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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

4,125 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 207

Accidents

The St George Call · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 1

Last Saturday, Arthur Stephens, 26, 53 Cameron Street, Rockdale, who was driving a car along Forest Road, Hurstville, and Heather Hella, of…

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Fewer Accidents Is Claim Minister's Statement

The Labor Daily · Friday 6 March 1936 · page 7

The Minister for Labor and Industry, Mr. Dunningham, stated in the Legislative Assembly yesterday that I although the number of factory…

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Manslaughter Charge. Fatality at Narrabeen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 18

At the Manly Police Court yesterday, Seymour Patrick Bush, 52, bootmaker, was remanded until March 19 on a charge of manslaughter arising from the death of Ellen…

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Boy Drowned in Dam Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 5

Thomas Keith Marshall, 15, was drowned in a dam at the Abattoirs this afternoon. With a number of other lads Marshall was swimming…

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Constable Injured. Motor Cycle Overturns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 18

Constable Thomas Henry Johnson, 27, of Zarita-avenue, Waverley, was seriously injured last night when a police motor cycle overturned during a chase in Fuller's-road,…

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Women Hurt Car Collision During Health Trip

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 6

BATHURST, Friday. -- A car collision eight miles from town this afternoon caused the admission to St. Vincent's Hospital of Mrs. Mary…

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Boy Drowned. Seized with Cramp After Lunch. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 18

Thomas Keith Marshall, 15, of Maitland-road, Mayfield, was drowned in a dam on the Newcastle District Abattoir Board's property at Waratah this afternoon…

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Store Ablaze Seven Injured Collapse of Roof

The Sun · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 5

FOUR onlookers and three firemen were injured this afternoon in a fire which swept through Sweet Bros.'s store in King-street, Newtown. Eighty firemen from nine stations fought the blaze from King and…

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14 INJURED 2 Car Smashes Holiday Party

The Sun · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 7

FOURTEEN persons, including a number of children, were injured today in two car smashes, one in the…

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Drowned in Dam Boy Attacked by Cramp; Rescue Attempts Fail

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- Swimming in a dam at Newcastle Abattoirs soon after his lunch to-day, Thomas Keith Marshall, 15, of Maitland Road,…

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Car Over Embankment. Man Killed, Two Brothers Injured. TAMWORTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 17

When a car driven by Alfred Charles Lennon, farmer, overturned on the Manilla-road last night, two miles from Attunga, following the collapse of a wheel, William Lennon, 65. of…

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Three Children Saved From Drowning in Rip Men to Rescue Fine Save Risked Lives Gosford

The Sun · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 3

THREE young children, members of a Church of England picnic party, were saved by the gallantry of…

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Toll of the Road MOTHER & Daughter in Smash Cars In Head-on Collision Aged Woman

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 5

MRS. MARY ROWLAND, 44, of 21 Manning Road, Double Bay, and Mrs. Mary Green, 74, of 21 Manning Road, Double…

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Accident at Wood-Cuttings

Nepean Times · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 1

Mr "Bob" Morphett. of Belmore Street, Penrith, was cutting. millwood at "Garswood," near McKerizie's. on Monday afternoon, when the axe…

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Letters Taxi Accidents. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 14

Sir,—Writing recently under the above "heading, Mr. A. R. Tewkesbury places the reason for the ever-increasing number of motor car accidents to the speedy high-powcied car…

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Nervous Disorder. Accident Sequel. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 18

In the Second Civil Court yesterday. Max Stockli, a Swiss importer and inventor, claimed £249 damages from Cyril Henrys, of Toorak, for injuries received in an accident…

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Casualties. Street Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 18

June O'Rourke, 11, of Belgrave-street, Manly, was knocked down by a motor car at the intersection of Belgrave and Carlton streets, Manly, yesterday. She was taken to the Manly…

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Sydney's Appalling Accident Figures Worse Than in London Exceed British Cities Rural Areas Are Less Road Toll

The Labor Daily · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 5

ROAD accident figures for 1935, issued by the British Ministry for Transport, reveal that last year there were more…

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Maitland Show Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 March 1936 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Friday. -- In the final of the McRae Flying Mile at to-day's show, Bob Duncan, driver, and the…

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Drowning Is Feared Lagoon to Be Dragged Seeking Missing Woman WINDSOR

Truth · Sunday 8 March 1936 · page 16

A DEEP lagoon 400 yards from the house of Mr. Alan Dunstan, well-known orchardist, of Sackville, will be dragged…

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