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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

3,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 159

"Hit-run" Death Accidental

The Sun · Friday 4 February 1938 · page 3

The hit-run driver who knocked down and killed John Barker, 13, at Gordon, on November 13, was not…

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Woman Found Injured

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 1

Found suffering from severe head injuries in Pittwater Road, North Manly, early yesterday, Mrs. Emma Beatrice Luker, about 41, of…

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Motor Cyclist Seriously Injured. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 8

James Pearce, colliery employee, who was injured when a motor cycle which he was riding skidded and capsized, was admitted to Lithgow Hospital this morning in a serious…

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Police and Iron Guards Injured London

The Sun · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 5

Many iron Guards and police were injured at Ploestri (Rumania) to-day, when the former attempted to march in military formation…

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Woman Found in Drain. Head Injured by Fall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 12

Police are satisfied that Mrs. Marie Luker. 4[?] of Queenscliff Road, Queenscliff, who was found early yesterday morning by a tramway employee in a drain in Pittwater Road…

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Man Thrown Out of Train. Found Injured by Fettler

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 12

Stanley Wild, 54, of Darley Road, Manly, was found lying on the side of the railway line near Glenbrook yesterday morning by a fettler. His skull and collarbones were broken, and…

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Britisher Injured by Bomb Editor of Paper in Shanghai Shanghai

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 1

MR. H. G. W. WOODHEAD, editor of the paper, Oriental Affairs, was injured when a bomb was thrown into his…

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Opening of the Empire Games. Bad Weather Outlook Athletes Ready for Contests. India's Lone Competitor Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 15

A week of sporting activities unparalleled in the histroy of Australia will open with ceremonial splendour at the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day when the first section of the British Empire Games will be presented…

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Fine Follows Car Accident Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 8

In the Police Court to-day. William GeOorge Le[?], 31, was fined £1[?] on a charge of having driven a motor car whilst under the influence of liquor, and £ 1 for having driven a car…

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Traffic Accidents. 311 Deaths in Melbourne Last Year. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 8

Despite the introduction of a new traffic code to minimise traffic accidents, 311 persons died in Melbourne last year from injuries received in motor accidents. This was 67 more…

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Noted Bloodstock Exporter. Mr. John Crawford Killed in Motor Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 16

Mr. George Rowe, secretary of the A.J.C., has been advised from Melbourne that Mr. John Crawford, a director of the British Bloodstock Agency, was killed a few days…

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R.A.A.F. ACCIDENTS. Seven Killed Last Year. Reply to Mr. Fallon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 12

During 1937 seven, members of the flying personnel of the Royal Australian Air Force were killed, and four received injuries which were not fatal, but which…

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Taj Mahal Accident

The Sun · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 5

Agra, Friday--Mr. William Wyamar Vaughan, the English schoolmaster, who broke a thigh while visiting the Tai Mahal in December, died here…

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Air Force Accidents

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 8

Six casualties and one injury necessitating admission to hospital had occurred among the 160 qualified phots, of the R.A.A.F. last year, the…

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Hit by Unknown Driver Boy's Death Accidental

The Labor Daily · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 8

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Parramatta coroner, Mr. Williams, at Hornsby Court yesterday, at an inquest into the death…

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Accident Delays Interstate Ship

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 February 1938 · page 2

The interstate liner Duntroon, which was to have sailed for Melbourne, Adelaide, and Fremantle today, will be delayed for about a week…

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Vignettes of Life How Accidents Happen

The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1938 · page 4

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Girl Drowned In Crowd

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sunday. -- Elsie May Duncan, 11, of Woolloongabba, was drowned in Mowbray Park baths today. There were more than 100 bathers in…

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Stop Press Woman Reported Drowned

The Labor Daily · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 1

Water police early this morning Investigated a report that a woman had been drowned in jon[?] pyrmont…

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N.Z. LINER. Collision Willi Tanker. LONDON. Feb. 5

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1938 · page 14

The 10,870-ton passenger liner Ruahine which is regularly employed in the United Kingdom-New Zealand trade was involved in a collision in the Firth of Clyde. off Greenock…

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