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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

3,190 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 160

Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 6

Miss Jane Lindsay, aged 13 years, daughter of Mr and Mrs Norman Lindsay, of Grose Road, Springwood, met with a nasty accident whilst out riding…

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Car Accident on Lapstone

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 March 1933 · page 4

A car coming down Lapstone Hill on Tuesday morning overturned, in some looks metal, near the railway bridge. Two of four occupants were…

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Pilot Sacrificed His Life Strange Accident At Target Practice Baby Killed, Too Calcutta

The Sun · Sunday 19 March 1933 · page 5

An extraordinary flying accident occurred at Ambala, resulting in two people being killed, and two injured, and a machine…

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Rider Injured Show Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 5

At the Parramatta Show on Saturday afternoon, Bede Weller (19), of Belgrave-street, Waverley, received injuries necessitating his admission to hospital…

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Newcastle Accidents. Six Persons Injured. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 10

When a motor lorry overturned near Swansea yesterday six persons all members of the same family and living at Morisset suffered injuries which necessitated their being taken…

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Fractured Skull Collision at Granville

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 1

A collision between a motor car and a horse and cart occurred at the corner of Sydney-road and Woodville-road, Granville, about 7.30 p.m. last Thursday…

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Neck Broken in Collision Little Girl's Death

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 6

A collision in Marrickville Road. Marrickville, within a few yards of the district hospital, yesterday, in which a car overturned, resulted in…

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Girl Killed Father Injured When Cars Collide

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 1

A three-year-old girl was killed Instantly, and her father injured, when two cars collided yesterday at the intersection Of Livingstone and…

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Athletics. Olympic Champion Injured. Philadelphia March 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 7

'Bill' Carr, who created a world's record for 400 metres a the Olympic Games at Los Angeles suffered multiple fractures of both ankies and a fractured pelvis in an automobile accident. His…

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Collision at Brisbane Motorship and Freighter Captain's Story Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 1

The Norwegian motor ship Roxen which came into collision with the Interstate freighter Mundalla at Brisbane, berthed at Lee wharf…

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Tragic Accident. Little Girl Killed. Father's Terrible Ordeal. GRAFTON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 9

Eileen Fleming, five, only child of Mr. Rupert Fleming, timber carrier, of Coutts Crossing, was killed yesterday in tragic circumstances…

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Flying Accident. Plane Strikes Mother and Child. CALCUTTA, March 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 10

An extraordinaiy flying accident occurred at Ambala (Punjab) yesterday in which two persons were killed and two were injured.An R.A.F.officer R.B.Young and Aircraftsman…

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Motor Accidents. Child Killed. Two Collisions at Same Place

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 March 1933 · page 10

A girl, three years old was killed when two cars collided at the intersection of Livingstone and Marrickville roads Manickville, last evening.Earlier in the day another collision had…

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Drowned on Her Birthday Narrandera

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1933 · page 7

Barbara Pauline Osborne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Osborne, of Narrandera, today wandered with two…

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Arm Injured by Quarry Crusher

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 March 1933 · page 1

When he, came into contact with the mechanism of a crusher at Prospect Quarry yesterday. Edgar Allen, on Me[?]lla Street, Prospect, suffered…

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Child Drowned on Her Birthday. Narrandera

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1933 · page 10

Barbara Pauline Osborne, daughter of Mr and Mrs C. Osborne, of Narrandera, invited two other children to play with her in celebration of her birthday to-day…

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Two Injured at Maroubra Crane and Timber Fall

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 March 1933 · page 1

W. Burt, laborer, of Walker Street, Redfern, suffered a severe lacerated wound to the head when the [?]b of a crane fell on him while engaged…

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Bullet in Chest. Woman Critically Injured. WINGHAM

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1933 · page 10

Mrs. H. R. Jenkins, of Hyndman, on the Bulga Plateau, about 28 miles from Wingham, was brought to a private hospital at Wingham suffering from a pea-rifle bullet in her chest…

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Horses Crashed Jockeys Are Injured at Moonee Valley

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 March 1933 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- When Sheafmead fell near the five furlongs post in the Trial Hurdle at Moonee Valley to-day he brought down…

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Grand Prix. Won by a Riley. Competitor Crashes. Five People Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1933 · page 9

Of the six cars to finish within the time limit in the Victorian Light Car Club's 200 miles Grand Prix race at Cowes to-day, four were British…

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