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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

3,472 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 174

Tragic Accident to Boy

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 6

ACCIDENTALLY struck on the head by a little playmate with a garden mattock, according to Mortdale police, at his home in Belmore…

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Electrocution of Railman Accidental. Says Coroner

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 7

AT the City Coroner's Court yesterday, it was stated that James Greenwood, 46, electrician, of Oyster Bay Rd., Como, who was electroculfed…

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Gaping Wound in Side Accidental Shooting Goulburn

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 3

William Costelle, of East Goulburn, suffered a gaping wound in the side as the result of being accidentally shot at Yarra by a gun carried…

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Recentissime Tragico Accidente in Italia 16 Morti 11 (Feriti Livorno, 19 Febbraio

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 28 February 1934 · page 3

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Drowned in Lagoon

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 March 1934 · page 7

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday. --A second cousin of Lady Bledisloe, wife of the Governor-General, named R. Llewellyn Powell, and…

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Injured Cyclist Dies

The Labor Daily · Thursday 1 March 1934 · page 9

Critically injured when his motor cycle came into collision with a car on Prince's Highway, Kogarah, last Sunday night, Lesile Hanks, 40. of…

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Two Men Drowned. Wellington (N.e.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 March 1934 · page 10

Mr. R. Llewellyn Powell, 29 and Mr. K. Bedford were drowned when they were swept off their feet by a heavy wave while crossing the shallow lagoon at the month of the Walau…

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How an Unnamed Colt Won A.J.C. DERBY Earned His Name After Escape from Drowning Record of Robinson Crusoe

Referee · Thursday 1 March 1934 · page 6

HOW an unnamed colt won the A.J.C. Derby and then narrowly escaped being drowned, but returned to his best form to win the St. Leger, is told by "Martindale" in this story. After his harrow escape the colt was named…

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Electrocuted By Vacuum Cleaner Frayed Wires Inside The Handle Caused Fatality Need for Inspection of Electrical Appliances

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1934 · page 1

Stepping on to the leaden floor of the bathroom while using a vacuum cleaner at the Royal Hotel, Auburn, on February 12, Doris Maria Ruth Sweeney was electrocuted. Evidence at the inquiry by the coroner revealed that some of the…

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Kiddy's Accident Westmead Drain

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 1 March 1934 · page 7

"A little child fell in up to her neck this last week," said Alderman Lane at Holroyd Council on Tuesday. He drew attention to the drainage…

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Accidental Death. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 March 1934 · page 10

The Coroner (Mr. G. S. Goldie), returned a finding of accidental death, following the inquest on John Thomas Hebbard, who was killed in the South mine by a fall of ground,…

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Collision at Kogarah Husband Dead, Wife Injured

The Propeller · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 4

Last Sunday night Leslie Hanks, aged 40 years, of Gannon's Road, Cronulla, was riding a motor cycle, with his wife on the pillion seat, along…

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Motor Cars in Collision. Several Men Injured

The Propeller · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 4

On Wednesday night a motor car, driven by Charles Gray, of Woniora Road, Hurstville, and a car driven by John Williams, of Arcadia Street,…

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Accidents of the Week. Cycle Riders Injured

The Propeller · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 6

Last Sunday evening Bruce Lynch, of Botany, with Eric Fisher on the pillion seat, was riding a motor cycle at the corner of Planthurst Street and…

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Two Injured Car-cycle Accident at Parramatta

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 7

Charles Munright, 23, of Broadbent Street, South Kensington, and Mary Cotter, 24, of the same address, were injured last night when the motor…

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Unusual Accident. Seven Persons Injured. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 11

In a collision involving a motor car a motor truck and a motor cycle in Racecourse-road Flemington to-day seven persons were injured three of them seriously…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 6

While Albert Lee, aged 22 years, of Wheeler Street Kogarah, was riding a motor cycle along Prince's' Highway, Banksia, last Friday night he came into…

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Injured at Cricket

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 8

Struck on the nose by the hall while playing cricket at Palgewood Oval on Wednesday afternoon, Bruce Calbeck, of Gipps Street, Balmaim,…

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Collision After Court Adjourns. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 12

Sergeant Toole who conducted the case for the police at the inquest on Percy Smith, was involved in a motor car collision yesterday. He was accompanied by…

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Doctor Injured In Randwick Smash

The Sun · Friday 2 March 1934 · page 13

As a result of a collision between his motor car and a lorry at the intersection of Clovelly-road and Market-street. Randwick, this afternoon…

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