Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

4,125 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 207

Found in Well Brothers Drowned PERTH

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 22

Two brothers, Arthur Archer, a, and Alexander Archer, 6, were drowned at Wattle Grove, 10 miles from Perth, to-day. They went to…

Continued on Trove, page 22 →

Motor Vehicles Collide. Several Persons Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 4

On Anniversary Day Mr. Harold Williams and his wife, Annetta, were driving in a motor cycle and sidecar from their home at Fairfield to…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Two Killed. 18 Injured Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 7

Two men lost their lives and 18 were injured, three seriously, when a large motor-truck, taking a number of single relief workers to road…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Horse Bolted to Death Drowned at Taren Pt

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 7

TAKING fright while the driver went to serve a customer at Taren Point yesterday afternoon, a horse attached to a baker's cart…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Two Dead; 19 Hurt Truck Hits Fence After Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday.--Two men were killed and 19 others were injured early to-day, when a motor truck transporting a gang of relief…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Retired Morgan Shock Live Here Injured Arm

The Sun · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 21

TOD MORGAN, a former junior lightweight champion of the world, has resolved to retire from the ring and…

Continued on Trove, page 21 →

Forced Landing. Air Force 'Plane Overturns. Pilot Slightly Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 11

A Royal Australian Air Force Hawker Demon fighter ran short of petrol, and the pilot, Pilot-Officer Cox, had to land at Webb's Creek, about eight miles from Wiseman's…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Two Men Killed. 19 Others Injured. Lorry Crashes Into Fence. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 11

Two men were killed and 19 others injured early this morning when a motor truck transporting a gang of relief workers to work at Geebung-avenue collided with a motor cycle in…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Reducing Accidents Lighting Main Roads

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 7

Speaking at the Public Works, Roads and Transport Congress in London, recently, Mr. E. C. Lennox, the vice-president of the Association of Public…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Man Killed. Crushed by Tractor. Wife Witnesses Fatal Accident Bowral

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 15

William Pritzler, 25, was killed yesterday when a tractor he was driving overturned and crushed him. His wife witnessed the tragedy. Pritzler, who was employed by Alderman…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Exceeds All Shark Horrors Toll Of Accidents In Modern Industry Safety Need

The Labor Daily · Thursday 6 February 1936 · page 7

"THE number of industrial accidents involving the death of the victim which occur each year far exceeds the number of…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Collision at Funeral

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Two mourning coaches and a sand truck collided in Point Nepean Road today. No one was hurt. The coaches…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Casualties. Collision at Narrabeen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 12

Gregory Gwynne, of Kallnya-street, Newport, suffered head injuries, including probably a fracture of the skull, and cuts to the throat and face last night, when a motor car…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Car Driver Dies Narrabeen Collision

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 7

Critically injured when his car collided with a motor 'bus in Pittwater-road, Narrabeen, last night, Gregory Lyall Gwynne, a storekeeper, of…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Injured at Luna Park Girl Awarded £50 for Accident

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 11

Yesterday, in the District Court, Mr. Justice Markell ordered Herman Phillips, trading as Luna Park Amusements, to pay Miss Phyllis…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Injured by Steel Fragment. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 12

Mr. F. D. L. Martin, farmer, of Lower Kangaroo Creek, was splitting a log when a piece of steel glanced off the edge of the wedge and entered his abdomen. Grafton…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Brothers Drowned Second Tragedy in Home of Farmer

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 1

PERTH, Thursday.--Two boys were drowned in an unguarded well in a paddock adjoining their father's mixed farm at Wattle Grove early…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Into Window Hurled by Lorry Man Injured Was on Pavement

The Sun · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 9

STRUCK by a driverless lorry which mounted the pavement in Young-street, City, to-day, Mr. R. C…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Claim Against Council Motor Accident Sequel

The Labor Daily · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 8

A head-on collision between a motor car and a motor cycle in Dumblton Road, Enmore, in December, 1934, had a sequel in the Supreme…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Death of Poet Former Newington Master Succumbs to Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 February 1936 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Mr. Frank S. Williamson, an Australian poet and prose writer, died in Royal Melbourne Hospital this afternoon as…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →