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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

4,125 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 207

Sequel to Tram Accident

The Labor Daily · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 8

An accident to a tram conductor while collecting fares on a footboard in Liverpool street. City. last July, had a sequel in the District Court yesterday…

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Acquitted by Direction Motor Accident Near Liverpool

The Biz · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 4

At Parramatta Quarter Sessions on Wednesday, Jack Edward Selfe, 34, mechanic, pleaded not guilty to a charge of feloniously slaying A'fred…

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Girl, Rescuer Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday. -- A girl fell from a bridge into Tingalpa Creek to-night, and a young man dived to her…

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Child's Escape Saved From Drowning

The Sun · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 6

For three-quarters of an hour this afternoon, Berdi Gorman, the beach inspector at Manly swimming pool, and another surfer worked to restore…

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Child Injured

The Sun · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 8

Struck by a lorry as he was crossing Glossop-street, Balmain, Noel Stott, 4½, living in the same street, suffered a fractured thigh and a…

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Taxi-driver Drowned Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 6

WALTER LOLLO. 39. taxi driver, was drowned to-day when his taxi overturned in flood waters at Townsville…

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Drowned Woman Found BRISBANE

The Sun · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 3

The body of Mary Probert, who last night was drowned at Thornside, near Brisbane, was recovered to-day. The body of Arthur John Macgregor,…

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Faithful Pomeranian Guards Injured Woman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 18

When Miss Jean Henderson, 21, of Enmore-road, Enmore, was knocked down by a motor car, near her home, her Pomeranian dog stood guard over her as she was lying in the street…

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Queensland Rain. Taxi-driver Drowned. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 17

Walter Lollo, a Townsville taxi-driver, was imprisoned in his car when it was swept away by floodwaters as he was attempting to cross the Ross River at Queen's Crossing…

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Man and Woman Drowned in Creek. Fall From Railway Bridge. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 18

Arthur John McGregor, 19, of Birkdale, farmer, and May Probert, 20, of Figtree Pocket, Lone Pine, dressmaker, were drowned to-night at Thornside, near Birkdale, in the Realand…

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Car Overturns. Mining Officials Injured. Cricketer's Critical Condition Kalgoorlie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 18

Five persons were injured late yesterday afternoon when a motor car in which they were travelling from Norseman to Kalgoorlie overturned twice following the collapse of a…

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Toll of the Road Boy Killed By Car Lengthy List of Injured Two In Serious Condition NEWCASTLE

The Labor Daily · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 1

DUNCAN McNaughton, 8, of Smart Street Charlestown, was fatally injured to-night when he was struck by a car in Main Road…

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What Inland Mission Does to Help Wonderful Work In Outback of Australia to the Rescue of the Sick and Injured

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 2

THE Australian Inland Mission is probably the most unique organisation of its kind in the world, and it would be difficult to find a more efficient one. I had a first-hand opportunity of seeing what this…

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School Boy's Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 4

Roland Ivery (13), of Cranebrook, a pupil of Penrith Intermediate High School, suffered lacerations of the forehead and shock when he fell from a…

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Collision Victims

The Sun · Sunday 23 February 1936 · page 2

Donald Berry (18) cyclist, of Condamine-street, Manly Vale, received severe lacerations of the thigh, abrasions and severe stock and…

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Boy Drowned Melbourne

Truth · Sunday 23 February 1936 · page 18

THIS afternoon Kevin McGilvray, 10, of Heathcote, was drowned in 8ft. of water in McIvor Creek. He was seen to disappear under the water by…

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Speedway Rider Injured

The Sun · Sunday 23 February 1936 · page 2

Sidney Perkins, 29, New Zealand rider, had half his nose torn away in a crash at the Show Ground Speedway last night…

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Five Hurt Car Collision at Kogarah

Truth · Sunday 23 February 1936 · page 16

WHEN a car skidded and collided with four pedestrians in Park-road, Kogarah, early this morning, afterwards…

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Speedway Crashes Rider Badly Injured

Truth · Sunday 23 February 1936 · page 18

THE inclemency of the weather was responsible for several spills at the Empire Speedway last night, one rider sustaining a…

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House Blown Away Queensland Swept By Tornado Couple Injured Brisbane

Truth · Sunday 23 February 1936 · page 16

A TERRIFIC tornado struck Waterford and Loganlea late this afternoon, and, keeping to a course about a mile and a half…

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