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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

3,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 159

Candidate in Collision. Dorrigo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 8

Mr. J. A. Devine, the independent Labour candidate, was involved in a collision while he was travelling form Dorrigo to Bellingen to address political meetings in that district,…

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Squeaking Chairs. Premier's Voice Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 8

The Premier, Mr. Stevens, found squeaking chairs a greater embarrassment than an interjector when he spoke at the Parramatta Town Hall last, night in support of the…

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Casualties. Boy Severely Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 8

Allen James Smith, 7. of Dunmore Street. Wentworthville, was riding a bicycle in Station Street, yesterday, when a collision occurred with a motor lorry after the bicycle had…

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Miner Injured. Corrimal

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

Hugh Oprey, a miner, of Cross Street, Corrimal, who was employed at the Old Bulli Colliery, was injured yesterday when a fall occurred in his working-place. He was…

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Country News. Man Fatally Injured. —Lbury

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

James Walter Morricon, 56, of Eastern Hill. Albury, who on Friday night last suffered a actured base of the skull in a collision. has died…

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Motor Collision. Doctor Committed for Trial. Charge of Grievous Bodily Harm

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 6

A[?] the Kogarah Police Court yesterday, William Barton Jakins. 39, medical practitioner, was committed for trial on a charge of driving a motor car in Prince's Highway,…

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Road Accidents Driver's Narrow Escape

The Labor Daily · Friday 18 March 1938 · page 8

As a motor lorry, which got out of control on a steep incline at Mount View yesterday, dashed over an embankment, the driver Joseph James…

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Death in Collision. Mullumbimby

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

Patrick Higgins, 23, of Byron Bay, while ridign home on a motor cycle from Bangalow early to-night, was killed in a collision with a motor lorry, driven by Thomas Wright, of…

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Cyclist Fatally Injured. Corowa

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 8

Edward Charles Eldridge, 50, of Ruther[?]ian, was knocked down by a car last night, while he was riding a bicycle on the Brown's Plains Road, near Rutherglen. He was brought to…

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Three Injured in Car Smash

The Sun · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 3

Three persons were injured when a car overturned in Fitzgerald-avenue, Maroubra, this afternoon. Peter Allen, 10 of The Causeway,…

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Cowboy Injured in Impromptu Rodeo Merriwa

The Labor Daily · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 7

When his norse rolled on him, Herman Linder, 28, leader of the Canadian cowboys to appear at the Royal Easter Show, suffered concussion and…

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VICTORIAN M.L.C. Dies. Sequel to Accident. Wagga

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

Mr. Robert Williams, a member of the Victorian Legislative Council, who was seriously injured on Wednesday morning in a motor car accident at Kycamba Bridge, died last…

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Solicitor's Doubts on Accident Claims

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 2

"The majority of doubtful cases of Workers' Compensation relate to accidents that are later said to have occurred near knock-off time."…

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Giovane Pilota Italo- Australiano in Un Accidente Di Volo

Italo-Australian · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 2

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Grave Accidente Di Caccia. Tully, 12 Marzo

Italo-Australian · Saturday 19 March 1938 · page 2

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One Bullet, 4 WOUNDS Youth Accidentally Shot On Shooting Trip At Collision

The Sun · Sunday 20 March 1938 · page 5

Accidentally shot during a shooting excursion in the bus. at Coniston, on the South Coast, yesterday, James Barbour, 15,…

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How Mrs. Cave Met Her Death "Accidental," Coroner Found When Inquiry Ended

Truth · Sunday 20 March 1938 · page 19

ANY suggestion that the fatality which befell Mrs. Russye Jane Cave while riding in Centennial Park on the morning of February 10, was other than accidental, was ruled out by the City Coroner at the adjourned inquest last week…

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Electrician Injured

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 6

Falling eight feet from a wooden scaffolding at the Show. Ground on Saturday, the chief electrician of Cinesound Studios, George Gibson,…

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Firemen Injured In Blaze

The Labor Daily · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 5

TWO firemen were injured whilst fighting a spectacular fire which destroyed the top floor of the N.S.W. Austin Motors building William St…

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Cars Overturn. Archbishop and Mrs. Mowll Escape. Weekend Road Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1938 · page 9

Narrow escapes from serious injury were experienced by Archbishop Mowll and Mrs. Mowll when their car skidded on loose gravel, swerved off the road,…

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