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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

3,190 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 160

Motor Accidents New British Scheme to Lessen Danger

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 19 January 1933 · page 12

AS a sequel to conferences between the Ministry of Transport and various road-Users' organisations, a new scheme has been evolved in England by which…

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Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 3

Barry Watson, 17, of Stuart Street, West Kogarah, was riding a bicycle along that street on Saturday when the machine collapsed under him. He…

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School Boy Injured

The Propeller · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 3

A boy named Jack Younie, aged ten years, fell between two sewerage pipes at Barden Street, Arncliffe, last Saturday, receiving injuries to his shead…

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Injured at Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Practising with the Excelsior Mill team, Alexander Carrol was struck on the forehead by a ball to-day…

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Merrylands Man Injured

The Biz · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 7

Colliding with a car in Windsorload, Baulkham Hills on Saturday afternoon, Gilbert Sheldon, 27, of Elmore-street, Merrylands was…

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Boy Seriously Injured

The Biz · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 1

Herbert O'Donohue, 12, of Vaughan-street, Lidcombe, was Seriously injured on Monday when he fell 10ft. from the parapet of the…

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Cyclist Injured by Car

The Propeller · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 3

Mr. W. Saxton, of Douglgas Street, Bexley, was Standing with his bicycle in Wollongong Road, Arncliffe, last Saturday, when a motor car crashed into…

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Stock Drowned in Flood Severe Storm Hits Toowoomba

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 1

TOOWOOMBA, Thursday. -- A severe storm swept the city to-night. Rain fell in torrents, and water invaded numbers of shops. Up to 11…

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Priest Drowned. Father F. Conlon. Lifeboat Capsized. Rescuing Youth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 9

Father Felix Conlon, S.J., a member of the staff of Xavier College, Melbourne, and attached temporarily to the Jesuit Novitiate, Loyola, Greenwich, Lane Cove, was drowned…

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Fractured Skull Boy Injured By Leg Theory

The Sun · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 9

Leslie Springall, aged 8, of Maloney-street, Mascot, was playing cricket this afternoon with a number of other children, some older than…

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Priest Is Drowned Gave Life Forboy Heroic Rescue in Rough Seas Body Missing

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 7

Rev. Father Felix Conlon, 44, rowing master of St. Xavier College, Melbourne, was drowned while trying to…

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Brave Priest Is Thought to Have Drowned Boat Overturned in Fight to Save Boy at Avoca Brother Saw Was Rowing Master of Xavier College, Melb

The Labor Daily · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 7

IT is feared that Rev. Father Felix Conlon, 40, rowing master of Xavier College, Melbourne, a member of several parties who…

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Fatal Accident. Boy Killed by Motor Car

The Propeller · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 3

After alighting from a bus opposite his home in Port Hacking Road, Sylvania, last night, John Talbot, aged nine years, was fatally injured by a…

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Accidents of the Week. Collided with Pole

The Propeller · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 3

A man named W. Loft,. aged 28 years, of Rocky Point Road, Ramsgate, was riding a motor cycle along that thoroughfare on the 11th instant when…

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Cycle Accident

The Propeller · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 3

Last Sunday afternoon Rex Nowland, aged 10 years, of Durham St., Hurstville, was riding a bicycle along Prince's Highway, Kogarah, when he…

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Worried by Accidents

The Propeller · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 4

Mr. Arthur E. Jones, of Prince's Highway, Kogarah, lives in what he terms the most unlucky and dangerous locality in the metropolitan area. In…

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Avoca Drowning Victim

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 14

FATHER FELIX CONLON, S.J., a member of the staff of Xavier College, Melbourne (and formerly of Riverview College), who was drowned on Thursday at…

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Casualties. Boy Fatally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 14

John Talbot, 9, of Port Hacking-road, Sylvania, was fatally injured on Thursday when he was knocked down by a motor car outside his home. The boy had alighted from a bus…

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Search for Body No Trace of Drowned Priest

The Sun · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 3

Police, residents, priests and Jesuit scholastics to-day vainly continued the search for the body of Father Felix Conlon, rowing master of [?]…

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Search for Body of Priest Drowned When Saving Youth in Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 7

From daybreak yesterday police and civilians, led by Constable Rowen, of Terrigal, made an unsuccessful search of Avoca Beach and the neighboring…

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