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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

3,190 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 160

Screamed As Man Crashed From 100 Feet Pyjama-clad Victim Lay Spreadeagled on Footpath Badly Injured Toppled From the Top Floor of D'hurst Flats

The Labor Daily · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 7

A WOMAN'S piercing screams directed attention to the plight of George Campbell, 64, clerk, as he lay spread-eagled on…

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Doubt About Injured Players England's Team to Meet N.S. WALES Sydney May See New Men In Action To-day Larwood and Allen to Rest?

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 3

England's team to play against New South Wales in the match starting at noon to-day at the Sydney Cricket Ground will not be made known until this morning, mainly due to the question of the fitness of two players, Voce and Paynter, who…

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Man Hurt Liverpool Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1933 · page 3

Critical injuries were received by Leslie Carrington (36), of Neil-street, Arncliffe, when he fell from a lorry and was struck by a passing motor car in Home…

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Sheep Drowned

The Sun · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 13

YOUNG, Friday.--Roads were flooded as the result of a cloudburst at Iandra yesterday afternoon. Cricketers returning to Young from an…

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Child Drowned

The Cronulla-Sutherland Advocate · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 2

The holiday was’ marred by a [?] at Gunnamatta Bay. [?] of Dreadnought Street, [?] in deep water and up to [?]…

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Collision at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 5

A collision between two motor cars occurred on Monday at the corner of West and Cole Streets, Hurstville. Both cars were damaged, but no one was…

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Motor 'Bus in Collision. Accident at South Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 1

On Monday a motor omnibus plying between Cronulla and Hurstville, driven by Henry May, came into collision with a motor lorry owned by Sylvester…

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Injured by Fall

The Propeller · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 5

Mrs. Vincent, of Hudson Street, Hurstville, met with a nasty accident at her home last week, when she fell in the yard and cut her head, which…

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Three Persons Injured

The Propeller · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 5

Three residents of Arncliffe were injured yesterday when their motor cycle mounted a footpath at the corner of Forest Road and Knight Street,…

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Holiday Accidents. Two Children Drowned. at Epping and Gunnamatta Bay

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 9

The holiday yesterday was marred by a number of picnic accidents. Two girls were drowned—one in a waterhole at Epping and the other in Gunnamatta Bay…

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Narrow Escapes in Collision. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 10

When two cars collided at the approach to the bridge, at The Rocks, a steep grade on the Bathurst-Orange road, one car overturned and the other car stopped a foot from…

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Drowned at Cronulla. Little Girl's Fate

The Propeller · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 7

Ruth Robinson, aged six years, of Lakemba, was drowned in Gunnamatta Bay, Cronulla, yesterday. Her brother and sister had narrow escapes. The…

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Doctor Injured Motor Collides With Tree

The Biz · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 7

Dr. Aubrey King, of Pymble, received severe injuries when the motor car he was driving collided with a tree, after leaving the…

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Car Crashes Into Church Gates Rebound Following Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 10

Rebounding from a collision with another car at the corner of Mowbray Road and Sydney Street, Chats- wood, last night, a car driven by…

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Preferred Injury to Collision Police Cycle Hits Telephone Post

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 10

BEGA, Thursday.--A police motor cycle containing Sergeant Glass and Constable Pockett collided with a telephone post near Bega while…

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Woman Attacked. Injured by Husband. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 10

A woman was attacked by her husband at a lodging-house in the city this morning, and received two deep cuts, about six inches long, crosswise on her left cheek…

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Girls Drowned on Holiday Surfer Missing at Tamarama Fatal Cramps

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 9

Two girls were drowned while swimming yesterday, and it is believed that a man lost his life while surfing at…

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Thanks Those Who Helped Flood Victims Brother of Woman Who Was Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 10

MR. S. BLANDFORD, brother of Mrs. V. K. Davis, one of the victims of the Stanwell Park drowning tragedy called…

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Child Nearly Drowned Over 20 Rescues in North Heavy Surfs Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 9

WHILE bathing in Ironbark Creek this afternoon, Lillian Woods. 5, of Shamrock Street, Hexham, got out of her depth…

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Four Injured at Cycle Track Rider Crashes Into Three Boys

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Skidding across the track in a race at the Newcastle Amateur cycling Club meeting at Carrington to-day, Edward…

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