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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 198

Baby Injured in Fall. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 14

Raymond Maxwell Kennedy, two, fell from the balcony of his home on to an asphalt footpath. He was admitted to hospital with a fractured skull, and is in a critical…

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Launch Capsizes. 28 Excursionists Drowned. Vancouver (B.c.), Feb. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 13

A message from Castrics (St. Lucia, West Indies), says that six persons are known to be dead and 22 have been given up as lost as the result of an excursion launch…

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Two Men Dead. Car Crashes into Train. Woman Critically Injured. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 14

A man was killed, another was fatally injured, and a woman was critically injured when a motor car crashed into a train at the Kirkaldy level crossing this morning…

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Workers' Compensation Commission. (Before Judge Perdian, and Messrs. Routley and Halliday, Commissioners.) Newsboy Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 10

The hearing was concluded of the application by Ray Leslie Blencowe, of Newland-street, Waverley, by his next friend, Ivy Elizabeth Belncowe, for £600 compensation from…

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GOLF Accidents are Preventable

Sydney Mail · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 30

CONSIDERING the number of players, it is remarkable how few serious accidents occur on the links. But even these would be reduced if players gave a…

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Accidental Death

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 February 1935 · page 10

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the City Coroner, yesterday when he inquired into the death of Leslie Joseph Hall, 39, of…

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Accidents of the Week. Injured While Bathing

The Propeller · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 4

At nine o'clock on Tuesday night an agonising scream startled the bathers at Ramsgate swimming pool. A young woman's head was seen to…

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Injured While Playing

The Propeller · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 4

On Monday Nancy McDougall, 13 years of age, residing at Sans Souci, fell in the playground at the Kogarah School and dislocated her left…

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Casualties. Swimmer Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 10

When Reginald Woolley, 15, whose home [?] at Taree, and who is a pupil at the Hurlston[?] Agricultural High School, Glenfield, was swimming in a water-hole at Casula, yesterday, [?]…

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Collision at Wollongong. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 10

A motor car and a motor cycle collided last night in Church-street. Norman Coulthard of Balgownie, who was riding the motor cycle, suffered a fracture of the skull, and was taken…

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Relief Worker Injured. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 10

While working with a gang of emergency relief workers, nine miles from Dubbo, Thomas Bartley, 50, was struck on an arm with a pick. The ambulance brought him to a Dubbo…

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Rear-admiral Is Acquitted Naval Collision. London

The Labor Daily · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 1

REAR ADMIRAL S. R. BAILEY was to-day acquitted by court-martial at Portsmouth on a charge of [?]ding the battle cruisers Hood…

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Naval Collision. Court-martial. Rear-admiral Acquitted. (British Official Wireless and Australian Press Association.) LONDON, Feb. 26

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 9

Rear-Admiral S. R. Bailey was to-day acquitted by a court-martial at Portsmouth on a charge of hazarding the battle cruisers Hood and Renown, which came into collision…

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Spine Was Injured in Shallows Youth Dived Into 2 Feet Of Water Struck Head

The Labor Daily · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 7

LIVERPOOL Ambulance made a particularly fast trip to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday in an effort to save the life of…

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One Dead, Six Hurt in Tram Crash Hundreds Are Shaken In Peak Rush Collision Fort-street Master Killed Wheel Over Leg After Derailment Scene at Smash

The Sun · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 1

ONE man, a master at Fort-street High School, was killed and six other persons were injured this morning in one of the most serious tram smashes that has…

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Two Hurt Pendle Hill Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 1

Two were injured when a motor cycle skidded and over-turned in Wentworth-road, Pendle Hill, on Saturday…

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Southern News Accident Sequel Driver Charged Liverpool Case

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 5

Evidence that a car driver, when shown two watches, was unable to tell the time correctly, was given at the Liverpool Police…

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Theatrical Artists Involved in Street Accident. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 10

Cyril Richards, Madge Elliott, and Frank Leighton, the principals in "High Jinks," were involved in a motor car accident this afternoon. The party had left His Majesty's…

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Gun Accident. Cootamundra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 10

When F. Godfrey, of Brawlin, was going out last night to shoot a hawk, his son, Clarence, aged 14, loaded the gun in both barrels and handed it to him. Godfrey was watching the…

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Accident Proves Fatal. Death of Mr. T. Walmsley

The Propeller · Thursday 28 February 1935 · page 2

Mr. Thomas Walmsley, of Bellevue Parade, Hurstville, who was injured on the 14th instant when he fell from a ladder on a building on which he…

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