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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 198

Marella Battered by a Terrific Cyclone Governor Nearly Drowned Officer, Passengers Hurt 36-Hour Ordeal In 70-Mile Wind

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

DARWIN, Thursday.--Almost two days overdue, the Marella berthed here this afternoon on her way to Singapore,…

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Motor Accidents. Woman Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 16

Bridget Brennan, 63, of Water-street, Camperdown, was fatally injured yesterday when she was knocked down by a car in Annandale. She was crossing…

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ALD. J. Shakespeare Passes Died From Mining Accident

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 6

One of the best-known identities in the working-class movement of the North of N.S.W., Alderman Joe Shakespeare, has died as a result of…

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Fatal Lorry Accident. Driver, Committed for Trial. Solicitor’s Protest

The St George Call · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

The City Coroner (Mr. E. T. Oram) on Monday committed Reginald Jack Briggs, a lorry driver, for trial on a manslaughter charge, arising from the…

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Died After Accident

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 6

As the result of injuries received on November 10, when he was struck by a car in Enmore Road, Newtown, Ronald Mulligan, 15, of…

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Peculiar Accident

The Biz · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 4

Mr. Henry Finch, of Hamilton-road, Fairfield West, was spraying tomato plants on the. 10th instant. when the spray burst, and the bluestone and…

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Bus in Collision. Three Passengers Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 12

Three passengers of a motor bus were injured yesterday evening when the vehicle and a tram collided at the corner of Parramatta and Bridge roads, Camperdown…

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Cyclist Killed Shockingly Injured in Collision

The Labor Daily · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 5

Compound fractures of the left leg, left thigh, left arm and a fractured Jaw, ribs and skull, were the shocking injuries which caused the death…

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St. Marys Child Drowned

Nepean Times · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 5

Kenneth Mole, the two-year-old son of Mr and Mrs Mole, of Canberra Street, St.Marys was accidentally drowned on Tuesday evening in a dam…

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Trotting Rider Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 2

Near the six furlongs post in the Trial Handicap at Victoria Park yesterday Valley's Pride fell. The stewards inquired into the accident,…

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In Dam Child Drowned PENRITH

The Sun · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 5

While Mrs. A. Mole, of Canberra-street, St. Marys, was gardening, she missed her two-years-old son, Kenneth. A search resulted in the body…

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In Collision "Hell's Bells! Cars Smashed Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 3

Three men had amazing escapes from death when two cars were wrecked in a spectacular collision in St…

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Two Men Injured. Quarrel in a House

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 19

After a disturbance in a house at Redfern, two men were taken to the Royal South Sydney Hospital yesterday morning, one for treatment for a bullet wound in a hand, and the other…

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Faces Charge DELIRIUM Jupp Injured Slaying Charge London

The Sun · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 1

FOLLOWING the death in hospital of Denis Moysey, 19, one of two youths on a motor cycle, which…

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Family Feared Poisoning Two Injured in Fight Rifle, Pistol Seized

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 7

A STRANGE story of a family's fear of being poisoned lies behind a shooting in a house in Moorehead Street,…

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Road Accidents. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1935 · page 10

Sir,—The interesting statement of Mr. J. C. Watson, president of the N.R.M.A., "that, in 84.8 per cent, of the cases involving death in road accidents, the cause was attributable…

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Eaton Injured

The Sun · Sunday 20 January 1935 · page 48

Western Suburbs Rugby League footballers are in the news. Les. Mead, international halfback, is the father of a brand…

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Sank in Baths Girl Drowned At Tamworth TAMWORTH

Truth · Sunday 20 January 1935 · page 1

A DROWNING accident occurred in the Tamworth Baths late this afternoon, when Esther Donoghue, aged 15 years, got…

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They Kissed—then Fate Stepped in and Brought Disaster "It Was an Accident" Tiagic Death Of Wife Of Well-Known Darlington Publican Coroner Exonerates Husband

Truth · Sunday 20 January 1935 · page 12

EXTRAORDINARY evidence given at the Coroner's Court last week showed that the death on New Year's Day of Mis. Beatrice Maud Joel, wife of Leslie Joel, licensee of the Darlington Hotel, Darlington, was the result of a dreadful…

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An Accidental Hero

The Sun · Sunday 20 January 1935 · page 2

YOU might travel for months in French Northern Africa, in the luxurious…

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