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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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

Accidental Death

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 1

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the City Coroner, Mr. Farrington, yesterday, in the case of Mary Jane Thomas or Richards…

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Accident Cases for Year Newcastle Hospital Treated 508 NEWCASTLE

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 8

Accident statistics compiled by Newcastle Hospital for 1934 show that of 508 cases admitted to the institution, 135 were attributable to…

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Too Much Hurry by Drivers Risk of Accident

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 6

Though the road traffic over the Christmas holidays was not remarkably heavy, all roads carried more than their normal share of traffic…

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Flying Record for R.A.F. More Miles, Fewer Accidents London

The Labor Daily · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 5

Royal Air Force squadrons achieved a remarkable new flying record in the twelve months just ended. Service aeroplanes flew…

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Zealandic in Collision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 5

The Aberdeen-Commonwealth motorship Zealandic, whilst bound from Australian ports, collided with the Norwegian tanker…

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Boy Injured

The St George Call · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 1

William Bourke, 14, of High Street, Carlton, was seriously injured on Wednesday, when the motor cycle he was riding collided with a car at the…

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Baby's Escape From Drowning NEWCASTLE

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 7

ALTHOUGH an 18-months-old baby, Elain Knight, of Harrison Street, Smedmore, was in the Throsby Creek drain for about half an hour this morning, she is still alive and out of danger. WANDERING away from her…

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Injured by Lorry

The St George Call · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 1

Kenneth Smith, 16, of Dora Street, Hurstville, was knocked down by a motor lorry near his home on Monday, suffering a fracture right arm and…

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Boy Claims Clothing: Drowning Fear Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 7

Fears that a drowning tragedy had occurred at Newcastle beach, following the discovery of a boy's clothing late last night, wore allayed…

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Wiluna Strike Mine Fatality Causes Stoppage

The Workers' Weekly · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 5

WILUNA (W.A.), Dec. 7.—As a result of a fatal accident on the Bulletin shaft of the Wiluna mine, it was decided to operate a previous…

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Two Drowned Children in Canal GRIFFITH

The Sun · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 9

Two children were drowned in the main irrigation canal near Griffith last night. They were Robert Henry Rowley (9) and David Alexander Rowley…

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Death of Tram Conductor Inquest on Coogee Fatality

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 7

At the City Coroner's inquest yesterday, into the death of Allen Frederick Saunders-Mclver, 23, of Park Street. Mascot, it was found that the…

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Fainting Fit Playing at Life-saving; Boy Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 9

A game of "life-savers" resulted in the death of Owen Leslie Barnsley (14), in Enfield Baths on December 18, according to the evidence…

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Split in Two New York Steamer Collision New York

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 8

Split practically in two by the tramp freighter Jane Christenson, of San Francisco, the steamer Lexington, of the Colonial Navigation Co.,…

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Two Children Drowned at South Melbourne Third Child Missing. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 10

Two children were drowned while bathing at South Melbourne this afternoon, and a third child, a girl, uno had been in the company of one cf the victims, is missing. It is…

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Air Mail Conveys Injured Stockman. (From Our Correspondent.) Darwin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 6

The London bound air mall arrived at Darwin at 5 o'clock (Darwin time) to-day by a Qantas 'plane, three and a half hours overdue. The delay was due to the 'plane having to…

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Tenement Fire. Two Firemen Killed. Forty Others Injured. New York, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 10

As the climax of a series of disastrous tenement-house fires in the past few months, which have taken many lives, a building in a crowded section of Brooklyn was burnt…

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Butcher Wounded. Accident with Knife Causes Almost Immediate Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 9

A butcher's assistant bled to death yesterday when he accidentally stabbed himself in the groin with a large knife and severed the femoral artery…

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Died From Pneumonia After Accident

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 7

A verdict of death from pneumonia, supervening upon injuries accidentally received through being struck by a car in Margaret Street, City, on…

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Butcher Buries His Knife in Body Killed in Amazing Accident Tying Corned Beef On Block Bled to Death

The Labor Daily · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 1

AN extraordinary tragedy occurred in a butcher's shop, in Canterbury Road, Lakemba, yesterday, when George William. Hayes, 22,…

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