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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

4,125 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 207

Family of Five Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 8

Six persons, Including a man, his wife, and three children, were injured when a motor car collided with a motor lorry In Westernroad, Rooty Hill, last night. They were…

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Youth Drowned in Creek. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 11

Ronald Wakefield, 18, was drowned while swimming in a flooded creek at Malakoff, in the Dalby district, to-day. The creek was running strongly after recent rains, and…

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Drowned in Shallow Pool Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 6

The body of Norman Brereton. 2 was found, following a search in a shallow pool beside the Livingston River near Omeo yesterday. Death…

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Motor Accidents. Car Leaves Roadway. One Killed, Five Injured. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 8

Samuel Roublns, 55, tailor, of Ascot, Brisbane, was killed Instantly and his wife and three daughters and son were intured, when a car in which they were travelling along…

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Rubber Floats Adrift Surfers Near To Drowning Washed Out

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 1

A LIFE-SAVER, jack Hall who had been standing on the beach at Maroubra yesterday operating a lifeline for a…

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Car Capsized Youth Badly Injured

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 10

Flung from his car when It capsized while travelling through blinding rain at Narooma, Andrew Mac arthur Onslow, 19, of Camden, son…

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Man Severely Injured. Wollongong, Sunday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 12

Keith Mitchell, of Bridge-road, Gleba, was found in Market-street, Wollongong, on Friday night, suffering from severe head injuries. He was taken to the district hospital…

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Pedestrian Injured Unknown Motor Cyclist

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 7

A serious accident happened on Friday to Mr. J. A. McAuliffe, of "Stancroft," Edgecliff, who was knocked down by a motor cycle in…

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Two Brothers Drowned. Struggle in Flooded Causeway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 11

A cloudburst near Wallendbeen overwhelmed two brothers while they were crossing a causeway in a sedan car on Saturday evening, and both were drowned…

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Injured in Fall From Building Maitland

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 6

James Lawrence, 54, a contractor [?] Merpeth, sustained lacerated wounds to the right hand, right wrist forearn[?]when he fell from a building at Strady…

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Child Drowned in Pool. Fire Bell Summons Searchers. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 12

When Norman Brereton, aged about 2 years, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Brereton, was missing from his home at Omeo yesterday, the fire bell was sounded to summon…

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Car Overturns Twice. Man Fatally Injured. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 8

Harold Edwin Whatty, 32, an employee at the Government Printing Office, Canberra, was fatally injured, and four other Canberra residents were also injured, when a motor car, of…

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Cyclist Killed Pillion Rider Injured in Level-crossing Smash

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 1

LAUNCESTON, Sunday.--At a level crossing smash at Lemana Junction, on the main north-west coast railway line, early this afternoon, Neil…

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Brothers Drowned in Creek Swept To Death In Floodrush Bodies Found Cootamundra

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 6

TRAGIC circumstances surrounded the drowning of two elderly men near Wallendbeen about 5.30 p.m. on Saturday…

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Toll of the Road Car Capsizes Killed Two Big List Of Injured

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 5

TWO are dead and 31 injured, many seriously, as a result of road accidents in the city and country during the week-end. The fatal accidents occurred near Canberra and Casino when cars overturned…

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Cloudbursts and Floods. Two Men Drowned at Wallendbeen. Heavy Storms in Victoria. Inundations on Condobolin-Broken Hill Line

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 11

Torrential rain and fierce storms over the eastern half of the continent caused three deaths and extensive damage during the week-end. Two brothers, elderly men, struggled desperately for their…

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Crossing Accident "Most Dangerous" Solicitor's Comment

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 2

"This is one of the most dangerous crossings in New South Wales. It is a matter of common knowledge that accidents are repeatedly…

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Accident? Poison Case At Gilgandra Police Theory Gilgandra

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 9

THE detectives investigating the mysterious poisoning case at Holmlee station, where six pigs died after eating icing…

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Limit of 30 M.-p.-h. Suggested Would Cause Fewer Accidents, Is Opinion Manly Function

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 8

THE opinion that if a 30 miles an hour speed limit was Imposed on all motor traffic there would be a considerable reduction in the…

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Too Many Mine Accidents Searching Inquiry Is Sought Perth

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 8

Mr. C.B. Williams, M.LC., and vice-president of the State branch of the Australian Workers' Union at Kalgoorlie, said to-day that in view…

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