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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 198

Accidents of the Week. Girl Pillion Rider Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 4

On Monday, Mary Myers, of Perry Avenue, Bexley, was riding pillion on a motor cycle when a collision occurred with a motor car at the corner…

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Baths Crowded But Youth Was Drowned

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 19

Although the baths at Vimiera-road, Eastwood, were crowded on New Year's Day, a youth named William Roger Walker (21), of Orange-steer,…

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Diver Seriously Injured. Parkes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 16

At a meeting of the Parkes Swimming Club reference was made to persons diving from the top of the Olympic Tower. It was stated that one man split his head open on Sunday night…

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Driver Should Have Seen Coroner's View Lidcombe Fatality

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 17

Walking arm-in-arm with a girl along Parramatta-road, Lidcombe, near Fracis-street, on the evening of December 24,…

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Taxi Runs Away Man Is Injured Crash Into Window Of Shop City Thrills

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 1

IN a desperate attempt to stop hit unattended taxi from careering down Hunter Street, City, last night. Walter Burton, 55, of Simp…

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Auburn-lidcombe News "Death-traps" Where Accidents Do Not Occur Parramatta-road Toll

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 3

When is a "death-trap" not a "death-trap"? This question was raised in Lidcombe police circles during…

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Accidents at Dubbo. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 12

When a car and a bicycle collided, Mary Ryan, 15, and Jack Ryan, 17, who were "double-banking" on the bicycle, suffered shock and abrasions, and the girl was admitted to…

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Accidental Death

The Sun · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 2

MOSS VALE, Thursday.--A verdict of accidental death was returned by the District Coroner (Mr. W. Terry) at the Inquest to-day on William…

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Series of Strange Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 1

RUNAWAY cars and a detached motor lorry wheel caused a series of strange accidents yesterday in the city and…

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Drowned

The Land · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 15

After twenty years' absence a man returned to his home town. He discovered only one of the original residents, an old Irishwoman…

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Injured Mare

The Land · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 19

"Boonanghi": On examining an aged mare one morning I discovered a swelling on the point of the near shoulder. She was very stiff and lame,…

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Injured by Motor Lorry

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 9

Struck by a lorry in Parramatta Road, Auburn, yesterday, Frederick Briggs, 32, of Burlingham Street, Merrylands, was taken by…

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Casualties. Motor Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 12

Jack Thompson, 24, of High-street, Willoughby, was riding his motor cycle in a practice run at the Speedway Royal yesterday when the machine skidded, and he was thrown…

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Owner Found For Injured Alsatian

The Sun · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 8

A story in "The Sun" on Wednesday, regarding the rescue of an Alsatian dog from an air shaft at Wynyard railway station, after it had…

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Mr. H. P. Summers Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 17

Mr. H. P. Summers, chairman of the council of the New South Wales Cyclists' Union, and referee of open amateur races in Sydney, is an inmate of Sydney Hospital as a result of a collision between…

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Injured Athletes Are Ready for Games

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--J. V. Powell, the British middle distance runner, and Matti Sippala, the Finnish field games champion, showed no signs of the injuries…

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Train Alight. Collision with Lorry. Dash to Water Tanks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 11

Blazing petrol set fire to three trucks of wheat near Temora yesterday when a goods train and a motor lorry collided. The crew hurried the…

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Car Hits Pole Two People Injured at Tom Ugly's Point

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 9

Swerving to avoid a collision, a car skidded and crashed into a telegraph pole in Prince's Highway, Tom Ugly's Point, late last night, two…

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Crash Through Gates Just Before Train Passes. Three Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 11

Three occupants of a motor car were injured late last night when it crashed through the level crossing gates on the Parramatta-road at Clyde…

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Learn to Swim. Campaign in England. 2500 Persons Drowned Yearly. Australia's Life-saving Methods the Best

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 11

Mr. J. C. Fishenden, vice-president of the Royal Life-Saving Society, England, who arrived in Sydney yesterday from Melbourne to inspect the work carried out by life-s[?]ving clubs,…

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