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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

4,125 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 207

Achdeacon Langley Injured

The Biz · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 1

Archdeacon Langley, of All Saints', Woollahrn, was injured, and Mrs. Langley was badly shaken in a motor accident, at Conroy's Gap, about 14 miles from Yass,…

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Boy Drowned In Cook's River

The Sun · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 10

Missed by his young brother, with whom he had been playing at Cook's River, St. Peters, this afternoon, William Elshaw, 7, of Frederick-street,…

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Heroic Boy Saves Five Persons from Drowning. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 11

Within a week four children and a woman have been rescued from drowning at Carrum Beach by Godfrey Jones, 16 years. Each incident occurred near the mouth of the…

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H. Park Winner Was Injured

The Labor Daily · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 2

BLACK ROGER, who was successful in the Hurdle event at Wednesday night's Harold Park coursing…

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Thrown Off Engine Fireman Injured RICHMOND

The Sun · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 7

Herbert Wilkinson, a fireman, who was on duty with Driver Sheppeard on the train running from Kurrajong to Richmond, received serious…

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Swimmers Injured. Bathing in Rock Pool. Severe Buffeting by Surf

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 11

About 50 surfers were injured in the rock pool known as the "bogey hole," near Ben Buckler, Bondi, yesterday. The pool, which iles in a hollow on the rock…

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Accidentally Shot. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 12

Walter Horace Reginald Green, a district farmer, was found hanging in a fence on his holding near Forbes on New Year's Day, with a shotgun wound through his right temple…

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Accidents

The St George Call · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 2

At 11 p.m. on the 3rd inst.. the Rockdale Ambulance received a call to Princes Highway. Rockdale. where a motor cycle ridden by Mr. John…

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Two Drivers Sought Man and Woman Hit Auburn, Darlinghurst Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 1

A MOTOR-CYCLIST and a car driver were sought by the police last night in connection with, accidents, at, Darlinghurst…

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Car-spring Accident

The Biz · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 7

Mr. Reg Palmer, estate agent, of Smithfield, and Military-rood, Guildford, recently had an accident while pulling out a broken spring in his car. It "flew" out…

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Nasty Accident

The Biz · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 7

Mr. J. Heath, brother of Mrs. McGrath, met with an accident, at his home in Guildford-road last Friday. It appears he tripped on the door-step, falling on to…

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Scene Of Drowning

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 1

Young Tommy King, caretaker of the Line stacks, and two friends viewing the pool of tragedy at St. Peters, where tiny Billy Eldershaw. 5[?], was drowned yesterday afternoon. At the rear of the Austral Brick Works, and off Ricketty Street, the pool is particularly treacherous, and…

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Cyclist Injured

The Sun · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 7

Sydney MacIntosh (20), of Terry-street, Arncliffe, suffered a probable fracture of the skull and abrasions when the motor cycle on which he…

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Car and Cycle Collision

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 5

At about 9 p.m. on New Year's Eve, a car owned by Mr Paul Love, and driven by Mr Gerrard Love, of Randwick, came into collision with a motor…

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Fatal Collision. Gunning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 16

Donald Brennan, 18, baker, was killed instantly, suffering shocking injuries to the head, and Neville Tonkin, 19, motor mechanic, was thrown across the road, and suffered a…

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Casualties. Girl's Death After Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 16

The City Coroner (Mr. Oram) has been informed of the death in the Royal North Shore Hospital of Thelma Renwick, 20, of Derwent-street, Glebe. On New Year's Eve she was…

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Three Drowned In Trawler Tragedy

The Sun · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 1

Three men lost their lives when an Aberdeen trawler was thrown against the North Pier, Aberdeen, during a heavy storm on Christmas Day. After the huge wave had hit her, the vessel was left in this position.--Air Mail…

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Train Fireman Injured. Richmond

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 16

Herbert Wilkinson, a fireman, was on the engine of a train coming to Richmond from Kurrajong last night, and, it is surmised, was leaning out of the cab approaching Richmond…

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Boy Drowned When Swimming Alone. WAGGA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 16

Proud of the progress he had made in swimming lessons, Martin Wasley, 9, of Wagga, to-day entered the Murrumbidgee River without supervision, and was swept to his death in…

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Four Victims Two Cars in Head-on Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 1

WAGGA, Friday.--Four persons are in Wagga Hospital following a head-on collision between two cars on a hill near Kyeamba…

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