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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

2,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 125

Save Surf Boats' Crews From Drowning

Daily News · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 1

"TWO surf boat crews were in serious danger of drowning when huge seas swamped their boats off…

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Road Accidents. Cyclist Killed in Collision. Skid Into Pole

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 7

A youth of 19 was killed outright, and his companion, aged 38, was injured when a motor cycle skidded and crashed into a telegraph pole on the…

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Car Crashes; Two Injured

The Sun · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 3

A man and his wife were injured when their motor car overturned on Pennant Hills-road, Carlingford, today…

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Car Turns Over; Three Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 5

Three men were injured wnen a car somersaulted three times after a tyre had blown out on the Hume Highway, Raby, near Liverpool, yesterday…

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Two Brothers Drowned. Yacht in High Seas. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 9

Two brothers were drowned when one was washed out of a small yacht in Port Phillip Bay, and the other, at tempted to rescue him. Their bodies…

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Family Injured in Truck Capsize Inverell

The Sun · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 1

James Ross, his wife and four children suffered injuries, which required hospital attention when a utility truck, driven by Ross, failed…

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Accident Led to Arrest. Alleged Deserters From German Ships. Hungry Sailor. Port Kembla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 11

An accident on the Port Kembla road on Friday night resulted in the discovery that a man who had been injured was allegedly a deserter from the German steamer Leuna,…

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Home News. Plane Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 1

Roderick Julius, 83, son of Sir George Julius, and his passenger, Clarcnce Edward Stumbles, 32, publicity manager for King's Theatres Pty., Ltd., were killed instantly in an air crash…

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Road Accidents. Car Skids on Hood. Woman Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 9

After coming into collision with a lorry in Pennant Hills Road, Penshurst, yesterday, a sedan car overturned and skidded on its hood for several yards…

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Bowler Injured in Smash

The Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 3

On his way to play for New South Wales against Victoria an the Sheffield Shield match to-day, Lincoln…

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Injured Going After Girl's Hat

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 8

WOLLONGONG, Monday.--While a lorry was taking a party to Lake Illawarra today, a girl's hat blew off. Dalwood Greentree. 9. of Burelli Street, Wollongong, jumped off to get the hat, and fell, striking the back of his head. He was admitted to Wollongong…

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Fatal Collision. Three Cars Involved. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 12

One man was killed and other man and his wife were injured when three cats were involved in a ctash in Point Nepean Road. Aspendale this evening. The victims were:—…

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Wharves Scandal Injured Men Cannot Get Justice

Daily News · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 6

THE laws of this country allow employing interests on the waterfront complete freedom to involve watesiders in the gravest risk and, when permanently injured, callously to cast them aside without adequate…

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Cricketers in Wars McCauley Is Injured

Daily News · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 5

State batsman Bede McCauley dislocated the little finger on his left hand when hit by the boll which caused his dismissal at the Cricket Ground yesterday…

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Collision on Harbour. Ferry Steamer Crashes Into Launch. Occupants Rescued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 12

A man and a boy were the thrown into the harbour yesterday morning when the Manly ferry steamer, South Steyne, crashed into their launch which, when…

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Help Injured Man Widow's Plight Evidence At Inquest

The Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 3

An elderly widow's anxiety as an injured man lay in her residential from 4 p.m. until he died at…

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9 Injured on Roads Tram Hits Car At Bend

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 5

Nine people were injured, three of them seriously, in Anniversary Day road accidents yesterday…

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Danger of Driving Fatigue. Accident Factor

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 6

A special committee of the American National Safety Council, which recently considered the problem of preventing road accidents at night, has issued a report, a copy of…

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Slandering Of Miners Not An Accident Not An Accident Orr Tells Court Shareholders Of B.H.P. And Newspapers

The Workers' Weekly · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 3

"In the ‘Sun’ yesterday and in the ‘Sydney Morning Herald' this morning there we're big headings 'Dishonest Miners,’” said Bill Orr in the Arbitration Court last week. “This helps confirm the idea that this sort of thing is not…

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Boy on Bicycle Killed in Accident

The Sun · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 7

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. G. H. Williams) at Parramatta to-day at the conclusion of…

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