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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

3,190 stories in Sydney's papers · page 45 of 160

Truck Dives Into River Collision with Mob of Cows

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- Crashing through the handrails of the Surrey River Bridge after colliding with a mob of…

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Family Tracfdy Man Drowned After Daughter's Death. SINGLETON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 10

The district coroner commenced an inquiry on Saturday morning into the death of Mary Joyce Moffitt, two years and seven months, who died in hospital on March 28 from burns…

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Banco Jury Causes. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir Philip Street, and jury.) Level-crossing Fatality, Scott v Transport Commissioners of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 6

Suing on behalf of herself and her three children, Josephine Victoria Scott claimed damages under the Compensation to Relatives Act from the Transport Commissioners of…

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Wheel Flew Off Car Unusual Accident at Young Young

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 5

Pedestrians in Burrowa Street, Young, near the Royal Hotel, saw an unusual accident yesterday, when one of the wheels on a car driven…

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Men Fatally Injured. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 14

Herbert Verney Smith, 54, a well-known resident of Brocklesby, received fatal injuries when a dray laden with wood passed over him. He was unloading wood in his…

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Miners Injured. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 14

When a fall of coal occurred at [?] Hill colliery Minmi, Walter Al[?]an, 43, had his thigh fractured. He was admitted to Maitland Hospital…

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Airship Falls Into Sea. U.S. Navy's Aliron. Seventy-four Believed Drowned. Three Rescued by Oil Tanker. New York, April 4

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 13

The United States Navy dirigible Akron was forced down into the sea during a violent thunderstorm off the New Jersey coast, and all but three of the 77 men aboard are believed to have been drowned. The crash occurred about 12.30 this morning, and the airship was…

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Law Report. Banco Jury Causes. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir Phillp Street, and juries.) Level Crossing Fatality. Scott v Transport Commissioners of New South Wales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 10

The hearing was concluded of the action brought by Josephine Victoria Scott under the Compensation to Relatives Act to recover, damages for herself and her three children…

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Street Accidents Man and Woman Struck by Cars

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 April 1933 · page 11

When Mary McKinnings (56), of McIntyre Street, Gordon, was crossing Pacific Highway, Gordon, last night, she was knocked down by a…

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Cyclist Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 2

While cycling along the Parramatta road at Clyde, Mr. J. Thorley, of Denmore street, Wentworthville, was struck by a sedan car and thrown to the ground…

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Aged Woman Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 7

Knocked down by a car as she was crossing Bondi Road, Waverley, last night, Alice Crougley (72), Kenilworth Street, Waverley, received…

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Casualties. Man Fatally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 10

William George Collins, 63, a railway employee, of Percival-street, Stanmore, was Knocked down by a motor car in Parramattaroad, near Rose-street, city, on Tuesday night…

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The Sun Stop-press Rhodes Fatality

The Sun · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 1

Jeffrey Giblet, 26, of Station-street, Thornleigh, who was injured in a ear crash near Rhodes railway station this morning, as reported on…

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Floods in Queensland. Man Swept Away and Drowned Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 9

When Willam Mitchell, 21, was endeavouring to cross Webster's Bridge over the Stanley River, at Kilcoy, on the north coast, in a sulky about dusk to-day, he was washed…

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One Dead Others Injured Heavy Rain Results in Roads Being Greasy Woman Hurt

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 7

WET roads were responsible for a large number of accidents in the metropolis last night. One man was killed,…

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Everest Test Nearly Ended in Collision Hazardous Flying on Roof of World Copyright-- By Arrangement with "The Times"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 1

PURNEA (Bihar), Wednesday. IN a flight by two of the Mt. Everest planes yesterday to photograph and survey…

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Car on Line. Struck by a Train. After Fall Over Bank. Two Men Badly Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 10

A serious accident occurred on the railway line at Rhodes early this morning, when a goods train crashed into motor car which had fallen over an embankment and lay across…

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Final Extra Car Drops 20 ft.--Hit By Train on Line Two Injured Leg, Arm Off Danger Signal

The Sun · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 19

A CAR, crashing through a fence, near the Rhodes railway station early this morning, hurtled over a 20…

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Southern District News Knocked Down Merrylands Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 17

Knocked down by a eyelist on sunday morning, S-year-old Shirly [?] aing, daughter of Mr. and Mrs, Laing, of Cambrige street, Merrylands, was lucky to escape…

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Country News. Unusual Accident. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 April 1933 · page 10

John Rootes, 15, employed by Mr. H. Oakman, met with a serious accident in an unusual manner at Borambola. He was riding a horse into the paddocks with a message to…

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