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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

4,125 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 207

Girl Injured

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1936 · page 1

OLGA DISNEY (11), of Liverpoolstreet, Paddington, suffered concussion of the brain, a fractured rib, and possibly injuries, when she was…

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Drowned in Seaweed Coroner Speaks Of Danger

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1936 · page 21

DELIVERING his finding in an inquest last week on a youth who was drowned while surfing at Callaroy, the City Coroner (Mr…

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Boy Drowned in River Fell Into Water Off Tree Branch Canberra

The Sun · Sunday 19 January 1936 · page 2

Richard Dennis, 12, of Mill Hill- road, Waverley, was drowned to-day in the Molonglo River at Duntroon. The boy was climbing a tree on the…

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'I Had Tested Heroic Faith to be Unbeatable"—Frank Dalton Incensed Over Barrier Bungle Hopelessly Left Plans For Giant Plunge After Gallop With Palm Mishap Was Accident

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1936 · page 2

HAVING been tested to prove unbeatable in the Berala Handicap at Warwick Farm yesterday, and backed accordingly, Heroic Faith was turned away from the barrier on its release, and was hopelessly left. When Jim…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1936 · page 18

AN extraordinary set of circumstances preceded an accident at Mascot yesterday when Arthur Herford, 44, of Botany Road,…

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Boy Drowned in Lagoon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 11

Harry Halliwell, aged 9, who resided at Springwood, and was spending a holiday at Manly, was drowned in the lagoon yesterday. He was swimming with other boys, when…

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Coroner's Comment on Drowning. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 12

The Coroner (Mr. J. A. Harris), after an inquiry into the death of Martin Wasley, 8, who was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River on January 10, found that the boy met his…

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Injured at Baseball

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 7

Hiroshi Ishida, first engineer on the Juyo Maru, was struck on the right eye with the ball while playing baseball in Wentworth Park, Glebe…

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Overseer Drowned. Suva, Jan. 7

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 5

Mr. Jock McIntosh, an overseer employed by the Colonial Sugar Refining Co., Ltd., in the Ba district, was drowned when attempting to cross a flooded ford in the Ba River on…

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Injured in Cliff Fall

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 6

Falling over a cliff at Bondi [?] Saturday, Jack Blackshaw, 11, who is staying in Bennett Street, Newtown, while on a holiday from…

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Eye Badly Injured by Ball

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 10

As a result of being hit by the ball while participating in a baseball game in Wentworth Park, near the corner of Bridge Road and Wattle…

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Head Almost Pulped in Collision Perth

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 1

When a motor car came into collision with the motor cycle he was riding last night, Jack Riccardo Pascoe, 28, of Osborne Park, was killed…

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Thugs Kicked Victims Three Are Injured

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 5

ATTACKED by a mob of young men in Buckland Street, Redfern, on Saturday night, Michael John O'Brien, 18, of Wyndham St.,…

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Schoolboy Drowned Fall Into River. Plucky Attempt at Rescue. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 11

Richard Dennis, 12, a schoolboy, of Mill Hillroad, Waverley, Sydney, was drowned yesterday morning in the Molonglo River at Duntroon, where he was spending his school…

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Drowned in View of Mates Tragic End To Boy's Holiday Manly Lagoon

The Labor Daily · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 5

GETTING out of his depth in Manly Lagoon yesterday afternoon, Harry Halliwell, 7, of Springwood, sank and was…

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Mr. Malcolm Macdonald. Eye Injured in Snow Fight. LONDON, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 12

Mr. Malcolm MacDonald returned to Dingwall after a tour of the constituency of Ross and Cromarty, with his right eye heavily bandaged. He was struck by a snowball…

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Motor Accidents. Car Driver Arrested. Man Killed Walking with Family

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1936 · page 12

While he was walking along Anzac-parade, Maroubra Junction, on Saturday night with his wife and two young children, James McLean, 32, of Anzac-parade, South…

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Fall of Stone Father Killed, Son Injured at Rothbury

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 9

BRANXTON. Monday.--Albert Lindsley was killed and his son injured to-day by a fall of stone at Maitland Extended Colliery on…

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Huon Bk. Was Injured Aeroplane Upset Stable's Plan Realm Queen

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 2

GUS MILLSOM had ideas of winning a double at Harold Park yesterday with Realm Queen and Huon Brook, but a 1 happening of…

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Fell 60Ft. to Death at Duck Son Saw Father In Fatal Accident

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 1

WHEN about, to finish work at Cockatoo Dock last night, Livingstone McMorrin, 55. aof Sarin? Street. Balmain…

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