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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 198

Car on Fire After Collision with Tram. Occupants' Escape

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 9

When a motor car and a tram car collided at the intersection of Chappel-street and French's-road, Randwick, last night, the car burst into flames, and its occupants had…

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Two Drowned Clerk Rescues Boy Scout in Brisbane River

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 7

BRISBANE, Sunday.--A Boy Scout named McKittrick, 11, was rescued, and two drowned in the Brisbane River at Mt. Crosby yesterday…

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Four People Injured. Car Hits Light Standard

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

Four people were injured, and many homes in Liverpool were in darkness for hours, when a motor car crashed into an electric light standard in Macquarie-street, Liverpool, on…

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Camp Tragedy. Tw[?]y Scouts Drowned. Third Boy Rescued. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 9

Two Boy Scouts, Thomas Nettleton, 13, and his brother, Clifford Nettleton, 11, who were members of a week-end camping party, were drowned in the Brisbane River at Mount…

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Uni. Students Attacked Two Killed; 17 Injured Belgrade

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 1

The strike of 800 students of the Belgrade University who barricaded themselves in the building and have been hunger-striking since Friday as…

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Another Victim of the Tram Conductor Hurled Against Bridge Badly Injured

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 5

WITH alarming regularity, the list of victims of the open tram footboard continues to mount, and another nam was added to the…

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Mrs. Keith Miller. Accident in Africa. London, Feb. 3

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

The "Referee" says:—"Mrs. Keith Miller, after crossing the Sahara on a commercial traveller's flight to Capetown, left Niamey for Cotonou (Dahomey), and, encountering…

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Uncle, Nephew the Two Parties in an Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1935 · page 7

Uncle and nephew were injured last night in a remarkable accident in William Street, Granville. The uncle was walking along…

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Injured Man Carried Two Miles. Goondiwindi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 10

Leslie McNamara, 22, overseer of L[?] Toobeah, while mustering horses, crashed into a tree and was knocked unconscious. His brother-in-law, Mr. King, by a…

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20 Foot Drop From Roof Painter Seriously Injured

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 5

Stanley Johnston, 32, tanner, of Harwood Avenue, Willoughby, was seriously injured yesterday when he fell 20 feet from a roof…

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COLLISION At Level Crossing. Rail Motor and Truck. Man and Boy Killed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 9

A boy was killed instantly and a man was fatally injured when a rail motor crashed into a motor truck at a level crossing five miles from…

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Hurt in Cycle Accident. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 February 1935 · page 10

Dazzled by the lights of an approaching car Fred Langworthy, 18, crashed into a guide post when riding his motor cycle along the Narromine-road on Saturday night. He. was treated…

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Collision with Lorry

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 9

K. Lovett, 36, of Mitchell Street, North Bondi, suffered slight concussion yesterday when his motor cycle collided in Denham Street, North…

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Racing Cyclist Injured. Raleigh

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 14

During a road bicycle race at Repton, William Keogh skidded in loose gravel at a dangerous bend on the Pacific Highway, and was thrown on to a motor cor coming towards…

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Miner Injured by Machine Lithgow

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 4

Victor Hutchinson, a miner employed at the State Mine, was admitted to Lithgow Hospital with a badly-cut thumb. which was also…

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A Happy Accident

The World's News · Wednesday 6 February 1935 · page 17

A thunderous colonel of Poonah Lost his voice on a tour in a schooner, But he rapidly came…

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Two Injured in Collision

The Sun · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 30

NOWRA, Thursday.--At 6 p.m. yesterday, two motor cars came into collision at the intersection of Prince's Highway and the…

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Three Injured in Collision Lorry-tram Smash

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 5

Three men were slightly injured early last night when a lorry on which they were travelling collided with a tram at George and…

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Boy Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 12

Frank Hannon, 8, of Second-avenue, Campsie, was drowned in Cook's River, Campsie, where he was bathing with two other boys, yesterday afternoon. Stanley Grimadell, one…

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Bather Injured

The Sun · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 25

While swimming in the Harbor pool at Manly last night, Mrs. Vera Bathgate, of Quinton-road, Manly, had her right shoulder dislocated…

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