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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Drowned at Island Picnic Sank When About to Leave Water

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 6

GRAFTON, Monday.--At the Salvation Army picnic on Susan Island to-day Clarence Earl Fischer (23), was swimming with companions when…

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Injured Constable Aided by His Prisoner. DARWIN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 9

While bringing in a prisoner, John Liddell, from Newcastle Waters to Wave Hill, Constable Robert Reid was injured by a horse falling on him and crushing him against a tree, breaking…

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Woman Injured at Cricket Match Collides with Player at Yarra Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 5

Mrs. Ivy Nelson (29), of Campbell Street, Newtown, was seriously injured when she collided with another player during a game of cricket at…

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New Year Violence in Berlin Three Killed, Many Injured Berlin

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 6

Three were killed and many injured in New Year violence here. Shouting "Hail. Hitler!" a cyclist fired on a group of revellers, killing…

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Motor Accidents. Car and Cycle Collide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1933 · page 10

William Kyles, 23, of Broughton-street, Ashfield, was injured last night when the cycle on which ho was riding pillion collided with a car on the Prince's Highway,…

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Casualties. Man Injured by Live Wire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 12

Walter Oliviera, of North-street, Leichhardt, a linesman, was thrown 18ft from a ladder to the ground yesterday afternoon, when he touched an overhead power whe near…

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Launch Disaster in N.Z. Ten Men Drowned

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 8

When the launch Doris, with thirty-one waterside workers aboard, was returning late last Wednesday night from the Napier (N.Z.) roadstead to the inner…

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Fell Overboard Into Sea Man Drowned at Coal Point Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 5

Standing on the deck of a motor launch proceeding from Swansea to Coal' Point this morning, William Crooks, 39, of Swansea, suddenly…

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Desperate Fight. Chinese Armed with Chopper. Man Seriously Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 12

A desperate fight between a Chinese, who was armed with a chopper, and a European took place in a room in Sussex-street last night…

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Girl and Youth Hurt in Car Accidents

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 5

Struck by a car near her home early last night, Melba Berthon, 12, of Western Road, Pendle Hill suffered concussion, and abrasions to…

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Disappeared After Accident Driver Who Went for a Doctor

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1933 · page 5

A driver who knocked down a girl in Western Road, Pendle Hill, last night, disappeared afterwards. Melba Berthon, aged 12, was…

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Drowned in Clayhole

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Harry Leonard Jones, 7, was drowned in a clayhole at Tatura this afternoon. He was crayfishing with a younger…

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Wrestler Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 3

Luis Pardello defeated Jim Robinson by two falls to one In the six-round wrestling bout at Parramatta Stadium last night. In the final fall Robinson had several ribs…

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Young Man Drowned in Dam

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--At an inquest into the death of Albert Ernest Bretag (19), who was drowned in a dam on his mother's farm at…

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Motorist Escapes Drowning' Dazed by a Fall Into Drain

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 5

When his car crashed into a concrete drain in Clarke Street, North Sydney, during last night's storm, David Craig was lucky not to be…

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Girl Injured Motorist Went On

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 4

While crossing Western-road. Pendle Hill near her home, Tuesday afternoon Melba Berthong (12) was knocked down by a car travelling towards…

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Baby Drowned in Water-hole Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 5

AFTER strenuous efforts, being hampered by thick reeds and rushes, Mr. G. Reeney and another man…

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Miner Injured in Fall Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 5

Working with a drilling machine at Wongawilli Colliery to-day, James Chinnock, miner, of Wollongong, slipped and injured his right…

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Racing Cyclist Injured. Coff's Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 10

Ray Goodwin, a well-known local racing cyclist, suffered a painful injury to a knee on the Bellinger-road yesterday, when he was thrown from his machine as a result of a stick…

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Motorist's Mistake Auburn Man Seriously Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 3

Forgetting that it was still in forward gear, George Sydney Midgley (31), Harrow-road, Auburn, began cranking the engine of his motor lorry last week,…

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