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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

3,472 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 174

Motor Accident. Woman Killed

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

Gladys Gow, 27, of Atchinson-road, Wollongong, was killed, and Walter Jones. 25, of Bourke-street, Wollongong, received injuries, which, it is feared, will prove fatal, when they…

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Car Collision Drivers Charged

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 5

Following an collision between two cars in William Street last night when four persons were slightly injured, the drivers of the cars were…

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Two Drowned Brisbane River Tragedy

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 8

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--A double tragedy was revealed to-day, when police recovered the body of James Portbury, 40, from the Brisbane River,…

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In Bath Twin Baby Was Drowned

The Sun · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 14

A tragic story of the drowning of a 15-months-old twin baby in four inches of bath water, was told to the City Coroner (Mr. Farrington)…

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Motor Cyclist Injured. Finley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 12

Mr. J. S. Balchin, farmer, was severely injured when he fell from a motor cycle which he was riding on the Deniliquin-road, about three miles from Finley. He suffered a…

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Car Strikes Taxi. Four Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 11

Two country tennis players, a taxi driver, and a harpist, who was about to give a broadcast recital, were injured last night, when a motor car collided with a taxi-cab in…

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Body Was Mauled Sharks Attacked Drowned Man NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 11

SHORTLY after the body of Charles Thomas Trelevan, 62, watchman, employed by a shipping company, was…

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Two Men Drowned. Bodies Recovered in River. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 12

The body of James B. Portbury, 40, who was acting as caretaker of the motor launch Pauline, owned by Mr. F. Ryder, of Bowleystreet, Clayfield, was recovered by the water…

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Injured by Bricks. Applicants for Work. Disturbance at Brickyards

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 11

Two men were injured in a disturbance at the works of the Austral Brick Co., Ltd., St. Peters, yesterday. They were struck by bricks thrown from a crowd which gathered near the…

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Car and Lorry in Collision Two Brothers Hurt, One Critically, At Avalon Sharp Incline

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 5

IN a head-on collision with a car on a sharp incline in Old Barranjoey Road, Avalon, yesterday, two brothers, who were travelling…

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Boy Forced to Blood Money Suicide. Revenge for Killing Friend by Accident

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 8

How, In obedience to an ancient custom, a 14-year old African boy was made by the elders of his tribe to give his life as "blood money" to the relatives of a…

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Dangerous Driving Two Men Charged After Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1934 · page 7

Because two country tennis visitors accepted a lift in a casual acquaintance's car last night they may not be able to participate in further…

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Drowning Tragedy Blacktown Victim

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 6

Tragedy descended on a party of Blacktown swimmers at Penrith on New Year's Day Fred. Diamond (17), Newtown-road,…

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Blacktown Resident Drowned

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 9

Herbert Vidler (17). of Blacktown. was drowned while bathing in the Hawkesbury River at Windsor. He swam the river, reaching a pontoon on…

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Drowned Man Known

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 8

Picked up by fishermen yesterday outside the Heads, a body was identified last night as that of William John Farley (43), accountant, of the…

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Drowning Victim Identified Brisbane

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 13

It has been established that one of the two victims of the week-end drowning fatality was James H. Crichton, son of Councillor J. P…

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Injured Jockey

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 2

S. Weiss, who sustained, a broken wrist when Frassadale fell with him in the Trial Stakes at Randwick on Monday, was able to attend Ascot…

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M.P. in Motor Accident. Car Overturned After Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 9

Brigadier-General W. McNicoll, M.P., was injured when two cars came into collision at Mittagong to-day. Accompanied by Mr. Hooke, of Sydney,…

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Victim of Drowning. Son of Melbourne Councillor. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 10

The identity of the second victim of the drowning tragedy in the Brisbane River on Saturday night has not [?]n established. On Tuesday afternoon the water police recovered…

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Boy Drowned In Swimming Pool At Cronula

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 13

KEITH McNAMARA, 9, son of Constable McNamara, of Sutherland police station, was drowned this…

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