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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Fell From Train Woman Seriously Injured

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 11

Mrs. Alice Perritt, 44, of Bathurst- road, Springwood, was critically injured about 100 yards from the western side of the Marrickville railway…

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Over Bank Manslaughter Charge Follows Fatality Coincidence Orange

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 11

The second motoring fatality in the district since the New Year occurred early this morning, when Frank Mannix, aged 36, was killed…

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Eye Injured Two Men To Stand Trial

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 12

Louis Sydney Dryden (23), laborer, and George Lewis (36). contractor, were committed for trial from Manly Court today on a charge of having…

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Bush Fires Must Injured Voluntary Fire Fighters be Compensated?

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 2

WOULD an employee, fighting a fire on private property which might, if lot go, reach lands under control of the Pastures Protection Board, receive…

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Holiday Accidents. Tweed Heads

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

A number of accidents marked the holiday season at Tweed Heads and Coolangatta A lad of 10 years the son of Mr. J. Slemon, fruit merchant, of Brisbane markets was…

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Motor Accidents. New British Scheme to Lessen Danger. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 9

As a sequel to conferences between the Ministry of Transport and various road-users' organisations, a new scheme has been evolved whereby it is hoped eventually to lessen the…

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Road Accidents Britain Tackles the Problem London

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 5

AS a sequel to conferences [?] between the Ministry of Transport and various hoad users organisations a new…

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Swagman's Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1933 · page 5

NARRABRI WEST, Wednesday.-- A swagman. attempting to Jump from a train near the station last night, fell between two carriages, severely…

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Injured in Collision

The Propeller · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 5

Dominic Donnell, of the Arneliffe Hotel, Arneliffe; Arthur Kearns, Johnston Street, Cronulla; and Yetta Roseberg, Clovelly, were all injured when…

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Accidents of the Week. Railway Linesman Injured

The Propeller · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 5

On Tuesday afternoon Walter Oliviera, aged 40 years, of Leichhardt, a railway linesman, was working on a 20 feet ladder affecting repairs to the…

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Motor Cyclist Badly Injured

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 1

When his motor cycle skidded and crashed into a telegraph pole at the corner of Byron Street and Coogee Bay Road, Coogee, last night,…

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Child Injured at Bexley

The Propeller · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 5

A boy named Warren Moodie, aged four years, of Forest Road, Bexley, was knocked down by a motor car near his home on Wednesday evening. He was…

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Motor Fatality. Charge of Manslaughter. ORANGE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 6

A motor car fatality ocurred at 3 o'clock this morning on the Bathurst-road, between Orange and Lucknow. A touring, car, driven by Mr. Joseph Osborne, left the bitumen road…

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Voce and Allen on Injured List

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--With the exception of Voce and Allen, who are receiving treatment for slight injuries, the whole of the English team will go to Bendigo…

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Bush Epic Injured Maori Cut Own Leg Off Amazing Pluck Auckland

The Sun · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 9

HIS leg crushed to pulp by a falling tree in the back country, J. Henry, a Maori, exhibited stoic…

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M.C.C. Team Off to Bendigo Voce's Injured Ankle MELBOURNE,Thursday

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2

The M.C.C. team, leaves for Bondigo to-morrow afternoon at 5. o'clock, but Voce and Allen, are to remain in Melbourne. The…

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ACCIDENTS. Touched Live Wire

The St George Call · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 2

When working on overhead wires at Hurstville, on Tuesday, Walter Olivi[?]ra (40) touched a live wire. He was thrown across the track and fell on…

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Safety Sense Is Cultivated Preventing Rail and Tram Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 January 1933 · page 7

Accidents on railways and tramways are kept at a minimum by the alertness of the Safety First organisation…

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Car Crashes Infant Fatally Injured Steering Gear Breaks

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 1

The breaking of the steering gear of a car at Emu Plains on Sunday morning resulted in the death of an infant…

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Three Nearly Drowned in Undertow Saved by Plucky Girl Gallant Deed

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

TWO men and a woman were almost drowned in the treacherous undertow at Collaroy early last…

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