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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

3,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 159

Boy Drowned in River Launceston

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 5

Keith Edward Twining, 2, was drowned in the Colling River, 28 miles from Queenstown. His body was later recovered in six feet of…

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Car Accidents. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 9

A car driven by Leslie Francis Cameron, or 87 Villiers Street. Rockdale, plunged over an embankment on the Hume Highway five miles from Goulburn, when it skidded after…

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Youth Accidentally Shot. Guyra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1938 · page 9

Eddie McDonnell, 17, was accidentally shot in the side by another youth while they were rabbit-shooting. McDonnell was taken to hospital, where he is progressing favourably…

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Three Injured in Collision. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 15

Three men were injured and taken to hospital following a collision between a lorry and a car on Angel's Bridge, near Corrimal. They were Bruce Fraser, of Corrimal, the…

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Injured in Dive

The Sun · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 24

The coach of the Australian eight-oar crew (Mr Sidney Raper) strained his back while diving in the pool at the Lapstone Hotel to-day. He was…

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Boy Fatally Injured

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 1

John Clarence Constantino, 14, a schoolboy, of Brook Street, Coogee, was fatally injured last night when his bicycle and a taxi cab collided at…

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Motorist on Murder Charge Sequel to Road Fatality

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 7

CHARGED at Redfern Police Court yesterday with having maliciously murdered Michael Robert Andrews, Frederick William Gray, 28, was…

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Man Killed By Lightning: Son Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 1

A MAN was struck dead by lightning yesterday during an electrical storm at Moss Vale…

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Militiaman Killed; Another Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 15

Two members of the militia forces, one of whom was dead, and the other seriously injured, were found lying on the side of the road half a mile from the military camp…

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Motorist Injured. Had Just Visited Woman Whose Life He Had Saved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 23

Mr. Satanford Hennell, of Grosvenor Street. Croydon, was injured yesterday afternoon as he was driving away from the Community Hospital, East Sydney, where a woman whose…

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Accidentally Shot Dead. Moss Vale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 15

A finding of accidental death was returned to-day by the District Coroner, Mr. W. Terry, at the conclusion of an inquest on the death of George Allen Miller, who died as the…

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Law Report. v Supreme Court. No. 3 CAUSES. (Before Mr. Justice Stephen and jury.) Claim For. Damages. Street Motor Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 12

Mrs. Rosamond Bawn wus plaintiff in an action for damages against Challes Augustus Scott, driver of a motor car, against whom she alleged negligence which lesulied in her…

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Ragazzo Italiano Vittima Di Mortale Accidente Griffith

Il Giornale Italiano · Wednesday 2 February 1938 · page 2

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Collision at Dumbleton

The Propeller · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 8

Last Saturday afternoon two cars collided at the intersection of Dumbleton and Stoney Creek Roads, Dumbleton. A little girl, Mona Skinner,…

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Collision with Lorry

The Propeller · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 8

Reginald Parish, of Port Kembla, was riding a motor cycle along Princes Highway, Engadine, last Sunday night when he collided with a…

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Houses Flooded Stock Drowned

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 16

Monday Morning deluge of rain wrought havoc in the Blacktown district House were Flooded bridge rendered uncrossable…

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Accidents of the Week. Light Horsemen Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 8

During the filming of scenes in "Thunder in the Desert" on the Cronulla sandhills on Tuesday three Light Horsemen were injured…

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Cycle Rider Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 8

Gordon Overall, of Moyarta St., Hurstville, was riding a bicycle along Princes Highway, Blakehurst, last Saturday, when he came into collision…

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Storm Damage Heavy in Blacktown District Houses Flooded Stock Drowned

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 16

Monday morning's deluge of rain wrought havoc in the Blacktown district. Houses were flooded, bridges rendered uncrossable,…

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Injured Ankle May Put Wilkinson Out of Game

Referee · Thursday 3 February 1938 · page 25

THERE is no more popular rider on the speedway at the present time than Arthur George Wilkinson, known to thousands of…

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