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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

3,190 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 160

Bread Vans in Collision Four Persons Hurt at Lidcombe

The Labor Daily · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 5

FOUR persons were injured in Railway Parade, Lidcombe, yesterday afternoon, when two of Gartrell and White's motor vans collided…

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George Cook's Injured Hand. London, March 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 14

The Australian heavyweight boxer George Cook In[?]ured a hand during his training, and he will not be able to meet Larry Gains in the bout arranged for April 4…

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Out for Whole Season Star Forward Injured Union's Loss

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 3

Injury of a different type from that received on the football field will keep Bill Coleman, Randwick and…

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Woman Is Badly Injured Knocked Down by Car Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 5

Shocking injuries were suffered by an elderly woman who was knocked down by a motor car in Maitland Road. Islington, near the steam…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 10

A dreadful accident occurred at L[?] shunting yards this afternoon when Alan Phillip Balley, a shunter, was decapitated.He was struck by a shunting engine and was spun…

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Strange Accident. Barrallier

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 10

[?] a party of motorists was prenaring meal on the bank of the Wollondilly River, an egg was thrown into the camp fire and exploded. The contents new into the eyes of…

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Eight Victims Suburban Street Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 March 1933 · page 7

Eight people were injured yesterday in road accidents at Lidcombe, North Bondi. Taronga Park, and North Sydney…

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Accidents of the Week. Head-on Collision

The Propeller · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 4

When a motor cycle and a bicycle met in a terrific head-on collision, on Cook's River Bridge, Tempe, yesterday, morning, both riders were seriously…

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Painter Injured

The Propeller · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 4

Vico Rimoldi, 62, an Italian, of Crown Street, City, was painting the rear of a shop at Hurstville railway station yesterday, when, a stepladder,…

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Casualties. Fatally Injured by Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 16

Kathleen Downs, about 70, of Bazentinstreet, Belmore, who was knocked down by a tram while crossing William-street, city, on Wednesday night, died later in Sydney…

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Two Badly Hurt in Collision Skulls Are Fractured

The Labor Daily · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 7

A collision between a motor cycle and a bicycle on Cook's River Bridge, Tempo, yesterday, resulted in serious injury to both riders…

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Motorist Drowned. Car Falls Into Harbour. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 16

Two boys, while bathing, discovered a sedan motor-car in the harbour. When the car was pulled ashore the body of the owner. Thomas Selwyn Miller, was discovered inside…

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Fiji Floods. Four People Drowned in River. SUVA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 16

Heavy floods have occurred in the northern and western districts of the island of Viti Levu. Two Fijians and two Indians were drowned in the Sigatoka River…

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Communists Attacked. Excitement in Dublin. Twenty People Injured. London, March 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 12

While a tremendous fire in seven buildings in Bachelors' Walk, in the centre of Dublin, was engaging the full strength of the fire brigades and Civic Guards, it was discovered…

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Street Lighting Accidents Said to Be Due to One Scheme

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 8

Certain types of street lighting were condemned as "more of a menace than of assistance," by Mr. W. B. Bell (Bathurst), at the Electrical…

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Cars in Collision at Newtown

The Labor Daily · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 5

Following a collision between two cars in King Street, Newtown, last night, the driver of one of the vehicles was arrested and charged at…

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Hit by Train Boy Fatally Injured At Guildford

The Sun · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 5

Struck by an electric train at Guildford railway station shortly before 8 a.m. to-day, Gordon Alchin. 15, a milk boy, sustained a fracture…

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Six Dead in Crash Team In 'Plane Disaster 8 Injured Neodesha (Kan.)

The Sun · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 1

SIX men were killed and eight injured when a private aeroplane carrying the Canadian champion basketball team, the…

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Collision with Post

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 April 1933 · page 10

Two young women and a man were seriously injured when the car in which they were driving along the Western-road. Prospect, collided with an electric light post parly yesterday…

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After The Collision

The Sun · Monday 3 April 1933 · page 9

Butchers waggon and brick waggon after a collision to-day in Pacific Highway, Chatswood…

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