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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

372 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 7 of 19

Fatal Accident. at Telegraph Point

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 5

About 8.30 p.m. on Wednesday, a fatal accident occurred on the curve on the Port Macquarie side of the Telegraph Point Bridge, on the…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Disastrous Holiday Period. Six Persons Killed. Taxi Cab and Tram Collide

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 4

A man, two women and three children, one a baby, 14 days old, were killed and a woman was critically injured when a taxi cab came into…

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Car Accident at Tweed Heads

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 4

Four young residents of Greenwich, Sydney, were injured but had wonderful escapes from death, in a motor accident near Tomara on Saturday,…

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That Strathcedar Death Trap. Another Motor Collision. How Much Longer Before Something Is Done ?

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 2

On two occasions of late we have drawn the attention of the Manning Shire Council to a dangerous turn on the Strathcedar Road. We have already…

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Car Over Embankment. Accident Near Mograni

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1937 · page 2

A motor accident occurred on the Taree Road, about four miles from Gloucester, on Sunday morning last, as a result of which Mr. O. Olsen, of…

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Railway Fatality. The Inquest

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 8

The Coroner (Mr. Hubert Flett) held at the Taree Court House on March 29, an inquest touching the deaths of John Albert George Murphy…

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Elderly Man Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 4

On Wednesday afternoon Mr. Thos. Needs, aged 68 years, who resides at Old Station Road, Gladstone, was riding down a lane off the Belmore…

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Man Drowned at Macleay River Bar

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 2

A drowning fatality occurred on the river bar at South-West Rocks on Tuesday afternoon. It appears that Captain McAlister, accompanied…

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Sad Tragedy at South West Rocks. Member of Pilot Staff Drowned

Macleay Argus · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 4

A fatal accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon last at South West Rocks, when the Pilot (Captain MacAlister) and his boatmen were…

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Drowned in Sudden High Wave

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 6

A "big build wave" arose suddenly out of a calm sea on the Macleay River Bar at South-West Rocks on Tuesday and capsized a motor…

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Boat Capsizes. One Man Drowned

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 5

The South West Rocks Pilot boat was capsized on Tuesday afternoon on the Macleay River bar when crossing in after sounding. On board…

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Fatal Accident Near O'Sullivan's Gap

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 10 April 1937 · page 6

On Monday night, about V, a fatal accident occurred on the road from O'Sullivan's Gap to Bullahdelah, a little over six miles this side of the…

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Motor Collision on Razorback. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 5

A motor car and lorry collided on the top of Razorback Mountain, near Picton, last night. The lorry was thrown up the embankment and…

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Car Capsizes. Mk. Tom Laurie Injured

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 2

The many friends of Mr. Tom Laurie will be pleased to learn that he is progressing favourably in the Roma Private Hospital, after his…

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Tragic Accident in Belgrave Street. Popular High School Girl the Victim

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 4

On Friday afternoon last a fatal accident occurred in Belgrave Street, the second within a fortnight, the victim being a popular student of…

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Latest Telegrams. Seven Victims of Motor Accident. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 5

Seven people were thrown out of a wrecked motor car following a collision on the Prince's Highway, Sutherland, last night. The accident…

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Gloucester Man Claims £2000 for Loss of an Eye. Injured in Motor Collision

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 16 April 1937 · page 3

Following a collision between a motor car and lorry on Gossip's Hill, near Stroud, on August 15 last, John Stephen Willocott Germon, of Gloucester, had…

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N.S.W. RAILWAYS. 10 Years Without Fatality

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 17 April 1937 · page 7

The New South Wales Railways Department holds the world's safety record. During the past ten years 1,500,000,000 people have been carried…

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Car Capsizes Mr. Tom Laurie Injured

The Northern Champion · Saturday 17 April 1937 · page 3

The many friends of Mr. Tom Laurie will be pleased to learn that he is progressing favorably in the Roma Private Hospital, after his nasty accident on…

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Taree District Court Verdict for Each Defendant in Collision Case

The Northern Champion · Saturday 17 April 1937 · page 4

At the recent sitting of the District Court at Taree there was a cross claim arising out of a collision at the corner of Victoria and Stevenson streets,…

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