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Blue Mountains · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Fell Down Stairway on to Glass Jars Youth Injured

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 18 May 1937 · page 2

About 1.30 yesterday, Richard Ephick, aged 18, employed by L. A. White, grocer, Main Street, Katoomba, fell from the top of a…

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Close to Death Accident to Youth

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 21 May 1937 · page 1

Richard Elphick, 18. employed at a grocery store in Main Street, Katoomba, was fortunate to escape from bleeding to death on Monday…

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Current Topics Mist Causes Accident

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 28 May 1937 · page 3

When a car journeying towards Katoomba ran off the road in a dense mist and struck an electric light standard, near Wentworth…

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Pillion Riding Condemned "Positively Dangerous," Says District Coroner Fatal Accident at Mount Victoria

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 3 June 1937 · page 3

The District Coroner (Mr. H. J. Caton) held an inquest at the Court House, Katoomba, on Friday last, in connection with the death…

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Disappeared ! After Head-on Collision

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 3

We often hear of and read about fire engines going out to false alarms, but very seldom the Ambulance. While Superintendent Davis was…

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Hit with Golf Iron Mrs. A. R. Rose Injured

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 15 June 1937 · page 2

While playing at Katoomba links during the week-end, Mrs A. Rose, of Waratah Street, was accidentally struck on the forehead with a…

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Fatigue and Road Accidents

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 2

"Having had many years' driving experience, I am convinced from my own reactions that many road accidents could be avoided if…

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Six Injured Car Hit Post

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 3

Six persons were injured when the car in which they were travelling left the Great Western Highway, between Mr. Victoria and Blackheath, and…

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Midnight Smash Injured Man Transported by Train

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 6 July 1937 · page 2

Accompanied by his wife, and others, in a car travelling towards Lithgow on Sunday night, Mr F. A. Heffernan, 9 Subla Street, Lithgow,…

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Motor Cyclist and Pillion Rider Injured

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 13 July 1937 · page 1

The overhead bridge on the east side of Lawson was the scene of a collision between a motor cycle and a car, on Sunday morning…

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Many Week-end Accidents Ambulance Men Kept Busy Crawled 400 Yards

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 13 July 1937 · page 1

Mr. Harold Smith, the well-known sewerage reticulation contractor. of Katoomba, while walking home in Station Street, on…

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Motor Accident on Honeymoon

The Katoomba Daily · Thursday 29 July 1937 · page 2

While Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wadson were on their honeymoon, recently, they figured in a motor smash which might easily have…

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Accidental Death Inquest on Mrs Mona Elizabeth Thompson

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 30 July 1937 · page 1

An inquest was held at Katoomba Police Court on Monday before Mr. H. J. Caton on the tragic death of Mrs Mona…

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Early Morning Collision Motor Car and Lorry Two People Injured

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 3 August 1937 · page 2

About 2 o'clock on Sunday morning, a car and lorry came into collision about two miles on the eastern side of Mount…

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Workman Seriously Injured Struck by 50ft. POLE

The Katoomba Daily · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 2

While tipping a 50ft pole from a lorry, near Whipcord Hill, on Wednesday, Lloyd Reynolds, 33, stumbled on to his hands and…

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Accident

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 1

[?]persons were seriously injured [?]a car crashed 100 feet into a near Mount Victoria on Saturday [?]dling…

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Mount Victoria News Recent Accident

The Katoomba Daily · Saturday 7 August 1937 · page 4

The recent accident to a car on the Great Western Highway, in which Mr. Frank Smith and Miss Ruth Littlefield, of Mount Victoria,…

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Car and Motor Cycle in Collision

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 10 August 1937 · page 2

Driving a Ford V8, Mr. John Soper, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Soper, of Katoomba, had the misfortune to be involved in a collision…

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Cars Skid on Ice Four Accidents at Pitt's Hill

The Katoomba Daily · Tuesday 10 August 1937 · page 2

In less than an hour, on Monday morning, four motor cars met with accidents at the same spot on the Grfeat…

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Accident Victim Dies

The Blue Mountains Times · Friday 20 August 1937 · page 2

The victim of a motor cycle crash at Linden last Monday, Stanley McCann, 33, of Emu Plains, succumbed to his injuries at the District…

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