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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

3,472 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 174

Constable Injured in Collision

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 4

A constable attached to Newtown Police Station, Edward Albert Owens, 82, of Singleton Avenue, Earlwood, was badly injured When the motor…

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Injured in Collision. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 8

Leslie Howard, a young man, of Wilcox-street, Albury, was admitted to Albury Hospital suffering from head injuries and abrasions, the result of a collision between the…

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Casualties. Saved From Drowning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 8

William Burford, 44, of the Malabar unemployed camp, had a narrow escape from drowning early on Saturday morning. He was fishing off Yellow Rock, and, caught by a…

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Child Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 5

Knocked down by a car on the Woronora Bridge yesterday, Colin Thomas, 4, Lorraine Street, Arncliffe, was severely injured. He was…

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Boy Drowned. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 9

E. Thillits, 14, slipped from a rock and was drowned in Bowes River, near Northampton, in the presence of two younger brothers. None of them could swim…

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Engineer Is Seriously Injured

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 8

Rudolf Lehmann, 21, an electrical engineer, of Water Street, Smithfield, received a fractured skull, fractured right thigh, internal injuries…

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Shoot Capsized Surf-boa[?] Oarsman Was Slightly Injured Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 5

The crow of Newcastle Club's surf boat had an exciting experience when retuning from Nobbys surf carnival yesterday afternoon…

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Over a Dozen Injured Wild Confusion When Trams Collide BRISBANE

The Labor Daily · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 6

OVER a dozen persons were injured when two trams collided in Countess street, City, late last night. Wild confusion reigned. After the…

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Victim of Accident. Adventures with Two Strangers. GOSFORD

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 8

Alexander Mackie, of Messrs. Mackie and Co., warehousemen, Newcastle, gave the Gosford police a report of a strange happening to-night, after he had been injured in a motor…

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Motor Accidents. Young Man Killed. Motor Cycle Crashes Into Gates. Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1934 · page 8

William Edward Kimpton, 21, of Coolamon, was fatally injured last night when a motor cycle and side-car in which he was riding crashed at 40 miles an hour into the railway…

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Fog Crash Twenty Injured London Train People Drowned London

The Sun · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 1

IN the densest fog m recent memory, 20 passengers were injured in London when an…

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Supposed Drowning. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 14

Stuart Kelvin Anderson, 23, grazier, is believed to have been drowned in the Condamine River. 10 miles from Clifton, on Sunday afternoon. He left a picnic party in search of wild…

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Injured Girl's Condition

The Sun · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 9

At St Vincent's Hospital Miss Irene Ryan was reported to-day to be in a satisfactory condition. While sleeping with her sister at her home in…

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Country News. Injured in Accidents. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 10

Kenneth Matthew Skinner, 14, of Telarah, received a deep wound in the calf of a leg when a ginger beer bottle he was opening burst. Several stitches were inserted…

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Scene of Motor Fatality on Bulli Pass

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 12

This motor car skidded through a fence at the elbow bend on Bulli Pass yesterday afternoon and killed a pedestrian and seriously injured another…

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Youth Drowned. Tragic End to Picnic Party

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 6

Frederick Dimond. 17, of Newton-street, Blacktown, was drowned while swimming in the Nepean River, near Penrith, yesterday afternoon. His body had not been recovered…

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Boy Drowned in Creek Another Youth Rescued

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 8

PENRITH, Monday. -- Swimming with two friends in Glenbrook Creek, Frederick Diamond, 18, of Blacktown, was drowned…

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Rough Seas Surf Boat Smashed: Man Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Huge seas swept the Bar Beach during the surf carnival of the Cook's Hill Surf Club to-day, and lifesavers took lines out…

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Head-on Smash Two Injured When Lorry Hits Car

The Sun · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 9

Two brothers were injured, one of them seriously, to-day when a motor lorry collided head on with a motor car on a bend of a steep hill on Old…

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Woman Mangled by a Car Jammed Against Fence With Friend Bulli Tragedy Shockingly injured when

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1934 · page 5

she was crushed against a fence on Bulli Pass yesterday by a car, Gladys Esma Gow, 27, of Wollongong, was instantly killed…

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