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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

4,125 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 207

Died of Injury Fatal Car Accident Near Kyeamba

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 7

WAGGA, Monday.--The driver, believed to be Sydney Benlow, 61, of Adelaide, of a car which turned a double somersault on the main…

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Fell Into Dock: Man Dies Step-son Sees Accident at Cockatoo

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 January 1936 · page 7

Livingstone McMorrin (55), a foreman docker, fell 60ft. yesterday into dry dock at Cockatoo Island, and was fatally injured…

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Fatally Injured Wollongong

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 12

Crushed between the buffers of two trucks at the Steelworks, Ernest Cooper (27), of Atcheson-street, Wollongong, received fatal injuries…

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The Sun Stop Press Youth Fatally Injured

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 1

[?] at the bottom of a lift will of a building, in Kent-street, city, Henry Glassen, 16, of William- street, Balmain East, was taken to…

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Car and Lorry Collide One Man Injured Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 22 January 1936 · page 5

Although both vehicles were extensively damaged, L. Griffiths, of Duckmaloi, was the only person injured when a motor car and a motor lorry…

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Accidents of the Week. Cyclists Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 7

A bicycle ridden by Walter Brown, 19, of Marrickville, at Audley, National Park, last Sunday, got out of control, and the rider was thrown to…

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Motor Cars in Collision

The Propeller · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 7

When two motor cars collided yesterday in Payne Street, Kogarah, J. D. Soul, of Homebush, and W. D. Fraser of Premier Street, Kogarah,…

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Child Was Believed Drowned

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 5

BELIEVED to have been drowned when removed from the water at Balmoral yesterday afternoon. Lachlan…

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Jockeys Injured Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 14

J. Scarlett' had both bones in his left arm broken and R. Jennings suffered abrasions-to his face In an accident on the track at Caulfield…

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Boating Fatality. Inquest on the Victims

The Propeller · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 3

The Deputy Coroner held an inquest at Wollongong on Monday concerning the deaths of Jean Knowies, Norma Knowles, Lillian Knowles, and George…

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Injured By Waves BRISBANE

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 26

Cecil Campbell, 14, of Boweh Hills, son of Mr. N. O. Campbell, deputy city engineer, received extensive lacerations to-day when he was…

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Youths Injured. Dived into Shallow Water

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 6

Two youths were injured yesterday through diving into shallow water at Deewhy and Steel Park, Cook's River. Rupert Arding, 16, of Brownlow Hill,…

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Three Injured; House Afire After Brawl

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 7

SO fierce was a brawl at the Yarra Bay unemployment settlement that before it finished early to-day, police, ambulance…

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Sleep-walker Injured. 30ft Fall from Hotel Window

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 8

James Gallagher, 40, store manager, who is in Sydney from Eugowra, was found at 3.30 o'clock yesterday morning lying on the ground at the side of the Great Southern Hotel,…

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£20,000 Damage in Big Blaze Firemen Injured In Outbreak RAYCOPHONE

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 5

THE biggest fire to have occurred in the city since the sensational outbreak at the Goldsbrough, Mort wool stores,…

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Four Injured Broken Crockery in Cottage "Mix-up" Claim to Police Blood On Floor Outbreak of Fire

The Sun · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 10

THOUGH they, have been unable to secure any definite information of what happened, detectives…

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Toll of the Road Holiday Party in Capsize Three Are Injured; Four In Lucky Escapes Baby Victim

The Labor Daily · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 5

THREE Cowra residents were injured yesterday, when the car in which they were driving to a holiday resort near…

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Killed in Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 3

Involved in a motor accident lost Sunday in Melbourne, Leonard Rogers was killed. He was the third son of Mr. Maurice Rogers, of Melbourne, and late…

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Lorry Overturns Cabramatta Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 5

An ice cream lorry travelling along the Liverpool-road, Cabramatta, towards the city on Saturday night, overturned at a bond in the road and was badly…

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Trainer's Third Hurdler to Be Accidentally Killed at Gawler Notes On the Running at Saturday's Meeting Of the S.A. Club

Referee · Thursday 23 January 1936 · page 23

CARNACOO, a young Stardrift gelding, who had opened his hurdle-race career auspiciously by a win at Murray Bridge, fractured a foreleg at…

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