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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

3,472 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 174

Motor Cars in Collision. Four Persons Injured

The Propeller · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 2

At the intersection of Forest and Dumbleton Roads, Hurstville, a collision occurred last Sunday afternoon between a motor car, driven by John…

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Two Drowned

The Sun · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 9

Anniversary Day holiday was marred by two drownings this afternoon. Harry Herbert Day, 24, of…

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Cycles in Terrific Collision One Youth Killed; Another Badly Injured Into Flames

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

AS the result of a terrific head-on collision between two motor cycles at the intersection of Greenwich Road and…

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Boy Is Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Diving into Dandenong Creek to retrieve a pocket-knife which he had dropped, Thomas Johnston, 14, failed to come…

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Drowned in Baths

The St George Call · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

Shortly after mid-day last Saturday, the St. George Ambulance was called to the Shark-proof Baths at Brightonle-Sands. There it was found that a…

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Visitor Injured

The St George Call · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

A visitor from Canberra, staying with relatives in Wollongong Road, Arncliffe, was seriously injured just after she stepped off a ’bus in Wollongong…

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Accidents of the Week. Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 5

At about 10 o'clock on Wednesday night Walter. Blowe, aged 21 years, of Verdun Street, West Kogarah, was riding a bicycle along Railway Parade,…

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Casualties. Fatal Cycle Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 10

Frank Woodward, 20, of Chisholm-road, Greenwich, died in Roval North Shore Hospital, shortly after his admission yesterday morning, from head and other injuries received…

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Drowned in Brighton Baths

The Propeller · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

Victor Thomas Lenton, aged 19 years, a, resident of Mascot, was drowned in tho municipal baths, Brighton-le-Sands, last Saturday morning. Aocomnanied…

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Injured by Beef

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--While loading frozen beef, Edward Russell, of Georgetown, was struck on the head with a piece of beef that fell…

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Her Calm Girl Injured In Car Accident MELBOURNE

The Sun · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 10

Although her face was badly cut when the motor car in which she and two other young women prominent in the Melbourne younger set…

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Man Drowned Tragedy at Lake Parramatta

The Biz · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

Within a few yards of the bank at Late Parramatta swimming reserve, late on Saturday afternoon, Clement Henry Jackson, 22, at Lumley-street, Granville,…

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Canley Man Drowned Rescuer's Narrow Escape

The Biz · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 4

Kenneth Jelly, 17, of Gladstone-street, Canley Vale, was drowned in Orphan School Creek, near Canley Vale, on Sunday afternoon, when the canoe he was…

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Injured Jockey in Plaster Jacket

The Biz · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 4

His neck and the upper part of his body in a plaster jacket C. Laycock, the jockey, who fell with Old Master at Warwick Farm on January 13, was on…

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The Sun Stop-press Drowned at Harbord

The Sun · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

To-day's third drowning occurred at Harbord where a man was overtime in the surf. PILOT STEAMER TO RESCUE…

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Told Not to Go Swimming. Later Found Drowned

The St George Call · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 2

A young lad named Stanley Furlong, of Alexandria, was drowned in tragic circumstances in a swimming hole near the [?] range, Sutherland, on Tuesday…

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The Delegraph Late News Girls Injured When Car Hits Light Standard

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Miss Beth Mackey, daughter of Lady Mackey, of Caulfield, received a cut head and two other young…

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Accident at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 2

A motor car, driven by Johnson William Kells, of Five Dock, and a car driven by Frederick Rossiter, of Queen Victoria Street. Bexley. came into…

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Low Accident Rate

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 7

WEST MAITLAND, Thursaay.--Although Maitland Ambulance serves a pastoral and industrial area, accidents last month averaged only…

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Cycle Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 January 1934 · page 8

Hurled to the road when his cycle collided with a car in Queen Street, Ashfield, last night, Douglas Taylor (17), of Service Street, Ashfield,…

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