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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

3,472 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 174

In Collision Tram Conductor Crushed

The Sun · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 9

CRUSHED between two trams which collided in Railway-square to-day, Edward Young, 42, a tram conductor, of…

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Drowned in Pool Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 13

Falling off a chain swing into 15 feet of water, at the Merriwa swimming pool, Wangaratta, late last night, Stanley Campbell, 12, was…

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Surfer Injured. Ballina

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

While taking a short cut down the hill to the lighthouse beach yesterday afternoon. George Reynolds, 17, of Ballina, dislodged a large stone, which struck one of his legs. He…

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Youth Drowned When Canoe Upset. Narromine

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

While paddling a canoe on the Macquaire River, about two miles from the town, yesterday, Allen Klintworth, 16, upset the craft. He could not swim, and disappeared. Other…

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Accident on Kooliga

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 5

"When about 20 miles from Sydney, en route from Port Stephens to Melbourne, the McIlwraith, McEacharn steamer Kooliga put about and…

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Ship Sinks in Collision

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 1

SOUTHAMPTON, Tues. THE Greek steamer Meandros (4309 tone) sank in the Channel after a…

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Cyclist Injured. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 14

Cecil Quinn, of Cudgera, was riding on his motor cycle on the Cudgera road, when the fork broke. Quinn was thrown over the handlebars and suffered injuries to the face,…

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City Trams Collide. Conductor Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 8

When two tram cars collided in Centralsquare, city, yesterday morning, Edward Young, 42, a tram-conductor, of View-street, Waverley, was crushed between them. He was…

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Car Overturns. Injured Man Pinned Down

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 18

Two men were injured and a third had a remarkable escape when a motor car overturned on a lonely stretch of the Great Western-road, about three miles from Prospect,…

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Conductor Is Crushed Tram Collision in R'way Square

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 5

Edward Young 42 tram conductor of view Street, Charing Cross was seriously injured when two trams collided in Railway…

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Steamer Sinks After Collision in Fog. LONDON, Feb. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 13

"She must have sunk like a stone," stated the master of the British steamer Daitford (4076 tons) in a wireless message after colliding in a fog in the Channel with the Greek…

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Lost Grip on Swing and Was Drowned Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 1

Stanley Campbell, 12, of Wangaratta was drowned when he fell into deep water at the Merriwa swimming pool last night. The boy was…

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Two Girls Are Injured Car Strikes Pole

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 1

WHEN a car driven by Miss Una Burham, 22, of Patey Street, Dec Why, swerved to avoid a motor lorry in Sydney Road, Manly…

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Yangtze Disaster. 400 Chinese Drowned. Steamer Strikes Sandbar. Shanghai, Feb. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 13

Hankow messages report the third river disaster on the Yangtze within a few months Four hundred Chinese were drowned when the Chinese river steamer Fuyuen capsized and…

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Three Men Injured. in Car Smash One Pinned Under For Half An Hour SOMERSAULT

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 5

THREE men were injured, one seriously, when a car turned three somersaults on the Great Western Road, Prospect,…

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Workers' Compensation Commission. (Before Judge Perdriau and Messrs. Routley and Halliday, Commissioners.) Injured in Fall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 10

George Sylvanus Thomas, of O'Donnell-street, North Bondi, sought further compensation from the Australian Commonwealth Shipping Board for double inguinal hernia received…

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Woman Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 5

Crossing Church-street, Parramatta, near Palmer-street, about 8.25 last night, May Andrews (27), of Pemberton-street, Parramatta, was knocked down by a…

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Drowned in River Narrandera

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 6

Diving for mussels in the Murrumbidgee River, near Darlington Point, James Harding, of Griffith, was drowned. Near the same spot…

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Swimmer Is Injured Casino

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 6

Ray, Webster, 24, plumber, was swimming in the Richmond River near where some boys were skimming stones and other missiles over…

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Lorry Overturns Two Men Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 19

When a motor lorry overturned in Parramatta-road, Lidcombe, last Friday afternoon, Thomas O'Brien, 40, of Martin-street, Lidcombe, and William Seymour,…

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