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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Girl To The Rescue Woman and Two Men Saved From Drowning Modest Heroine Who Quickly Vanished

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 1

After being forcibly kept from the water until an improvised life-line whs obtained a plucky 16-year-old…

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Open Verdict Is Recorded in Curious Death Liftman Collapses and Dies After Row in Building Wasn't Struck Sudden Shock Caused Fatality, Declares Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 7

AN inquest was held to-day into the death of Henry Gluck, 52, liftman, of St. Kilda, who died after an alternation in a city…

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Over Embankment Car Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 1

Falling over a 6ft embankment near Winbourne, Mulgoa, on Saturday, a car was damaged and the occupants severely injured…

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Accident at Holiday Camp

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 1

WHILE at a holiday camp on the Mulgoa Road, with her parents, Ivy Linfoot (9), of 191 Nelson Strees, Annandale, fell at play, and suffered…

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Accidents

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 4

On Saturday, 31st ult, a sedan car driven and owned by Mr N. B. Freeman of Bellevue Hill, who was accompanied by Mrs Bloom and two other…

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First Mining Accident of New Year Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 5

The first mining accident in the new year occurred to-day, when George Burns, 52, miner, of Mathieson Street, Bellbird, was struck by a…

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"Accidents"

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 January 1933 · page 9

THAT is property which cannot be disjoined from a thing and separate without the said things' death…

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Stop Press Woman Drowned in Harbor

Truth · Sunday 8 January 1933 · page 1

Police efforts to resuscitate Gladys Mabel Williams, 31, of Wilberforce Avenue, Rose Bay, last night, were unsuccessful. She was missed from…

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Near Drowning in Car Crash Woman Dragged by Hair From Greek Eiama

The Sun · Sunday 8 January 1933 · page 12

When a motor car overturned near Gerringong, Mrs. Thompson, 73, of W.A., was thrown into a creek. Her son-in-law…

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Motor Accidents. Car and Sulky in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 10

A motor car and sulky collided in Alstonstreet, Bexley, late on Saturday night. The sulky was overturned, the three occupants being thrown to the ground. They were Harold…

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Casualties. Woman Found Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 10

The body of Gladys Mabel Williams, 34, whose home was at Wilberforce-avenue, Rose Bay, was found floating in the water near the naval wharf late on Saturday night. The…

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Young Girl Injured

The Labor Daily · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 8

While crossing the road at the interaction of Botany and Cabret Streets, Rockdale, about 1.35 p.m. yesterday, Jean Scott, a young girl…

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Young Man Drowned. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 10

Charles Maxwell, about 25, of Albury, motor driver, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga this afternoon. Maxwell, who was unable to swim, jumped off the diving…

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Boy Is Drowned Launceston

The Labor Daily · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 6

Keith Hubbard, aged 10, was drowned in the Leven Riven, near North Motton, on the North-west Coast, to-day. The boy's parents,…

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Badly Injured by Horse

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 1

WAGGA, Sunday.-- When William French was kicked by a horse, his body was crushed, his lips cut, his teeth knocked out, and his nose…

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Failed in Rescue Attempt Tragic Drowning in the Murray

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.-- This afternoon Michael Hopkins, 33, a sewerage laborer, was drowned in the Murray, near Goat Island, Swan Hill…

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Constables Save Their Mate He Was Close to Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 7

GRAFTON, Sunday. -- Three Grafton constables figured in a sensational incident in the Clarence River this afternoon…

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Horseman Injured. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 10

While Mr. G. Mulligan was returning from Glen Innes to Newton Boyd, riding one horse and leading another, a rabbit running across the road frightened the horse he was riding…

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Drowning with Legs Tied Man Rescued From Port Phillip Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday.-- Noticing a man's hat floating on the water beside the Sandringham pier this morning, three men who were about…

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Arm Injured by Fall Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 9 January 1933 · page 8

Allen Edden aged 10 years, of Narare Road. Adamstown, receive, lacerations to his right upper arm when he fell from a bicycle to-day. He was admitted to…

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