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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

3,472 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 174

Both to Blame. Vessels in Collision Off Portuguese Coast

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 5

In the Admiralty Court recently, an action was heard brought by the Houston Lines, as owners of the steamer Halesius, registered at Liverpool,…

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Five Injured in Car Crash Woman, Seriously, in Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 7

Five persons were injured, one seriously, last night, when two cars collided at the corner of Pacific Highway and Boundary Street,…

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Thrown From Cart Merrylands Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 7

Thrown from his eart with consider able force, Mr. H. Marshall, a breadcarter employed by Sinee's Bakery (Granville), had a narrow escape from…

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Bad Roads Mean Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1934 · page 12

The secretary of the British Roads Improvement Association has prepared some notes dealing with the relation of road accidents to the lack of sufficient road…

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Accident to Alderman. Singleton

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

Alderman J. B. Kennedy was returning from Scone in a car, when the lights failed and the car overturned. He had two ribs fractured, and also received abrasions to the head…

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Cabramatta Boy Drowned

The Biz · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 1

W[?]e swimming with other children in Orphan School Creek, cabramatta, after lunch on Friday last, Rawson James Gould, 13, of John-street, Cabramatta,…

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Hurt in Car Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 8

When two cars collided in Parramatta Road, Camperdown, last night, Frederick Dungate (42), of Windsor Road, Baulkham Hills, received…

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Tragic Death Deaf Mute Girl's Drowning

The Sun · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 13

The death of a deaf and dumb girl, Sarah Beatrice May Woodward (20), of Arncliffe, at a swimming enclosure. at East Hills Park on the…

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Cudal Resident Injured Orange

The Labor Daily · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 8

Richard Windred, 55, was admitted to Orange Base Hospital last night in a serious condition through a collision with a motor car. Windred…

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Motorist Killed. Woman Critically Injured. Car Overturns Three Times

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 9

Three people, residents of Woollahra, were in a motor car which crashed against a telegraph pole on the Western-road, near Rooty Hill, yesterday afternoon…

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Killed in Car Crash on Road Two Passengers Seriously Injured SOMERSAULTED

The Labor Daily · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 7

SOMERSAULTING into the air after getting out of control at the intersection of Great Western and Rooty Hill Roads,…

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Grave Warning From Broken Hill Striking Widows Off Fund Rates To Injured Men Are Reduced COMPENSATION

The Labor Daily · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 11

COPIES of a protest by the Barrier District Assembly against the action of the authorities in striking off the Broken…

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Girl Accidentally Shot. Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 10

Mary Taylor, 16, daughter of Mr. Thomas Taylor, council employee, was shot in a thigh with a pea-rifle. The girl's young brother, Athol, 7, was playing with a rifle in the yard…

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Accidents to Workers. Coff's Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 10

As the result of having his right leg crushed by a large hardwood log at Mulhearn Bros,' mill, an employee, Jack Smith, wad conveyed to Coff's Harbour Hospital and admitted…

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Accidents of the Week Motor Cycle Overturns

The Propeller · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 6

A motor cycle and sidecar struck a heap of sand at the side of the Kings way, Cronulla, on Tuesday, and overturned. William Guard, 58, of Wisteria…

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Deaf and Dumb Girl Drowned in East Hills Baths. Probably Accidentally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 March 1934 · page 16

Tributes to the work of life-savers at Eas[?] Hills Baths on March 4, when a deaf and dumb girl named Sarah Woodward met her death were expressed at tlip Inquiry held by…

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Struck by Car Street Fatality

Nepean Times · Saturday 17 March 1934 · page 1

Struck by a car when walking on High Street, Penrith, on Saturday night, Jack Worswick (23) died in Nepean District Hospital…

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Paper Boy Seriously Injured

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 March 1934 · page 6

Selling papers on a tram in Anzac Parade, Daceyville last evening, Edward. Trollote, 11, of Houston Road, Kensington, tell and suffered severe…

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Casualties. Man Seriously Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 March 1934 · page 16

David Whittle, 70, cf Crescent-street, Roselie, was seriously injuicd last night, when he was knocked down by a motor car at the corner of Bridge-road and Harris-street…

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Old Man Injured by Car

The Labor Daily · Saturday 17 March 1934 · page 5

David Whittle, 70 of Crescent Street, Rozelle, was seriously Injured last evening when knocked down by a car in Bridge Road, Pyrmont Taken…

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