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Accidents, 1934

3,472 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 174

Collision in Albert Cup Race

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 12

Tassie III. collided with Wattle in the race for the Albert Cup yesterday, and retired from the contest. The damage sustained is not regarded as serious…

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DRAMATIC Drowning Inquest To -morrow TUMUT

The Sun · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 10

With police investigations almost at an end, the twice adjourned inquest on the Tumut River drowning case will be held to- morrow…

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Grieved for Mate Tragic Sequel By Drowning Disclosed

The Sun · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 22

GRIEVING over the death of his Digger friend, Jeremiah Michael Sullivan, who jumped from the Harbor Bridge…

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Cars Collide Parramatta Man Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 2

As the result of a collision between two cars at the corner of Good-street and Parramatta-road, Granville, Reg. Foley, aged 30, of Smith-street,…

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Jump From Train. Girl Severely Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 12

An 11-year-old girl was severely injured, but had a remarkable escape from death, when she jumped from an electric train travelling at high speed as it was passing through…

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Miner Injured by Fall of Stone Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 7

Struck by a fall of stone, at Burwood Colliery, this morning, John Shields, 53 of Maitland Street, Stockton, miner suffered injuries on…

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Three Injured Big Explosion In Auckland Factory AUCKLAND

The Sun · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 21

There was a terrific explosion in a city factory during the mixing of floor polish this morning. A heavy report shook the…

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1200 Dead in 'Quake in India Streets Of Bengal Town Full Of Corpses Many Injured Calcutta

The Labor Daily · Thursday 18 January 1934 · page 1

LATEST reports of the earth- quake, which shook India on Monday, estimate that 1200 are dead and 1000 injured…

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Affected by Bridge Fatality Man Followed His Friend To Death Drowning Case

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 7

THE body of John Farrell McGrath, 52, an unemployed laborer, of Wynston Parade, Abbotsford, was recovered by…

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Drowned in Dam

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--When he lost hold of an inflated motor tube, on which he was floating in a dam at Werrimull at 8 p.m. to-day,…

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Two Boys Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Two schoolboys, Donald Kohte (13) and Ralph Fraser (12), were drowned In the Mitchell River at Walpa, near…

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Rescue the Drowning Hints for Amateurs

The Biz · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 2

These valuable hints are worth noting by those patronising the surf and rivers. In his fright the drowning person makes convulsive grasps at anything within…

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Cyclist Badly Injured

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 7

In a collision between a motor cycke and a motor lorry at Wattle and Macarthur Streets, Ultimo, yesterday, William O'Loughlan, 27, of Church…

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Refused Lifeboat and Were Drowned Amsterdam

The Sun · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 1

ELEVEN of the officers and crew of the steamer Oakford, stranded in a gale after springing a leak off Textel Island, were drowned after taking to the ship's boat. Nine bodies have been washed up…

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Guildford Man Drowned Brother Taken to Hospital

The Biz · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 1

Despite a gallant attempt at resuce by his brother, Frederick Keith McRorie, 22, of Boundary-road, Guildford, was drowned in the Nepcan River, about two miles…

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Brawl at Caringbah. Two Brothers Injured

The Propeller · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 4

In a brawl at Caringbah last night two brothers, were so severely injured with a garden hoe that one of them is not expected to live. The injured men…

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Boy Injured by [?]Orse. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 10

John Leese, 10, suffered severe bruises to his body and a fractured leg when the horse he was riding fell and rolled on him. He was admitted to hospital…

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Boy Is Drowned Body Not Recovered From Pit

The Sun · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 10

A boy, whose name the police have been told is George King, 16, of Park-street, Erskineville, was drowned this afternoon, in a disused pit at the foot…

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Mine Fatality. Man Run Down by Trolley. BULLI

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 9

Arthur Herbert Broadhead, 49, was killed while engaged as rope corporal in control of a tension trolley used in regulating the tension haulting rope at Bulli collicry this morning…

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Sheep Drowned Flood Causes Farmer to Lose His Whole Flock

The Land · Friday 19 January 1934 · page 24

It was reported from the Lockhart district that Mr. E. Hinch, whose farm is near Urangeline Creek, lost his entire flock of 450 sheep through…

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