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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

3,472 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 174

Cyclist Injured by Hit-run Driver

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 1

Biding motor-cycle along Woodville Road Granville, last Sunday night, Robert Speakman, 53, Oaks Street, Parramatta, was struck by a…

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Horse Killed in Collision Milk Cart and Tram

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 8

When a tram collided with a milk cart at the intersection of Hastings and Botany Bonds early yesterday morning, Robert Camden, of Botany…

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Lorry Smashed by Train Driver Hurled Clear, But Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 9

GLADSTONE, Q., Monday.--Driving a motor lorry laden with furniture over the Auckland Street railway crossing this morning, J. B…

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Found Father Dying Had Lost Arm in Minf. Accident Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 1

William Sheppeard, an elderly man, of Brisbane Street, Oakey Park, was found by members of his family late this afternoon unconscious in his…

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Accidental Death

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 10

At the City Coroner's inquest yesterday into the death of Ernest Bradley, 16, of Military Road, Neutral Bay, who was killed in a collision…

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Child Drowned Following Father to Work

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 17

Alexander Ronald Young, aged 1 year and 11 months, was drowned near his parents' home at Upper Sackville, via Windsor, on Monday…

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Killed on Way to Work Cyclist's Collision

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 10

Riding his motor cycle to work along Commercial Road, Rozelie on March 5, Francis Edward. Nell 28, single, of Hillcrest Avenue,…

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Man Drowned Himself Woman's Report to Police ADELAIDE,Tuesday

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 1

The police were informed that when a man and a woman, after arriving in a motor car on the southern bank of the Torrens…

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Mother Finds Baby Drowned Toddled After Father to Water's Edge

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 1

WINDSOR, Tuesday. -- Following his father by a bush track to the water's edge, Ronald Alexander Young, of Upper Sackville, aged one…

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Injured Man. First-aid by Mrs. Earle Page. GRAFTON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 17

When Wallace Wearne, aged 21 years, of Cremorne, Sydney, who is employed on Heifer Station, suffered a fracture of the right leg just above the ankle, the injured limb was…

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London— City Of Accidents 1409 Killed In The Streets

The World's News · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 40

AN average of nearly four people a day were killed in the streets of London last year. The total was 1409, an increase of 143 over 1932…

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MOTORING Traffic Accidents Blame Apportioned and Remedies Proposed

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 43

ONLY an idealist would hope that traffic safety could be improved to such a degree that the annual total of accidents would be reduced almost to vanishing point. There are many…

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Caught on Rope Man Hurt In Strange Accident

The Sun · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 11

Charles Lucre, laborer, suffered a fracture of the skull when lifted bodily at the end of a rope and dashed against a brick wall at a…

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Woman Became Panicky Death Under Lorry an Accident

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 6

At the City Coroner's inquest yesterday into the death of Miss Amella Mary Gaggln, 67, of Riley Street, East Sydney, who was knocked…

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Fatale Accidente Un'Uomo Investito e Ucciso

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 14 March 1934 · page 7

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Unusual Accident. Man Fatally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 10

Charles Lucre about 56 of Botany-road Botany was fatally injured in an unusual way yesterdpy morning. He was helping to lower an iron chimney from the roof of a…

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Fatally Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 7

Dashed against a brick wall, then falling 20 feet to the floor, after he had been pulled into the air on a rope at a foundry in Elizabeth Street,…

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Casualties. Cyclist Fatally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 10

Edward Armstrong, 25, of Byron-street, Croydon, was fatally injured last night at the corner of Pairamatta-road and Broughton-street Concord, when his bicycle und a motor…

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Five Injured Roseville Smash

The Labor Daily · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 5

Five persons were injured when two cars collided on the Pacific Highway, Roseville, last night. All were taken to the…

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Lugger: Ten Drowned Cyclone's Toll in Far North

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 7

COOKTOWN, Wednesday.-- Ten persons were drowned when the Thursday Island lugger Mildred capsized at anchor a…

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