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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

3,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 159

Escape From Drowning. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 11

Jean Bagley, 10, of Narrabri, narrowly escaped being drowned during the children's swimming carnival at the Moree Olympic pool, She fell, from the edge of the basin into the…

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Road Accidents. Manslaughter Charge. Fatal Collision at Campsie

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 14

Nicholas George Tatham, 54, of Bridge Road, Belmore, was fatally injured in a motor car accident at the intersection of Eveline Street and Duke Street, Campsie, yesterday morning…

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Car Fatality. Warren

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 11

At a magisterial inquiry into the death of Miss Bridget Cleary, 33, of Guildford, Mr. R. G. Cookson, P.M., recorded a finding of death from injuries accidentally received through…

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Caused Fatality? Shoulders of Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 2

Following letter from the Police Department, Auburn Council on Monday received a report from the engineer that the shoulders of .the 'roadway in…

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Two Men Drowned Auckland

The Sun · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 7

At Castle Point beach, Vincent Mover (17), and Wilfred Dick (21) attempted to cross a reef, but were swept into heavy sea and…

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£2116 Awarded to Injured Cyclist

The Sun · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 3

Alex Walton Wyles, 17, was to- day awarded £2,116 damages against Thomas McKavanagh, for injuries caused when Wyles (who was riding…

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Cyclist Fatally Injured. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 11

Philip O'Shea, 27, of Murwillumbah, who was admitted to hospital on Friday in a serious condition, following a collision between a motor cycle and the bicycle which he was riding, at…

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Horse Injured Fell on Rough Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 2

That on the previous Saturday a horse ridden by, a young lady had fallen in front of his house and had fractured a blood vessel, was stated to Dundas…

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Stabbing Affray; 2 INJURED Allegedly Attacked By Foreigners In Tram Shed No Arrests Melbourne, Sun

The Labor Daily · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 1

BLEEDING from apparent knife wounds, Patrick O'Neill, 44, of Pascoe Vale, and Nicholas Wallace, of West…

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Accident at Kempsey. Passenger Killed; Pilot in Hospital. Kempsey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 9

When a light plane crashed in a paddock at Bellinbotinni, near Kempsey, to-day, Kevin Brest, 23, of West Kempsey, a passenger, was killed, and the…

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Fall an Accident Woman's Death Struck Head On Tree

The Sun · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 2

The suggestion that Russye Jane (Save, a Society woman, head deliberately thrown herself from her…

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Motorist Fined £41 Following Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 March 1938 · page 7

WOLLONGONG, Sunday.--At Corrimal on Friday night, a girl was knocked from a bicycle by a car. Yesterday Cecil Axman pleaded…

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Road Accidents. Collision at Dubbo. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 18

Eight persons had a narrow escape from serious injury when two cars collided at the intersection of Macquarie and Bultge Streets late last night…

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Charged After Car Collision

The Sun · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 3

George Ennis Pollock, 30, a master baker, was fined £10 at the Hornsby Court today for driving a car while under the influence of liquor…

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Two Drowned in N.Z. AUCKLAND

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 6

Swept from a reef by heavy seas at Castle Point Beach, Vincent Meyer, 17, and Wilfred Dick, 21, were drowned…

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Youth Badly Injured in Road Crash

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 5

Eric Morgan, 18, a cabinet maker, of Egan Street, Newtown, suffered a probable fractured skull last night when he fell from his bicycle near…

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Fatally Injured in Fall From Tram

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 6

Falling from a tram in Botany Road, near Buckland Street, Alexandria, late yesterday, Cyrill Frederick McMahon, 14, of Addington…

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£2,165 AWARDED. Youth Who Will Lose an Arm. Injured While Cycling

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 8

A jury in the Supreme Court yesterday a warded £2,165 to Alex Walton Wyles, aged 17 years[?] in his action against. Thomas McKavanagh, to recover damages for personal…

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3 Die Every 2 Days State's Road Toll Increasing 576 Killed Last Year In 12,550 Accidents

The Sun · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 3

Five hundred and seventy-six persons were killed, and 8687 injured in 12,550 road accidents in New South Wales last year. These figures give an approximate average of three…

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Society Woman's Death Accidental Finding by Coroner

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 15 March 1938 · page 5

Declaring that the evidence did not support a suggestion that the woman had deliberately thrown herself from the horse, the City Coroner, [?]…

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