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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 198

Child Injured by Falling Timber

The Propeller · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 4

Douglas Foster, aged three years, of Annandale, had his left leg fractured when he was struck by a piece of timber that fell from a lorry his…

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Injured in Fall From Lorry

The Labor Daily · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 6

A point of considerable interest to dole workers was contained in a case which came before the Workers Compensation Commission yesterday, when Frederick…

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Blazing Tar. Workmen's Narrow Escape. Fireman Injured

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

Two men had narrow cscanes from serious injury when a boiler of tar ignited in the North Sydney Council's depot at Blue's Point yesterday morning. Dense clouds of heavy black…

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Blank Son's Memory Court Plea Mother Injured

The Sun · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 10

A COMPLETE memory blank was pleaded by Henry Bernard Fulton, 23, at the Central Criminal Court…

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Attacked Twice by Big Shark Man Badly Injured Near Brisbane 15 Teeth Marks Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 5

WHILE hauling a not off Crowe Island this afternoon, William Charles Beitz, 38, single, was attacked twice by a six-foot…

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Left Nervy and Sleepless Result of a Motor Accident

The Catholic Press · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 7

"Eight years ago I was involved in a motor accident, which left me in a low, depressed condition," states Miss G. S. R., of Haborfield, N.S.W. "I got sleepless, very…

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Left Nervy and Sleepless. Result of a Motor Accident

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 25

"Eight years ago I was Involved in a motor accident, which left me in a low, depressed condition," states Miss G. S. R., of Haberfield, N.S.W. "I got…

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Runaway Motor Lorry. Driver's Skill Averts Accident

The Propeller · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 3

Kenneth Monro, a well-known Cronulla surfer, and son of Mr. C. Monro, M.L.A. for George's River, had a sensational experience last Saturday…

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Compensation for Accident

The Propeller · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 6

E. A. Paynter was awarded £10 compensation as the result of a motor car accident in Princes Highway. Banksia, last December. When…

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Accidents of the Week. Knocked Down by Cars

The Propeller · Thursday 14 March 1935 · page 4

Nancy Bush, residing in Bruce St., Brighton-le-Sands, was knocked clown by a motor car, last Friday afternoon, in Bay Street, Brighton. She…

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Casualties. Three Men Injured

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

Three men were injured when two motor cars co[?]ded in William-street city, yesterday They were Alan Munro, 21, of Shake-speare-street Campsie, scalp wounds and…

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Boy Seriously Injured. Taree

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

John Dun, a son of Thomas Dun, of Taree, was knocked down by a motor car. The driver of the car conveyed the boy to a place near his home, and subsequently the boy was taken…

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Cricketer's Escape. Nitschke in Motor Collision. ADELAIDE

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

H. c. Nitschke, interstate cricketer had a narrow escape from serious injury last night, when the motor car he was driving on Paradise-road, Campbelltown, came into collision…

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Newcastle News. Boy Drowned in Pit. Newcastle

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

Francis N. Gilroy, 5, of Denison-street, Carrington, was drowned at Carrington this evening. Gilroy was playing with a number of other…

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Amazing Train Smash Pictures... ...Result of Collision at Gordon

The Sun · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 14

No more remarkable pictorial review has been given of a train smash in Australia…

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Youth Accidentally Shot. Camden

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

The district coroner (Mr. A. E. Baldock) found that Douglas Joseph Peterson, 16, of Coledale, died from wounds accidentally inflicted with a shotgun at Devine's Bush,…

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Unusual Accident. Driver Takes Fit at Wheel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 March 1935 · page 8

A taxi-cab, a motor cycle, and a lorry were involved in remarkable accident in Goulburnstreet, near Riley-street, city, yesterday afternoon, when the driver of the taxi-cab…

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Stop Press City Collision

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 March 1935 · page 1

Rax Wifson, 21, of Gibbons St., Adburn, was admitted to Sydney Hospital early this morning with…

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Boys Injured. Lismore

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

Maxwell Hancock, 10, fell and fractured a thigh while playing in the Lismore school playground. John Henderson, 11, while playing at Repentence Creek school, fell and dislocated…

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Yet No One Was Injured !

The Labor Daily · Saturday 16 March 1935 · page 5

This is the amazing position in which the first carriage of an electric train found itself after it had crashed into and climbed on to stationary goods trucks near Gordon, North Shore line, yesterday morning. The stanchion at the side of the lines, used to hold up the electric wires,…

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