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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

3,190 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 160

Mill Employee Injured. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 14

While James Martens, an employee of the Forbes flour mill, was loading flour on to a truck, he was crushed when the truck moved on to a dead-end, pinning him between the…

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Two Sisters Drowned Riderless Horse Comes Home

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 1

MACKAY, Friday.--On their way to school yesterday morning tragedy overtook two sinters, Mary and Thelma…

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Football. Rugby Union. Injured Players. London, March 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 18

Mr. Cooper, secretary of the English Rugby Union, denles that his union has agreed to New Zealand's request of substitutes for injured players…

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Crossing Fatality Were Car Brakes Faulty? Lengthy Evidence at Inquest Not Yet Concluded

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 1

There was a large crowd at the Court House on Tuesday when the inquest into the death of Septimus Edward Crawford, who died, in…

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Many Are Dead in U.S.A. QUAKE Thousands Reported Injured Towns in Ruins Six Heavy Shocks Rocked High Skyscrapers Populace in a Panic Los Angeles

The Sun · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 1

SIX earthquake shocks that rocked the skyscrapers of Los Angeles threw portion of that city into panic shortly before six o'clock this evening. The extent of the casualties cannot yet be estimated, but it was officially reported late to-night that nearly 100 had been killed and 2500 injured in Los Angeles. The full effect of…

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Casualties. Diving Accident. Stanwell Park

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 March 1933 · page 14

While bathing with his father in a lagoon at Stanwell Park this afternoon, John Osward [?] 16, son of Mr. Osward Eden, chemist, of South-street, Granville, dived upon a rock…

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Collision In Mid-Air

The Sun · Sunday 12 March 1933 · page 6

With wings locked, the two cabin 'planes lurch against each other in mid-air. The boys in the lower part of the picture stand amazed and shocked -- the 'planes are their models…

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120 DEAD; 4150 Injured in U.S. Eartttquake Many Cities Are Shaken Fire, Landslide and Tidal Wave 200 Miles of Havoc in Los Angeles Flight From Hospital Flames Race Towards Huge Oil Fields Los Angeles

The Sun · Sunday 12 March 1933 · page 1

One hundred and twenty dead, and 4150 injured, is the latest estimate of casualties in Southern California, where earthquake, fire, landslide, and tidal wave wrought havoc over an area 200 miles long, and 30 miles wide, on Friday night. Los Angeles, Long Beach and other big cities suffered severely, 100 communities being rocked…

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Two Cars in Collision Five Persons Injured Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 5

When two cars collided at Kensington, a suburb of Adelaide, yesterday afternoon, nine persons in one car were thrown to the roadway, one…

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Drowned in Murray

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 1

MILDURA (VIC.), Sunday.--Peter Joy, fruit-picker, of Ouyen, was drowned in the River Murray at Mildura on Saturday night…

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Woman Injured in Car Accident

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 5

When a motor car driven by Mrs. Cornwall, of Canterbury Road, Punchbowl, crashed into an electric light polo on tho Western Road,…

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Nightwatchman Injured

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 6

John Smith, a nightwatchman, of Johnson Street, Annandale, was admitted to Sydney Hospital in an unconscious condition yesterday…

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Motor Fatality. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 10

The District Coroner (Mr. W. A. Cole) held an inquiry into the death of Gerald Percival Brindley, postmaster at Boomi, who was killed in a motor accident about a mile from Garah…

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Pillion Rider Injured

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 5

William James, a chemical worker, of Weston Road, Rozelle, received a compound fracture of the right leg late yesterday afternoon, when a…

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Half-caste Drowned. Balranald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 10

A half-caste aboriginal, Robert Stead, 33, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River, near the local bridge, on Thursday afternoon. He went for a swim, and sank in deep water…

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Country News Drowned in the Surf

The Sun · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 8

WOLLONGONG, Monday.--Frederick Priest, 32, was found floating face-downwards in the surf at North Wollongong beach yesterday. He was…

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Two Boys Drowned In Alexandria Dam

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 9

Two seven-year-old boys were drowned yesterday morning in a dam in Henderson-road, Alexandria. The two boys, Robert Cavanagh, 7 of 42…

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Injured Spine Dived on Rock

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 1

Last Friday, while John Osward Eden (16), son of Mr. Osward Eden, chemist, of South-street, Granville, was swimming with his father at Stanwell Park he…

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Day of Death Coincidence in Motor Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 1

PERTH, Sunday.--Mrs. Tilling, 60, was killed, and a baby boy, Keith Phipps, 15 months, was slightly injured to-day when a car ran down…

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Drowned By a Big Dumper WOLLONGONG

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 March 1933 · page 5

THE first surf tragedy at Wollongong for some years occurred [?] to-day when Frederick Priest, 32, a single man, of Coniston, collapsed in a big dumper at North Wollongong beach and was drowned…

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