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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 198

Casualties. Collision in City

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

Three men were injured at the intersection of Margaret and George streets city, yesterday evening when a motor lorry and a tram collided. Frederick Malcolm[?] 54, of…

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Cars in Collision. Nowra

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

Two motor cars came into collision at the intersection of Kinghorn and Jervis streets, Nowra, to-night. A sedan car coming down the hill struck a touring car, which was…

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Merrylands Collision Tyre-Burst Caused Swerve

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 18

A utility track owned by Holroyd Council was involved in a collision in Pill-street, Merrylands last week. While travelling from the council's…

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Neusel Wins by T.K.O. Petersen Injured Al Burke

Referee · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 18

HEAVYWEIGHT champion, Jack Petersen, passed out of the ranks of likely contenders for a world's title when he was defeated by German…

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Caught by Mud and Drowned Constable Dives For Boy's Body At Campsie Cook's River

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 5

DIVING in the nude, Frank Hannan, 8, of 2nd Ave., Campsie, plunged into the muddy bottom of Cook's River, near Third Avenue,…

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Near Heart Pencil Point Amazing Accident

The Sun · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 30

CLIVE COLDHAM, 35. just missed being killed by a pencil. He is, doctors say, extremely lucky to be alive…

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Accidents of the Week. Man Found Poisoned

The Propeller · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 3

Early yesterday morning the St. George Ambulance received a call from the police to proceed to a house in Hill Street, Carlton. On arrival…

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Motor Lorry Accident

The Propeller · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 2

Three persons were trapped in the driver's cabin of a motor lorry which overturned at Liverpool last Saturday night. Two of them were not…

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No Conference on Accidents States Against Proposal Canberra

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 5

The proposed conference for the prevention of accidents has been abandoned by the Federal Government, due to the…

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Accident Victim Dies

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 5

Unconscious since lust Friday night after his head had been struck by the carriage of a train dale station, George Dowling. 51, of…

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Accidents Near Bathurst. Bathurst

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

After the motor cycle Roland [?]ranchi, 38, a prospector, was riding, overturned, he lay on a lonely bush road near Clear Cre[?]k, with his machine across one of his legs, until a…

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Collision Averted. Birubi's Prompt Move

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 5

Prompt action by the master and crew of the Birubi saved the pilot steamer from serious damage in an unusual collision which…

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Rossley Park Boy Injured

The Biz · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 4

Frederick Porter, 18, of Polding-street, Bossley Park, who had his skull fractured when his bicycle collided with a motor car in Campbelltown-road, casula, last…

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Casualties. Factory Worker Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 12

Leslie Abbott, 20, of Stoddart-street. Lakemba, was working a mechanical hammer at a factory in Oxford-street, Newtown, yesterday, when it descended and crushed his right…

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On Easy List Aztec and Sir Simper Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Aztec and Sir Simper have been placed on the easy list for a day or two, both having slight swellings in the near…

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Cyclist Injured Machine and Car Collided at Chullora

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 8

Hurled across the road when his bicycle and a car collided in Liverpool Road, Chullora, late last night, Stephen Bransgrove, 32, of Park…

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Federal Ministers Injured Car Crashes Into Tree Melbourne, Thurs

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 7

While returning to their homes from a meeting of the Federal Cabinet to-night, Senator T. C. Brennan, the Honorary Minister, Mr. T…

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Long Chase After Suspect. Constable Injured. Man Escapes in Dust Storm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 11

Police who were investigating: the activities of a gang of cracksmen had a dramatic encounter with a suspect yesterday. The man eluded them after…

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Crash Into Tree. Federal Government Car. Two Ministers Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 11

The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Paterson) and Senator Brennan, Assistant Minlster, were injured to-night when a Government car, in which they were travelling, clashed with…

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Three-ton Lorry on Workman Lifted Off Him By 50 Men; Spine Injured Over on Slope

The Labor Daily · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 10

WHEN a man was pinned under a motor lorry weighing three tons at North Head yesterday afternoon, about 50 men rushed to…

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