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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

4,125 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 207

Balcony Falls Three Men Injured in City Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 9

Three men were injured, two of them being admitted to Sydney Hospital, when the balcony of a house in Bedford Street, City, collapsed…

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Collision on Mountain Road. Adaminaby

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 9

While descending Ta[?] Mountain yesterday, a motor truck, driven by D. T. Mouat, collided with a car proceeding towards Kiandra. There wns a heavy fog at the time. The…

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Balcony Collapses. Three Men Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 11

Three men, who weie trying to remove a wardrobe from an upstairs room of a house in Bedford-street, city, yesterday, were injured when the balcony collapsed…

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Taree Resident Injured. Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 9

Mr. Samuel Lean, of Taree, wns taken to hospital last night suffering from injuries received in a motor accident on the Oxley road. The car in which he was travelling with his…

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Taxi Accidents. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 March 1936 · page 10

Sir,—It would appear from records compiled that taxi accidents are on the increase Let us deal with the taxi-cab as apart from ordinary motor traffic. The driver is driving…

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Cyclist Injured

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 1

Michael Leonard, 30, of Anzac Parade, Kensington, suffered concussion and lacerations to the right knee yesterday, when his motor cycle and…

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Bicycle Riders Injured

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 5

The riders of two bicycles were injured--one seriously--last night when their machines collided in Fontainbleau Street, Sans Souci…

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Axeman Injured. the Rock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 11

Jonn Lyons, 35, or Gregadoo, gashed a foot badly when the axe he was using slipped as he was cutting out a bees' nest. He lowered himself to the ground from the tree, and…

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Car Overturns. Several Youths Injured. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 13

The police are investigating a motor accident which occurred last night on the Hume Highway, near Kyeamba, when a car containing four youths, aged 14, 17, 19, and 21…

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Two Drowned In Surf Heroic Rescues Battered On Rocks Swam for Two Hours

The Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 11

A MAN was drowned at Chinaman's Beach, near The Entrance and another at Ocean Beach, Broken Bay in boating tragedies to-day. HEROIC rescue attempts were made. At Chinaman's…

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Motor Accidents. Special Police Report Called for by Minister

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 14

The Deputy Premier (Mr. Bruxner), in the Legislative Assembly yesterday, stated that he had asked the Commissioner for Police to make a special report on road accidents,…

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Accident Victim Dies

The Sun · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 3

Seriously injured last Friday, when the dome of a brick kiln at the works of Benson, Walker, Ltd., collapsed on him, Sidney Croft, 50, of…

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Industrial News Sued in Two Courts for the Same Injury Appeal Made by Employer Against Verdict For Worker Of £950 Lift Accident

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 6

IMPORTANT questions of law vitally concerning workers injured on their employers' premises were argued before the Full Court…

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Died After Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 March 1936 · page 8

William John Atkins, 29, of Wilson Road, Huxton Park, died yesterday in Liverpool Hospital from injuries received in an accident on Saturday,…

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Two Injured in Car Collision

The Propeller · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 3

When two motor cars collided in Forest Road, Arncliffe, last Saturday night, Arthur Stephens, 26, of Cameron Street Rockdale, suffered…

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Girl Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 10

Nancy Wallace, 8, of Gllba-road, Girraween, was drowned in a creek near her home yesterday afternoon. She was seen crossing a paddock on her way back from a music lesson…

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Collision at Hurstville

The Propeller · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 3

Eric Pirkus, of Hinkler Avenue, Brighton-le-Sands, received head injuries when two motor cars Came into collision on Sunday at the…

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Cyclists Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 3

When two cyclists collided on Tuesday night in Fontainbleau Street, Sans Souci, Clem Davis, 21, of Hillview Street, Ramsgate, received a…

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Girl Is Drowned In Creek

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 1

An intensive search by police and citizens for eight-years-old Nancy Wallace, of Gibba Road, Girraween, ended tragically shortly before…

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Four Injured in Smash

The Labor Daily · Thursday 5 March 1936 · page 1

Four persons were injured--one seriously--last night when two cars collided in Wollongong Street. Arncliffe…

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