Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

564 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 29

Tennis Player Injured

The Independent · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 2

Dave Crystal and H. Lewie, Sydney tennis players, were motoring to the Wagga tournament when, after leaving Gundagai, their [?] skidded…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Launch Wrecked Three Men Believed Drowned

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 2

Three men are believed to have been drowned on Sunday, either in Botany Bay or off the Heads of the Bay…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Motor Cycle Crash. Engaged Couple Injured. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 3

When a motor cycle crashed into a goods train at Newport, last night, Bernard R. Madlyn, air force officer, and his fiancee, Pearle Matthews (20)…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Thrown From Sulky Farmer Injured Horse Slipped on Wet Road

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 1

WHILE driving m a sulky at North Deniliquin this afternoon, Mr. Thomas G. McMahon, of “Wilcot,” Wandook, [?] well-known farmer,…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Appeal to Road Users. Accident Toll. "Make 1937 Safer."

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 4

"Greatly concerned with the toll of accidents in our midst, and with the week-end list of tragedies," the National Safety Council of Australia…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Fatal Accident While Playing Polo. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 3

Reginald Horace Ridley (18), of Warroo, in the Forbes district, was fatally injured in a polo practice game when his mount fell and rolled…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Accident on Murray Bridge

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 4

When the fork of a bicycle ridden by Mr. E. Kiely broke while he was crossing the Murray bridge on Saturday afternoon, Miss Iris Remfrey, of…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

School Teachers in Accident

The Independent · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 2

When a car containing a party of intermediate high school teachers was negotiating a culvert on Whitton road, it collided with a motor…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Big Claim. Arising Out of Car Accident. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 2

An application for £30,000 damages against Charles William MacLeod was made in the Causes Court to-day by Muriel Hainsworth Boynton and the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

£30,000 Damages Claimed by Wife of Accident Victim Received £27 Weekly for House Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 April 1937 · page 5

In the Supreme Court to-day, Muriel Hainsworth Boynton, widow of Arthur William Boynton, who was a prominent Sydney…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Motors in Collision

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 May 1937 · page 2

On Thursday morning, just before 10 o'clock, a motor truck driven by Mr. David Mulholland, of Beechworth and a motor car driven by Mr…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Manslaughter Charge Follows [?] Fatality

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1937 · page 2

The [?] death of [?] Smyth, of Berrigan was killed in a [?]…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Husband and Wife Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 2

A car driven by James Hicks, in which his wife and three children were passengers, crashed into a tree on the Tocumwal-road, when the steering gear…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Level Crossing Collision Man's Narrow Escape

The Independent · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 3

A level-crossing mishap occurred at Jerilderie on Tuesday afternoon, when a motor train travelling from Narandera to Tocumwal crashed into…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Eight Injured When Car Overturns

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 15

Eight occupants of a large car were all injured when it left the road at the junction of the Healesville and Warburton roads, near Lilydale (V…

Continued on Trove, page 15 →

Candidate Injured Car Over Bank

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 33

Mr. E. G. Batchelor, one of the Country Party candidates for the Gwydir by-election, is still unable to stand upright as a result of injuries…

Continued on Trove, page 33 →

Wagga News Girl Severely Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 9

As Jean Lyons, 17 years, was entering E. J. Tonkin's fruit shop in Fitz-maurice-street, she slipped on the step. The girl had a big vase in her hand…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Killed Instantly. After Collision with Train. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 2

Mrs. Alice Ellis (50) was struck by an electric train at North Croydon railway station last night, and was killed instantly. Workmen had to…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Eight Miles Down Mountain Injured Man Carried

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 11

Harry Whiteman, aged about 55 years, was working in an open cut at the State Electricity Commission's works, about 12 miles in the mountains…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Explosion at Customs House Two Men Seriously Injured. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 May 1937 · page 1

Five workmen had a miraculous escape from death when chemical fumes accompanied by a huge blast of flame, exploded in a basement room…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →