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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Fall From Car Youth Seriously Injured After Dance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 5

Jack McDermott, a youth, residing at 9/ Kinghorne Street, was seriously injured when he fell from a motor car at the…

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Injured People “Must Be Seen By Doctor” Before Removal by Police

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 4

During the discussion on the ambulance Proposal at Monday night’s meeting of the Municipal Council, Ald. Leonard said he had been…

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Accident to Train Carriages Mount Platform

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday: The Irish mail from Holyhead to London was running into Crewe station when the restaurant car and another coach…

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Sixty Killed Road Accidents in N.s.w

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 8

Sixty persons were killed in road accidents in New South Wales in March, the greatest number in any single month in the history of the…

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Road Accidents 60 Deaths During March Record for Any Month

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 5

No fewer than 60 persons were fatally injured in road accidents ir. New South Wales last month. This was the highest death roll for any…

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Accident at Bathurst Show Shooting of "Fattest Boy"

The Burrowa News · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 5

A bullet intended for "the bulletproof woman" struck the world's fattest boy," known as Bonny Peter, in the neck, in a tent at Bathurst Show…

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Car Accident Youths Involved

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 7

Bob Pratt and Alan Peters, two young Melbourne boys who were travelling to Sydney to work, had a nasty experience on Thursday…

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Inquiry Into Mestoravon's Form Stewards Find That Interference Was Accidental Unusual Request

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 10

The Australian Jockey Club's stipendiary stewards yesterday opened and concluded the inquiry requested by the part owner, Dr. G. A. Vivers,…

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Boy's Leg Broken in Collision with Lorry

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 April 1937 · page 5

Lawrence Folcy, 14, a schoolboy, received a broken ten when a biycycle he was riding was involved in a collision with a motor…

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Driver to Pay Court Sequel To Collision Girl's Injury

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 April 1937 · page 8

An accident on the Goulburn-Taralga Road on March 19, when a girl cyclist was injured, was recalled by the appearance at the…

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Cars Collide Clifford Street Crash One Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 April 1937 · page 1

At least three people had remarkable escapes from serious injury when two cars collided with terrific force in Clifford…

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Prevention of Accidents On the Roads

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 4

Speaking before the Goulburn Rotary Club, Mr. M. E. Manfred, M.L.C., set out some novel suggestions aimed at lowering the mortality rate of the roads. It would be admitted, he said, that…

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Man Injured When Dray Overturns

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 7

Michael Primmer, of Stornaway Road, Queanbeyan, sustained injuries to the ribs and leg when at horse he was driving fell against him after…

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Car Crash Crookwell Residents Injured

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 5

An elderly Crookwell couple, Mr. and Mrs. John Willis, of Brooklands, became involved in an accident near Yass on…

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Fatal Smash Inquiry Into Car Accident Man's Death

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 28 April 1937 · page 4

An inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Samuel Edward James, of Goulburn, who was fatally injured in…

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Manslaughter Count Withdrawn Hume Highway Fatality Finding of Accidental Death

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 1

At the close of the inquiry yesterday into the death of Samuel Edward James, who was injured in a car accident near Goulburn on March 29, a manslaughter charge against Michael James Woods, a Crookwell district…

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£30,000 CLAIM Arising Out of Death Of Husband in Car Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: In the Supreme Court to-day, Muriel Hainsworth Boynton, widow of Arthur William Boynton, commenced the…

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Sawmill Accident

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 2

Daniel Hopkins, 48, sawyer, employed at Rayner's sawmills, McQuoid street, Queanbeyan, was admitted to hospital in n critical condition…

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Flashes on the Sport Screen News From All Athletic Fields, Both at Home and Abroad. Brevities for the Followers of Every Game, Live and to the Point. Look for This Feature Every Week. and Keep in Close Contact with All Sport. Football Harden-murrumburrah Play Junee and Win by 21 Points to 12 a Fast and Interesting Game a Junee Player Injured

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1937 · page 1

Junee footballers visited Murrumburrah on Sunday last, to play a return match against Murrumburrah Harden team. A week previously the…

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Tram and Lorry Collide Two Men Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: When a tram and lorry collided at the intersection of Anzac Parade and Flinders Street, Darlighurst, to-day, two…

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