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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

3,190 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 160

Latest About Liberal Doing WONDERFULLY Well Walks with Injured Leg

Truth · Sunday 26 February 1933 · page 5

SO well has Liberal done since he met with his accident on Saturday last that it is now quite certain it will only be a matter…

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Four Persons Injured in Car and Sulky Collision

The Labor Daily · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 5

Four persons were injured when a motor car and sulky collided in Punchbowl Road, Lakemba, last night. They were taken by…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

The Labor Daily · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 6

Eric Boeohey 21 of Newtown, had a narrow escape from drowning at Audley, National Park, yesterday. It is believed that Beechey, who…

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Workman Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 3

While Sydney McDonald (49), of Oxford-street, Woollahra, was painting the roof of the Royal Exchange Hotel, Parramatta about 5 p.m. yesterday, the ladder…

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Waverley Man Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 7

MAITLAND, Sunday.--In a motor accident near Tarro to-day, James Kelly, 27, of Ebley Street, Waverley, had his right leg and right shoulder…

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Cyclist Injured Machine Overturns

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 3

While James Gribble, 26, of North-parade, Auburn, was motor cycling in South-parade, Auburn, yesterday afternoon, he swerved to avoid colliding with…

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Fractured Skull Motor Car and Sulky in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 7

A man and his wife and their small son were thrown from a sulky in Punchbowl Road, Lakemba, last night, when a car driven by Albert…

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Motor Cyclist Is Injured Crashed Into Fence

The Labor Daily · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 5

Leslie Sconce, 24, of Bridge Street, Wentworthville, was critically injured when the motor-cycle on which he was riding, crashed into a…

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Country News Five Injured Car Crashes Into Gully INVERELL

The Sun · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 9

Five persons were injured in a car smash on Cunningham's Hill last night. They were Mrs. Newton Carroll,…

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Four Injured in Street Affray Police Act Swiftly Bricks Smash Window Arrests Made

The Sun · Monday 27 February 1933 · page 7

A SHOP window was smashed, a constable was hurt, and three men were badly cut about the…

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COLLISION Police Inspector Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 10

Inspector Stuart Robson, of the Traffic Branch, was severely injured, and Constable Wilson, of Newtown, suffered a fractured foot in a…

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Council Worker Injured. Coff's Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 10

C. McArthur, an employee of the Clarence River County Council, had his legs severely injured when a ladder on which he was painting electric light poles slipped, and he fell…

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Fight at Mining Camp. Two Men Injured. KALGOORLIE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 10

As the result of a dispute at Hampton Plains yesterday afternoon, two men are in the Kalgoorlie Government Hospital, one in a serious condition…

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To Replace Injured Men Again Rugby Union Is Ill-advised New Officers

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 8

Only by the casting vote of the chairman, that matters remain as formerly, was an amendment that there be no…

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Blizzard Kills Twenty - Seven in Britain Rivers Burst Banks and Towns Are Flooded Heavy Toll Hundreds of Cattle Drowned & Farms Isolated London

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 1

TWENTY-SEVEN deaths have been reported bo far as the remit of the blizzard that swept the British Isles during the week-end…

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Farmer Shot Dead Accidental Discharge Of Gun MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 28 February 1933 · page 8

With gunshot wounds in the head, the body of Jeremiah Edward Riley, 62, grazier, was discovered in a paddock at his farm about three miles…

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Child Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 7

Running across Penshurst Street, Roseville, last night, Valerie Waller (5), of Borambah Road. Roseville, was knocked down by a car…

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Woman Injured by Fall

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 5

Falling 5ft, from a verandah at her home last night, Mrs. L. Austin, of Beaumont Street, Roue Bay, received concussion and a broken left…

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Bathing Tragedy. Three Children Drowned. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 13

Grace Hamilton, 12 years, Mona Miller, 12, and her brother, John Miller, 9, were drowned at Richmond yesterday. The three children, with Mavis Miller, 10,…

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Live Wire Fatality Unlicensed Work Done Under House

The Sun · Wednesday 1 March 1933 · page 12

"The number of recent deaths caused by electricity is alarming," said the Parramatta Coroner (Mr. Richardson Clark) to-day, when finding…

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