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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

4,125 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 207

Accidental Drowning Maitland

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 6

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Maitland District Coroner, Mr. E. A. Mahony, P.M., today, at the inquest concerning the…

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Injured List

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 2

According to the cables, FLEETWOOD-SMITH is an unlikely starter in the Test which commences at Capetown to-day…

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Girl Drowned in Yarra

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Caught by a submerged bush while swimming in the Yarra at Ivanhoe late this afternoon, Joyce Swetzer (10), of…

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Lake Tragedy Fund Opened Following Kembla Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 6

To help defray funeral expenses and otherwise give aid, following the drowning of Mrs. L. Knowles, her two children, and niece in Lake…

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Law Case. Collision with a Cofferdam

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 5

The plaintiffs in this case, Wm. Cory & Son, Ltd., claimed for limitation of their liability in respect of damage resulting from a collision between the barge Turk, of London, and a cofferdam belonging to the defendants,…

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Man Drowned in Pool. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 9

Charles Henry Brams, 40, widower and a returned soldier, was attacked with cramp and drowned in a swimming pool at Pemberton yesterday. The body was recovered in 17 feet…

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Brothers Severely Injured. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 10

When their car crasned into a transport lorry on the Melbourne-road, four miles from Wodonga, at 2 a.m. to-day, two young Gerogery men, Alan Gregson and Laurie Gregson,…

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Two Tram Men Injured in Eastern Suburbs

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 6

Two tramwaymen were injured in the Eastern Suburbs area lost night, one being struck by a tram and the other falling on the pavement and…

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Car-cycle Crash Girl and Youth Seriously Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 1

A youth and a girl were injured seriously last night when the motor cycle on which they were riding, and a car collided in Pacific Highway. Mt…

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Drowning Tragedy in Lake Boy's Body Recovered Mother Still Missing Fund Opened Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 6

Continuing their investigations to-day into the tragedy in which Mrs. Lillian Knowles, 30, of Tempe, was drowned with her three children in…

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Fall From Cliff. Young Man's Effort to Save Friend. Both Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 9

Two students for the Catholic priesthood fell 45 feet over the brink of a rocky precipice near Mt. Victoria yesterday, and are in the Blue Mountains Hospital suffering from…

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Casino Accidents. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 10

Malcolm Watson, 27, of Kyogle-road, near Casino, was thrown from a horse ard suffered severe injuries to his left arm and hand. Two motorists had lucky escapes fiom…

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Death Follows Accident. Richmond

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 10

While walking home from Kurrajong along Comleroy-road last night, George Turner, 49, a labourer, of Cedar Ridge, was run into by a lad riding a bicycle. He was conveyed to…

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Tragic Accident in Brisbane Brothers Killed in Car Smash Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 7

Two brothers, William Andrew Basnett, 15, and Eric Arthur Basnett, 13, were, fatally injured this afternoon when a motor car,…

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Royal Commission on D.h.86 'Planes May Be Set Up by Tasmania Parkhill's Telegram to Ogilvie Probe Into Cause Of Accidents Demanded "No Purpose"

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 5

DECLARING that he entirely disagreed with the views of the Minister for Defence, Mr. Parkhill, that a Royal…

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Think Death Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 1 January 1936 · page 5

POLICE now believe that Jack Conway, 59, shearers' cook, whose body was found on Monday in a well at the Farmers'…

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Injured in Collision

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 12

Thrown to the roadway when a motor lorry and a cart and horse he was driving collided in Victoria-road, Rydalmere, late last night, Thomas…

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Youth Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Seized with cramp when he entered Coburg Lake for a swim to-night, Owen Richardson, 18, of Northcote, sank…

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Collision at Kogarah

The Propeller · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 7

On Thursday night last a motor 'bus and a car collided at the corner of Prince's Highway and Westbourne Street, Kogarah. The driver of the…

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Ex-policeman Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 5

PERTH, Wednesday.--Charles Henry Brams. 40, was drowned in a swimming pool at Pemberton, He was a London policeman, and was…

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