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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

3,190 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 160

Pea-rifle Accident. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 10

Eswell Fetcher, 14, of Lithgow-road, Wallerawang, was admitted to Lithgow District Hospital suffering from a wound by a pearifle bullet in the upper part of a thigh…

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Accidents of the Week. Face Splashed with Acid

The Propeller · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 4

His face, arms, and legs bathed in sulphuric acid, Albert Gilding, aged 17 years, of Station Street, Kogarah, writhed in agony yesterday at the corner of…

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East Hills Fire Coroner's Verdict: "Accidental"

The Biz · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 6

The Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. Richardson Clark) [?] on Friday continued an inquiry into the fire which, on December 8, destroyed a…

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Vigoro Girls in Accident

The Biz · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 5

The vigoro team of Granville Citizens and Workmen's Club, after playing Cheerio, at Aulburn, and winning by an innings and 60 runs, on…

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Cyclist Struck by Car Merrylanda Man's Accident

The Biz · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 5

As a result of a collision between a bicycle and a motor car in Bridge-street, Glebe, on Wednesday morning the cyclist, Ronald Myers, 13, of…

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Drowning of Girl

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 1

At the inquest yesterday on Ruth Robinson, aged 6, who was drowned in Gunnamatta Bay, a finding of accidental death was returned…

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Young Man Nearly Drowned INNISFAIL

The Sun · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 3

Jack Paulin, employed by Whiting Bros., dairymen, almost lost his life in the flooded waters of Jonnstone River when the flat-bottomed boat…

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Race Club Secretary. Found Drowned at Perth. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 14

H. Faulkner Wilkinson, secretary and handicapper of the Helena Vale Race Club, was found drowned in the Swan River at South Perth to-day. A resident saw a naked man…

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Injured Man Is in Danger Laborer Is Remanded

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 5

Following an assault on a man in the city last Thursday. Ernest Morrison, 58, a laborer, appeared before Mr. Gibson, S.M., at Central Police…

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Mt. Druitt Accident to Mr J. JENNENS

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 5

We regret to report that Mr J. Jennens met with a painful and serious accident on Sunday last whilst riding his bicycle along the Western Road,…

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Bus Accident Near Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 14

Donald Rowles, 22, of Fairy Meadow, near Bulli, who was seriously injured in a bus collision near Bulli Pass last month, has been discharged from the Bulli Hospital…

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Pea-rifle Accident Coonamble

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 February 1933 · page 1

William Maher was accidentally shot in the leg by a bullet by a from a peari[?] when going through the bush with a shooting party. The injury is…

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Three Injured in Car Collision

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 5

Three persons were injured when two cars collided in Sydney Road, Clyde, on Saturday. The victims were taken to Parramatta Hospital…

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Country News Injured in Collision

The Sun · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 12

PENRITH, Monday.—While riding a bicycle along the Great Western road, near Colyton, Joseph Jennens, of Mt. Druitt, collided with a motor…

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Cyclist Killed in Collision

The Sun · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 11

Leslie McKinley, 17, of McNamara street, North Strathfield, was fatally injured, and Charles Henry Freeman, of Penkivil-street, Bondi, a passenger…

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Boy Drowned. Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 5

With two other boys, Victor Robert Denyer, 12, East Brunswick, was falling a corrugated iron boat in Merri Creek when it capsized…

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Unknown Youth Drowned Tocumwal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 9

A young man about 18 years of age, who was travelling in search of work, but whose name is not known, was arowned this afternoon near the railway bridge. He was bathing…

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Two Are Injured by Bulls

The Labor Daily · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 6

Mr. F. Hawkins, of Blacktown, and Mr. D. Moffitt, of Campbelltown, were both injured by bulls at the Granville Show on Saturday…

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Miner Fatally Injured. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 10

When a fall of "tops" occurred in the Invincible colliery, Cullen Bullen, this morning, James Tattersall, 50, a shiftman, was fatally injured. Tattersall was bending over a skip…

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"May Die" Injured Man Assault Charge

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 2

"Burke is in hospital, dangerously ill, and it is expected that he may die. His relatives have been sent for. And probably there will be a more serious…

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