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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 198

Tamworth Accidents. Tamworth

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

Clifford Davis, of Currabubula Hotel, suffered lacerations to the face and shock when the soda cylinder he was charging in a cellar exploded. He was unconscious for some time…

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Chain of Accidents Man Daughter, Fire Victims

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 1

A MAN and his daughter suffered burns yesterday at their home in Elizabeth Street, Granville. It Was the second serious accident to…

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Gun Tragedy Girl Accidentally Shot by Brother

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 7

GRAFTON, Sunday.--Valerie Beckman, 12, of Ashby, was accidentally shot by her brother Edgar, 10, yesterday afternoon, and died in Lower…

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Relief Worker Injured

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 7

When his hand was caught in the mechanism of a mixing machine at Hurstville yesterday, William Hansell, 30, a relief worker, of Forest…

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Speedway Crash. Two Riders Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 9

Two racing motor cyclists were badly injured when their motor cycles collided at a speed of 70 miles an hour at the Speedway at the Royal Agricultural Ground last night…

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Eighteen Killed in Train Collision Moscow

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 1

It is now revealed that is persona were killed and many injured when passenger and freight trains collided at…

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District Court. (Before Judge Curlewls.) Taxi-cab Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 6

Emily Ellis. of Frenchman's load Randwick, sought to recover from the Capitol Cab Co., Limited, of Clement-street Rushcutter Bay, and Norman Vincent Simpson, of Willon-street,…

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Boy Injured in Collision. Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 14

Thomas Clissold, 11, of Lambridge, [?] Penrith, was seriously injured that evening when the bicycle which he was riding along the main Western-road came into head-on…

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Schoolboy Injured. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 14

When a bicycle, ridden by Cecil Dillon, 9, skidded on the Lismore road, he was thrown heavily to the roadway. He was conveyed to Casino Hospital suffering from severe…

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Casualties. Boy's Head Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 14

Thomas Thornton 4, of Belmore-street, Enmore, suffered head injuries, concussion, a fracture of the jaw, and severe shock yesterday afternoon, when he was knocked down…

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Boy Cyclist Injured. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 14

A bicycle ridden by Neville Graham, 13, [?] of Mr. John Graham, manager of the Farmers and Graziers' Company, Wagga, came into collision with a car. The boy was thrown…

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District Court. (Before Judge Curlewis.) Motor Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 9

William John O'Kane, of Ian-street, Rose Bay, sued Rudolph Montefiore Lipman, of Cecil-street, Rose Bay, for £200 for damage to a motor car, resulting from a motor collision…

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Ex-police Sergeant Injured. Nowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 14

Richard Pestell, of Sydney, a retired police sergeant, fell out of a cart on his brother's farm at Meroo. He suffered a fractured left thigh and lacerations to the head. He…

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Late News Baby Drowned in Tue Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 1

Missing lier la months' old son for a few minutes last night. Mrs. Jack Coxon, of Numurkah, found him dead in a tub of water…

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Car Overturns. Two Persons Killed. Five Others Injured. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 February 1935 · page 13

Two persons were killed and five were seriously injured late to-night when a single-seater car in which they were travelling from Tamworth to Nemingha…

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Motor Cars in Collision. Ex-Mayor Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 7

Mr. Mark Gosling, of Hurstville, and cx-M.L.A. for Kogarah, and Alderman Norman R. Bertram, ex-Mayor of Kogarah, were injured last…

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Street Fatality

The Sun · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 25

Struck by a motor car as she was crossing Oxford-street, Bondi Junction last night, Miss Mary Hill, 50, of Llandaff-street, Waverley, was…

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Tamworth Accident. Condition of Injured. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 16

The condition of Harry Doolan, 22, of Garthowen, who suffered head injuries in the accident in which two persons were killed by the overturning of a car between Tamworth…

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Injured in Motor Smash

The Propeller · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 4

Mr. William Patterson, aged 65 years, a resident of Kogarah, and two other men, were injured when two motor cars collided on the…

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Rail Motor and Car. Collision at Crossing. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 12

A rail cal and trailer, bound from Thevenard to Penong, on the west coast, struck a motor car, driven by Percy John Brun, of Thevenard, at a level-crossing near Ceduna…

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