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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Trams Collide Twelve People Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 5

A tram smash in which 12 people were injured occurred to-day when two trams collided in Parramatta road, Glebe. A tramway repair trolley stopped on…

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Bushman's Ordeal Upper Orara Adventure Young Man Injured

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 2

Risks, thrills and adventure, culminating in a trying ordeal, faced Mr. WIde whilst engaged on the mountainside on the upper…

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Unusual Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 12 February 1937 · page 9

Some injuries are caused in unusual manner, but the circumstances surrounding that received by William Smith, 20, a groom, employed by…

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Captain at Fault Hobson's Bay Collision Marine Court's Finding. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Saturday 13 February 1937 · page 5

In a reserved judgment to-day the Marine Court of Inquiry found that the collision between the Kakariki and the Caradale, in Hobson's Bay, with trip loss…

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Foot Gashed Accident With Axe Surveyor Injured in Bush

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 4

Whilst engaged in survey work in the country around Buccarumbi Range, Mr. P. Firth, a surveyor attached to the Lands Department,…

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Local and General Collision at South Grafton

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 4

A car driven by Mr. B. J. Page, of Grafton, came into collision with a motor lorry at the intersection of Bent and, Through streets, South Grafton…

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Boy Injured Climbed Light Tower Received Electric Shock. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 1

For thousand persons at the Showground Speedway to-night heard screams and saw sparks fly from a boy who received an electric shock when…

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Man Drowned in River at Yamba Fell From Rowing Boat Body Washed Out to Sea Yamba

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 4

Fred Johns, 30, was drowned in the Clarence River at Yamba this afternoon, when he fell overboard from a rowing boat, while on his…

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N.s.w.--m.c.c. Both Started Badly Match In Sydney Chipperfield Injured Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 3

Both New South Wales and England started badly in their first innings in the match which opened at Sydney to-day…

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Car Overturns Accident At Coolangatta Youths' Lucky Escape. Murwillumbah

Daily Examiner · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 4

Five youths, residents of Wilston, Brisbane, had a miraculous escape from serious injury this morning when their touring car overturned…

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Drowned at Yamba

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 2

A man named Fred Johns, aged 30, fell overboard from a rowing boat whilst on his way from Yamba to Iluka last Sunday afternoon. He had…

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£225 Damages Cyclist v. Motor Hover Collision At Maclean District Court Action

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 6

A verdict of £225 damages was given by his Honor Judge Clancy in the District Court at Grafton yesterday in favor of the plaintiff in the…

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No Trace Body Of Drowned Man Boat Washed Up on Beach. Yamba

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 4

Although a close search of all the beaches from Woody Head to Shelley Beach was made yesterday by police from Maclean, Yamba and Harwood,…

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Road Accidents Fewer Fatalities In Britain Effect of Speed Limit

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 3

The Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. Maddocks) said recently that he had been advised that the reduction in the number of persons killed on the…

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Yamba Drowning No Trace of Body

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 4

Police and civilians yesterday continued the search for the body of Fred Johns, who was drowned in the Clarence River at Yamba on Sunday…

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Yamba Drowning Human Remains Found?

Daily Examiner · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 4

What is believed to be portion of the remains of a human body were found on Pippy Beach, about 200 yards south of Yamba Point, yesterday…

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Girl Drowned Learning to Swim. Tumut

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 5

Anxious to continue her swimming lessons Nancy Treeweeck (11) was drowned when she returned to the river to-day. Her cries for help were…

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Death Plunge Ten Men Drowned Scaffolding Collapse on Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 5

Ten men are believed to have been killed as a result of the collapse of wood and steel scaffolding from the Golden Gate bridge, plunging them…

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Cotton Injured S.A. Fast Bowler Cameras Test Throwing Theory. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 1

The South Australian fast bowler, Cotton, hurt his back while bowling in practice at Sydney Cricket Ground this morning…

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Father Drowned in Sight of His Son Crossing Flooded Creek WELL-KNOWN N.C. Show Judge Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 4

Word of a drowning fatality at Kumlerang, on the upper reaches of the Macleay, reached Kempsey this morning. It appears that Mr. George…

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