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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

3,943 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 198

Lads Thrown From Bicycle Collision with Lorry

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 14

Negotiating a bend on a bicycle from Grimwood Street into Randle Street, Granville, yesterday, two lads were injured--one critically--when…

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Woman Killed. Husband Critically Injured. Car Out of Control

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 12

Mrs. Broad about 33, of Broken Hill, was killed instantly and her husband Wilfied, was critically injured yesterday, when their motor cat got out of control and overturned several…

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Died To-day Cessnock Alderman Injured in Mine Cessnock

The Sun · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 10

FROM injuries he suffered in a mine accident on Monday, Ald. J. Shakespeare, of Cessnock, died in Cessnock…

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Car Accident at Tom Ugly's

The St George Call · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 5

On Wednesday night, a car plunged over an embankment at Tom Ugly's Point, owing to swerving to avoid ran-13 other car with powerful headlights…

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100 Ft. Down Mine to His Death Found by Brother and Uncle Following Accident To Relative Empty Bucket Orange

The Labor Daily · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 1

FALLING from a bucket in which he was ascending on a winch at the Lucknow Sulphide Mine, Lucknow, Edward Beasley,…

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Badly Injured in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 9

Thrown heavily from his cart when it was in collision with a car in Terry Street, Matraville, yesterday, Sidney Thompson (43), of Carillon…

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Cyclist Injured

The Labor Daily · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 1

Knocked from his motor cycle by a car in Forest Road. Hunter's Hill, last night, Keith Linklater, 23, of Forest Road, Hunter's Hill, received…

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Why She Drowned Her Baby

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Friday.--For two hours before she threw her baby son into the Yarra on the night of December 21, Mary…

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Will Recover Injured Baby

The Sun · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 3

It was reported this morning by the Goulburn police that the condition of the 18-months-old baby who was injured when its mother was killed by…

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Casualties. Girl Badly Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 16

Sylvia Parkinson, 8, of Showground-road, Castle Hill, who was staying with Mr. Copp[?]ewell, in Doncaster-avenue, Kensington, was crossing Anzac-parad[?], Kensington, last night,…

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Injured Man Found at Station Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 6

With a wound on the bead and other bodily injuries, Herbert Ryan was discovered on the Sandgate railway station early this morning. Too…

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Woman Killed. Run Down by Train. Baby Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 15

Char[?]otte Elsie Arthur, 21, the wife of a fettler, was killed instantly and her baby had an amazing escape from death when they were run down by a train near the Towrang…

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Hit and Run Accident Police Seek Driver of Car

The Labor Daily · Saturday 12 January 1935 · page 5

Newtown police are looking for the driver of a car which, after striking a spring-cart in Rickety Street, St. Peters, last night, was…

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Three Injured Car-truck Collision at Pendle Hill

The Sun · Sunday 13 January 1935 · page 2

Three persons were injured last night, one seriously, when a car collided with a utility truck in Western-road, Pendle Hill…

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One Killed: Three Injured Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 13 January 1935 · page 5

Bernard Shaw (30), of Garfield. Gippsland, was killed and three others injured when a bus in which they were passengers got out of control…

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His Neck Was Dislocated Rheumatism Not an Accident

The Sun · Sunday 13 January 1935 · page 11

Mr. H. D. Chambers, of Mosman, dislocated his neck--and he wasn't in an accident. One morning last August Mr…

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MR. A. G. OGILVIE Injured in Motor Collision. HOBART

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1935 · page 10

The Premier of Tasmania (Mr. A. G. Ogilvie) and his private secretary, Mr. Harry George Smith, who was recently appointed Registrar-General in Tasmania, were injured…

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Motor Accidents. Boy Killed. Three Men Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1935 · page 10

Edward John Whear, 13, of Hawthorne-parade, Haberfield, was killed, and three men were injured in a motor accident at Leichhardt on Saturday…

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Man Drowned Attempting Courageous Rescue. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1935 · page 9

A man is believed to have been drowned while courageously attempting to rescue his sister-in-law and her son, at Albert Park, on Saturday afternoon. The woman and the boy…

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Revived by Policeman Irish Terrier HALF-DROWNED

The Sun · Monday 14 January 1935 · page 9

Arresting wrongdoers, and playing nursemaid to lost children, are all in the day's work for a policeman,…

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