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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

4,125 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 207

Lifesaver Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 1

As the Queenscliff surfboat was taking off to search for the shark victim the sweep was caught in a wave and snapped off. A piece struck…

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Injured Lad Better

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 9

Geoffrey Curthoys, 17, of Mosman, who survived a fall of 80 feet over the Fitzroy Falls yesterday week, was taken by Berrima District Ambulance…

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Casualties. Fatal Collision. Scone

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 12

Bertram Lloyd Thompson, 20, of Muswellbrook, died in the Scott Memorial Hospital, Scone, as a result of frightful injuries received when his motor cycle came into…

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Havoc in N.Z. Two Drowned AUCKLAND

The Sun · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 7

TWO more drownings have been reported in the disastrous gale, accompanied by floods, which devastated a…

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Drivers Not Blamed Inquiry Into Two Deaths Through Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 8

The City Coroner. Mr. Oram, yesterday inquired into the deaths on January 17 of Alfred Michael Joseph Mullens, 43, glassblower, of Dalmeny…

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Stop Press Aged Woman Injured by Car

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 1

Crossing Oxford Street, near Boudl Junction, last night, Mrs. Jessie Crookham, 70, of Botany Street, Wavcrley, was knocked…

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Supreme Court. District Court. (Before Acting Judge H. G. Edwards.) Woman's Eye Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 8

Jean Frances JenKins, of Camden, claimed damages from Stanley R. Speedy for injuries to her right eye, which she received in the overturning of the defendant's motor lorry…

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Fatal Smash an Accident

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 4 February 1936 · page 5

The City Coroner, Mr. Oram, found yesterday that Elizabeth Jane Hardacre, 55, widow, of Thurlow Street, Redfern, and Alfred Michael Mullens,…

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Collision At Darling Harbor

The Sun · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 1

The brake-van of the Albury fruit train, which was badly damaged in a collision with shunting vans at Darling Harbor railway yards to-day…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 9

When a motor cycle and side-car and a car collided in Birriga Road, Bellevue Hill, yesterday, Peter Wellings, 68, of Margaret Street,…

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Farmer Seriously Injured. Lismore, Tues[?]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 16

Henry Warboys, a middle-aged [?] Marom Creek, received serious injuries when a piece of steel came into contact with the teeth of a circuar saw. The steel rebounded and…

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Mannequin Is Awarded £25 Cars in Collision

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 8

In the District Court yesterday, Judge Sheridan awarded £25 to Betty Broome, mannequin, of Mosman, in the action which she brought against…

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Open Verdict Drowned In Hotel Well COOLAMON

The Sun · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 15

At the conclusion of the inquest on Jack Colville, or Conway, whose body was found in a well at the rear of the Farmers' Home Hotel, Matong,…

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Lorry Overturns Two Killed 18 Workers Injured Brisbane

The Sun · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 19

TWO relief workers were killed and 18 injured, three seriously, to-day, when a motor lorry slewed across the road after a collision with a motor cycle, struck the kerbing and overturned, at the corner of Denhy-street and…

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Accident at Sawmill. Raleigh

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 16

Mr. Andrew Walsh, 60, while employed [?] E. D. Pike and Co.'s sawmill at Repton, had his foot crushed when a stack of timber fe[?] on him. He was taken to the Bellinger River…

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Given Absolution in Street Dying Victim of City Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 February 1936 · page 9

While working on a platform 12 feet from the ground, on the new Rural Bank building, in Martin Place, yesterday, John Blacow, 45, rigger, of…

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Three Somersaults. Car Ends Upright After Collision. Two Men Injured. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 12

Two men wpre injured, one seriously, when two cars collided at an intersection in Lismore this morning. The injured men's car somersaulted three times before coming to rest in an…

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Zibib Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 2

Zibib disappointed his owner-trainer, Jack Scully, by his failure in the first division of the Ascot Nursery yesterday. He…

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Jack Read Injured

Referee · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 17

THE legion of friends of Jack Read, ex-lightweight champion of Australia, will hear with regret that the…

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Accidents of the Week. Injured by Motor Car

The Propeller · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 4

As Allan Pier, of Scott Street, Peakhurst, was running to catch a tram at Brighton-le-Sands last Sunday he passed behind a motor…

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