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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

3,190 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 160

Rival Launches. Nearly a Collision. Police Court Prosecution

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 10

The Navigation Department proceeded against Charles Henry Rosman, of Mosman, at the Central Police Court, for that, being in charce of the motor boat Royal, the…

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Pinned by Car Conductor Seriously Injured

The Sun · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 9

When a car crashed into a tram in Victoria-road, Drummoyne, to-day, the conductor, George Scott, 41, of Great North-road, Abbotsford, was…

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Awarded £90 Woman Injured in Theatre Queue

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 11

Stating that, while standing in a queue outside St. James Theatre, Elizabeth St., on August 28, she was struck by a motor car which came…

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Ship Founders. 13 Persons Drowned. Winter Hurricanes. Vancouver, Feb. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 14

Belated reports from Dutch Harbour (Alaska) state that in a tenlfic mid-winter storm in which a 60-foot vessel sank near Umnak Island in the Aleurians on January…

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Bishop Saved Twelve Drowned in Arctic Storm Dutch Harbor (Alaska)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 9

In a terrific mid-winter storm 12 persons are believed to have lost their lives when a small trading vessel, the Umnak Native, sank near…

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Railway Accident Victim Dies

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 15 February 1933 · page 6

Thomas C. Hardy, 35, of Park Street, Kogarah, who fell from a train 30ft to the roadway beneath the tracks near Banksia railway station…

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Girl Equestrienne Injured

The Sun · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 32

Bathurst, Thursday.--When Gilda Luther, 14, was thrown from her horse, her face struck the asphalt. Her nose was broken and she…

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Three Are Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Three people were admitted to hospital tonight after accidents in which motor- cycles were involved…

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Runaway Car. Passenger Fatally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 10

James John Bain-Scott, of Alma-street North Sydney, was fatally injured last night, when the car in which he was sitting crashed over an embankment at North Sydney…

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Fisherman Drowned. Swept Off Rocks by Wave

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 9

John Baker, 44, a musician, of Gale-road, Maroubra, was drowned yesterday when he was washed off the rocks at Little Bay while he was fishing. Brave efforts were made by…

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Pinned Against Tram by Car Conductor Is Injured

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 1

George Scott, 41, of Great North Road, Abbotsford, tram conductor, was pinned against the side of the tram when a motor car crashed into…

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Brave Rescuer Fails to Save Drowning Man Fisherman Is Washed From Rocks at Little Bay Body Missing Gallant But Futile Swim in Full Clothes

The Labor Daily · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 5

WASHED from the rocks while fishing at Little Bay early last night, John Baker, of Gale Road, Maroubra, was taken out to sea…

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Girl Hurt Liverpool Accident Party's Escape

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 9

Elsie Bull (10), of Rose-street, Liverpool, received a painful wound to the left hand and contusions to the hip when a motor lorry capsized between…

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Fatal Motor Car Accident at North Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 12

Parked in Alfred-street, North Sydney, last night, this car ran backwards about 50 yards and crashed over a 15-foot embankment. The occupant was killed…

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Detective Shot Accidental Explosion at Raid

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1933 · page 1

Detective Thomas Carroll, of David Street, Concord, was accidentally shot in the shoulder last night by a fellow-officer with whom he was…

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Collision at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 4

At midnight on Monday a collision took place between a motor car, driven by Charles Hislop, of Hudson Street, Hurstville, and a motor lorry driven…

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Boy Drowned at Deepwater

The Biz · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 6
Also in The Propeller

Robert Watt, 14, whose parents reside at Chandos-street, Naremburn, was drowned at Deepwater, near Hollywood pleasure grounds, at…

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Level Crossing Fatality. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 13

The Renmark to Adelaide goods train this morning came into collision at Taldra crossing, 25 miles from Renmark, with a sulky driven by Irwin Thiel, the 19-year-old son…

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Compensation Awarded. Motor Vehicle Collision

The Propeller · Friday 17 February 1933 · page 6

In the District Court on Wednesday, before Judge Edwards and a jury, Robert Luke Cowan, of Emkore, sued Frederick A. Swan, of Tanner Avenue,…

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