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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

3,472 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 174

Shooting Accident. Brewarrina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 16

At oakleigh Station, Tarcoon, near Brewarrina, last night George Andrew Victor Loughnan, 35, managing partner of Oakleigh Proprietary Co., was accidentally shot in the head…

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Car Accidents "Caused By Defective Equipment"

The Sun · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 4

The N.R.M.A. Safety Department expresses alarm at the number of road accidents which have occurred in this State since the beginning of…

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For Prevention of Accidents League to Enlighten Public

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1934 · page 9

The Safety League of N.S.W. has been formed, with the Governor, Sir Philip Game as patron and Mr. A. W. Hicks, Assistant Under-Secretary of…

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Man Drowned When Near Safety

The Sun · Sunday 21 January 1934 · page 1

Within a few yards of the bank at Lake Parramatta swimming reserve, late yesterday afternoon, Clement Henry…

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Killed in Head-on Collision Melbourne

Truth · Sunday 21 January 1934 · page 22

ALBERT WILLIAM TAYLOR, of Sternberg-street, Bendigo, was killed, and M. Cowan 25, Rose-street, Golden Square, Bendigo, was…

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Youth Drowned in Crowded Baths Body Discovered at Bottom of Pool

The Sun · Sunday 21 January 1934 · page 2

At a time when the baths were crowded Victor Thomas Lenton, 19, of Coward-street, Mascot, was drowned yesterday at Rockdale Municipal…

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Motor Cyclist Injured Collision at Balgowlah

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 5

When the motor cycle he was riding collided with a car at the intersection of Sydney and Wanganella Streets, Balgowlah, yesterday…

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Woman Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 7

WEST MAITLAND, Sunday.--Mrs. Catherine O'Connell (47), of Melrose Street, Lorn, was drowned in the Hunter River to-night. She was…

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Motor Accidents. Clergyman Fatally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 10

The Rev. Thomas Frederick Potts, 71, formerly a president of the New South Wales Methodist Conference and principal of the Methodist Ladies' College, Burwood, was…

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Eleven Drowned. Dutch Steamer Founders

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 5

After springing a leak off Textel Island, the steamer Oakford foundered and eleven of the officers and crew were drowned. A Dutch lifeboat had…

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Three Drowned in N.z

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Sunday.--Charles Connell (single), George Gibb Menzies (married), and Gordon Sproat (married), all of Owaka, were…

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Boy Injured by Car

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 4

Struck by a car in Botany Road, Redfern, close to his home, on Saturday, Jack Power, 11, was admitted to the Royal South Sydney Hospital,…

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Cyclist Injured. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 10

When riding a bicycle along the main street Gloria Nixon, 9, came into collision with another cyclist, and was thrown heavily. [?] sustained a deep wound in the forehead [?]…

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Tumut River Drowning Case-- --Welcome to Kingsford-Smith

The Sun · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 14

Below: BACKWATER of the Tumut River, where the bodies of Mrs. Florence Martin and her…

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Hit-run Victim Badly Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Victim of a hit and run motorist, William Kelson, 36, of East Kew, was in such a critical condition that police could…

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Motor Cyclist Injured. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 10

Hilton McGrath (17), of Somerton, was admitted to Tamworth District Hospital following a fall from a motor cycle. McGrath was riding home, when the cycle got out of…

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Defending Girls, Man Is Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 7

RUSHING to the rescue of two young girls whose screams led him to where they were being molested by a man in Glebe…

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Three Persons Drowned In Suburban Swimming Places

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 10

Three drownings occurred in the suburbs during the week-end. Kenneth Jelly, 17, of Gladstone-street, Canley Vale, was drowned in Orphan School Creek,…

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Injured Man Found in Lane. Albury, [?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 10

About midnight Clarence Carson, 21, wa[?] found in an unconscious condition in Voitlane. He was removed to the hospital, and examination showed a fractured skull. His…

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Three Deaths by Drowning Body in Baths: Canoe Sinks with Youth

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1934 · page 1

When his canoe sprang a leak and sank with him in Orphans' School Creek, Canley Vale, yesterday, Kenneth Jelly, 17, of Gladstone Street,…

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