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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

3,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 159

Two Men Lie Helpless in Gully for 12 Hours Injured in Car Smash: Struggle by One to Get Aid Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 2

AFTER their car had plunged more than 200 feet from the Aberfeldy-Walhalla Road into a gully yesterday afternoon, two linesmen employed by the Postal Department lay helpless for 12 hours…

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Accident Risk at Celebrations

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1938 · page 4

With huge crowds at the Anniversary Celebrations, the risk of accident will be greater than in normal times. The Daily Telegraph Free Insurance…

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Toll Of The Road 9 Relief Workers Injured Lorry's Collision With Tree Other Cases

The Labor Daily · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 1

WHEN the steering gear failed, a motor lorry, carrying 47 relief workers, crashed into a tree in Bayview Road, Bayview,…

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Schoolboy Drowned. Fatal End to Holidays. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 11

Sydney McKenzie, a Sydney schoolboy, who had been spending his holidays in the Newcastle district, was drowned in Newcastle Harbour to-night…

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Man Is Injured by a Dead Pig Lismore

The Labor Daily · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 8

FRANK HARRIS, slaughterman, of South Lismore, was working at the bacon factory of Foley Bros., Ltd., South Lismore, to-day, on…

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Lorry Strikes Tree and Overturns. Out of Control Near Bend. Nine Relief Workers Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 January 1938 · page 16

Nine relief workers were taken to hospital after a lorry in which they were travelling had crashed into a pine tree and overturned in Church Point…

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Athlete Injured

Truth · Sunday 30 January 1938 · page 7

ATHLETICS and Rugby Union followers will regret to learn that Jim McManamey, former State champion and…

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Two Injured

Truth · Sunday 30 January 1938 · page 14

CAR accidents resulted in two people being taken to hospital last night. Mrs. Daisy Myott, 57,…

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Elderly Man Is Drowned

The Labor Daily · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 1

When a rail broke while he was leaning on it smoking a cigarette at Roseville on Saturday, an elderly man, Christopher Ripley, of Punch Street…

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Lorry Driver Injured. Nowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 11

Walter Stanley Marshall was driving a lorry loaded with timber along the Prince's Hillway at Fall's Creek, when the steering gear failed, and the lorry crashed into an…

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Two Boys Drowned in Queensland Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 1

WHILE bathing with another boy in a creek at Windsor, Queensland to-day William Tilling. 11, of Windsor, sank from view. His body…

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Fatalities in Brisbane. Two Boys Drowned. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 14

Two boys were drowned to-day. Hugh Beverley Pettifer, 7, of Milton, was drowned in Milton Reach, Bilsbane River, this afternoon, when he slipped from the steps…

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Trains in Crash; 7 Injured Brisbane

The Sun · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 3

Although one carriage was smashed to matchwood and others were extensively damaged when a crowded…

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Man and Three Children Drowned Vain Effort to Save Daughter Brisbane

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 7

Four drowning tragedies occurred in South Queensland today, two being in the Metropolitan area…

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Surf Tragedy. Father and Child Drowned. Swept Out by Current. Tweed Heads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 14

Vincent Joseph Conroy, 38, of Sherwood, an' employee of the Queensland Stale Insurance Office, and his daughter, Veronica, aged 9, were…

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Car and Tram Meet Head--on One Youth Killed; Two Others Injured Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 7

In a terrific midnight crash at North Coburg yesterday, the three occupants of a car which met an electric tram head-on were flung to…

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Munitions Factory Is Blown Up 200 DIE & 1000 INJURED Italian Residents Flee To Hills Fire Follows Rome

The Labor Daily · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 5

ONE of the most appalling disasters, apart from volcanic eruptions. in the history of Italy occurred yesterday, when 200 persons were killed…

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Road Accidents. Motor Cyclists Killed. Police Seeking Driver

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 14

Fatal injuries were received by Robert Andrews, 38, of Queen Street, Alexandria, on Saturday night, when a motor car crashed into the rear of a…

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Unusual Tram Accident Floorboards Were Forced Up

The Labor Daily · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 7

An extraordinary tram accident. In which a man and a woman were Injured, occurred In Pitt Street, near Bathurst Street, City, late…

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Two Wounded by Bullets Shooting Accidents on South Coast Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Monday 31 January 1938 · page 7

Douglas Payne, a laborer, of victoria Street, Unanderra, was using a pearlflle on Saturday to scare birds away from fruit trees, when a bullet…

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