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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

4,125 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 207

Cue for Jack Crawford Miss Kay Stammers Discovered It Accidentally

Referee · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 13

"DIRECTLY I returned in October from my tour in the United States, all my tennis clothes and racquets were put away and I practically forgot…

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Accidents to Children How To Give First-Aid Treatment

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 22

CHILDREN, especially healthy and high-spirited children, are very liable to minor injuries, and more especially at this time of the year, when there are school holidays…

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Stray Dogs Two Accidents Due to Them at Punchbowl

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1936 · page 7

Stray dogs were responsible for two accidents at Punchbowl yesterday, two men and a boy being injured. James Allen 24 of Wangee Road…

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Aircraft Mechanic Injured

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 7

When T. Ford, an aircraft mechanic, was pulling downwards on the strut of a seaplane which was being lowered on to a truck at…

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Cycle Smash Constable Injured

The Sun · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 9

Constable Pinkerton, of Burwood, was riding his motor cycle and sidecar along Paisley-street, Croydon, to-day, when the car in front of him…

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Six Local People Injured. Cab Capsize

The St George Call · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 1

Six local people were hurt, five of them relatives, when the car in which they were travelling capsized on the Great Western Road, Mount Druitt, on…

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Three Drowned. Tragedy at Picnic. Coroner Praises Rescuers. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 10

After an inquest to-day, the district coroner (Mr. Keegan) found that Mrs. Florence Angwin, her son, Francis, 8, and her daughter. Lola, 6, of Leichhardt, were accidentally drowned in…

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Two Killed In Car Crash Two Die in Crash Skidded Into a Post Alexandria Two Injured

The Sun · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 10

FOLLOWING a collision with a motor lorry at the corner of Botany-road, and Beaconsfield - street.,…

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Boy Accidentally Shot. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 10

Several boys were playing witn an air gun in Wollongong on Tuesday afternoon, and Owen Isedale, 13, was shot in the right eye with a pellet. He was taken to Sydney Eye Hospital…

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Accidents

The St George Call · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 2

Roy Lendwell, 14, of 57 Hudson Street, Hurstville, dived into the water at Carss Park Pleasure Grounds on 16th inst., and struck his head on the…

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Fatal Car Accident. the Inquest

The St George Call · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 1

Evidence that the driver had probably dozed at the wheel, of a motor car which crashed into a bridge at Marrangaroo, was given al the inquest…

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Accidents

The St George Call · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 1

While riding a motor cycle along Terry Street, Arncliffe, on the 11th inst., Sydney Macintosh, of Terry Street, collided with a car. He was…

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Fatal N.z. Accident

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 8

WELLINGTON (N.Z.). Thurs. Fatal injuries were suffered by Ronald McLean, well-known Hawera resident, when his car collided…

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Family Is Dogged by Ill-luck All Victims Of Accident Or Sickness

The Labor Daily · Friday 17 January 1936 · page 9

WELL might at least one family in Sydney believe that ill- luck is it's destiny, for, when John Thomas Anderson. 29, of…

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Motor Accidents. Man and Woman Killed. Ten Others Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 18

Two persons—a man and a woman—were killed, and 10 others were injured, two of them seriously, in motor accidents which were reported yesterday…

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Boy Injured By Lorry

The Sun · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 7

Slipping from the running board of a lorry, on which he was riding this afternoon, Jack Finney, 12, of Mary-street, Newtown, fell to the roadway…

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Injured by Steel Splinter. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 18

T. A. Lohan, 24, of Arthur-street, Granville, received a deep punctured woun[?] in his shoulder when a splinter of steel flew from a wedge he was using on the railway [?]ne…

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Car Overturns Trying to Avoid Cycle Six People Injured

Nepean Times · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 1

A CAR that swerved to avoid a motor cycle that had trouble ran along an embankment, on the Western Road, near Colyton, on…

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Bad Lighting Blamed for Fatal Accident. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 21

Bad lighting was blamed for a fatal accident when an inquest was held to-day on John Scott who was ciushed to death between the buffers of an engine and a truck…

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Drove on After Accident Motorist Is Fined

The Labor Daily · Saturday 18 January 1936 · page 10

At Paddington Court yesterday, George E, Young was proceeded against for negligent driving in Queen Street, Woollahra, on October 23, and…

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