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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

2,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 125

Midget Car in Flames Driver Suffers Burns. Accident in Practice Run

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 11

When a midget car burst into flames at the Sports Ground last night, the driver, Douglas Douglas. 27. of Ryde, suffered burns to both hands and legs. He was admitted…

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Cyclists in Fatal Accidents

The Sun · Monday 23 January 1939 · page 3

Unusual accidents which resulted in the deaths of two young cyclists were described in the City Coroner's Court to-day, when findings of accidental…

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Lifeboat Lost. Seven of Crew Feared Drowned. Gale Off St. Ives. London, Jan. 23

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 11

Seven members of the crew are believed to have been drowned when the St. Ives (Cornwall) lifeboat was lost during a terrific north-westerly gale…

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40 Injured in Tram Smash: Panic Scenes 17 Taken to Hospital Flying Glass, People Flung On Floors Motorists Aid

The Sun · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 1

About 40 people were injured--17 of them were taken to hospital--when two trams collided this afternoon in Parramatta-road, near Missenden-road,…

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Tram and Lorry Collide. Accident on Narrow Bridge. Five in Hospital

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 17

Five tram passengers were taken to hospital after a lorry and a tram collided on the narrow Ramsay Road bridge, Fivedock, yesterday. The lorry…

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Floods Derail Express. Accident in W.A. Passengers Unhurt. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 11

The engine and t[?]o coaches of the Perth-bound Albany express were derailed in floods near Narrogin, about 120 miles south-east of Perth, this…

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Electric Kettle Accident. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 7

When he climbed on a table to see if an electric kettle was boiling, Kenneth Howell. 8, tripped over the flex, and the contents of the kettle spilled over his legs and body. He…

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Fatal Car Accident. West Maitland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 January 1939 · page 7

Neville Keith, 21, of Melbourne Street, Aberdare, was killed, and four other persons were injured, when a motor car overturned in High Street, West Maitland, last night…

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Boy, 7, Drowned in Dam

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 5

WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.--Donald Trevor Beggs,7, of High Street, Morpeth, was drowned in a dam near Morpeth Cemetery this morning…

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Septuagenarian Injured. Walcha

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 13

Henry Roy, 73, of Walcha, was fatally injured when he was struck by a car on the Orandunbie road, two miles from town. Roy, who was riding a bicycle, came into collision…

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Trams Collide: 43 Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 7

Two trams collided in Parramatta Road, Camperdown, yesterday. Twenty-five persons injured were…

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Morpeth Boy Drowned Playmate's Alarm Misunderstood

Daily News · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 5

MAITLAND, Tuesday.--Overbalancing while exercising a greyhound, Donald Trevor Beggs, aged seven, of High Street, Morpeth, was drowned in a waterhole near…

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Cup Winners. One Dead and One Injured

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 9

NORTHWIND, winner of the 1936 Caulfield Cup, dropped dead on the training track at Caulfield last week, and, on the same morning, last…

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Two Trams in Crash. Many Passengers Injured. Hurled From Seats

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 18

Thirty passengers, 26 of whom were taken to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, were hurled from their seats and were showered with glass from…

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Wharfmen Move To Reduce Accident Rate

Daily News · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 7

SYDNEY wharfmen are alarmed at the large number of accidents on the waterfront. Speed-up methods, which have been introduced in recent years, are held to be responsible…

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Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 7

Last Saturday Mrs. Cox, of Universal Street, Mortdale, was riding a bicycle along Mort's Road, Mortdale, when she collided with a telegraph…

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Veteran Buckumper Injured

Nepean Times · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 4

Mr Jack Vicary (78), of Luddenham, suffered injury to his hip last Tuesday when he was thrown by a buckjumper…

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Good Fillies Injured

Referee · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 9

SATURDAY'S racing at Canterbury Park, Sydney, temporarily disposed of two good three-year-old fillies-Gay Romance and Bush Bee. The trouble occurred in the same race-the…

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Negligent Driving Fairfield Man in Collision

Liverpool News · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 1
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At Liverpool Police Court, on Monday, Sidney John Barnes was charged with negligent driving of a motor car at Liverpool, on December 18…

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