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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Jack Lynch on Injured List

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 April 1933 · page 3

EASTERN SUBURBS centre, Jack Lynch, who was injured in an unofficial trial match a month ago,…

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Woman Killed Others Hurt In Collision MELBOURNE

The Sun · Saturday 15 April 1933 · page 6

An aged woman was killed and her son-in-law and Granddaughter were injured in a car collision at Carnegie to-day…

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Woman Is Seriously Injured Motor Cycle Outfit Somersaults Twice Bad Corner

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 April 1933 · page 6

THE intersection of Burwood Road and Lakemba Street, Belmore, was again the scene of a serious accident, when a…

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Rider Injured at Practice Grand Prix Races At Bathurst To-day

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 April 1933 · page 2

BATHURST, Friday. -- Although practice was not permitted by the police on the Vale circuit to-day, competitors in the Australian Motor…

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Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 April 1933 · page 5

A head-on collision occurred between a Chevrolet ear currying five persons from Sydney and a ear driven by Mr Smith, of Bathurst, on Sunday, 9th…

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Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 April 1933 · page 2

We regret to learn that Miss Walker had the misfortune to slip over a step, and, in falling, broke her arm near the wrist. The injured member…

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Casualties. Motor Cycle Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1933 · page 15

Mrs. Jessie Wheatley, of Leyiand-parade, Belmore, was seriously injured yesterday morning, when the sidecar of a motor cycle and a motor car collided at the corner of…

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Newcastle News. Motor Cycle Accident. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1933 · page 12

When a motor cycle and sidecar struck a culvert of the Warner's Bay-road to-day and overturned, Dorothy Higginbotham, 18, of Leyland-street, Cook's Hill, suffered injuries…

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West Maitland Accidents. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1933 · page 12

William Winsor, 40, of Terah, was admitted to Maitland Hospital yesterday afternoon with injuries to the head and hands and concussion. He is a fireman employed on the…

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Girl Killed by Train at Mount Druitt Was Crossing Line on Her Way to Church Hand Cut Off Tragic Accident Is Seen by Persons on Station

The Labor Daily · Saturday 15 April 1933 · page 5

CROSSING the railway line near Mount Druitt Station on her way to church yesterday morning Doreen Robinson, 14, of Mount…

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Two Killed and Four Injured Car Casualties in Suburbs

The Sun · Sunday 16 April 1933 · page 2

An elderly man and a boy were killed and three people were seriously injured in accidents in the suburbs yesterday…

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Holiday Fatality

The Sun · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 1

An aged woman Was killed and her son-in-law and grand-daughler injured when this car came into collision with another at Carnegie (Victoria.)…

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Shooting Fatality. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 8

Edward Payne, 19, died last evening from gunshot wounds in the side believed to have been the result of a gun accidentally exploding. The accident occurred at Kholo, on the…

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Miner Injured. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 8

While working at the Mt. Stewart mine Leadville, W. Edgar was partly buried by a fall of earth. His mate went to his assistance, and, with the help of others, brought…

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Motor Cyclist Injured Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 8

When his machine capsized in the Victorian grass-track motor cycle, and sidecar championship at Warragul today. E. Scott received a possibly…

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Father and Son Drowned in Queensland River. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 7

Frank Wheatley Dunstan, 35, civil engineer, from Siam, and his son, Richard Arthur, three, were drowned in the Noosa River, near Tewantin, yesterday afternoon…

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Tragedies in Other States Father and Child Are Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 7

BRISBANE, Sunday.-- Frank Wheatley Dunstan, 35, a civil engineer from Siam, and his son, Richard Arthur, 3, were drowned at Tewantin…

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Fell 40 Feet Woman Injured on Mountain Climb

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Slipping from a flight of rough steps on the side of Mt. Rosea, in the Grampians, to-day Mrs Margaratta Monday…

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Bandits Hold Up Cashiers One Man Dead, Others Injured Harbin

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 1

One person was killed and several others injured when bandits in an automobile held up railway cashiers outside the Harbin railway station…

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Casualties. Fatal Railway Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 April 1933 · page 9

John Frederick Johns, 63, of Blacktown, died at Parramatta Hospital on Saturday from injuries received on Thursday night when he alighted from a moving train at Blacktown…

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