City Coroner (Mr. May) yesterday morning, when he held an inquiry into the death of William Henry Goldsworthy, 10, of Lane…

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Wrestler Injured. Dives Through the Ropes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 12

There was a sensational ending to the wrestling bout between Walter Browning (14.3) and Billy Meeske (14.2), at Leichhardt Stadium last night. In the sixth round Browning, who…

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Fall Was Nearly a Fatality Sensational Wrestling Meeske Wins

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 5

The wrestling match at Leichhardt last night between Billy Meeske (14.2) and Walter Browning (14.3) ended in a sensational…

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Brinsmead Now Speaks Has No Memory of His Accident Smith Calls Singapore

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1932 · page 1

Air-Commodore Kingsford Smith arrived to-day, carrying air mail for Australia. He will leave for Batavia to-morrow, and expects to be in…

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Young Woman Done to Death By Maddened Mental Patients Killed While Defending Asylum Nurse Tragic Riot in Ward at Kew Cries for Help Were Drowned in Pandemonium

Truth · Sunday 17 January 1932 · page 22

THE unfortunate young woman, who to pluckily went to the…

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Motor Accidents. Head-on Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 10

Two members of the Central District Ambulance, when on their way to attend a case on Saturday afternoon met a motor car carrying a critically injured man at Hornsby They…

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Man Killed by Police Car Collision with Lorry Others Injured Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 1

A thrilling chase by a police motor patrol after a stolen car ended tragically last night, when the patrol collided with a large…

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Three Girls Drowned in River. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 10

A report from Yarrawonga states that two young daughters of Mr. Thomas Naughtin, of Hume-street, Yarrawonga, and Miss McKenna, 19, also of Yarrawonga, were drowned in the…

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Three Injured Cycle and Car Collide

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 1

Two occupants of a sidecar and the driver of a motor cycle were injured, one of them seriously in a collision with a motor ear in Liverpool-road, Canley…

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Dashed to Rescue As He Sank Death Picnic at Sutherland Drowning Case

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 5

Death came with tragic swiftness to Stanley Goodwin, 18, of Wilson Street, Newtown, yesterday…

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French's Forest Crash Four Lorry Passengers Are Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 5

Panic seized two girls who were passengers in a car which collided with a motor lorry on Saturday night at the corner of French's Forest Road…

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Civilian Killed. Police Patrol Car. Collision at High Speed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 9

When travelling at high speed in pursuit of a stolen car on Saturday night, a police motor patrol car collided with a motor van at the corner of Hoddle-street and South Terrace,…

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Ten Killed French Railway Disaster 30 Injured Paris

The Sun · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 1

Ten persons were killed and thirty injured in a railway accident at Saint Just, between Paris and…

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Murder at Dapto Woman Killed, and Son Injured. Husband Detained

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 10

Mrs. Louisa Maud Shelden, aged 47 years, wife of the Stationmaster at Dapto, received fatal injuries on Saturday afternoon, when she was battered with an axe in her home…

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Train Disaster. 68 Killed, 130 Injured. Near Moscow. London, Jan. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 9

News has just been released of a railway disaster in which 68 people were killed and 130 injured near Moscow, on the evening of January 2…

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Slew Wife at Meal Time Demented Man with Axe Son Injured Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 6

Though still in wollongong District Hospital, George Seldon, 20, who received a blow from the axe with which his father,…

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Riding Accident Bingara

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1932 · page 10

While returning to his home at Topwater, near Bingara, Amos Michell, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Michell, received severe injuries when his horse fell and threw him. The injured…

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Student Drowned

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 6

TOCUMWAL, Tuesday. -- Alexander McKinnon, 20, a student at the Sydney Training College for Teachers, was drowned in the Murray…

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