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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

3,173 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 159

Injured Girl Still Unconscious. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 9

After having been unconscious in a private hospital in Gosford since January 8, Miss Eunice Rodney, 20, of Strathfield, was taken, still un[?]onscious, to the Lewisham Private…

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Boy Drowned. Companions Said Nothing of Tragedy. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 6

A youth who was swimming with his dog in the Moonee Ponds Cieek at Flemington this morning found the body of Robeit Cootes 7, of South Stieet, Ascotvale who had been…

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Drowned Unnoticed By Crowd Girl Sinks Amid 200 SWIMMERS

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 1

AMID a crowd of 200 swimmers at Elkington Park Baths, Balmain, yesterday, a 13-year-old girl was drowned…

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23 Firemen Gassed Fierce Blaze in City Condition of Four Is Serious Drowning Risk

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 1

TWENTY-THREE firemen were overcome by smoke and escaping gas to-day while fighting a fire in the basement of Linden Court Arcade, Market-street, almost on the Castlereagh-street corner…

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Injured Jockey Is Critical Still Unconscious; No Improvement Shown Race Smash

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 1

Aten early hour this morning Keith Cook, 28, one of the most prominent Sydney Jockeys, was reported to be still in a critical condition. He had…

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Race Falls. Five Jockeys Injured. K. Cook Critical. Two Horses Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 13

One of Sydney's leading jockeys, K. Cook, injured in one of two serious race accidents at Canterbury Park on Saturday, had not recovered…

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Boy and Girl Drowned at Lane Gove & BALMAIN Hundreds In Pool Where Girl Sank Tragic Cases

The Labor Daily · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 1

TWO more bathing fatalities occurred during the weekend when a schoolgirl, unnoticed by several hundred other…

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K. Cook Still Critical 4 Riders Hurt. in Race Falls Horses Injured; Two Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 17

KEITH COOK, jockey, who was injured in one of two race smashes at Canterbury on Saturday, was still in a critical…

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Fur Theft Chase. 70 m.p.h. in London Suburb. One Suspect Killed. Two Injured. London, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 9

One man was killed instantly and three others were injured, two seriously, when a police car crashed broadside into a car it was pursuing, following a smash-and-grab fur theft…

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Level Crossings. "Careless Motorists Cause Accidents." Railway Department's View

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 9

The Railway Department, replying to a request fiom the Graziers' Association of New South Wales that level railway crossings should be eliminated on main highways, and that…

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Road Accidents. Man and Son Hurt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 7

William John Anderson, 53, of Lenth[?] Street, Kensington, suffered a fiactured skul[?] and his son William, 18, received abrasions in a collision between theu motor-cycle and…

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No Rough Riding Jockey's Death Accidental Coroner's View In Papworth Case

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 1

THE death of the 15-year-old apprentice jockey, Maxwell Alfred Papworth, following a racing smash at Randwick on December 18, was due to an accident, said the City Coroner, Mr. Oram, at…

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Collision Near Bulli

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 3

Experience in hunting enabled Miss Dorothy Miles, an English visitor, to escape serious injury, when a viceregal car and another car collided…

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V - Regal Party in Collision Lady Gowrie Unhurt; 4 Other Women Injured South Coast

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 5

A VICE-REGAL party of five women narrowly escaped serious injury late yesterday when their car came into…

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Law Case. Collision Cost

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 5

In the Court of Sessions, Edinburgh, an action was brought by the owners of the steamship Lairdsmoor against Shaw, Savill and Albion Company, Ltd., the owners of the motorship Taranaki, arising out of a collision which took…

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Ten Injured. Collapse of Landing. Accident at Picture Show

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 11

About 10 people were injured last night when a landing near the fire escape collapsed at the Stanmore Theatre in Stanmore Road, Stanmore,…

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Injured Athletes Are Improving

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 26

Injured members of the overseas Empire Games teams who have been receiving treatment from Mr. Tom Langridge were all reported to be…

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Youth Drowned in Yarra Pool Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 11

Leslie Allender, 10, of Daily-street, Northcote, was drowned in the Ivanhoe swimming pool in the Yarra River to-day…

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Vice-regal Car. Collision at Helensburgh. Admiralty House Guests

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 11

A Vice-regal car containing guests from Admiralty House, who had been to dinner at Kiama was involved in a collision with another car on Bald Hill, Prince's Highway…

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Injured Jockey Is On Way To Recovery

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 2

Although he is unable to speak and frequently lapses into unconsciousness, Keith Cook, the jockey who was seriously injured when his mount, High Cross, fell at Canterbury Park, on Saturday, is…

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