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Accidents, 1934

3,472 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 174

Hoodoo Corner Strange Run of Accidents MELBOURNE

Truth · Sunday 11 February 1934 · page 10

BELIEVING that there is a hoo-doo on the Flinders-street City postal delivery round, postal employees fight shy of it…

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Woman Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 2

On Friday night, Mrs. Muriel Workman of Leigh-street, Merrylands, fell from a tain on to the platform at Merrylands station…

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Drowned in Lake on Mount Macedon

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- Robert Arnold Bickerdyke, 20, was drowned in Lake Strathmore on Mount Macedon to-day Bickerdyke was…

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Charged with Slaying Sequel to Motor Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--A man detained at Wyong by Sergeant McCarthy last night, and later brought to Newcastle Police Station, has been…

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Publican Injured. Brawl at Balmain Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 15

The licensee of the Royal Oak Hotel, Curtisroad, Balmain, and his wife were handled roughly by a gang of men who asked for liquor about 2 o'clock on Saturday morning…

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'Plane Wrecked. Dive Into River. Wo Airmen Drowned

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

Two airmen were drowned when their 'plane crashed from a height of 200 feet into Cook's River, a mile south of Mascot Aerodrome, early on Saturday morning…

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Dragged Overboard. Man Caught by Kellick Rope. Nearly Drowned

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

When John Rose, 44, of Pitt-street, Redfern, threw out the kellick of his skiff in Watson's Bay yesterday, the rope became entangled around one of his wrists, and he was…

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Three Drowned. Young Woman Disappears Within Sight of Husband

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

Three persons were drowned during the week-end—a man in the Murrumbidgee River on Saturday morning, a woman in the Murrumbidgee yesterday, and a boy in Cook's…

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Deck Hand Injured. Vessel Puts into Port

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 10

When the Mcilwraith, McEacharn [?]teamer Kooliga was about 20 miles from Sydney Heads, on its way from Port Stephens to Melbourne, on Saturday afternoon, Robert…

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Man, Wife, and Child Injured. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 10

A sedan car, with three occupan[?] road near the crest of Burringbar Range, near Murwillumbah, overturned, and rolled 60 feet down a steep hillside before it stopped against…

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Fell From Cliff Child Injured at Bronte

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 1

While playing on top of the cliffs at the northern end of Bronte Beach yesterday afternoon, Spence Lupton. 8, of walker street, Redfern, slipped…

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Ship's Race to Port Boy Injured in Fall

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 4

With his pelvis fractured and his spine badly injured, Robert Patience, 21, a deck boy, was rushed to Sydney by the Interstate steamer…

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In Shaft Laborer Fell On Mate Two Are Injured

The Sun · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 11

OVERBALANCING while at work on a shaft at the corner of Druitt and Kent streets, City, to-day, a…

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'Plane Falls on Verandah. Pilot and Passenger Injured. Brisbane

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

An aeroplane fell on the roof of a house verandah to-day after the engine had stopped at a height of 3000ft. The aeroplane was wrecked, and the roof of the verandah torn…

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Express Runs Into Engine. 15 Persons Injured. Only One Seriously. Grafton

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

Fifteen persons were injured when the express from Brisbane to Sydney struck a shunting engine in the South Grafton railway yards at 4.40…

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30 Armed Police In Chase Over Roof-tops 8 SHOTS Three Constables Injured Two Arrests Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 7

EIGHT shots were fired and two men arrested in a sensational three-hours roof-top chase in the city…

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Motor Accidents. Car Overturns. Two Occupants Escape

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 10

After colliding with a motor cycle in Pittwater-road, Manly, yesterday afternoon, a sedan motor car skidded, struck a milepost, and rolled down a 15-foot embankment,…

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Accidents at Light Horse Camp. Glen Innes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 10

While practising at the 12th Light Hor[?] camp, Lance-corpora N. Morris, of Tamworth, had an arm broken through his horse falling. Within a minute of this accident. Trooper…

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Unusual Accident on Harbor

The Labor Daily · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 4

An unusual accident occurred during the 18-footers' race on the harbor on Saturday, when two boats collided. Henry McLaughlin, of…

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Casualties. Workmen Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 10

While Harry Eastman, 61, of Victoria-street, Darlinghurst, an employee of the Water Board, was working at the bottom of a shaft in Kent-stieet yesterday, a fellow employee,…

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