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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 198

Fatal Accidents

The Sun · Tuesday 19 March 1935 · page 8

NOWRA. Tuesday.--While riding a horse at St. Patrick's Day sports at Nerriga. Albert English (45), butcher, of Nerriga, was thrown against a…

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Critically Injured

The Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 10

Struck by a lorry in Weston-road., Rozelle, last night, Joseph McNamara, 12, of Nelson-street, Annandale, was critically injured…

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Casualties. Engineers Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 14

George Stein, 51, electrical engineer, of Carlow-street, Artarmon, and Kenneth Fraser, 30, electrical engineer, of Tulip-street, Chatswood, were injured by flying glass when the…

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Fiancee Saw Him Drowned Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 1

IN sight of his fiancee, whom he was to have married shortly. Stanley Beagley, 24, mechanic, of Brompton, was drowned in the Murray about two miles from Overland Corner, when he overbalanced and fell from a small boat…

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Shooter Drowned Recoil of Gun Knocked Him From Boat

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Tuesday. -- Stanley Beagley, 24, mechanic, was drowned in the Murray River when he was knocked from the side of a boat by…

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Shark Attack. Pearl Diver Injured. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 13

While a pearl diver, Kosam, was standing in water up to his waist near Lizard Island, North Queensland, he was attacked by a 10foot shark, One of his thighs was badly gashed…

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District Court. (Before Judge Curlewis and a jury.) Motor Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 9

Victor Martindale White, of Roslyn Gardens, Elizabeth Bay, sought to recover £200 from Joseph Tickle and Cecil Joseph Kingsley Tickle, both of Tahmoor, near Picton, for…

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Naval Collision. Sentence Reduced. Captain to Return to Renown. LONDON, March 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 14

There has been a sensational sequel to the courts-martial arising out of the collision between the Hood and the Renown off the Spanish coast. The Board of Admiralty has…

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Bad Smash in Fog Three Injured Tram & Car Collide Head-on

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 1

THREE persons were injured, one seriously, when a car and a tram collided head-on with terrific force on the corner of…

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Level Crossing Accident. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 14

G. Henderson, railway carpenter, suffered broken ribs, injuries to the head, legs, and arms, concussion and shock, when a railway fettlers' tricycle was struck by a motor car on…

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Motor Accident Victims

The Sun · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 4

The condition of Patrick James Timmony (63). assistant traffic manager of the Tramway Department, and his wife. Elizabeth (66), of…

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Newtown Accident

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 20 March 1935 · page 5

In connection with an accident in King Street, St. Peters, on Monday afternoon, when Alan Murhal-Griffith, 30, conductor, of Hurst Street,…

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Accidents of the Week. Collision at Hurstville

The Propeller · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 7

About 7.45 last Saturday night a car, driven by Gordon Chamberlain, of Woniora Road, Hurstville, collided with a motor cycle and side box…

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Tram Conductor Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 7

Alan Griffith, 30, of Hurst Street, Arneliffe, was collecting fares on the footboard of a tram in King Street, St. Peters, last Monday, when he was…

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Dixon Injured Again

Referee · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 17

FREDDIE DIXON, who as a Riley driver, shot to the front racing rank, and with the Silver Bullet is a contender for world's speed honors, was…

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Horsewoman Injured. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 12

Mrs. W. J. Wall of Halfway Creek, suffered injuries to the back and a shoulder when her horse was hit by a motor car and she was thrown to the ground. The car it is stated,…

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Claim for Damages Sequel to Collision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 6

A Collision between two lorries in Day-street, Sydney, on December 12 had its sequel it the Parramatta Small Debts Court yesterday, when Francis Thomas…

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Rescued From Drowning. Girl Falls Into Creek. MURWILLUMBAH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 12

Betty Hines, the five-year-old daughtet of Mr. and Mrs. George Hines, of Limpinwood narrowly escaped drowning in a deep waterhole…

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COLLISION. Level Crossing. Boy and Girl Killed. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 11

A collision between a motor car and the engine of a train at Karoonda railway crossing this morning resulted in the deaths of a boy and a girl, each…

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Tram Collision. Signalman Committed for Trial. Signal Box Criticised

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 March 1935 · page 11

The City Coroner (Mr. Oram), at the end of his inquiry yesterday into the death of James Baxendale, 46, a master at Fort-street High School, who was fatally injured in the…

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