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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

3,190 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 160

Railway Fatality. Young Man's Head Severed

The Propeller · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 1

Just before noon last Friday, after a train had pulled out of Penshurst railway station to proceed to Mortdale, Mr. T. McMillan, a railway clock contractor,…

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Injured by Hit-run Motorist

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 10

Struck by a car while riding his push-pike along Spit Road, Mosman, late last night, Kenneth Bargah, 15, of Edwin Street, Manly, suffered a…

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Touring Car Fatality Driver Killed Instantly Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 1

When a touring car overturned on Prince's Highway, Unanderra, this afternoon. David Wishart Steedman, 45. licensee of the Illawarra Lake…

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Grazier Fatally Injured. Peak Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 10

Mr. James Aubrey, of Genharen, a [?] known grazier, was the victim of a fr[?] accident while engaged sawing timber. [?] feeding the circular saw, when a p[?] of…

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Spine Injured by Fall Lay on Road for Hours

The Labor Daily · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 7

Stanley Mahalm, 42, a painter, of Windsor Road, Riverstone, who was discovered on the front verandah of a house in Garfield Road, Riverstone…

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Casualties. Motorist Drives on After Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 10

A motorist who knocked down a boy cyclist in The Spit-road, Mosman, late last night, failed to stop after the accident. The cyclist, Kenneth Bargh, 15, of…

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Painful Accident. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 10

S. Penny met with a painful accident while using a reaping hook on a property at Linwood. Penny placed the hook on the ground with the point projecting upwards, and…

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Off Rails Accident on North Coast Line GRAFTON

The Sun · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 9

Fifteen loaded trucks of a goods train proceeding to Brisbane were derailed 21 miles north of Grafton last night…

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Accidents of the Week. Knocked Down by Motor Cycle

The Propeller · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 4

James Napier, four years of age, of Tavistock Road, South Hurstville, was knocked down by a motor cycle ridden by Andrew Marshall, of Penrith, in…

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Accident at Smithfield Motorist Found Unconcious

The Biz · Friday 3 March 1933 · page 3

Leslie Sconce, 25, of Bridge-street, Wentworrthville, met with a serious accident while motor cycling along Kenyon's-road, Smithfield, on…

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Carter Critically Injured

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 5

Huried to the roadway when a car collided with his horse and cart at Alison Road and Doncaster Avenue, Randwick, last night, Alfred Ashley,…

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COLLISION Between Tram and Lorry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 14

Three persons were slightly injured yesterday morning when a tram and a motor lorry collided in Parramatta-road, Camperdown, near the Larkin-street stopping-place…

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Smash at Crossing Fatal Collision

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 1

Septimus Crawford, of "The Pines," Lyons Road, Five Dock, was fatally injured at the Castlereagh Stre[?]t railway crossing last…

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Horsebreaker Injured. Coonabarabran

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 14

While taking part in the bullock-riding event at the Coonabarabran Show, William Gordon McGowan, a horse-breaker, of Tambar Springs, had two ribs fractured when he…

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Schoolgirls Injured by Car

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 1

Knocked down by a car at Mintary Road and Ben Boyd Road. Cremorno, yesterday, two shcool-girls, Jane Toy, 11, of Ben Boyd…

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Train Driver Injured. Nyngan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 14

Approaching Nyngan from Girilambone, Driver O'B[?], of the Railway Department, was attempting to adjust the pump on his engine, when he slipped and fell off as the…

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Girl Injured by Car Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 9

Knocked down by a car at the corner of Porcher Street and Cornish Avenue Hamilton. late this afternoon, Patricia Hollingsworth,…

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Train Derailed. Twenty Persons Injured. Alleged Sabotage. London, March 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 13

What a railwayman declares to have been a diabolical attempt to throw a train into the river outside Omagh (Tyrone, Ireland) resulted in the tangled wreck of all the…

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Compensation Right Upheld by Judgment Insurance Company to Pay Injured Worker Affects Many Breaches of Policy by Employer Not to Be a Bar

The Labor Daily · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 6

AN employer's breaches of the conditions of his policy for workers' compensation does not debar an injured worker from…

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Diving Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 4 March 1933 · page 2

While engaged in swimming exercises with other schoolboys at the river, near the weir, on Wednesday, Reginald Cook dived into shallow…

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