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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

2,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 125

"Air Record" By Accident Copyright, "Sun" and N.A.N.A BUFFALO. N.Y., February 14

The Sun · Saturday 1 April 1939 · page 4

WHEN Test-Pilot H. Lloyd Child flew his Curtiss-Hawk pursuit plane in n record 600-mile-an-hour dive at Buffalo, faster than man has ever travelled…

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Injured on Court

The Sun · Sunday 2 April 1939 · page 2

While playing tennis at Manly District Park, yesterday, Stafford Ware, of Cormack-street, Balgowlah, fell and fractured his left leg…

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Early Bird Injured, But Trouble Is Not Serious

The Sun · Sunday 2 April 1939 · page 23

Prominent Doncaster candidate, Early Bird, was injured during the Chipping Norton Plate at Warwick Farm yesterday but the A.J.C. veterinary surgeon, Mr. Roy Stewart, says the trouble is not serious and should not interfere with the filly's A.J.C. engagement. Early Bird had been coupled with…

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Blamed For Many Motor Accidents

The Sun · Sunday 2 April 1939 · page 11

A recent survey by the Keystone Automobile Club of Pennsylvania (U.B.A.), of the records of 100,000 motorists, shows that impatient…

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Previous Fatality

The Sun · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 1

A fatality similar to that reported from Parkes to-day, occurred at Manildra on March 10, when two women and a little girl were drowned…

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Lurich Injured

Daily News · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 8

A flying tackle by Leo Jensen necessitated medical attention for Tom Lurich at Leichhardt Stadium on Saturday night. Lurich writhed in agony and could not…

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Drowned Near 200 Surfers

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 1

Swimming near 200 surfers at Queenscliff yesterday, Raymond Garvin, 17, of Oxford Street, Newtown, was drowned…

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Injured in Fall

The Sun · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 12

The condition of Catherine Isabelle Thompson, 27, who crashed 60 feet over a rock ledge in Thompson-street, Darlinghurst, yesterday, was…

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Youth Drowned Queenscliff Surf Tragedy. Body Found on Rocks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 11

Raymond Lloyd Garvin, 17, of Oxford Street, Newtown, was drowned while swimming at Queenscliff yesterday…

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FELL 60 Feet Into Street. Woman Seriously Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 13

Kathleen Isabelle Thompson 27, of Womerah Avenue, Darlinghurst, received critical injuries yesterday, when she fell 60 feet from the top of the cliff…

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Exciting "Soapbox Derby." Spectators Injured. Competitors Crash. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 12

A boy and a woman were seriously injured in Victoria's "Soapbox Derby" which yesterday attracted an excited crowd of 20,000 people to St. Kilda…

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Two Drowned When Flood Hits Car Father's Efforts To Save His Young Children PARKES

The Sun · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 1

Two children, Nela Gordon, aged about five, and Keith Gordon, 3, were drowned last night when a rush of water carried the car in which they were travelling, 400 yards down the Bumbery Creek, about 14 miles from…

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Football Stand Collapses. Two Dead; 19 Injured. LONDON, April 2. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 11

The grandstand at the Rochdale football ground, containing 1,500 spectators, collapsed yesterday in view of 50,000 spectators. One person was killed, one died later, and…

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Wigan Defeated No Reply From England DOWN 11-2 in Cup Game Stand Crash Fatality London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 22

Wigan Rugby League team was beaten by 11 points to two in the Cup semi-final at Rochdale The English Rugby League has not yet replied to the cable sent by the secretary of the Australian Board of Control (Mr. H. R. Miller), asking for official…

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Woman Crashes Sixty Feet Expected to Live Though Badly Injured Fall From Hillside Street To Lane Below

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 2

From the top of a car parked in Thompson Street, Darlinghurst, a woman fell 60 feet yesterday to Thompson Lane, which runs below. She is expected to live…

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Defaulter for the Cup Certain Runner Bar an Accident Meeting With Spear Chief In Autumn Plate Test Next

The Sun · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 20

Defaulter, despite much talk to the contrary, can be regarded as a certain starter in the Sydney Cup next Monday, it was learned authoritatively to-day. The only reservation is that the colt comes through…

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Trams Collide. Seven Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 15

Seven persons were injured slightly last night when two trams co[?]ided in Anzac Parade, near Botany Street, Kingsford. It is alleged that the accident occurred when…

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Drowned in Surf Long Swim In Vain

The Sun · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 3

Harold Hodgson, 54, a clerk, of Duncan-street, Maroubra, was swept from the rocks at Maroubra…

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Child Drowned in Flooded Creek. Eugowra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 16

Richard Varley, aged four years, the eldest child of Mr. Jack Varley of Eugowra, was accidentally drowned in the Mandagery Creek here this afternoon…

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One Killed, Three Injured in Car Crash. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 10

When a car crashed into a culvert on the Parkes road about three miles from Forbes yesterday. Jack Johnson, the driver. of Parkes, was killed, and Keogh Bucklcy, of Woodward…

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