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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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

Bruxner's Threat To Roadhogs "Gloves Off:" No More Chances Another Three Die In Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 1

MOTORISTS who willfully flout traffic laws will be given no quarter during 1939, the Minister…

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Training Accident. Jockey Willsher Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 7

The jockey J. Willsher suffered a broken left collarbone as a result of his mount, Vallette, falling during a training gallop at Kensington yesterday…

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Jockey Injured

Daily News · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 1

J. Willsher injured his shoulder when he was thrown from Valette at Kensington yesterday morning. He was token to St. Vincent's…

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Driver Charged After Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 2

A passenger was injured when a car collided with a car and a towing truck at Battle Bridge, Ashfield, last night. Joseph Michale McGlion, 18, on…

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Penalising the Injured

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 11

THERE is great joy in the board rooms of the Insurance Combine, because of the passage through the N.S.W. Parliament of the Amending…

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Child Drowned in Dam. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 14

The body of June Matheson, 12, was recovered from a dam on the property of Mr. E. Mattner, at Balhannah, at noon to-day, after dragging and diving operations had been…

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Man and Wife Drowned. Washed Off Rocks. LISMORE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 13

Aubrey Kenneth Biddle, 28, a carrier, of Dundee, near Glen Innes, and his wife, Phyllis Marjorie Biddle, 25, were drowned when they were washed off the…

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Man and Wife Drowned Swept Off Rock By Wave

Daily News · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 1

LISMORE, Tuesday.--A man and his wife were drowned when they were swept off a rock by a huge wave at the Blowhole, four miles from Evans Head, this…

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Accident Causes. Views of Motoring Bodies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 January 1939 · page 13

Reckless driving and motorists' lack of road courtesy were blamed by motor organisations yesterday for the heavy death-roll from car accidents during…

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Jockey Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 5

Early on Friday morning John Pollett, of Alice Street, Sans Souci, was exercising a racehorse in the Moorefield Racecourse when he was…

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Dog Tracks "Drowned" Man

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 2

Police dog, Tess, assisted in the search for Phillip Alien, 30, who was found at Liverpool Old Men's Home yesterday. Allen was believed to have been…

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Pillion Rider Injured

Liverpool News · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 3
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Walter Johnson, aged 18, of Green Valley, was badly injured when the motor cycle on which he was riding pillion collided with a car on Green Valley…

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Girl Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 5

Last Sunday Hazel Fry, 14 years of age, of Cameron Street, Rockdale, was riding a bicycle in Victoria Ave., Penshurst, when she fell off. She was…

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Found Drowned Well-known Resident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 1

The body of Milton William Buchanan (34), of Westmead, and late of Parramatta, was found floating in Lake Parramatta on Saturday morning…

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Drowned After Dive Brisbane

The Sun · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 3

Diving into four feet of water at Wynnum, on Moreton Bay, W. T. Denman, 65, an Ipswich farmer, struck his head, and was drowned,…

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Thought Drowned Girl Bather Safe

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 6

While Liverpool police were searching for a girl they thought drowned in Cabramatta Creek on Sunday night, she was safe at home…

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Recover Part of Body Say Shark Seized Drowning Man

Daily News · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 2

WOODBURN, Wednesday.--Portion of the body of Aubrey Biddies, 28, who, with his wife, Phyllis, 25, was swept into the sea at Evans Head yesterday, was washed…

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Cycle and Car Collision in High Street Lad's Serious Injuries

Nepean Times · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 1

ERNEST HILL PETCH (15) of Australia Street, St. Marys, is in Nepean District Hospital suffering from a fracture of the skull,…

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Trains Collide. Drover Severely Injured. Guard's Van Wrecked. Orange

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 11

When an incoming stock train collided with the rear of a stationary train in the Orange railway yards early to-day, the guard's van of the…

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