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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

4,125 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 207

Toll of the Road Clergyman Hurt In Smash Son Had Been in Accident In Capsize After Visit To Hospital Many Injured

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 1

CLOSE escapes from death were experienced by occupants of cars which crashed at Parramatta and Murrurundi…

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Two Seamen Are Injured Members of the Crew of the Kooyong Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 5

Two members of the crew of the steamer Kooyong were injured when passing through Carrington tonight…

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Accident on Ulysses. London, Jan. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 10

Three persons were killed and four injured in an accident on board the Ulysses, which left Liverpool yesterday for Brisbane. The Ulysses is making for Swansea to land…

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Dies Unidentified Victim of Saturday's Tram Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 6

The unknown man who fell from a tram in New South Head Road, Rose Bay, on Saturday died yesterday in St. Vincent's Hospital…

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Two Trams. Collision at Balmain. Five Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 13

When a tram from Balmain to Circular Quay, via Forest Lodge, was standing at the Barnes-street crossing, Balmain, at 6.30 a.m. yesterday, it was crashed into by a tram from…

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Scene Of Collision

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 1

It was at this corner at the junction of Commercial Road and Barnes Street Balmain that two trams collided yesterday. Five person were…

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Ambulance in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 14

This ambulance waa considerably damaged when it collided with a tram yesterday, at the intersection of Parrarnatta-road and Derwent-street, Glebe…

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Baby Drowned in Tank

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The 18 months old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Botterlll, of Reedy Creek Station, was drowned this afternoon in an…

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Speedway Fatality. Coroner Holds Inquest

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 8

The accident at the speedway races, at the Showground, on December 21, when Francis Vivian Elms, 24, single, of Bain-street, Brisbane, crashed into the fence and was killed,…

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Cars Collide. Conference Delegates Injured MITTAGONG

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 14

Three delegates to the Australian Student Christian Movement conference at Mittagong were injured when the motor car in which they were travelling to Berrima to visit the…

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Miner Blown to Pieces Mate Injured in Explosion Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 1

WHILE working in the drive of No. 4 level in the Mt. Isa mine, to-night Richard Williams 26, a native of Wales, was blown to…

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Car Over Bank Mr. Greg. McGIRR & Daughter Slightly Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 7

GRAFTON. Tuesday.--Mr. .Greg McGirr, ex-M.L.A., and his daughter Beatrice, suffered slight injuries when his car ran over an embankment on…

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Married in Hospital. Bride Injured on Way to Church. PERTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 9

While motoring with her parents to Co[?]e, to be married, Miss Prosser, of Bunbury, was severely injured when the steering gear broke and the car crashed into a bush. She was…

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Trams in Smash at Balmain Eighteen Injured; Five Taken To Hospital Terrific Bump

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 5

FIVE persons were taken to hospital for treatment and 13 others slightly injured, according to police, when two…

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Road Fatalities. Verdicts of Accidental Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 8

Verdicts of accidental death were recorded by the City Coroner (Mr. Oram) in three cases of road fatalities yesterday. On December 20, Joseph Patrick Dolman,…

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Tragic Accident. Young Man's Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 14

Charles Tornaghi, 22, of Douglas Park, was found dead beside a fence near his home early yesterday morning. The young man left his home on Monday…

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Car Over Bank. Mr. G. McGirr in Accident. GRAFTON

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 14

Mr. G. McGirr, former M.L.A., was involved in an accident on the Woolgoolga road, about 14 miles from South Grafton, to-night. Accompanied by his daughter, Beatrice, and…

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Child Is Shot in Foot Accident with Pea Rifle Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 5

A child Allan Murdoch, aged 4, was admitted to hospital to-night with a pea-rifle bullet wound through his left foot, With his parents he…

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Note Sportive a Merlo Preciso Sfugge La Vittoria Un Doloroso Accidente

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 2

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Drowning Victims: the Funds

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 7

FIFTY South Hurstville people were elected last night to a committee' to raise funds for the funeral expenses of the Lake…

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