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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

2,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 125

Injured Hurdlers

The Sun · Sunday 9 April 1939 · page 31

Veterinary surgeon, Roy Stewart, had occasion to examine several horses, including two who finished without their riders, after yesterday's…

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Three Killed And One Injured At Level Crossing LAUNCESTON

The Sun · Sunday 9 April 1939 · page 3

Two men and a woman were killed, and another woman was injured, when a holiday excursion train crashed into their car on Woodbury level crossing to-day. The victims were:--…

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Riders Injured in Motor Cycle Races Hodgekiss Wins After Early Crash BATHURST

The Sun · Sunday 9 April 1939 · page 38

Several riders were injured in motor cycle races at the Grand Prix meeting here today. The most serious was G. Hannaford (Victoria) whose left index finger was…

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Car Passengers Injured. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1939 · page 5

James Anderson. 22, of Susan Street. Auburn, suffered lacerated wounds to the face when a car in which he was a passenger skidded and overturned on the Main Western…

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Man Found Drowned in Ditch. Ballina

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1939 · page 10

Charles Darcey, 68, an old age pensioner, of Broadwater, was found dead in a shallow drain containing water nine inches deep near a shack at Broadwater this morning…

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Soccer Player Injured in Road Accident. Adamstown Loses Services of E. Screen. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1939 · page 13

Adamstown, which shares the undefeated leadership of the State Soccer League with Granville-Clyde, and has become in the last couple of weeks the favourite for this year's…

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Accidents in Week-end. Road Fatalities. N.Z. Smash. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1939 · page 15

Three people were killed and five were injured when two motor cars collided at the corner of the main south road, near Ohinewal…

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Fatal Accidents

The Sun · Monday 10 April 1939 · page 2

Austin Joseph Walsh 60, of Windsor, who was struck by a motorcycle on the Windsor-road last Friday died last night in Windsor…

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Athlete Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Monday.--While competing in the All-Australia Y.M.C.A. sports meeting at Ballarat this afternoon, Frank Manotti, a member of the…

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Accidents on Roads. Motor Cyclists Injured. Bathurst Mishaps

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 12

Despite the holiday traffic on the roads yesterday, few serious accidents took place in the metropolitan area, though a number was reported from…

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Conductor and Passenger Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 12

An unusual accident occurred in Campbell Parade, Bondi, last night when a man, in attempting to board a moving tram, knoeked the conductor off the footboard…

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2 Drowned In Launch Capsize AUCKLAND

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 1

Two men were drowned when a great wave capsized a deep sea fishing launch. They were Louis Murphy, 50, single,…

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Mother and Daughter Injured. Grenfell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 7

While Mrs. W. A. Robinson, of Grenfell, and her three children were travelling to Sydney, the steering wheel of her car jammed and the car turned over several times, Mrs…

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Two Fishermen Drowned. Wave Strikes Launch. Six Others Rescued. Auckland (N. Z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 11

Two men were, drowned to-day when a launch which was bringing eight men back from an Easter big-game fishing expedition to Mayor Island capsized…

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Bullet in Abdomen. Youth Accidentally Shot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 13

Leslie Kendall, 18, of Pittwater Road, St. Ives, who is employed in the Wahroonga Postoffice, waas accidentally shot by a pea-rifle, which was being carried by a companion at…

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Fish Hook in Man's Eye. Accident at Narooma. GOULBURN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 11

Robert Eric Smith 24, of George's River Road, Croydon, while fishing at Narooma, was struck in the tace with a fishing line and the hook became embedded in his right eye…

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Accidentally Shot by Mate

Daily News · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 5

Leslie Kendall, 18 of Pittwater Road, St. Ives, was critically wounded when accidentally shot by a friend in the bush at Cheltenham yesterday…

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Accident Upset Hamurah

Daily News · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 8

Hamurah was a "certainty" beaten in the La Perouse Handicap at Randwick yesterday. Last year's Doncaster winner…

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Youth Wounded: Shooting Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 1

Leslie Kendall, 18, of Pittwater Road, St. Ives, was accidentally shot in the groin yesterday, in the bush at Cheltenham…

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Gunnedah Shooting Fatality. Gunnedah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 April 1939 · page 11

At the inquest on Roy Leslie Perrett, a farmer, whose body was found on the banks of the Namoi River on Frogmore Park Estate on April 2, the district coroner, Mr. Kruse,…

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