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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Injured by Log. Richmond

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 12

John Forgham, Colo, suffered an injury to his back as the result of a log rolling on him. Forgham required hospital treatment…

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Truck Driver Injured in Capsize

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--After colliding with a motor car in Marshall Street, Heidelberg, last night, a garage service truck rolled over…

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Motor Cyclist Injured. Thrown Under Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 12

Arthur Linton, 40, of Liney-avenue, South Campsle, was critically injured late last night when his motor cycle collided with a tram at the intersection of Parramatta-road and…

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Voice of the Country Drowned in Tank Peak Hili

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 6

While swimming in what, is Knofn as Randali's tank at peak Hill yesterday, Frank Harvey, 13, was drowned. His,'body was later…

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Fall From Window. Bank Official Injured. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 12

Arthur Stewart Hicks, of Brisbane, inspector for Queensland for the Bank of New South Wales, fell from the Window of his room on the second story of the Royal Hotel, at…

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Two Drowned in Victoria Motor Tyre Failed As a Life-buoy

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Wm. Payne 24, of Malvern, was drowned in the Glenelg River at Harrow this evening…

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Youths' Long Swim With Canoe in Tow Find Themselves Reported Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 11

Police have discovered that the two youths who were believed to be drowned when their canoe sank on Friday afternoon aie alive. A fisherman at Maroubra reported to Bondi…

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Was a Rough Race Jockey Seriously Injured Horses Fall

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 2

FALLS are becoming prevalent in flat races, and at Canterbury on Saturday a jockey--the third in a fortnight--was seriously injured…

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Car Topples 40 Feet Passenger Seriously Injured Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 6

TWO men were injured, one critically in loose gravel and overturned on the Pacific Highway, about…

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Red Roll of Road in Melb. One Man Killed & 21 Others Are Injured Lucky Escapes Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 January 1934 · page 5

IN one of the worst week-end series of smashes for months a man was Killed and 21 persons injured. two critically, yesterday,…

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Fatally Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 10

Orange, Tuesday.--Mr. W. H. Blackburn 76, who was knocked down by a motor lorry at a street intersection, suffering severe…

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Waiting Dogs Gave Clue to Double Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 7

WEST MAITLAND, Monday. --Two dogs waiting beside clothing on the bank of Lamb's Creek, Hunter River, to-night…

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Aged Woman Injured. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 10

Mrs. Philpotts, wife of the manager of the Bank of New South Wales at Katoomba, was driving her car to Blackheath to-day when the car struck an electric light pole at the…

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Brothers Drowned. Bodies Recovered from River NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 9

John Joseph Ernst, 24, and Raymond Stephen Ernst, 17, sons of Mr. J. J. Ernst, a Hunter River farmer, were drowned this evening at the junction of Lamb's Creek and…

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Ferry Capsizes. Many Workers Drowned. London, Jan, 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 9

A municipal ferry with 250 workers from the Mitsubishi Ironworks on board, instead of the limit of 140, capsized in Nagasaki Harbour this afternoon…

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Women Crash in Car One Badly Injured Katoomba

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 1

A CAR driven by Mrs. Philpotts, with her mother, Mrs. Badgery, 84, and four children as passengers, crashed into an electric-light…

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The Telegraph Late News Australian Footballers in Collision in Japan Kobe

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 1

Early yesterday the Australian University footballers were returning to Kobe from a dance when their motor-bus collided…

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Thought Body Was a Shark Lying At Bottom Of Baths Boy Drowned

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 7

DESCRIBING to the City Coroner yesterday how he had seen the dead body of Victor Thomas Lenton, 19, textile…

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Tidal Waves. Atlantic Liner Battered. 28 Persons Injured. New York, Jan. 28

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 9

Three mountainous tidal waves, believed to have been the result of a submarine earthquake in mid-Atlantic, descended successively on the liner Duchess of York (20,021 tons)…

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Insect Causes Accident. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 January 1934 · page 10

Arthur Hicks, of Pendle Hill, and Miss Dorothy Edwards, of Undercliffe, were admitted to Wollongong Hospital suffering from injuries sustained in a motor accident at…

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