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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 198

Accident in Rallway Yards

Nepean Times · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 4

Mr James E. Payne, of the local fettling staff, met with a painful accident on Tuesday last. He was engaged unloading sleepers out of a…

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Manslaughter Charge. Sequel to Street Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 12

The City Coroner (Mr. Farrington) yesterday inquired into the death of Ernest Albert Daniel, 21, a refrigerating engineer, on December 25. He found that Daniel died of…

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Baby Burned. Accidentally Pushed Into Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 February 1935 · page 15

A baby boy, aged six months, was badly burned list evening, near Nanabeen when he was accidentally pushed into an open fire by another child. The baby was taken to…

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Two Scouts Drowned

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1935 · page 2

BRISBANE, Saturday.--Two Boy Scouts, Tom Nettleton (13) and his brother Clifford (11), members of a week-end damping party, were…

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Sensational Crashes Last Night Speedsters Injured

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1935 · page 2

Sensational crashes featured the challenge match between N.S.W, and England at the showground last night, several…

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Speedway Crashes Two Riders Badly Injured Condition Serious

Truth · Sunday 3 February 1935 · page 16

TWO prominent speedway motor riders suffered concussion of the brain in two separate crashes at the Showground…

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Fell From Tram Mr. E. George Marks Fatally Injured

Truth · Sunday 3 February 1935 · page 16

MR. E. GEORGE MARKS, WELL-KNOWN SYDNEY JOURNALIST AND AUTHOR. WHO WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED…

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Surfer Is Injured Jim Gibb Collides in Beach Race Newcastle

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1935 · page 2

The well-known surfer jim Gibb, of Cook's Hill, was injured in a collision with another runner in the beach flag relay race at the…

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Injured Widow's Desperate Bid To Help Her Accused Son Cripple's Trial Wounding Count Alleged Confession Forms An Amazing Human Story

Truth · Sunday 3 February 1935 · page 17

WHAT A MARVELLOUS THEATRE IS THE POLICE COURT! THERE PLAYED BY ACTORS WHO KNOW NOTHING OF STAGE EXITS…

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Mr. E. G. Marks Dead Victim of City Accident

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1935 · page 2

Sydney law courts lost one of their best-known figures last hight, with the death of Mr. E. George Marks, chief law reporter…

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Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 10

Frederick Porter, 18, of Polding-street, Bossley Park, had his skull fractured when his bicycle and a motor car came into collision in Campbelltown-road, Casula, last night. The…

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Motor Accidents. Boy Killed. Car Overturns After Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 10

Neil Higgs, 8, of Mintaro-avenue, Strathfield, was killed instantly yesterday afternoon when the car in which he was riding overturned after a collision on the main Western-road,…

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Sawmill Fatality. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 10

The district coroner (Mr. W. A. Cole) found that the death of Cecil Arthur Cory on January 20 was due to injuries accidentally received through being caught, in the belt of a…

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Law Case. Another Collision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 5

Another collision case in the Admiralty Division was that of the "Camberwell" and the "Maja" in Barrow Deep, River Thames, during fog, at 12.22 a.m. on February 23rd, 1934. The owners of the s.s. "Camberwell", the…

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United States Official Seriously Injured in Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 10

Mr. Wilson C. Flake, Assistant Trade Commissioner in Sydney for the United States, was seriously injured in a motor accident early yesterday morning…

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Motor Collision Charge Against Driver

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 5

A collision between two motor cars at Lansdowne on January 20 had a sequel at the Liverpool Police Court on Friday, when Donald Robert McLeod (27),…

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Casualties. Tram Conductor Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 10

Milton Marles, 32, tram conductor, of Connecticut-avenue, Fivedock, was seriously injured on Saturday night while collecting fares from the running board of a tram when the…

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Child Injured During Storm. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 10

When a heavy kitchen dresser, full of crockery, was blown down upon her during a storm at Tabulam, Pay Hollis, the fouryear-old daughter of Mr. D. J. Hollis, of…

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Car-tram Collision Four People Receive Minor Injuries

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 7

Four persons received minor injuries last night when a oar was wrecked in a head-on collision with a tram in Frenchman's Road, Randwick, and…

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Brothers Were Drowned Scout Camping Party Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 5

Two members of a week-end camping party Tom Nettleton, 13. and his brother. Clifford. 11. both Boy Scouts. were drowned in Brisbane River at…

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