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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

4,125 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 207

Injured by Falling Branch. Burraga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 12

While Patrick Hanrahan, 33, was engaged with two other men erecting fences on Collinore, the property of Mr. H. H. Hackney, he was struck by a limb of a large gum tree…

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Oil Truck's Crash Young Man Injured GUNDAGAI

The Sun · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 13

A heavily-laden 3-ton petrol waggon, returning from Cootamundra last night, when descending a steep hill close to the town, raced through…

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Woman Preacher Injured in Fall on Ship. Tour Cancelled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 12

The Rev. Dorothy Wilson, a minister of the Congregational Union of England and Wales, and well known as a preacher in Sydney, arrived from New Zealand by the…

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Toll of the Road Three Die in Motor Smashes Cyclist Is Killed Instantly In Collision Driver's Shock

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 5

FALLING underneath a motor lorry from his bicycle at Stanmore last evening, Frederick Ernest Clark, 18, of…

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Death Follows Accident. Narrandera

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 12

Stanley A. Fraser, 34, who broke a leg a few days ago, when working on a windmill, died in the Narrandera Hospital, gangrene having set in…

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Motor Accidents. West Wyalong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1936 · page 12

A touring car, driven by William [?] member of the staff of A. M. Aberline and Co. stock agents, and carryinh Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kalms and Walter Sherrott, of West…

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Casualties. Collision at Manly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 14

Mrs. Ethel McDonald, of Roslyn-street, North Sydney, suffered injuries to the chest and a fracture of the left arm; George Riddle, of La Perouse-street, Manly, had his head…

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In Dark Drowned In Flood BRISBANE

The Sun · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 11

Mary Murphy, a 65-year-old pensioner, was drowned in flood waters near Rooney's mill, Townsville, about 1 a.m. to-day…

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Airman Injured Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 11

Squadron-Leader McGregor was seriously injured in a 'plane smash on Wellington airport to-day. [?]…

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'Plane Dash Pick Up Injured Man

The Sun · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 11

A fast 'plane left Mascot for Young after 5 p.m. to-day, to pick up four passengers and an injured man. The injured man was being brought to…

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Tragedy Stalks in Family Youth Found Drowned Second Boy

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 1

TRAGEDY has again struck at the Edwards family at Yarra Bay. During Christmas of 1934, a youth, William George…

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Car Footboard Rider Is Injured Casino

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 8

The danger of children standing on car running boards was indicated here when Dudley Poulsen (11) received severe thigh injuries when…

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Toll Of The Road Nurses in a Fatal Accident One Killed ; Two Others Are Injured Cyclist Dies

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 7

TWO more lives were lost in motor accidents yesterday, a nurse and a motor cyclist being the victims. The motor cyclist crashed into a…

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Petrol Waggon Overturns in Creek. Driver Critically Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 17

A large petrol waggon, owned by the Vacuum Oil Co. Pty., Ltd., overturned in a creek at Gundagai on Monday night, the driver, Nelson Goulding, being critically injured. Six…

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Gunpowder Explodes. Youths Injured and House Burnt Down. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 17

Sydney Swanfell, 18, of Herne Hill, and Kelvin Coire, 14, of Daiwallinu, were experimenting with gunpowder at Swanfell's home on Sunday night, when there was an…

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Motor Accidents. Berry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 14

Willam Montieth, a carrier, of Berry, was driving a motor truck along the Prince's Highway at Jasper's Brush Creek when it skidded and overturned. Montieth suffered…

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Accidente sul Lavoro

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 19 February 1936 · page 7

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Drowned Getting Duck

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Wednesday. -- Keith Ashenden, 20 of Aldgate, with a companion, on the river flats opposite Renmark this morning shot a duck…

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Motor Car Accident. Four Persons Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 4

While a car was travelling along Lady Carrington Drive, National Park, on Sunday last, it rolled backwards over an embankment and,…

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Aged Woman Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 7

Mrs. Emily Harris, 62, of Campsie, was severely cut on the face by glass when two cars collided at the intersection of Belmore Road and…

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