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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

3,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 159

Another Crash At Rosehery a Young Rider Injured What The Stipes. Reported

The Labor Daily · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 2

PETER RIDDLE'S youthful apprentice, E. Levi, who has mads few public appearances, was removed to South Sydney Hospital suffering…

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Workers' Compensation Commission. (Before Judge Perdrlau and Mr. Commissioner Halliday.) Injured Foot and Pneumonia

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

Louisa Thompson, widow, of Merrylands, was awarded £100 in respect of the death of her son, Henry Edward Thompson, 30, labourer, employed by the Water and, Sewerauo Board…

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Car Accident

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 7

On Sunday, 13th inst., an old model Chevrolet car, driven by Mr Robert Phillpot, of 12 Grovesnor Street Woollahra, crashed over an enbankment on…

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Accidents of the Week. Motor Cyclist Killed

The Propeller · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 7

Stuart Baillie, 30, of President Ave., Ha Miranda, was riding a motor cycle along The Kingsway, Caringbah, last Saturday night when he collided…

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Speed Limit No Bar To Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1938 · page 2

DESPITE a new 30 m.p.h. speed limit, there were more deaths in New South Wales from motor accidents last month than…

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Supreme Court. Full Court. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Jordan, Mr. Justice Davidson. and Mr. Justice K. W. Street). Injured by a Lift. O'Connor v S. P. Bray, Ltd

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

The Court dismissed with costs a motion for the new trial of an action which was brought in the Supreme Court by Cornelius, O'Connor against S. P. Bray, Ltd…

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Blame Laid in Sea Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 7

A Commonwealth Court of Marine Inquiry decided yesterday that the master of the trawler Durraween had carelessly navigated his vessel when it…

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Durraween Is Blamed Collision with the Wanganella

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 10

THE trawler Durraween was held responsible for a collision between that vessel and the liner Wanganella on December 28 last, when…

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Trawler Blamed. Collision With Liner. Marine Court's Finding

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 10

The Commonwealth Court of Marine Inquiry gave its reserved decision yesterday on the collision between the motor vessel Wanganella (Captain…

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Tragic Aftermath of Drowning Mother in Dire Poverty 13 Years Of Hardship Grim Case

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 10

IT would be hard to find a family in greater need or mere deserving of assistance than that of Mrs. McGregor, of Jullett Street, Enmore,…

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Air Pilot Injured. Plane Turns Over in Take-off

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 11

While Brian Carpenter, 24, of Springfield Avenue, Darlinghurst, was taking-off in a Moth plane owned by the Aero Club of New South Wales for a training flight at the…

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Three Local People in Harbour Disaster. One Drowned Two Admitted to Hospital

The St George Call · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 1

Thr[?]s local residents were concerned in the terrible disaster on Sydney Harbour last Sunday, when the launch “Rodney” capsized and sank…

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Woman Injured at Kogarah Station. Fell When Running for Train

The St George Call · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 1

After alighting from a trolley bus last Friday afternoon, .Miss .G. M, West fell on some loose rubble at the approach to Kogarah railway station, when hurrying…

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At Suicide Corner Car Over Bank in Midnight Crash One Man Killed And Four Passengers Injured

The Sun · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 1

In a midnight smash at notorious "Suicide Corner" on the Hume Highway, six miles from Liverpool, a man was killed and four passengers were injured when a car crashed through a safety fence over an embankment…

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£1216 Awarded for Accident

The Sun · Friday 18 February 1938 · page 3

Damages of £1000, and expenses totalling £216 10s. were awarded David Bissett, 37, a boilermaker, by a jury in the Causes Court to-day…

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Man Killed As Car Crashes. Four Occupants Injured. Fatality Near Camden

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 17

A man was killed and four persons were injured when a motor car failed to negotiate a turn and crashed into a line of safety posts, on the Hume Highway, near Camden, early…

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Unknown Youth Commended Inquest Into Drowning

The Labor Daily · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 8

Praise of the action of an unknown youth and members of Bondi Surf Club in effecting the rescue of Charles Montague Walters, 54,…

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Injured Man Leaves Hospital

The Labor Daily · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 1

Victor Boyd, of John Street. Granville, who suffered extensive abrasions to the left leg at Clyde railway repair shops last week has been…

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One Dead, 4 Injured At "Suicide Corner"

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 5

A man was kille dand four passengers injured early yesterday morning, when a car crashed through a safety-fence on the Hume Highway, six miles from…

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District Court. (Before Judge Thomson and a jury of four.) Level Crossing Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 February 1938 · page 18

Emily May Warren, of Wardell Road, Earlwood, sought to recover from the Commissioner for Railways damages for injuries received and damage to a motor car at a level…

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