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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

3,190 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 160

Country News Three Injured in Car Collision Katoomba

The Sun · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 4

Two cars collided on the main western road at Lawson at 12.15 a.m. yesterday, and the occupants were taken to the Blue Mountains…

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Drowned in Fall From Boat

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 1

When Robert James Walt (14), of Chandos Street, Naremburn, fell from a hoot into George's River, at Deepwater, near…

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Fatal Collision Clerk Charged With Manslaughter

The Sun · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 9

Following a collison between a motor-car and a motor-cycle at Manly last night, when Thomas Herbert Stanley Cooper was fatally injured…

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Teacher and Girl Injured. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 10

Videth Marsh (18) was riding to school at Tallawadga Creek, near Glenreagh, where she is sewing mistress when her horse became excited and she was thrown. Miss Marsh held…

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Injured at Musical Chairs Abermain

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 5

WHILE taking part in a game of musical chairs, at a sports gathering at Abormain Park yesterday…

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COLLISION In Burragorang Valley. Car Rolls Down Embankment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 9

An extraordinary accident occurred in Burragorang Valley yesterday shortly before midday. Two men were injured and several had lucky escapes from injury, when a service car…

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EXPLOSION Devastates Town 100 DEAD, 2000 INJURED. Grief-stricken People. LONDON, Feb. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 9

Latest estimates indicate that at least 100 people were killed and more than 2000 were injured—250 critically—in the terrible explosion in the…

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Boy Drowned Trying to Get Model Yacht Leant Over Boat's Side and Fell Into Water at Deepwater Frantic Attempts to Save Life End in Failure

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 5

CLUTCHING at a small model yacht, floating several feet from the hired boat in which he was rowing alone, Robert James…

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Unusual Car Accident Bumper Bars Get Caught

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 February 1933 · page 6

Patrick Hegarty, of Manildra Street, Eariwood, and Wilfred Chappell, of Dee why Parade, Dee why, were injured in a…

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Priest Injured in Accident Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 10

Cars driven by Father Hugh Conaghan Balmain, and Mr. Robert Cook, Bellambi, collided on Saturday night. Father Conaghan's car was overturned, and he suffered a…

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A Traffic Block Southern Line Collision

The Sun · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 9

THE main southern line was blocked at Bethungra last night when a collision occurred between a goods train and an engine…

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Man Drowned in Dam. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 10

David Jenkins, 30, was drowned in a dam at Brucedale, near Wagga. With Daniel Anderson, Jenkins was looking after the farm of William Grant, the owner, who is on…

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Cricketer's Death. Injured by Ball

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 10

William Adams, 45, a tram conductor, of McBurney-street, Naremburn, was admitted to the Royal North Shore Hospital in a serious condition yesterday, after playing…

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Unknown Man Injured. Guyra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 10

A passer-by on the Guyra-Glen Innes-road about five miles from Guyra, found a man lying in the middle of the roadway with severe injuries over the right eye. The man was…

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Seaman Injured. Port Kembla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 10

When attempting to jump out of the way of a falling log, George Boyd, of Swansea, who is a seaman on the Idant, fell from a tuck to the jetty at Port Kembla on Saturday and…

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O. Callinan Injured At Caulfield MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 14 February 1933 · page 5

When his mount Fulfil took fright on the steeplechase grass at Caulfield this morning, the jockey O. Callinan was crushed…

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Country News Young Man Drowned

The Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 17

ORANGE, Wednesday.--Thomas Francis Wicks. 19, was drowned in a dam near the slaughter yard. A lad named McCaffery found Wicks's…

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Express Trains Delayed Bethungra Collision

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 1

Yet another railway mishap which occurred at 11.20 on Monday night, resulted in the main southern line at Bethungra being blocked for many…

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Drowned in Pool Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 6

An inquiry was held in connection with the fatality at the Small Arms Factory swimming pool, when Nellie May Masters, 19, met her death…

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Injured by Motor Car

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 5

Struck by a car at the corner of Yurong and William Streets, East Sydney, last night. Albert Hilton, 28, of Buckland Street,…

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