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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 198

Bike and Lorry High Street Accident Boy Fatally Injured

Nepean Times · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 4

Sinclair George Clissold (11), son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Clissold, of Castlereagh Road, Cranebrook, died in Nepean District…

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Hunter Drowned Retrieving a Duck in Lagoon

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.--At the opening of the Victorian duck season to-day Jack White, a young Englishman, was drowned at Milawa, near…

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Country News. Railway Employee Injured. Bathurst

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

Ernest Kelly, 53, railway inspector, had a narrow escape from serious injury when a railway motor tricycle on which he was travelling crashed into catchpoints. The…

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Man Drowned. Two Men Wounded. Opening of Duck Shooting Season. Melbourne

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

Tragedy marked the opening of the duck shooting season in Victoria. One man was drowned and two men were wounded. Jack White, a young man, was drowned in…

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Opossum Gassed. Accident in School Science Room. TAMWORTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 16 February 1935 · page 15

An opossum, which was gambolling at night on the roof of the Tamworth District High school, fell down a flue of the sulphuretted hydrogen generator in one of the science rooms,…

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Two Badly Hurt Flung Nine Yards in Collision

The Sun · Sunday 17 February 1935 · page 2

Hurled nine yards through the air when their motor cycle was in collision with a motor lorry on the Windsor-road, Baulkham Hills, last night,…

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Sensational Smash Duncan Gray is Injured Cycling Thrill

Truth · Sunday 17 February 1935 · page 15

A NASTY smash marred the conclusion of the Henson Park cycling meeting last night. In the last lap of the…

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The Truth About Motors & Motoring Assist in Reducing Accidents See That Brakes Are Kept In Proper Order How Quickly Can You Stop?

Truth · Sunday 17 February 1935 · page 11

OF late, a good deal has been said and written about regret[?]able road accidents, while figures have been published showing that more than 46 per cent, of them were fatal and caused by drivers…

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Swarms of Bees Released by Collision. Attack Injured People. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 9

Thousands of bees were released by a collision near Port Pirie yesterday between a motor lorry, on which 30 hives were being carried, and a car. The bees stung the…

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Fatal Car Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 7

John Giltinan, 55, address unknown, was fatally injured on Saturday night by a car that swerved to avoid a collision at the corner of…

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Motor Accidents. Two Cyclists Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 10

Two men were seriously injured on Saturday night when the motor cycle they were riding and a motor lorry came into head-on collision on the Windsor-road, near Baulkham Hills…

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Butcher Injured. Wingham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 10

James Bugg, butcher, was injured in an unusual manner when the "pith," with which he had struck a bullock he was slaughtering was knocked back into nn eye because the…

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Glider Crashes. Pilot Fatally Injured. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 9

Robert Harris, 22, of McLeod-street, Cairns. was fatally injured this afternoon when a self-constructed gilder, in which he was making a trial flight, dived from a height of 150…

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Two Badly Injured Lorry and Motor-Cycle Collide

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 2

Alfred Graham (21), of Spurway-street, Ermington, and James Orr (20), of Hughes-avenue, Ermington, were seriously injured when a motor-cycle and…

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Cyclists Crash During Championship Event. Olympic Winner Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 9

Six cyclists, including Duncan Gray, the Olympic and British Empire champion, were involved in a remarkable accident in the concluding stages of the five miles amateur cycling…

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Terrified Old Man Is Killed Lengthy List Of Injured At Week-End

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 5

TERRIFIED indecision by an old man when a number of cars passed on either side of him while he was attempting to cross William…

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He Can't Be Drowned Boy Saved Daily From Grip of Surf Coincidence at Manly

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 7

A 16-YEAR-OLD boy, who was saved from drowning at Manly Beach on Saturday, was rescued again yesterday at…

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Accident Menace Measures to Protect Child Life

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 6

A centenarian was once asked for an explanation of his long life. He pointed out that, during the first 75 years there had been no automobiles,…

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Motorship in Collision

The Sun · Tuesday 19 February 1935 · page 8

London, Monday. -- The motorship, King Edgar, Fremantle to Falmouth, collided in a fog with the French steamer, Boudjmet, and sustained…

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