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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Collision at Moore Park. Tram and Motor 'Bus. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 3

Bight persons were injured, but none seriously, in a collision between a motor bus and a tram at Anzac Parade end of Flinders Street, Moore…

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Two Killed by Racing Cars Speedway Accidents New York, May 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 14

Two men were killed and four seriously injured in accidents during tests for the Memorial Day motor race at Indianapolis (Indiana)…

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Fatal Motor Accident Young Man Killed. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 June 1937 · page 2

While a motor lorry was travelling near Appin, early this morning, the machine got out of control and it crashed into three trees in…

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[?] Accidents [?] W. [?]Y Toll in Killed [?]Nd Injured

The Independent · Monday 7 June 1937 · page 1

[?]936, there were 10,625 road [?] reported in New South [?] persons were killed and [?]s were injured, according…

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Toll of the Road Accidents Increase

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 June 1937 · page 2

In New South. Wales in 1936, 550 person were killed in motor vehicle accidents and 6894 were injured . There were 10,625 road accidents reported . These…

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Mathoura News Monday, ACCIDENT

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 June 1937 · page 4

ROSS Mathewson , While helping his brother in the butcher's shop, gave one of his fingers a nasty gash with a knife. He had to pay a Visit to the…

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Pea Rifle Fatality

The Independent · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 2

A sad shooting accident took place at Hopefield in the Corowa district. It is alleged that a member of the Farrell family, after returning from…

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Car Overturns Driver's Wife Injured

The Independent · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon a car owned and driven by Moses Deep, draper, of Wagga, was passing another car driven by Mr. Middleton, of Leeton…

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Attacked by a Boar Man Severely Injured

The Independent · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 2

Richard Wright, who is employed by Mr. Vagg, of Tantonan, was savagely attacked by a boar on Tuesday, and as a result is an Inmate of…

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Killed by Spike Roller Fatality at Rand

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 June 1937 · page 3

On Wednesday afternoon, a youth named William Stewart Slevewright, aged 18, was killed when he fell from a spike roller…

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Fearful Crossing Collision. In Cessnock District. CESSNOCK

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 June 1937 · page 2

When a laden coal train and a sedan car, in which seven miners, residing in the Cessnock district, were on their way to work, collided at a…

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Fatally Injured Before Preaching His First Sermon

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 June 1937 · page 14

Before he was able to preach his first sermon in his new parish, the Eev. Hugh A. Morton accidentally struck his head and was killed. After…

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Truck Out of Control Man Killed; Two Others Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 June 1937 · page 15

While a motor lorry was travelling near Appin it got out of control, ran off the road, and crashed into a tree and uprooted it. With the cabin stove…

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Tragic Shooting Accident

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 12 June 1937 · page 4

A tragic shooting accident took place near Narandera on Sunday morning when a lad named Jack Ainsworth, 16 years of age, the son…

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Accident at Taronga. Leopard Claws a Child. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 June 1937 · page 2

While Marylin Hallett, aged three, was watching a leopard being fed at Taronga Park, the animal clawed her, inflicting three deep scratches on her…

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Boy's Death Follows Pea-rifle Accident at Sanger Siding

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 June 1937 · page 3

The death occurred in the Corowa District Hospital yesterday morning of Ronald Lloyd Bull, aged 9, who was accidentally, shot…

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Truck and Sulky Collide Two Men Injured in Crash

The Independent · Thursday 17 June 1937 · page 3

When a motor truck driven by R. Bodinna[?] came into collision with a horse [?] sulky driven by Joseph Knagge, [?] Gillenbah, near…

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Collision Near Wangaratta

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 5

On Friday morning last a collision occurred at North Wangaratta between a Riverina transport driven by David Richard Taylor of Corowa…

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Player Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 38

In the second half of the Albury-The Rock game Tom Davidson, of The Rock, was injured and admitted to hospital suffering from two fractured…

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Peculiar Car Accident. Fatality at Newcastle. NEWCASTLE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 1

When an unattended car raced down a steep incline in Tyrrell-street and crashed into another, George Steward (68), labourer, of New…

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