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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

3,190 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 160

Injured Keeper Has His Say How He Was Hit In Third Test Woodfull a Great Captain and Man Hoping For The Best

The Sun · Sunday 22 January 1933 · page 37

"I AM totally opposed to the body-line bowling with the packed leg field of 4 or 5 men close in and two on the fence," said Bert Oldfield, the Australian wicket-keeper, when he returned to Sydney from Adelaide…

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Doctor Injured Accident at Campbelltown

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 6

Thought to have fallen asleep at the wheel of his car Dr. Aubrey King, 57, of Station Street, Pymble was badly injured yesterday…

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Injured Cricketer's Return

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 10

W. A. Oldfield, the Australian test cricketer, at Central Station on Saturday. He is showing the bandage on the head injury he received in Adelaide. Mrs. Oldfield accompanied her husband…

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Casualties. Girl Fatally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 10

Paulene Ruth Haywood, 15, was knocked down by a boy riding a miniature push bicycle near her home in Western-road, Pendle Hill, on Friday night. She died in the…

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Man Drowned in River. Hay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 10

About 11 a.m. yesterday, Daniel Herrick, 21, employed by W. A Macaw, of Adavale, Boollgal, for three years, was seen to drive a mob of Macaw's sheep across the brldce at BOOligal…

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Doctor Injured Car Hits Tree

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 1

Dr. Aubrey King, of Pymble, received serve injuries when the motor car he was driving collided with a tree, after leaving the Appin-road near…

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The Sun Stop-press Injured in Explosion

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 1

Two men were injured late this afternoon in an explosion at the Balmain Colliery. They were taken by the Central Ambulance to the…

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Freighter Is Abandoned Captain and Three of Crew Drowned London

The Labor Daily · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 5

The British freighter Exeter City, 2959 tons, hes been abandoned in mid-Atlantic The United States liner, American…

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Four Injured Leg Theory Led To Fight ADELAIDE

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 10

Parkland cricketers tried the leg theory yesterday and four men struck by bumpers were treated at Adelaide Hospital…

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Car Crashed 140 Ft. Over Cliff Overturns Six Times; Two Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A sedan car, in which were two men, two women, a girl aged 14, and a child of 8, crashed over the side of the Great…

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Hundreds of Homes Flooded Residents Awoke to Find Water Level with Beds Horses Drowned in Stable

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 9

ROTARY-ROAD, for the miles of its length, was a yellow torrent early this morning, fed by swift streams that had been streets; and, in the low-lying parts of Alexandria and Waterloo, hundreds…

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Seven Drowned in Flood Torrent Campers Overwhelmed At Stanwell' Park Lashed Together Father's Heroic Efforts to Save Family Landslide Smothers Boy

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 1

DURING the terrific storm which lashed the coast last night and to-day, seven people were drowned and two others were gallantly rescued when flood waters rushed on the valley at Stanwell Park and overwhelmed parties of campers. THE dead include a mother, father, and their three children, and two brothers of another…

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Lorry Accidents. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 10

Wilfred Scott Mason was crushed between two heavy lorries while uncoupling them on the Sydney-road, near Kelso. Mason was agea 46, married, of Yetholme, and an employee of…

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Motor Accidents. Car Over Bank. Family's Wonderful Escape

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 10

Returning from a holiday at Bateman's Bay, with his wife, daughter, and a boy friend, Mr. Allan M. Shepherd, of Dulwich Hill, had a remarkable escape from death in a…

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The Victims. Drowned at Stanwell Park

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 11

VINCENT KEMPTON DAVIS, 40, of Fraserstreet, Leichhardt. Mrs. ROSA GLADYS DAVIS. 35. VINCENT DAVIS, 12…

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Woman Severely Injured. Bellingen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 12

Mrs. F. Boustead, of Brisbane, is at present an inmate of the Bellinger Hospital, suffering from severe chest and lung injuries, the result of a motor mishap on the North Coast road…

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Explosion. Balmaincolliery Spark Ignites Gas. Two Miners Critically Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 11

A terrific explosion of gas took place in the old Balmain Colliery yesterday afternoon, and two men were critically injured. They were shockingly burned about their…

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Sydney Man Dies in Car Smash Two Others Injured; Motor Burnt

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Monday. --The driver was killed and two seriously injured when a single-seater car returning to N.S.W. swerved off the…

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Hurricane C L a I M S Ten Lives Five Bodies Recovered and Five Still Missing Eight Drowned

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 5

EIGHT lives were lost by drowning and a boy was buried alive by a landslide on the South Coast during the week-end, and…

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Casualties. Accident with Pea-rifle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 12

James Ross, 15, of Kent-street, Epping, was playing with a pea-rifle at his home yesterday when it exploded, and the bullet fractured the bone of his left leg. He was taken by…

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