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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

3,472 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 174

Woman Drowned

The Sun · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 4

TUMUT, Monday. -- Yesterday evening, Mrs. Rebecca Smith, about 50, a widow, was one of a party who were picnicking and swimming in the…

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Gaoler Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 1

HOBART, Sunday.--The discovery of a capsized fishing boat at Oppossum Bay, with fishing tackle tangled round it, suggests that Alexander…

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Injured Policeman Dead

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Constable Henri Peppier (26), who was injured when his motor-cycle came into collision with a motor-truck at South…

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Cyclist Hurt Collision With Car

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 2

Vetor Worswick (2-1), of 67 Consett-street, Concord West, while riding a motor cycle yesterday morning came into collision with it motor car at the…

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Three Injured Car Overturns

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 1

When a collision between two cars occurred at Epping on Saturday night, one of the cars overturned. Three occupants injured, and, after…

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Casualties. Cyclist Fatally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 10

John Edward Harding, 19 of 29 Wolli-avenue. Earlwood, was fatally injured when his bicycle was struck by a tram in Illawarra-road, Marrickville. on Saturday…

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Railway Fatality. Body Cut to Pieces

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 9

The terribly mutilated body of a man was round on the Bankstown railway line yesterday morning. It was subsequently identified at that of Henry William Russell…

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Drowned When Boat Overturned Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 1

David Fennell 50, was drowned on Saturday when fishing boat overturned on Outer Harbor His three companions were rescued by a…

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Deaf and Dumb Girl Drowned in Baths

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 9

Sarah Beatrice May Woodward, 20, was drowned in the East Hills baths on George's River yesterday morning. Miss Woodward, who was deaf and dumb…

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Six Week-end Fatalities Car, Train, Tram and Drowning Victims

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 7

A GIRL was drowned at East Hills; a youth was killed by a tram at Marrickville; a man, at Manly; a boy, at Neutral Bay,…

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Car's Crash Woman and Children Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 2

When n motor car crashed into a telegraph pole in Excelsior-street, Granville, on Thursday night, a woman and her four-children were injured…

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Fatal Game Child Injured By Playmate

The Sun · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 3

A game of "gardening," which ended fatally, was to-day described to the City Coroner (Mr. Farrington), and it was disclosed that the victim,…

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Two Injured Car and Motor Cycle Collide

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 1

A man and woman were injured when it motor car and a motor cycle collided it the intersection of Church and Argyle streets, Parramatta, about 8.20 p.m. last…

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Three Rescued, One Drowned Mishap to Adelaide Fishing Party

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Sunday.--David Fennell, 50, of Sturt Street, Adelaide, a member of a fishing party, was drowned in the Outer Harbor…

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Cricketer Injured. Ball Causes Concussion. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 10

Max Cox, 41, of Elizabeth-street, Tigne's Hill, suffered concussion when he was struck behind the left ear by a cricket ball while playing in a match at Maryville yesterday…

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Clash in the Domain Policemen Injured Six Arrests

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 5

REINFORCEMENTS of police from city stations were rushed to the Domain yesterday afternoon, when police and civilians clashed in an…

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Deaf-mute Drowned in Baths Young Woman The Victim of Tragedy Body Found

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 5

FOR over an hour and a half lifesavers dragged East Hilts Park baths yesterday to recover the body of a deaf mute…

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Spectator Killed. Accident at Sports Meeting. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 9

Flank Ludovic Perske, 50, a farmer, of Thornlands. near Cleveland, was fatally injured when he was accidentally struck on the head by a 151b shot. thrown by a…

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Motor Accidents. Heavy Week-end Toll. Several Fatalities

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1934 · page 10

One man was killed and two others were injured when a single-seater motor car, containing five persons, overturned on Pittwater-road, near the Manly tram depot, on…

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Cyclist Injured in Collision

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 8

Arthur Thomas Burthard, 20, of Victoria Street, Lidcombe, suffered a fracture of the left thigh when the bicycle he was riding, collided with…

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