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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

2,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 125

Lorry Over Embankment. Relief Workers Injured. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 12

Nine relief workers were slightly injured when a motor lorry which was taking them and 11 workmates from a job on the Wangi road to their homes at West Wallsend, ran…

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Trains Collide. One Killed; 37 Injured. LONDON, Feb. 22

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 11

One person was killed and 37 were injured when two trains collided at Glasgow to-day. One train was carrying football…

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Stop Press Phone M2406. Newcastle 472 Injured in Dive: Dies

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 1

Riano Venier, 15, of Plimsoll Street, Belmore, injured when he dived into the Manly Pool and struck his head on the bottom on Sunday, died in the…

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Stunned, Drowned by Rising Tide

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 2

As he lay unconscious at the foot of a cliff at Rose Bay Heights, on Thursday night, Cecil Wilcox, 41, was drowned…

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Missing Link Injured Worker Seeks Witness

Daily News · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 5

At 6 p.m. on August 7, 1937, Mr. A. Lammey, of 13 Holt Street, Sydney, was on his way horns from relief work at Cottage Point on a Government bus…

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Four Hurt in Smash Collision at Bathurst. BATHURST

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 12

Four persons were injured—one critically— in a collision between two cars at the inter[?]tion of Russell and Seymour streets, Bathurst, to-day…

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Three Injured When Tram And Bus Crash

Daily News · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 1

CROWDED double-decker 'bus and a tram met in a terrific collision at the intersection of Darling- hurst Road and Burton Street, city, last night. Passengers in the bus were hurled from their seats. In…

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Passengers Injured When Tram and Bus Collide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 12

A collision between a city-bound tram and a Watson's Bay bus at the intersection of Burton Street and Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst, last night, resulted in the injury of three of the bus passengers. The side of the bus (left) was crushed by the impact. Right: The damaged tram…

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Truck Driver Acquitted. Large Boot Blamed for Fatal Accident. TAMWORTH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 February 1939 · page 17

William Henry Thwaites, 19, of Newcastle, was found not guilty by a jury at the Tamworth Quarter Sessions to-day on a charge of having feloniously slain Henry Kilbride,…

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Old Man Found Drowned In River BALRANALD

The Sun · Sunday 26 February 1939 · page 7

Edward Richards, 78, was found drowned in the Murrumbidgee River to-day. He was an old-age pensioner, and…

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Road Accidents. Motor Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 13

A man, believed to be William Koen, of North Parramatta, was seriously injured when a motor cycle, on which he was riding pillion, skidded in loose gravel in Windsor Road…

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Injured by Crane

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 7

WOLLONGONG, Sunday. -- Thomas Mason, of Warrawong, was taken to hospital last night suffering from severe head injuries and a fractured right leg…

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Injured in Picnic Fall

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 4

Climbing up a steep, rocky slope at Clifton Gardens picnic grounds yesterday, Norman Ernst, 9, of Dowling Street, Redfern, slipped and fell 30ft…

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Injured Eye Lost Lurich Wrestle

Daily News · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 8

Suffering with a badly gashed eye, Tom Lurich wanted to continue his wrestle with Joe Kopack at Leichhardt Stadium on Saturday night…

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Freighter Sunk in Collision New York

The Sun · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 7

The freighter Lillian, from Puerto Rico, rammed the Lloyd liner. Wiegand, ten miles off the New Jersey coast, 70 miles south of New York…

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Plane Spots 7 SHARKS Cruising Near Scene Of Drowning GRAFTON

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 5

Surfing at Yamba Beach this morning a youth was washed from a rubber float and drowned…

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Youth Drowned. Rescue Attempt Fails. Plane Used in Search. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 13

Walter Stevens, 17, of Warialda, was swept off his rubber surfboard and drowned at Yamba Beach this morning. His employer, Roderick Donaldson, grazier, of Warialda,…

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Clifton Gardens Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 11

Norman Ernst. aged 9. of Dowling Street, Redfern, who was at a picnic with a group of other children at Clifton Gardens on Saturday. was sererely injured when he fell 30 feet…

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2 General News Saw Young Wife Killed Crash After Party Accident, Is Finding

The Sun · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 2

On his way home from a New Year's Eve party, a young Randwick salesman saw a utility van in which his 20-year-old wife and sister were passengers, go into a skid, somersault, and crash into a telegraph pole…

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Miners Injured. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 February 1939 · page 7

While working 600 feet underground at Captain's Flat, John Clout, a miner, was struck by a fall of earth. He received bruises to his back and a deep scalp wound…

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