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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

4,125 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 207

Drowned in 4Ft. Hole Mate Found Body in Mud

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 5

A BOY, aged six, who disappeared in a St. Peters swimming hole yesterday afternoon, was found drowned by…

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Volunteer Injured. in Supposed Attack. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 15

Michael Ankudinow, 45, a licensed seaman, a member of the crew of the interstate steamer Aldinga, which is manned by volunteers, was admitted to the Adelaide Hospital…

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Springwood Motor Cycle and Taxi Collide Cyclist Seriously Injured

Nepean Times · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 7

James Rutledge, aged 22 years, was riding his motor cycle along the Main Western Road near Woodford, travelling towards Lawson, on Saturday last,…

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Boy Is Drowned In Pool Wandered Off From His Mates Body Located In Four Feet Of Water Tragic Story

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 1

IN extremely tragic circumstances, William Bernard Eldershaw, 5, of Frederick St., St Peters, was drowned in…

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Accidents at Lismore. Lismore

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

Earl Chittick, 15, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Chittick, of Bullfrog Creek, Lismore, fractured his left forearm when he fell from a rock, Lismore Ambulance took the boy to the Lismore…

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The Accident

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

"Well, you listen a minute," said Rose Marie, "To a[?]dweadful fing that's just happened to me? I'm about as upset as a child can be…

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Dazed Boy Is Struck by Train Coroner's Finding: Accidental Death Half Asleep Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 5

AN inquiry into the death of Charles Stanley Warren, 18, of Erskineville, who was struck by a moving train at…

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Italiano Che S'uccide Accidentalmente

Italo-Australian · Saturday 11 January 1936 · page 2

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Tennis. Ankle Injured Didn't Worry

Truth · Sunday 12 January 1936 · page 6

DESPITE a severe injury to his left ankle, T. O. Connor, ably partnered by ex-hardcourt champion, George Kendall, were…

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One Killed, Four Injured Car Overturns Near Canberra Canberra

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1936 · page 1

Harold Edwin Whatty, 31, was killed, and four were injured when the car he was driving overturned late this afternoon on Prince's…

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"Never To Race Again," Miss Nottava Makes Great Comeback Severely Injured Return to Form Beats Limbohm In Hdcp

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1936 · page 49

Miss Nottava, who was so badly injured last year that it was thought she would never race again, returned to…

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Speedster's Death Accidental Said Coroner

Truth · Sunday 12 January 1936 · page 13

NOT experienced, though promising, was the expressed opinion of an official of Empire Speedways (1935) Limited, as to the…

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Yesterday's Accidents Six Hurt When Car Capsized

Truth · Sunday 12 January 1936 · page 15

SIX people were admitted to Parramatta District Hospital yesterday afternoon when the car in which they were travelling capsized when the…

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Six Hurt in Car Capsize Accident on Great Western Road

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1936 · page 1

Six persons, five of them relatives, were injured when a car capsized on the Great Western-road, Mount Druitt, yesterday afternoon…

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Wrong Man Identified Accident Case Tangle Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1936 · page 3

A strange identity tangle is revealed by inquiries following the denial to-day by Frank Parker, of…

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Six Persons Injured

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

Six persons were treated at Parramatta District Hospital on Saturday evening for injuries received when the car in which they were travelling overturned on the Great…

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Injured Aboard Ship

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 8

Joe Galea, 52, of Crown Lane, Surry Hills, had his spine injured on Saturday when he fell down the hold of the steamer Kianga at Day…

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Motor Cyclists Injured

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

Mervyn Brown, 21, and Elwyn Brown, 21, cousins, of Davis-street, Leichhardt, were riding a motor cycle along Foster-street, Leichhardt, yesterday, when they collided with a…

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Found Injured in House

The Labor Daily · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 5

After John Holmes, 50, a butcher, was found in a house suffering from head Injuries in Raglan Street, Darlington, on Saturday afternoon,…

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Family of Five Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 13 January 1936 · page 1

Six persons, including a man, his wife, and three children, were injured when a motor car collided with a motor lorry in Western-road, Rooty Hill, last night…

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