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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

3,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 159

Four Persons Injured Three Cars in Smash Goulburn

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 8

Four people were injured and several others had remarkable escapes in a peculiar motor accident involving three cars at Yarra, five miles from…

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Injured Jockey Is Very Ill Resistance Has Been Lowered By Wasting

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 5

JOCKEY KEITH COOK. 28. whose skull was fractured in the race smash at Canterbury on Saturday. is still in a critical condition in St…

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Lady Gowrie's Escape Two Men Injured in Motor Smash Vice-regal Party Unharmed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Monday.--Lady Gowrie and four women companions escaped serious injury when a…

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N.S.W. Gains Good Lead. Rain Interferes With Play. Jackson and Mair in Partnership. Bradman Relieves Injured Wicket-keeper

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 15

Kain seriously interfered with play in the Sheffield Shield match between New South Wales and South Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday. There were four interruptions, and play was not resumed alter the adjournment at 4.36 p.m., the captains deciding to draw stumps at 5.17 p.m…

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Stanmore Theatre Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 12

Wher this landing collapsed at the Stanmore Theatre, Stanmore, last night, ten persons were injured…

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N. Z. Road Accidents Wellington (N.z.), Mon

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 8

During December last 18 people were killed in road accidents in New Zealand, while 119 were seriously injured and 217 suffered minor…

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Killed in Collision

The Sun · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 3

While riding his bicycle in Alkens-road, West Pennant Hills, to-day, William Heath, 58, of Eaton-road, West Pennant Hills, was struck by a motor…

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Drowned in Yarra Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 5

While swimming in the [?] swimming pool. in Yarra River, today. Leslie Allender. 10. of Dally Street. Northcote, was drowned. His…

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Honeymoon Couple Drowned. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 8

A Melbourne honeymoon couple, Frederick C. Lavender, 31, senior housemaster of Carey Baptist School, Kew, and Mavis Lavender, 32, were drowned to-night at Wedge Bay, on the…

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Car Struck Tree The Misses Poynter Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 17

The Misses [?]ocelyn and Shirley Poynter were injured, and Captain Blacker, A.D.C. to the GovernorGeneral, Lord Gowrie, had a wrist…

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Turf Facts [?] & Fancies Leading Jockey Critically Injured In Canterbury Smash Two Horses Killed

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 9

Two sensational smashes, involving three horses in each race, occurred at Canterbury Park races on Saturday, while of the five injured jockeys Keith Cook fared worst and was admitted to St. Vincent's private hospital in a critical…

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Open Inquiry. Bereaved Father's Request. R.A.A.F. Accidents. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 17

The A.W.[?] annual delegate meeting to-day decided to urge an open inquiry into the efficiency and adequacy of the Royal Australian Air Force…

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Accidental Death Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 5

WHILE travelling In his miners car near Murdering Gully, on Christmas Day. Alfred Charles Harris. 17, a butcher boy, of Hampden…

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Accident Risk In Celebration Crowd

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 8

Thousands of visitors are flocking into the city for the 150th Anniversary Celebrations. Greater crowds and greater rush of…

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Collision of Surf Boats

The Sun · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 5

A thrill in the surf.--After winning the Point Danger (Queensland) surf-boat championship, the Greenmount boat is struck by the one from Cudgen. The photographer has caught the sweep oarsman being knocked into the rough water…

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Accidents of the Week. Injured in Baths

The Propeller · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 4

When Arthur Williams, 32, of Punchbowl, dived into shallow water in the Rockdale municipal baths at Brighton last Sunday he struck his…

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Injured by Miniature Car

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 4

On Friday, 14th inst., Max Connors (7), of Belmore Street, Penrith, was standing near the miniature cars running on a ground in Woodriff Street,…

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High Street Fatality Coroner Exonerates Driver

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 3

Lengthy evidence, with considerable cross-examination, was given at the inquest, held at Penrith Court House, on Friday, by the district coroner, into…

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Men Escape Drowning. Struggle in Flooded River. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 12

Seven men had narrow escapes from drowning this afternoon in the swollen floodwaters of the Stanley River. A. Hudgell, a carpenter employed on the…

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Tram and Lorry. Collision Near Iron Cove Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1938 · page 7

A tram bound from Ryde to Circular Quay and a motor lorry laden with blue metal collided almost head-on near the Iron Cove Bridge, Rozelle, yesterday, and Harold Sutton,…

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