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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

3,472 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 174

Same Injuries Brothers In Separate Accidents

The Sun · Wednesday 21 February 1934 · page 9

Two brothers who are attending the outpatients' ward at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital received identical injuries in different accidents…

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Cycle and Car Two Injured in Collision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 16

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

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Killed and Injured Motor Vehicle Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 12

An accident check kept by the N.R.M.A. Safety Department reveals that during January 24 persons were killed and 147 injured in road smashes…

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Collision On Parramatta-road

The Sun · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 1

Collision between a motor cat and a milk delivery cart at the function of Parramatta-road- and Norton-street, to-day…

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Two Are Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 7

CESSNOCK, Wednesday.--John Roache, 47, miner, of Chidzey Street, Cessnock, had his shoulder dislocated by a fall of coal while working at…

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Fakir Fatality Fire-Walking Frenzy CALCUTTA

The Sun · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 2

Religious frenzy during a fire-walking ceremony in Madras led to a tragedy when a number of villagers, attempting to emulate a fakir,…

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Drowned or Taken by Crocodiles Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 5

One fatality has occurred in the floods in North Queensland, where the railway services are still held up on all three sections. Two men…

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Hard Rescue Spine Injured In Basement

The Sun · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 15

Central Ambulance officers, aided by workmen, experienced difficulty to-day in rescuing a man who had been injured while working in the…

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Six Persons Killed. Train Collision in Spain. LONDON, Feb. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 9

Six persons were killed and 30 were injured when the night express from Seville collided head-on with a special train, in which were hundreds of football followers returning from…

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Legs Tangled in Rope Youth Is Seriously Injured

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 6

Engaged on a rope-making machine at the Mascot Rope Works in Robey Street, yesterday, Leslie Madden, 16, of Pitt Street, Waterloo, met with…

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Jockey Fatally Injured Youngster Having His Third Ride C. MATHIESON

The Labor Daily · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 2

FALLING from Malvern in the third division of the Flying Handicap at Kensington yesterday, C. Mathieson,…

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Varied Life Accident Kills Fine Soldier

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 22 February 1934 · page 7

When Mr. Harry Edmund Shaw was killed by the collapse of a balcony at Tamworth Hospital, a varied and adventurous career was ended…

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Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 6

On Monday James Foster, aged 36 years, of Ramsgate Road, Kogarah, was riding a cycle along Sydenham Road, Marrickville, when he came into…

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Accident at New Building. Hurstville Men Injured

The Propeller · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 8

Mr. C. Hayter, the well-known building contractor of Hillerest Avenue, Hurstville, has experienced much misfortune recently. For some time he has…

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Man Injured at Work

The Propeller · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 4

Central Ambulance officers, aided by workmen, experienced difficulty yesterday in rescuing a man who had been injured while working in the…

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Cyclist and Girl Hurt Collision With Car

The Biz · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 7

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

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Pinned Under Bricks Bricklayer's Spine Injured

The Labor Daily · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 11

WORKING in the basement of a building in Pitt Street, city, yesterday, Joseph Slepto, 46, bricklayer, of South Hurstville, had a…

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Injured by Fall of Earth. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 12

Alexander Winter, while working a his go[?]d clai[?] at Long Creek, was covered by a fall of earth. He managed to dig his way out, and was just clear when another fall knocked…

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Queer Snake-bite Accident

The Land · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 5

WHILE a Bathurst district farmer was loading hay recently, he tossed a snake to the waggon with a cock of hay. The…

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Hurstville Motor Accident Claim for Compensation Fails

The Propeller · Friday 23 February 1934 · page 3

In the District Court this week, before Judge Shoridan, John James Fay, professional musician for the Australian Broadcasting Commission, of…

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