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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 198

Three Injured Head-On Collision NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 5

Three men were injured and others had lucky escapes in a head-on collision between two cars on the main Sydney-road, between Swansea and…

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Boy Killed Car Overturns After Collision

Nepean Times · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 5

Neil Higgs, 8, of Mintaro Avenue, Strathfiled, was killed instantly on Sunday afternoon when the car in which he was riding overturned after…

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Injured Minister. To Spend Week In Hospital. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 16

The Minister for the Interior (Mr. Paterson), who with Senator Brennan and Mr E. Terry, was injured in a motor car accident in Melbourne last night, is likely to remain…

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Grafton Romance. Critically Injured Man Married in Hospital. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 16

Ernest. ("Pat") Fox, who lost both [?]gs through an accident at a meatworks nine days ago, and who is still dangerously ill, was married to his pretty fiancee, Irene Ho[?]good…

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Labriola To Referee Lurich -- Lundyn Wrestle McMASTER'S Forearm Injured Finnish Star Hopes To Outpoint Champion Will Be Fast

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 3

LEICHHARDT Stadium's wrestling referee, "Big Jim" McMaster so badly injured his forearm yesterday that he had to seek…

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Man's Death Following Accident GOSFORD

The Sun · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 5

J. H. Butterworth, 50, an Ourimban orchardist, who was found lying in a pool of blood on the roadway, beside his bicycle, 75 yards from his…

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Not an Accident in 50 Years Cessnock

The Labor Daily · Saturday 9 February 1935 · page 7

MR. ANDREW McGILL, who retired from the position of winding engine-driver at Aberdare Colliery this…

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Three Hurt Newcastle Road Collision Two Cars Smash

Truth · Sunday 10 February 1935 · page 16

THREE men were rushed to Newcastle Hospital following a collision between two cars on the main Sydney road…

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Man Killed Stopped to Watch Cat on Road Others Injured

Truth · Sunday 10 February 1935 · page 13

ONE man was killed and two were injured in Harris-street, Ultimo, late last night, when a car, travelling on its…

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Six Injured Cars in Collision at Dural

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 7

Six persons were injured when two cars collided and overturned last night in Galston Road, Dural. They were: Mrs. Janet Chalker, 72,…

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No One Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 1

Cars driven by Hector Lee, of Moiracrescent, Randwick, and Frederick H. Mason, of Wolger-road, Ryde, collided at the intersection of Western-road, and…

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Cars in Collision. Ballina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 10

Two motor cars, one driven by Miss Bar[?] of Meerschaum Vale, and the other by Mr. R. T. Cashin, of Alstonville, collided at the foot of Wollongbar Hill about 8 o'clock last…

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Casualties. Boy Seriously Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 10

Norman Miller, 9, of Ivy-street, Darlington, fell from a tram at the intersection of Pitt and Goulburn streets yesterday. The Central District Ambulance took him to Sydney…

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Motor Accidents. Car Skids on Wet Road. Man Fatally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 14

Lawrence Wheeler, 27, of Pacific-road, Deewhy, was fatally injured on Saturday when the car in which he was riding skidded on the wet surface in Pittwater-road, Deewhy,…

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Farm Worker Injured. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 10

When Thomas Birmingham was working at the top of a well on a farm at Tatham he was struck below an eye with the handle of a windlass, which inflicted a severe wound. He…

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Hard to Find Cause of Collision MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 11

Yesterday's train collision at Croydon, the first of its kind on the Victorian railways, has mystified the Railway Commissioners. A complete…

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Injured Horseman. Slid Down Hill on Stretcher. TAMWORTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 13

[?] H. Wiseman, of Garthowen, a representative of Attunga in the Cockburn Shire council, was riding over mountainous country, [?]ing up sheep, when the horse became…

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Collision. Electric Trains. One Out of Control. Carriages Catch Alight. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 9

Damage estimated at £26,000 was caused when an electric passenger train bound from Ringwood to Croydon got out of control and crashed at 60 miles…

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Man Killed by Car After Saving Kitten. Two Companions Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 9

After three men had rescued a terrorstriken kitten which had fied beneath a stationary tram in Hairis-street, Pyrmont during a storm on Saturday night one of them…

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Newcastle News. Motor Accidents. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 14

Three men were injured, none seriously, when two motor cars came into collision on Pacific Highway, about two miles south of Swansea, yesterday. Edward Ernest Cairns,…

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