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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

3,472 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 174

District Court. (Before Judge White.) Railway Crossing Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 8

Arthur William Illingworth, of Eastern avenue South Kensington, sought to recover from the Commissioner for Railways £400 damages for injuries received by plaintiff,…

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Motor Car Accident. Claim for Compensation

The Propeller · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 1

In the District Court on Tuesday, before Judge Sheridan, reserved judgment was given in an action brought by Michael Wolfe, of Carver's Road,…

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Two Men Injured

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 6

While working on the Union Co.'s steamship Ngakuta, berthed at the foot of Druitt Street, yesterday morning, Joseph White, 45, of…

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Cyclist Fatally Injured

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 1

BEREAVEMENT has come to an esteemed member of Blue Mountains Shire Council, Councillor W. P. Matthews, of Mt. Victoria, by the…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Sun · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 6

When he swerved to avoid a tram in Bank-street. Pyrmont, this afternoon, and his motor cycle skidded across the roadway. Frank Boyes. 16…

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Casualties. Cyclist Seriously Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 16

A bicycle ridden by William Patterson, a tram driver, of Abercromble-street. Bexley, was struck by a motor car early yesterday morning. Patterson's skull was fractured, and he was…

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Result of a Collision at Ashfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 18

Mrs. Muriel Stratton, the driver, was seriously injured when this car came into collision with another at the intersection of Edwin and Thomas streets…

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Woman Injured. Cars Collide at Ashfield

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 19

Two motor cars collided at the intersection of Edwin and Thomas streets Ashfield, yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Muriel Stratton, 37, of Yeo-street,…

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Boy Injured. Leap From Front of Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 16

A 7-year-old boy was badly injured last night, when in express train bore down upon him on a bridge in Liverpool and he jumped 20 feet to the road beneath…

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Two Die, Five Injured When Cars Crash at Intersection

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1934 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--A woman and a baby girl were killed, and five other people injured, when two cars collided at the intersection of…

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Two Killed Five Injured in Car Smash Fatal Swerve Melbourne

Truth · Sunday 18 February 1934 · page 16

SWERVING to avoid another car at the corner of Dorcas and Sturt Streets, South Melbourne, to-night, a sedan…

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1600 Die, 5000 Injured In Vienna Battle Hitler Tells How It Ought to Be Done London

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1934 · page 1

Germany sympathises. neither with Dollfuss nor his opponents, because both are wrong and nothing…

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The Schoolboy Detective an Accident

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1934 · page 2

MR. STOLLITT, headmaster of Granges College, tightened his mouth and faced the boys assembled before him. "Unless the boy who threw the ink over…

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Motor Accidents. Fatal Collision. Two Persons Killed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 10

Two persons were killed and five injured on Saturday night when two cars collided at the corner of Dorcas and Cecil streets, South Melbourne…

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30- Claim Collision Sequel Racing Boats Traveller Sues

The Sun · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 4

ARISING out of a collision between two 18-footers, The Mistake and Keriki, in a race on December 16, Robert Cuneo,…

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Cyclist and Girl Hurt In Collision With Car

The Sun · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 9

A motor cyclist and a girl, who was riding pillion, were seriously injured to-day, when the cycle and a motor car collided in Bridge-road…

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Skidding Motor Cycles Two Youths Are Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 7

Thrown from a skidding motorcycle at the intersection of Church and Kilbride Streets, Hurlstone Park, yesterday, Stanley Baker, 18,…

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Balcony Falls. Workman Killed. Five Men Injured. Prisoners Help in Rescue. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 9

Six workmen who sought shelter from rain under a balcony they were constructing were burled yesterday when portion of the new concrete work collapsed. Between 15 and 20 tons…

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Fell Down Drain Workman's Accident at Auburn

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 1

Falling six feet down a, drain in station-road, Auburn , on Thursday, Thomas Stapleton, 25, of Smith-Street, Summer Hill, fractured his left ankle…

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£600 AWARDED Canley Vale Boy's Injury Lost Leg in Tram Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 19 February 1934 · page 2

The Workers' Compensation Commission (Judge Perdriau and Messrs, Routley and Halliday) awarded £600 compensation— the full amount claimed—to a…

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