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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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

Union Organiser Is Injured by Car

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 4

The organiser of the Hotel, Club and Restaurant Union, Mrs. J. Johnson, suffered incised wounds to the face, abrasions to the mouth and neck…

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Baby Drowned in Bath Poignant Story of Mother

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 5

WEEPING bitterly, Mrs. Florence Daisy Chilton, of Beach Road, Coogee, gave poignant evidence at the inquest by the City Coroner…

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Flying Metal Man Badly Injured In Explosion MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 13

With a roar that was heard several hundred yards away, a quantity of chemicals exploded at the works of the Kelso Trading Supply Pty., Ltd…

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Quite Accidental

The Catholic Press · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 39

Phrenologist: "Your boy has the head of a politician, Mrs. Jones." Ma Jones: "It's not his fault, ma'am. He fell out of his pram when he was a baby."…

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Motor Accidents. Fewer Fatalities in 1933. Danger of Excessive Speed

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

Despite the fact that motor vehicles in commission increased by 10,000, there were fewer fatal accidents in New South Wales last year than in 1932…

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Inquiry Into Railway Accident. Wingham

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

Mr. H. W. Flett, the district coroner, conducted an inquiry into the death of Kelvin Lester Hamlet, 20, whose body was found on the raliway line a few miles from Wingham…

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For Safety Preventing Fatal Accidents

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 16

Though the motor accident figures for 1933 show an improvement, the N.R.M.A. will not admit that the reduction in fatal accidents is…

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Candle Set Fire to Costume Accidental Death, Says Coroner

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1934 · page 5

That Sophia Bells died in St. Vincent's Hospital on Christmas Day from burns caused through her "Father Christmas" costume…

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Motorists Injured

The Propeller · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 5

Michael Sugarman, of Gallipoli Street, South Hurstville, a well-known Hurstville business man, and Arthur Corkill, of Katoomba, were injured last…

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Boy Drowned at Cronulla

The Propeller · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 3

Keith McNamara, aged nine years, son of Constable McNamara, who is in charge of the Sutherland lock-up, was drowned in the swimming pool at…

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Grazier Injured. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 10

A well-known grazier, Mr. L. Lenehan, suffered serious injuries while supervising the lowering of casing into a well. His men were working a windlass, when Mr. Lenehan…

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Drowned Soldier Pension for Widow Assured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 7

The widow of Arthur S. J. Lamph, a returned soldier with two artificial legs who, with four others, was drowned last, year in a launch…

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Constable's Son Drowned in Crowded Swimming Pool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 9

Keith McNamara, 9, the-son of Constable McNamara, who is in charge of the Sutherland lock-up, was drowned in the swimming pool at Cronulla yesterday afternoon…

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Chemicals Explode. Workman Injured. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 10

An explosion of chemicals occurred in the vulcanising room of the Kelso Trading Supply, Ltd., sheet-metal workers, city, this morning. Abraham Gillies, 44, of East Malvern, received…

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Casualties. Two Youths Injured in Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 10

Following an explosion, fire broke out yesterday afternoon in a factory in Bathurststreet, city, occupied by Icing Sugar Products, Ltd…

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Injured by Explosion in Mine Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 5

Extensive injuries were received by Kenneth Brunker, 25, of Red Hill, this morning when an explosion occured in the New Eclipse mine at…

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Injured Man's Ordeal. Journey in Rough Country. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 10

Fearful they might make a false step and fall, ambulance bearers to-day carried Kenneth Brunker, 25, on a stretcher a mile down a steep and slippery hillside, over rough…

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Motor Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 8

The authorities and public of New South Wales have noted with pleasure a decrease in the number of motor fatalities within the State. During the…

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Terrible Wound. Boy Accidentally Shot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 10

Gilbert Larcombe, 16, of Campbelltown, was critically injured yesterday, when he was shot in the grounds of St. Gabriel's College, Campbelltown…

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Three Die Boys In Accidents

The Sun · Friday 5 January 1934 · page 9

A boy, aged about 10, whose identity has not been established, was killed this afternoon, when he fell from the subway embankment at…

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