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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

4,125 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 207

Injured by Motor Cyclist

The Propeller · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 7

Last Sunday May Read, of Third Avenue, Gymea Bay, was knocked down by a cyclist near her home and received a fractured leg. She was…

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Aged Woman Drowned in Flood Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 5

An old-age pensioner, Mary Murphy, 65, who was camping on the banks of a creek near the Ross River. Townsville. with another…

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2 Dead, 3 Injured in Early Morning Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 7

TWO men were killed, and three others injured when a car crashed into a tree in French's Forest Road. French's…

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Toll Of The Road Met Death In Collision Cyclist Is Victim

The Labor Daily · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 5

In a collision between his bicycle and a taxi-cab, at the corner of Parramatta and Bridge Roads, Camperdown, last night. Richard H. Blandy, 51, of Prince's Highway, St. Peters, was killed instantly…

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District Court. (Before Judge Sheridan and a jury of four.) Motor Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 6

Leonard George Love, of Fourth-avenue, Berala, sued Russell S. Brewer, of Burwoodroad, Burwood, for £100 damages for injuries received as the result of a motor collision…

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Truck Rushes to Meet Ambulance Man Injured with Shears at Tarcutta

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 7

WAGGA, Wednesday.--While using a pair of shears on the property of Mr. Brown, at Tarcutta, Ronald Angel, of Thompson Street. Wagga,…

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Sydney High Beat North Sydney Though Carroll Was Injured Crawford And Cullen, Destroyers of Canterbury

Referee · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 9

AT Centennial Park on Wednesday, Sydney High School, premiers of the High Schools of Sydney in cricket, under disabilities pressed home a first innings win against North Sydney High School. Their captain and star batsman, Lance Carroll, was unable to take the field,…

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Cyclist Hurt Guildford Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 13

Cycling along Railway-parade, Guildford, last week, Mr. Cyril Miller, Millie-street, had nasty spill. The front wheel had caked up With…

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Accidents of the Week. Motor Car Overturned

The Propeller · Thursday 20 February 1936 · page 7

While driving up Victoria Avenue, Mortdale, towards Penshurst, this morning, Mr. W. Stevens, of Rosa St., Oatley, was injured when his motor…

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Motor Collision. Man Fatally Injured. Sacrament Administered at Roadside. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 11

One man was killed and two injured in a head-on collision between a motor car and a motor lorry on the Lismore-Ballina road tonight. Kevin Curran (24), of Pimlico,…

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Injured on Broken Bottle

The Biz · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 1

John Chesher (25), of 176 Parramattaroad, Granville, injured his right arm last Saturday, when he fell on a broken bottle in Sixth-street, Clyde. He was conveyed…

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Dog Stays With Injured Mistress

The Sun · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 11

A POMERANIAN dog refused to desert his mistress, who was injured by a motor car in Enmore-road, Marrick- ville, to-day. Despite the persuasive efforts of ambulance officers, the dog accompanied her from the scene of the…

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Country News. Man Found Drowned. Coonabarabran

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 12

Stephen Malone. 73, a widower, was found drowned in a small dam close to the house in which he was living on Mr. J. H. Taylor's Hidden Dale property, at New Mollyan,…

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Boy Drowned. Paddling in Cook's River. Woman's Rescue Effort

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 11

John Russell Knight, 9, of Homer-street, Undercliffe, was drowned in Cook's River at Undercliffe yesterday. Knight, with another boy, was paddling…

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Child Is Drowned in River Woman's Attempt At Rescue Fully Clothed at Undercliffe

The Labor Daily · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 7

DESPITE the plucky efforts of a woman who, fully-clothed, waded into the water, John Russell Knight, 9, of Homer Street,…

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League Stars in Big Smash One Man Killed; Several Others Injured LISMORE

The Labor Daily · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 1

WELL-KNOWN footballers and a ' Sydney Journalist were in a tragic smash between their car and a motor lorry on the Liamorc-Bnlllna…

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Railway Accidents. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 12

The Forbes Municipal Council has decided to support the Forbes branch of the Graziers' Association in seeking an open inquiry into the causes of the recent railway smash near…

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Second Victim of Accident. Kyogle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 12

Irene Norma McKenzie, 17, died to-day as a result of injuries received when a car driven by Sydney Green overturned on the CasinoKyogle road when a tyre blew out two weeks…

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The Sydney Morning Herald. Friday, February 21, 1936. Air Travel and Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 10

Disasters to travellers by air, comparatively infrequent as they are, naturally attract general attention. They are usually spectacular in…

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Motor Accidents. Two Men Killed. Car Strikes Tree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 12

Two men were killed and three others were injured when a car crashed into a tree on French's Forest-road, near Manly, at 1 a.m. yesterday…

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