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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

2,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 139

Motor Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 4

Whilst travelling along the Taren Road, near Taren Point, last Sunday, a motor cycle ridden by James Thomas Collins, 22, of Pitt Street,…

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Disused Cartridge. Man Injured at Ultimo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 12

James Greig. 35, of William Henry-street, Ultimo, was injured yesterday at his home. when he mistook an old cartridge for a length of copper piping…

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Drowned in Cook's R. Boy Victim Narrabeen Rescue

The Sun · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 7

STILL another fatility was added to the grim toll of Cook's River this afternoon, when Paul Taylor, 17,…

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Triple Drowning In the Murrumbidgee. Young Man's Heroic Efforts. Narrandera

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 11

A man and two women were drowned in the Murrumbidgee River, two miles above Narrandera, late yesterday afternoon. The victims were:—Stanley Roderick…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Propeller · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 1

Stanley Watson, aged 21 years, of Wollongong Road, Arncliffe, was driving along Gosford Road, Gosford, last Saturday, when his motor car collided…

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Motor Fatality

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 4

Mr Arthur Judges, District Coroner, held an inquest atKatoomba on 16th held an inquest at Katoomba on 16th inst. into the death of Dudley mark…

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Tugs in Collision

The Sun · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 3

While manoeuvring to take the Italian motor ship, Romolo, from her berth at Pyrmont wharf this morning, the tugs Champion and St. Aristell…

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River Drowning Vain Rescue Effort of Companion

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 6

Cook's River, the scene of several drowning tragedies, claimed another life yesterday, when Paul Taylor (17), of Joseph Street, Ashfield, was…

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Non-stop Car Pedestrian Injured

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 1

A car that knocked down Alexander Turnball, of Belmore Street, Penrith, while he was Walking along the Western road,. St. Marys,…

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Diver Fatally Injured. Wyong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 12

Edward Bedding, 22, who fractured his neck last week while diving in shallow water at Wyong, died at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, yesterday. He was buried at the…

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Poor Swimmers Boy Drowned; Girls in Trouble

The Labor Daily · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 7

Paul Taylor, of Joseph Street, Ashfield, was drowned in Cook's River, near Bankside Avenue, Undereliffe, yesterday…

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Woman's Ordeal. Badly Injured on Lonely Track. INVERELL

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 12

Mrs. Beacham, the wife of an employee on Mr. B. M. Wade's Bedwell Downs property, near Yetman, was thrown from a horse early on Wednesday morning on a lonely track…

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Accident with an A[?]e

Nepean Times · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 1

DAME Fortune has been unkind to Jack Sellars, of Kingswood. After being out of work for two years, he made a start on a job at Mr Fragar's…

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The "Accident"

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 23 January 1932 · page 14

COL. TOMMY WALKER could be very choleric on occasions. He had expected a sub. upon whom he relied having known him as private and…

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Casualties. Youth Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 10

Paul Taylor, l8, of Joseph-street, Ashfield, was drowned in Cook's River while attempting to swim across the stream. His body was recovered by the Marrickville police…

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Women Injured Cars Collide

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 1

Two women were injured when two motor ears collided in Liverpool-road, Bankstown, last evening. The driver of one ear was arrested lid later charged…

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Mysterious Shooting Three Men Injured. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 10

A message from Ipswich states that three men were wounded by one bullet from a pearifle which accidentally exploded among a party of holiday-makers to-night at the…

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Five Lives Lost. Drowned in New Zealand. AUCKLAND

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 9

A boat capsized in Waiuku channel, 40 miles from Auckland. Peter McIntosh, radio engineer, 31, and his wife, Lucy, 29, were drowned. Their daughter, aged 8, was rescued in…

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Men Found in Shop. One Injured and Arrested

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 4

While Constable Blake was patrolling [?] kineville-road, Erskineville, early on Saturday morning he heard a noise in Bussell Br[?] shop, and found that the front door had been…

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Driver Charged Two Women Injured in Motor Smash

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1932 · page 1

FOLLOWING a collision between two cars on Liverpool Road, Bankstown, last night, when two women were injured, the driver of…

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