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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

3,472 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 174

Lost Leg After Collision Injured Man Asks for Radio

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 1

KATOOMBA, Monday.--At 8.38 last night James Roache, 31, of Carnarvon Road, Riverstone, was riding a motor cycle from Bathurst to…

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Drowning Inquest Moree

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 6

The inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the drowning of Mrs. Gray and her family in the McIntyre River, near Eoggabilla, is…

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Woman Drowned. Tumut

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 12

Mrs. Rebecca West, [?] a widow, was drowned in the Tumut River, near Jones Bridge, yesterday afternoon. A party was picknicking on the river bank, and Mrs. West,…

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Injured in 20Ft. Fall

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Monday. -- Oliver Crawley (45), a pile trimmer, of New Lambton, was admitted to Newcastle Hospital to-day with concussion, cuts…

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Three Cars in Collision. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 12

Three motor cars were involved in a collision on Catherine Hill this afternoon. Two passengers were injured, one being Miss Moya Dyring, of 383 Glenferrie-road, Melbourne,…

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Woman Drowned in River Tumut

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 6

Mrs. Rehecca Smith, 50 was drowned in the Tumut River near Brandy Mary's Flat, yesterday. She was paddling when she fell into a…

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24 Drowned When Sea Sweeps Island Kobe

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 10

In a violent storm, huge waves swept the island of Okinoshlma, and 24 seaweed gatherers were drowned. Naval assistance has been sent to the…

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Footballer Gets £250 Verdict Says Collision Ended Playing Days

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 5

"I have played football for years with the Eastern Suburbs, and it means that, as a result of this accident to my foot, my football days…

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Injured, But Saved Mate Car Smash Victims in Creek

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Monday. -- When their car plunged down a 70ft. bank into Berry's Creek, at dusk to-day, Robert Thorburn and Leonard…

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Jockey's Fall. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 8

The City Coroner, Mr. H. H. Farrington, yesterday returned a verdict of accidental death in the case of Cecil George Mathieson, 17, an apprentice jockey, who fell from his…

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ACCIDENTAL Publican Shot Himself

The Sun · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 7

That Martin Garrett Sayers, licensee of the College Green Hotel, Chippendale, accidentally shot himself during a souffle in his hotel,…

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Playmate Was Killed Accidental Death Is Finding

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 8

Uprooting weeds with his playmate, Leslie Woodhouse, 7, at the latter's home in Belmore Road, Peakhurst, on January 22,…

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"Accidental Injury"

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1934 · page 4

Yesterday the City Coroner (Mr. H. H. Farrington) found that Harold Dewhurst (59) died in Sydney Hospital on February 24 from the effect of…

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COLLISION. Four Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 13

William Cousins, l8, of Stubbs-street, Kogarah, and Miss Mavis Wermouth 17, of England street, Brighton-le-sands were critically injured last night at Brighton-le-Sands, as…

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Cars in Collision Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 6

When a car driven by Owen Gibson, of Unanderra, collided with a car driven by Leicester Burnett, of Coledale, Mrs. Burnett was taken to…

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Four Injured in Smash

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 5

Two youths and two sisters were injured last night when motor cycles on which they were riding collided in Grand…

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Girl Drowned Attempt At Rescue Failed MELBOURNE

The Sun · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 11

Miss Nancy Carter, 20. of Henry-street, Northcote, was drowned while bathing off the back beach [?] Queenscliffe to-day. Miss Helen Logan…

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Two Jump From Moving Tram Father and Daughter Injured

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 6

Believing, when the tram slowed down, that they had come to a conditional stopping, plage in St. Paul's Street, Randwick last night. John…

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Parramatta District Court. (Before Judge Barton and a jury of four.) Motor Vehicle Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 9

Ernest Virgin, of Mount Druitt, sued john Rose, of Manly, claiming £400 damages for injuries alleged to have resulted from a collision on the Western-road, Wentworthville,…

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Fainted and Fell Off Train Girl Is Seriously Injured Near Bridge Quick Action

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 7 March 1934 · page 5

FALLING in a faint from the open passage-way of an electric train as it was speeding along the North Shore line near…

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