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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 198

Boy Feared Drowned Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 6

Fears' are entertained for the safety of Jack Thompson, 7. Of Ivanhoe, who has been missing from his home since Thursday It Is thought that he may…

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Refractory Cows. Two Men Injured

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

Two men were injured on Saturday in accidents caused by cows. George Miller, 40, of Leura-street, Auburn, was riding home from his work, at Auburn,…

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Ship Fatality: Bale of Wool on Man Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 7

While working in the hold of the Orungal yesterday, Michael O'Connor, of Stone's Corner, was fatally injured. A bale of wool foil from a…

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Car Hits Stump Man Killed; Woman Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 7

A man was killed and a woman injured when a car overturned after striking a stump in Prince's Highway, Sylvania…

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Truck Overturns. Fourteen Persons Injured. Melbourne

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

Fourteen persons were injured when a motor truck containing 40 persons skidded and overturned at Lynch's Bridge, Marybyrnong River on Saturday Adelaide Alston, 74, of…

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Two Men Drowned. Fishing Boat Capsizes. Wellington (N.z.)

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

Dr. Gould, 53, of Christchurch, and C. Dampier-Crossley, 33, of Parnassus, were drowned when a boat in which they were going fishing capsized in the Hurunui River…

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Luck of Crash Two Escape; One Badly Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 9

CAIRNS, Sunday.--Blocked by a stationary lorry on a bridge over 15 miles from Cairns on the Cook Highway a motor- truck, driven by…

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Car on Footpath Two Women and Child Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 1

Swerving after a collision with a car in Pitt Street, City, last night, a car ran on to the footpath and crashed into the wall of an hotel…

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Four of Family Injured When Cars Collide at Croydon

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 7

Four members of a family were injured when two cars collided last night in Croydon Road, Croydon. They were: Mrs. Alice Foster, 43,…

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Man Killed. Car Falls Over Bank. Woman Badly Injured

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

Falling to negotiate a bend in Prince's Highway, Sylvania, late last night a motor car hurtled over an embankment and a man was killed and a woman shockingly injured…

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Fifty Persons Injured. Explosion of Fireworks. CALCUTTA, March 16

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

An explosion of fireworks at an Indian wedding in a village in Udaipur State resulted in 50 persons being seriously injured. Sparks from torches, carried at the head of…

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"Tree on Road Six Injured When Car Crashes Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 6

Swerving to avoid a tree. which had been blown across the road, a motor car. came Into collision; with a motor truck near Beerwah…

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Knock the Stuffing Out of the Rolls! Eye Gouged Out Two Men Injured by Cows

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 March 1935 · page 5

Cows played tho loading part in two accidents which occured on Saturday, when on man "had his right eye gouged out and an…

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Boy Accidentally Killed. Richmond

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

The coroner (Mr. H. H. Johnston), at Richmond Courthouse, found that Cyril Glaude Ward, a schoolboy aged 14, died from injuries accidentally received on February 21 through…

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Casualties. Tram Conductor Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 10

Alan Griffith, 30, of Hurst-street, Arncliffe, was collecting fares on the footboard of a tram in King-street, St. Peters, yesterday, when he was jammed against the side of the…

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Tram Collision. Manipulation of Points. Inspector's Evidence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 9

A traffic inspector of the Tramways Department, in evidence at the City Coroner's Court yesterday, expressed the opinion that the premature pulling of tramway points at the…

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Saleyards Auctioneer. Fatally Injured in Fall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 9

Mr. George Bambury, 70, of Belmont-road, Mosman, fell from his auctioneer's stand at the Flemington saleyards yesterday morning and fractured his skull. He died before the…

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Two Injured When Car Ran Into Pole

The Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 7

George Stein (51), electrical engineer of Carlow-road, Artarmon, and Kenneth Fraser (30), electrical engineer, of Tulip-street, Chatswood,…

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Is Badly Injured on Tram Knocked Off The Footboard CONDUCTOR

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 1

AGAIN emphasising the perils to which conductors are exposed while working on tram footboards, Alan Murhal-Griffith, 30, of Hurst…

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Supreme Court. Banco Causes. (Before the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Jordan. and jury.) Motor Cycle and Car Collision. James v Irvine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 6

William Ronald James, a young man, sued Kenneth T. Irvine, to recover £2000 damages for injuries, which were alleged to be caused through being knocked down by the…

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