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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 198

Cycle Track Accident. Newcastle

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

A bicycle which ran off the Carrington cycle track to-day ran into Clarrie Ellbourne. 8, of William-street, Carrington. The boy's left thigh was broken. Newcastle Ambulance…

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P.D. Car's Accident; Man Dies Shocking Injuries; Many Hurt In Smashes Week-end Toll

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 March 1935 · page 6

STRUCK by a well-known police patrol car--the "Bluebird"--in Prince's Highway, near Short St., Newtown, on Saturday night, Wm…

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Injured in Collision. Queanbeyan

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 10

Allan Southwell was admitted to the district hospital suffering from severe cuts to the head and face, shock, and concussion received when a motor car driven by William…

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Drowning Case Was Accident

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 5

After hearing evidence that Frank Holmes, or Hagen, 45, unemployed, who lived in a cave at Beauty Point, Middle Harbor, was subject to fits,…

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Cars in Collision. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 10

A motor car, owned and driven by Alfred Whitcombe, of Grenfell, collided head-on [?] another car on the Bathurst-Blayney road. A front wheel of Whitcombe's car was torn…

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Cricketers Injured. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 10

Two members of the Bruton cricket team, which played Casino Loco team for the Flaherty Challenge Cup, had to receive ambulance attention. L. Nolan, of Spring Gro[?]e,…

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Horse Riders Injured Kiama

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 10

At Jamberco, Miss Robinson, a Sydney [?]tor, fell when her horse stumbled, and had a forearm fractured. At Kiama, Jack Ryan, [?], fell from his horse, which stood on one of his…

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Casualties. Women Motorists Injured. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 10

A sedan car driven by Mrs. W. Goodsir, of Narara, skidded across Terrigal-road, near the punt bridge, last night, and balanced against a tree on a bank of Ern[?] Creek. The tree…

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14 INJURED In Motor Skid MELBOURNE

The Sun · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 11

Nine people were injured, five seriously, when a motor truck taking 15 men and 10 women from a dance at Dhurringile skidded early this…

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Head-on Smash; Two Injured Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 7

A car driven by Henry Thomas, of Shellharbor, collided, head-on, with a car driven by Frederick Badran, of Wollongong, on the Prince's Highway…

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Accidental Death

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 March 1935 · page 6

At the conclusion of an inquiry into the death Of Mrs. Janet Chalker, 72, of Stanmore, who was involved in a car collision in Galston Road,…

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Hurt in Collision

The Sun · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 13

When a motor car and bicycle collided to-day at the corner of Kent and Druitt streets, city, the cyclist, Michael McGrath, 34, of Glebe-road,…

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Cars in Collision. Casino

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

Mr. E. C. Rayner secretary of the District Hospital, had a narrow escape from serious injury last night, when his car overturned and landed on its hood after coming into collision…

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Shunter Injured. Cootamundra

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

Mervyn Griffith, a railway shunter was crushed between the buffers of two trucks last night. He was admitted to hospital suffering from two broken ribs, injuries to both elbows,…

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Child Fatally Injured. Wellington

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

Allan Davey the 15 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. Davey, of the Oakes, Gpurle was fatally lnjured at Geurie when a motor car passed over his head and shouldeis. The…

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Elderly Woman & Cyclist Hurt Oxford St. Accident

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 13 March 1935 · page 5

An elderly woman and a cyqclst were injured in Oxford Street, near Brisbane Street, City, yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Mary Roylston, 72, of…

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Injured in Motor Accidents

The Labor Daily · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 5

AN unknown woman and a lad were critically injured last night when they were involved in road accidents in Paddington and…

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Constable Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 4

Constable James Whirisky, 53, of Belmont Avenue, Hurstville, who is attached to the Clarence Street police, was seriously injured last…

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Cyclist Hurt in Collision

The Propeller · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 4

In a collision with a car and his push-bike along Western Road, Pendle Hill, last Sunday, Kevin Garnham, 16, of Railway Parade, Allawah,…

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Mother and Baby Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 4

Last Friday evening Mrs. Hubbard, of Carlton Crescent, Kogarah Bay, was walking in Park Road, Kogarah Bay, carrying her child Kenneth, aged…

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