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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

3,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 159

Nurse Drowned in Sea of Galilee. London, March 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 18

Miss Gladys Irene Ravenscraft stark, daughter of a New Zealander, the Rev. Henry Stark, was drowned as a result of a boating eccident on the Sea of Galilee. She was a…

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Man Injured by "Tin Hare." West Maitland

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

As the result of an accident at a local coursing meeting, Edward William Aubin, of Fifth Street, Weston, claimed £400 from the Maitland Greyhound Coursing Association in the…

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Injured Rider. Claim Against Trotting Club Dismissed. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 14

An action for £2,000 damages by Harold Oracle Watson, carpenter and builder, of George Street Parkside, against the South Australian Trotting Club incorporated, was…

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Cycle Over Top of Embankment Speedway Rider Is Badly Injured

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 6

Injured when his motor cycle crashed over an embankment at the Sports Ground yesterday, Wally Lloyd, 28, the well-known English…

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Bookies Create a Scene Stewards Declare Bets Off On Injured Favorite at Flemington Melbourne, Tues

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 1

SOLTOI, the imported horse, did not run in the Bourke Handicap at Flemington today, when he was injured while…

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Blocked by a Sea of Mud Injured Men in Outback Car After Car Bogged On Roads Fine Effort Darwin

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 1

WORD has been received from Tennant Creek of a blasting accident there, in which it is feared one man will lose the…

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Some Streets Exempt Minister Eases Taxi Cruising Ban Tells Owners Was Applied As Safety Measure Gives Accident Rate

The Sun · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 3

After a deputation of taxi-owners had seen him today, the Minister for Transport (Mr. Bruxner) approved of a number of city streets being exempted from the anti-cruising regulation, and announced that…

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Leaped From Taxi-cab Girl's Death Was Accidental

The Sun · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 3

How a young woman had opened the door of a moving taxi and jumped to the roadway was related by Walter Michael Kelly, taxi-driver, at…

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Dog Causes Accident

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 2 March 1938 · page 6

When a dog upset a bicycle at Brooklyn last night, the rider, Jack Provest, 21, laborer, of Brooklyn, fell heavily to the ground. Suffering a…

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Collision at Banksia

The Propeller · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 7

When a car driven by Mrs. E. Cotterell, of Marrickville, came into collision with a taxi in Princes Highway, Banksia, last Sunday night the…

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Accidents of the Week. Cyclists Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 7

Stanley Leal, of Wallace Street, Bexley, was riding a bicycle along Grantham Street, West Kogarah, last Friday night when he collided with…

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Woman Supposed Drowned. Search for the Body

The Propeller · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 7

Police this week have been dragging Cook's River. near the bridge at General Holmes Drive, North Brighton, for the body of Mrs…

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Two Injured Lorry Crashes Into Pole

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 4

After swerving to avoid two oncoming motor-cars, a motor-lorry ran off the road, down a six-foot embankment, and crashed into a telegraph-pole in…

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Son Injured Candidate's Brother in Car Smash

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 2

Mr. George Hooke, a brother of the rebel Labor candidate at Auburn, had a fortunate escape from injury in a motor car accident last Saturday…

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Resuscitation by Mother. Thought of Method After Dream. Baby Drowning in Bath

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 12

Edward Leslie Hamilton, who had his first birthday last Sunday, nearly lost his life yesterday when his three-yearold sister, Gloria, filled his bath with…

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Car Accident

Nepean Times · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 8

An old model Ford car, driven by William Agnew, of Glenbrook, ran off the road and overturned twice near Blaxland on Tuesday, 22nd ult", at…

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Accident

Nepean Times · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 5

On Sunday, about 10.45 p.m., a Dodge Sedan car, travelling toward Sydney, collided with a lorry, travelling west, on the Sydney side of Minchinbury…

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Unskilled Interference Cause of Electricity Accidents

Nepean Times · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 5

The tendency to regard electricity as a lethal agent in the home was unjustified, said Mr J. G. Thornton, assistant chief installation inspector…

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Auto Accident on Stage

The Broadcaster · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 2

Annabella's first automobile accident since going to America three months ago from Paris befell her recently—on a sound stage. For a scene in "The…

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Visions of Spiders and Spears. Neurasthenia Alleged After Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 March 1938 · page 6

Dreams and sensations of falling off cliffs and down mine shafts and visions of spiders and spears and things which he had to jump out of bed to dodge were quoted in the…

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