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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

4,125 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 207

Cyclist Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 7

While riding a bicycle in that road on Saturday, Stephen Palmer, of Darcy-road, Castle Hill, went over an embankment as a car was passing him…

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Man Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 1

While working a drill at the Clyde repair depot last Tuesday, Christian Weldon, 44 Sheffield-street, Auburn, stumbled and fell heavily to the ground. He was admitted…

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Injured by Fall

The Propeller · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 7

John Rafferty, of Rickard Road, Hurstville, received injuries which necessitated his removal by ambulance to the St. George Hospital on…

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Accidents of the Week. Injured by Motor Cyclist

The Propeller · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 7

Mr. C. Knight, of Margate Street, Ramsgate, alighted from a tram in Rocky Point Road, Ramsgate, on Tuesday, December 24, and was…

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Two Drowned Playing At Brickworks BRISBANE

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 13

A GAME on the edge of an old brickworks excavation at Enoggera, near Brisbane, ended in tragedy…

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Four Persons Drowned. Tragedy for Blakehurst Family

The Propeller · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 5

A picnic outing in a flat-bottomed boat ended tragically for a South Hurstville family at Kelly's Bay, Lake Illawarra, on Monday, a young…

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Taxi Cab Crashes. Three Men Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 7

When a taxi-cab, which was proceeding along Kingsway, Caringbah, early on New Year's morning, left the roadway, it crashed head-on into…

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Six Injured When Car Crashes MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 15

Six men returning to Wagga from a shooting match at Wangaratta were injured when the touring car in which they were travelling,…

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Badcock Injured Hand Cracked By Fast Bowler Gilbert

Referee · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 10

C. L. BADCOCK'S left hand, which was struck hy a fast ball from Gilbert on the first day, is causing concern. He was…

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Stir Is Created at Manly Rumor Of Man Drowned Vain Search

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 1

A SENSATIONAL rumor that a man bad either been taken by a shark or been drowned, spread like wildfire at Manly yesterday, and…

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Surf Boat Tragedy Was Near Terrific Collision In Breakers At Curl Curl No One Hurt

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 6

TRAGEDY almost marred the eighth annual surf carnival or South Curl Curl Club at Curl Curl Beach yesterday afternoon, when…

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Painful Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 1

Mr. Jack Quailey, 79 Joseph-street, Lidcombe, who is employed by Mr. J. D. Anderson, the well-known Lidcombe meat purveyor, had a painful accident…

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Fewer Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 6

Not once on Christmas Day was the ambulance at Parramatta called to the scene of an accident. During the whole holiday period, road…

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Accident at Berowra

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 18

Mr. William Richards, a resident of Berowra Waters, was severely injured during the holidays. While walking to Berowra he was knocked down by a car…

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Camden Accident Liverpool Porter Hurt

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 5

Well known as a relieving porter at Liverpool railway station, Amos Skinner, Argyle-street, Camden, was injured on Sunday night, almost opposite his…

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Baby's Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 11

Two-year-old Walter Barton, Denham, street, Darlinghurst, wandered away from his parents and fell into George's river at Hollywood Pleasure Grounds,…

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Motor Accidents. Car Overturns Twice. Man and Daughter Killed. Kendall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 8

When a motor car skidded in loose gravel and overturned twice near Kendall this morning Dorothy Davies, aged 6, was killed instantly, and her father, Phillip Davies, 40, of Marlee,…

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Unusual Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 8

William Gunner, 26, Warringah-road, Mosman, was injured in an unusual accident at Mosman yesterday. He was standing on the footpath at the…

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Motor Car Accident. Kogarah Woman Killed

The Propeller · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 7

Mrs. F. Gilbert, aged 50 years, of Regent Street, Kogarah, was fatally injured in a motor car accident on the Great Western Road just after…

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Murdered, Declare Relatives Accident Theory Is Not Agreed With Body in Well Melbourne, Wed

The Labor Daily · Thursday 2 January 1936 · page 5

THE opinion of New South Wales detectives that John Conway, 59, of Matong, whose body was found in a well at the…

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