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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Tragic Accident in Kempsey. Popular High School Girl The Victim

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1937 · page 4

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

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Local and General. Accident with Tomahawk

Macleay Argus · Tuesday 20 April 1937 · page 4

On Sunday last Mr. Jack Grey, of Perrin's Lane, West Kempsey, accidentally inflicted a contused wound in his right arm while using, a…

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Farmer Claims £2000 for Loss of Eye Collision Near Stroud

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 1

After retiring for three-quarters of an hour, a jury at the Maitland Circuit Court returned at 6 o'clock on Wednesday evening, with a verdict for the…

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Gored by Bull Youth Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 2

Robert Tansey, 17, was shockingly gored by a bill at Evan's Farm, at Dapto, where he was employed. The animal was eventually beaten off by his…

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Truck Over Cliff Accident at Gosford. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 2

Whon a motor truck plunged over the side of a cliff near Gosford and fell 150 feet on to the rocks, Arthur Edward Giles, 40, labourer, was critically injured…

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Coronial Inquiry. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Macleay Chronicle · Wednesday 21 April 1937 · page 7

At Kempsey Court House on Tuesday. 13th April, 1937, Mr. N. L. Parker, District Coroner, held an inquiry into the cause of the death of…

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Fatal Collision. Death of Mr. James Teni

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 2

News was received by his parents Mr. and Mrs. A. Teni, of Barrington Street, Gloucester, late on Tuesday afternoon, that their son, Jim, had…

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Local and General. Elderly Man Injured

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 4

On Wednesday, Mr. William Nobbs, aged 84 years, a resident of Trial Bay Creek Road, was "kicked by a horse and sustained a fracture of the…

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Fatal Collision — Motor Cyclist Killed, Passenger Seriously Hurt

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 4

The rider was killed, and the pillion rider seriously injured on Tuesday afternoon last, when a motor-cycle collided with a motor car on the…

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Fatal Car Accident. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 4

During a car crash on the Pacific Highway at Tweed Heads this morning, Kenneth McKinnon, a traveller, was killed instantly. while Walter…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 23 April 1937 · page 4

Harris J. Stevenson, 56, was fatally injured last night when the car he was driving failed to negotiate a bend in Bringelly Road. Lappington…

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Car Over Bank Driver Killed and Passenger[?] Injured. Sydney

The Northern Champion · Saturday 24 April 1937 · page 4

Harris J. Stevenson, 56, was fatally injured last night when a car he was driving failed to negotiate a bend in Bringelly Road, Leppington, and…

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Mayor of Wingham Escapes Injury in Motor Accident. Mrs. Keech and Mrs. J. Everitt Not So Fortunate

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 2

The Mayor of Wingham (Ald. E. L. R. Keech). accompanied by the Mayoress and Mrs. J. Everitt, on Monday afternoon left Wingham for a motor drive…

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Injured at Macksville Show

Macleay Argus · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 4

At the Macksville Show on Wednesday Peter Grant, of Bowraville, was treated by ambulance officers for a punctured wound in the left…

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Tram Passengers Injured. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 4

When a tram and lorry collided at the intersection of Anzac Parade and Flinders-street, Darlinghurst, to-day, two tram passengers, Rodney Collins,…

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Motor Fatality on Western Highway Mr. Allan McLACHLAN KILLED

The Northern Champion · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 6

Mr. Allan McLachlan, 35, single, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alban McLachlan, of Artarmon, a family well known in the Manning district, died in hospital on…

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Lessons of an Accident Analysis

The Northern Champion · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 7

Over 40 out of every 100 accidents in Great Britain occur at junctions. This figure was revealed by the British Minister of Transport in the House of…

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Mayor of Wingham Escapes Injury in Motor Accident. Mrs. Keech and Mrs. J. Everitt Not So Fortunate

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 1

The Mayor of Wingham (Ald. E. L. R. Keech) accompanied by the Mayoress and Mrs. J. Everitt. on Monday afternoon left Wingham for a motor drive…

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Accidents at Nabiac

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 1 May 1937 · page 6

As Dallas Wright, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. K. Wright, Nabiac. was returning home from school on April 22, his pony shied at a danger flag at…

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Comboyne Road Collision. Motor Vehicles Damaged. Cross Claims. Wingham Small Debts Court, Friday, 30th. APRIL, 1937. Before Mr. R. Soiling, P.M., and Mr. C. I. Chapman, J.P.

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 2

Thomas William Gollan proceeded against F. C. Harte. claiming £10 as compensation for damage alleged to have been done to his motor car by a…

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