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Accidents, 1938

3,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 159

Drowned Swimming Pony

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 1

WAGGA, Tuesday.--Thrown from a pony he was swimming in a dam at Alfredtown, near Wagga, today, Walter Rudd, 16, was drowned…

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Night Collision Inquiry Story Wanganella & Trawler

The Sun · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 2

Under sea regulations, the Wanganella should have kept out of the way of the Durraween, said the captain…

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Stop Press Man Drowned While Fishing

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 1

Albert Beck, 52, of Marlborough Street, Drummoyne, was drowned when he was washed off the rocks while fishing at North Head last…

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Four Persons Injured. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 15

Four persons were injured when a car overturned in Kurri Kurri Road, near Maitland. The driver, Kenneth George Jackson, 24, of Richmond Main, received injuries to the right…

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Fisherman Drowned. Swept Off Rocks at North Head

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 17

Albert Beck, 52, of Marlborough Street. Drummoyne, was swept off the rocks and drowned at North Head last night. Beck hooked a fish and was hauling it in…

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Sydney Harbor Tragedy. Nineteen Drowned When Launch Capsized

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 10

A TRAGEDY occurred in Sydney Harbor on Sunday afternoon when the double-decker pleasure launch Rodney capsized, throwing about 100…

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Drowned Hooking Big Fish Dramatic Efforts To Find Body In Darkness North Head

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 7

As a result of hooking a big fish from North Head last night, an experienced fisherman. Albert Beck, 52, of Marlborough Street,…

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More Killed Despite Speed Limit; New Type Of Accident

The Sun · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 3

In spite of the 30 miles an hour speed limit, the number of vehicular accidents last month was practically the same as in January last year. There were two more deaths from injuries in…

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Air Crash 'Unaccountable' Coroner Finds Pilot's Death Due To Accident "Nothing to Show R.A.A.F. to Blame" Cootamundra

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1938 · page 7

THE Deputy-Coroner (Mr. J. T. Renehan) today described the death of Plying Officer Frederick Fallon (20) as "one of those unaccountable accidents."…

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Trolley 'Bus Collision

The Propeller · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 7

On Wednesday afternoon, 9th instant, Cyril Bonar, 18, of Willarong Road, Caringbah, was riding a bicycle along Rocky Point Road, Sans…

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Collision with Lorry

The Propeller · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 7

When Theo. Wilson, 15, of Ethel, Street, Carlton, was riding a push bike in Princes Highway, Rockdale, last Saturday he came into collision…

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Inquiry Into Sea Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 7

There was a light mist when the Wanganella came into collision with the trawler Durraween. This statement was made yesterday…

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Jockey Injured At Rosebery

The Labor Daily · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 1

Apprentice E. Levi, being removed to the casualty room at…

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Wanganella-durraween Collision Inquiry Held Yesterday

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 5

Contending that the Wanganella was at fault, Samuel Mills, captain of the trawler Durraween, said that the collision which…

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Boy Drowned in Dam. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 9

w[?] Rudd, aged 16 years, was drowned in a dam at Alfredtown yesterday, when a pony which he had ridden into the dam unseated him. He could not swim, and was left…

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The Harbour Tragedy. Rockdale Girl Drowned

The Propeller · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 4

Much sympathy is felt locally for Mr. and Mrs. C. Nagrint, of Railway Street, Rockdale, whose daughter, Miss Unity Nagrint, was drowned…

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DISAGREED Jury in Manslaughter Case Kingswood Fatality

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 1

AT Parramatta Quarter Sessions on Monday and Tuesday the charge against Thomas Archibald Turn[?]ull, an inspector for the…

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Lorry Overturns St. Maryt Fatality in Early Morning

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 1

A WELL-KNOWN and much respectcd resident of Kingswood, Colin Campbell (42), tragically met his death on the…

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Trawler Is Blamed for Collision Liner's Officer Criticised

The Sun · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 1

Responsibility for the collision between the interstate liner Wanganella and the trawler Durraween off the South Coast on December 28, was wholly fixed on the Durraween by the Commonwealth Court of Marine Inquiry in a…

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Passenger Liner. Collision With Trawler. Marine Court Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 6

An inquliy into a collision between the motor-vessel Wanganella and the steam trawler Durraween off the south coast of New South Wales on December…

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