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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 198

Many Injured in Vienna Riots Vienna

The Labor Daily · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 1

Despite the Government ban, Socialite and Communists staged sporadic demonstrations to commemorate the…

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Storms. Suburban Floods. Boy Drowned in River. Damage by Lightning

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

Heavy rain resulted in flooding. and lightning caused damage in the metropolitan area yesterday. Trains were held up when elcetrical wires were struck by lightning during…

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Hurled a Bottle at Engine Driver Injured By Flying Glass

The Labor Daily · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 7

EITHER a maniac or a mischievous boy hurled a bottle at a train engine from the overhead bridge in Cleveland Street, Redfern…

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Bushworkers Injured. One Pinned By Log for Hour. DORRIGO

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 8

Albert MacGuire was pinned to the ground by a log in the bush three miles from Cascade, mid had to wait alone for almost an hour while his son went for aid. When…

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Glaring Headlights Cause Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 1

Driving a motor lorry along Windsor[?]oad, Northmead, on the night of December 7, Albert George Crouth collided with a stationary vehicle, pushing it…

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District Court. (Before Judge Curlew[?]s.) Motor Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 7

Ceci[?]ia Cottle of Middle-street, Randwick, sued Andiew Oswald Irvine, of Chaleyerstreet, Rose Bay, for £200 damages for injuries received as the result of being struck…

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Accidents of the Week. Tops of Fingers Severed

The Propeller · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 4

William Hassell, residing in Forest Road, Hurstville, had the tops of his second and fourth fingers severed while working a machine at the…

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Accident Victim Was Boxer

The Labor Daily · Thursday 14 February 1935 · page 6

Mrs. Mary Eatock writes to say that her son. Adam Eatock, 28, of Cheltenham Street, Rozelic, on whose death an inquest was held by the…

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Motor Car Collision

The St George Call · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 2

Mr. Mark Gosling and Aid. N. B. Bertram, ex-Mayor of Kogarah, wore concerned in a motor ear accident in Kogarah, last Friday evening. Mr…

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Tram Driver Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 1

When a tram and lorry met in a head-on collision in Botany Road, Waterloo, yesterday, Percy Peck, 42, the tram driver, was cut about the…

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Casualties. Boy Fatally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 12

Albert Owen, 11, of Anderson-street, Alexandria, was fatally injured when he was knocked down by a motor lorry at the intersection of McEvoy-street and Botany-road,…

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Boy Injured. Murwil[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 12

Extensive injuries were received by Leslle Kickbusch, son of Mr. W. Kickbusch, when the bicycle he wes riding came into collision with a motor car. The boy received a…

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Boy Injured by Detonator

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 7

INTENSE agony was suffered by Robert Anderson (12), when a detonator exploded and injured him last night, at…

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Detonator Explodes. Boy Seriously Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 12

Robert Anderson, 12, of Grand-parade, [?]ighton-le-Sands, had three fingers blown off his left hand when a detonator which he pricked with a needle exploded, late last night…

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Youth Injured by Fall. Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 12

Jefferson Williams, a youth, fell from a tree which he was climbing. He was admitted to Bowral Hospital suffering from concussion and injuries to the skull and back…

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Fall Off Wall Maitland Gaol Warder Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 1

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday. -- Overcome by sudden illness while on duty on an observation platform on a wall at East Maitland Gaol…

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Miner Injured by Fall of Stone Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 11

Struck by a fall of stone at Stockton Borehole Colliery this afternoon, Clifford Morris, 30, of Miami, had his left foot crushed. After treatment by a local…

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Wreckage of Boat Found. Man Believed to be Drowned. HOBART

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 12

Wreckage has been found on Louisa Island, a small island on the extreme south coast of Tasmania, and it is believed that a man has been diowned. The wreckage is probably that…

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Accidents

The St George Call · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 2

Robert Anderson (12), of Grand ?], Brighton-le-Sands, lost the sight of an eye, and had three fingers blown off, when a detonator with which…

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Casualties. Cyclists Injured

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

Frank Soden, 16, of Parnell-street Strathfield, suffered head injuries and a fractured collarbone yesterday, when his bicycle and a motor bus collided near his home. The…

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