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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

3,190 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 160

Motor Collision Claims for Damages

The Biz · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 7

In the District Court last Thursday, before Judge Edwards and a jury of four, James Ernest Mondy, of Clydes-street, Guildford, sought…

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Youth Drowned in George's River

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 10

Owen Pugh, 18, of Market-street, Bankstown, was drowned in the George's River last evening. He was swimming in the river at Moorbank with his younger brother when he…

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Mile Champion Fatally Injured

Arrow · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 20

A MOST regrettable [?]eature of Wednesday night's racing in the Australian amateur cycle championship was the severe…

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Cyclist Badly Injured Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 1

Clarence Craft, 48, of Sweetman's Creek, was admitted to Cessnock Hospital to-night, suffering from a probable fracture of the skull, and…

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Youth Drowned Younger Brother's Vain Rescue Attempt

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 7

In view of his brother, Owen Pugh (18), of Market Street, Banks- town, was drowned last night while swimming in George's River,…

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Boy Drowned at Milperra Police Recover Body

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 10

WHILE his parents walled, the body of Owen Pugh, 18, of Market Street, Bankstown, was brought to the surface from 50ft. of water…

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Five Injured, One Seriously Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 7

Five persons were injured, one seriously, when a car and sulky collided in Hamilton early this morning. Reginald Banks, 23. of Macquarie…

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Jumping Accident

The Sun · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 2

When Rodier turned over at the third flight when schooling at Randwick this morning A. Giles was thrown heavily Giles was hit in the back, besides injuring one…

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Accidents of the Week. Woman Found Dead

The Propeller · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 4

When a relative entered the room of a house at Mort's Road, Mortdale, early last Monday morning, he found Mrs. Doris Ivy Billett, 26, in a…

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Inferior Axles Cause of Serious Accidents Tariff Inquiry

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 9

Serious accidents have occurred as the result of inferior axle shafts, according to evidence yesterday at the…

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Compensation Wanted For Street Accident

The Biz · Friday 24 February 1933 · page 8

Marjorie L. Lackey, of GladstoneStreet, Canley Vale, wrote to CabraVale Council on Monday night, informing it that she had met with…

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Railway Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 1

A roll-call at the Old Men's Home, Lidcombe, yesterday morning, revealed the identity of a man whose body was found cut to pieces on the…

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Jockey Giles Injured

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 2

CROSS-COUNTRY horseman A. giles received a nasty accident while schooling Kodier over the hurdies at Randwick yesterday morning…

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Injured His Knee

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 4

Whilst cutting down portion of a tree on Wednesday afternoon, Mr Bob Buckley was unfortunate enough to cut his knee. He was attended to by…

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Sydney Man Drowned' Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 5

Believed to have been crowned first night, Arthur Leonard Woolley, who was staying at the People's Palace, Melbourne, was found dead in a…

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Double Air Fatality in New Guinea Flew Too Low During Flight Aerobatics

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 5

THE double air fatality at Wau (New Guinea) last Boxing Day, when Pilot F. N. Drayton and his passenger, L…

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Solicitor Topay £120 Damages Woman Makes Charge of Neglect to Issue Writ Car Fatality

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 6

HOLDING that defendant had been guilty of professional negligence, a jury of four, in the District Court, before Judge…

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Train Crashes Into Car Over Level Crossing One Killed; Two 'Others Injured in Smash at Penrith Men Struck by Loco As They Tried to Escape

The Labor Daily · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 1

TRAVELLING at a fast rate, a train crashed into a car at a Penrith level-crossing last night, killing one man and seriously…

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Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 8

Whilst riding to school on Tuesday morning last Florence Pettit had a nasty fall from her pony near Rope's Creek bridge. The pony shied at…

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Air Accidents Committee Investigates Two Cases

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1933 · page 7

Dealing with the fatal air accident at Wau, New Guinea, on December 26, when Pilot F. N. Drayton and a passenger, Mr. L. H. Harper, were…

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