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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

3,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 159

Horseman Gored by Bull Seriously Injured At Rodeo

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 1

WHILE engaged in a daring "bulldogging" display at the Sports Arena rodeo last night, Frank Maynard, of…

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Injured After Bath. Employee's Claim for Compensation Upheld by Full Court

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 16

If an employer provides facilities on his premises and encourages his employees to use them, and the employees are injured while doing so, the employer is liable for…

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Seaman in Fall to Death Platform On Ship Collapses Two Injured Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 5

THE boatswain of the steamer Kooyong was killed instantly and two members of the crew received minor injuries today, when…

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Industrial News Items Injured in Shower at Work Full Court Affirms Right Of Men To Wash COMPENSATION

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 6

THE Full Court yesterday held that a worker who was in a filthy condition after ceasing work was entitled to compensation for injuries…

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Causes in No. 6 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Stephen and jury.) Accident on Bridge. Snowden v O'Rourke

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 10

Kemplay Place Snowden, 13, of Houghton Street, Lane Cove, by his next friend, Charles Henry Snowden, sued John H. O'Rourke, of Lindfield, for £1000 damages for injuries…

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Country News. Fatal Car Accident. Cowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 13

After being unconscious for nearly a week, Mrs. R. G. Cooper, of Bumbaldry, died yesterday. She was severely injured about the head when the car in which she was a…

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Broke Leg in First Ride Accident to Ship's Steward

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 23 February 1938 · page 6

Shortly after he had mounted a horse in Centennial Park yesterday for the first time in his life, Harry Fair, 19-years-old steward from the…

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Man Injured in Collision. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 9

Rupert Mansfield, a commeicial traveler reccived serious injuries when a car and [?] lorry met in a head-on collision on the Inverell-Tingha road. Mansfield received [?]…

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Fatal Collision. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 9

Mrs. Kathleen Wilhelmina Gill, 43, of Newry, bar, was fatally injured when the car in whic[?] she was a passenger carne into collision wit[?] a motor truck on Clunes Cutting, about [?]…

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Kookaburras Drowned Radio GRAFTON

The Sun · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 1

The broadcasting of a record at McKitrick Park, South Grafton, in which kookaburras' peals of laughter were…

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Youth Drowned in Creek Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 10

Howard Beresford, 17, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Beresford, of Bloomfield Street, Corrimal. was drowned in Towrodgi Creek, adjacent…

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Country News. Bonalbo Farmer Injured. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 9

David Irvin, 29, fanner, was shot in the armpit early this morning, while he was destroying cockatoos on his farm at Bottle Creek near Bonalbo…

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"67 Miles an Hour" Auburn Motor-cyclist Fatally Injured Lost Control

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 15

"The speedometer of the cycle showed the needle pointing to 67 miles per hour." This statement was made by…

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Fatal Accident Caused by Condition of Road? Police Theory

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 6

That an accident in Alice-steet, Auburn, in the vicinity of Happ-st., last December, was probably caused by the condition of the road, was…

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Causes in No. 6 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Stephen and juries.) Accident on Ship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 6

Robson v H. R. Lancey Shipping Co., Ltd. While working a winch on the coastal steamer Paterson, which was discharging a cargo of blue metal at the Mosman Municipal Council's…

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Motor Cyclist Killed. Accident at Sutherland

The Propeller · Thursday 24 February 1938 · page 3

Clemenceau King, aged 19 years, of Watson's Bay, was fatally injured last Sunday afternoon when his motor cycle collided with a bus on…

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Found Drowned

The Sun · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 2

The body of John MacKenzie, 42. a Scotch seaman from the motor-ship Kanimbla, was recovered to-day from Darling Harbor…

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Boy Drowned at Auburn Went For Swim In Waterhole

The Sun · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 1

Kenneth Middleton, 8, of Carnegie-street, Auburn, was drowned to-day in a waterhole at Duck Creek, Auburn. With his brother, Neville, 6, and…

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Father and Son in Fatal Accident. Car Strikes Embankment. GOSFORD

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 9

A man and his infant son were killed, and six other persons were injured, when a motor car crashed into an embankment and overturned on the main road between Woy Woy…

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Causes in No. 6 COURT. (Before Mr. Justice Stephen and jury.) Accident on Ship

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 February 1938 · page 5

Robson v H. R. Lancey Shipping Co., Ltd. This action is part heard. Mr. Evatt, K.C., and Mr. E. S. Miller (instructed by Messrs. Abram Landa and Co.)…

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