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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

3,472 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 174

Armidale Meeting. Counterpart's City Handicap. Jockeys Injured. Armidale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 16

The Armidale and New England Jockey Club's Cup meeting was continued to-day when there was again a very large attendance. The gate takings yesterday exceeded those of last year by more than…

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Car Accident. Death of Rev. F. Potts. Driver "Grossly Negligent."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 12

"I do not think any good purpose would be served by committing Dr. Ginsberg for trial, though there is no doubt that he was grossly negligent," said the Parramatta district…

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Spear Wound Was Accidental, Say Police DARWIN

The Sun · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 9

A spear wound, which Rev. A. J. Dyer suffered in his leg, was inflicted accidentally by natives on Groote Island, when he was…

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Fatal Accident

The St George Call · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 1

Albert Canning (21), of Stanley Street, Peakhurst, fell underneath a motor car on Sunday morning and his body was pierced by the starting…

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Rode Into Tram. Another Gray Street Accident

The St George Call · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 1

Yet another accident is added to the list of accidents at the junction of Gray Street and Railway Parade, Kogarah…

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Strange Fatal Accident

The Propeller · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 1

Albert Cannings, aged 21 years, of Stanley Street, Peakhurst, fell underneath a motor car last Sunday morning and his body was pierced by the…

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Motor Car Smash. Accident at Kogarah Causeway

The Propeller · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 6

About 10 o'clock on Tuesday night a cyclist riding without a light was the cause of a motor accident resulting in several people being injured. Mrs…

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'Nearly Criminal Offence' Coroner On Death Of Clerk By Car an Accident

The Labor Daily · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 10

"ALTHOUGH I think this is very near, the line of a criminal offence, I do not think a jury would convict the…

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Liverpool Unusual Accident

The Biz · Friday 9 February 1934 · page 7

At Athur Kent was driving a tip-dray leng Rume Highway on Friday, he agreed to the request of two men [?] As the intending passengers mounted the…

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Two Injured In Collision

The Sun · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 7

A motor-cyclist and a girl who was riding pillion were injured this afternoon when the motor bike on which they were riding collided with an…

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Pilot And Passenger Drowned

The Sun · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 1

Wreckage of plane after it was dragged out of Cook's River near Mascot aerodrome to-day. The plane crashed into the river during an early morning flight. The pilot (Sgt. Wm. Brown. R.A.A.F.) and his passenger (J. A. B. Bandy) were drowned…

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Railway Collision. London, Feb. 8

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 15

Three persons were killed and 40 were injured at Lens (France) when an express crashed into a train conveying 200 miners…

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Fire in Store. Man Badly Injured. Father Found with Throat Cut

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 15

Detective-Sergeant Matthews, of the Criminal Investigation Branch, has been sent to Gulargambone to investigate a fire, which destroyed the store of H. J. Lewis last Monday…

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Train and Lorry in Collision Passengers Thrown From Their Seats Driver Lucky Grenfell

The Labor Daily · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 5

OVER thirty persons had narrow escapes from, injury at the Bimbi Road level-crossing at Grenfell to-day, when a rail…

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Two Drowned in 'Planecrash Were Trapped In Cockpit Machine Buckled Gallant Rescue Attempts Military Pilot

The Sun · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 5

TWO men were trapped in the wreckage and drowned when a Moth 'plane crashed into Cook's River, Mascot, with a terrific impact today. The airmen, who had no chance of life,…

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Accident Ends Fatally. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 16

William B. Mathews, 19, son of Councillor W. P. Mathews, of Mount Victoria, died to-day as a result of an accident on Wednesday, when a motor cycle he was riding collided with…

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Level-crossing Accident. Narromine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 16

Cyril Cheney had a narrow escape from death when a motor truck and trailer loaded with pine logs which he was driving hit the tender of the Parkes-bound train at a level…

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Electric Trains. Curious Causes of Accidents. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 10 February 1934 · page 15

When a goods train was travelling between Ferntree Gully and Melbourne to-day, the corrugated iron roof of the rear brakevan was blown, o[?]. It smashed several of the droppers…

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Ship Rushes To Port With Injured Boy

The Sun · Sunday 11 February 1934 · page 2

The coastal steamer Kooliga raced to Sydney yesterday for medical attention for Robert Patience, 21, a deck boy, who…

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Death 'Plane Has Now Taken Three Young Lives Falls Into River, Drowning Two

The Sun · Sunday 11 February 1934 · page 6

The Moth 'plane which yesterday crashed into Cook's River and killed Sergeant Wilfred Brown…

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