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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Fatal Car Accident. Crash Into Telegraph Pole. GRAFTON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 July 1937 · page 2

Robert Clark (73), was killed instantly, and four members of his family were injured, some seriously, when a car in which they were travelling…

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Man Drowned Tragedy at Yarrawonga Caught in Crayfish Net

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 July 1937 · page 3

Whilst looking for sheep on Thursday morning last, a young man named Aitchison, noticed a flat-bottomed boat upsidedown in…

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Motor Accident at Ringwood

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 21 July 1937 · page 3

Where returning from a football match at Rand on Saturday, 10th inst., the occupants of a utility truck-driven by Mr Alan Ednie, of…

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Child Dies From Scalds Fatality at Moama

The Independent · Thursday 22 July 1937 · page 3

June Russell, 5 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Russell, of Minninya street, died as the result of a scalding received when a pot of…

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Wagga News Cyclist Critically Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 July 1937 · page 33

Leo Herbert Hartley suffered fractures of the skull and shoulder-blade, severe extensive lacerations to the head, and severe haemorrhage when his…

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Fisherman Drowned Entangled in CRAyFISH NET

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 July 1937 · page 19

Douglas Wade Birthisel, aged about 50 years, who resided with his wife and family in Hovell-street, Yarrawonga, went fishing with crayfish, nets…

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Remarkable Mine Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 July 1937 · page 32

Falling 150 foot clown a winze on the Groat Boulder mine (W.A.), Frank Gill, aged 32 years, a single man, was dashed pieces. In…

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Road Accident Problem Premier Presides at Meeting. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 July 1937 · page 2

The Government's anxiety regarding the road accident problem was stressed by the Premier presiding over the first meeting to-day of the…

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Mathoura News Monday. Painful Accident

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 July 1937 · page 4

A painful accident happened to Miss Dulcie Birrell on Saturday when, she was bitten on the arm by a dog. It appears that a dog belonging to her…

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Car Smash. Two Seriously Injured

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 28 July 1937 · page 1

Fortunate escapes were experienced by Messrs Harold Hodgson and Ronald Drummond when their car crashed into a tree on the…

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Child Injured Falls on Broken Bottle Mathoura

The Independent · Thursday 29 July 1937 · page 3

Whilst playing football in the back yard of his home, Leslie Short fell on a broken bottle and received a gash in his leg which necessitated…

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Fifty Killed. In Train Collision. PARIS

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 July 1937 · page 2

At least 50 were killed and many injured when the Paris—St. Etienne express collided with another train at Vills Heuvre, just outside Paris at…

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Leaving a Party. Prospective Bridegroom Injured. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 July 1937 · page 1

After leaving a party which had been given in honour of his marriage, fixed for next Saturday, Claude Bosner (30), was knocked down by a…

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Explosion of Gunpowder 5 DEAD; ,30 INJURED Belgrade, July 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 July 1937 · page 14

With a terrific roar which was heard for miles, 25 tons of gunpowder which had been stored in a building at Stragasa, a country village, exploded…

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Royal Party in Car Collision Duchess of Kent and Two Children London

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 July 1937 · page 4

The Duchess of Kent and her two Children, Prince Edward and Princess Alexandra, had narrow escapes from injury to-day in a collision between…

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Four Killed Sydney Suburban Accidents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 July 1937 · page 35

Four persons were killed in accidents in Sydney at the week-end. Charles James Hilled, 38., of Mt. Colah, was fatally injured, and Leslie…

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E. A. M'donald Killed in Car Accident in England

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 July 1937 · page 28

E. A. M'Donald, the former Australian fast bowler, was killed near Bolton (England), when a car in which he was a passenger collided with…

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Traffic Accidents 1345 Deaths in 1936 ,Common wealth Figures

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 3 August 1937 · page 3

A total of 1345 people were killed and 22,131 injured in traffic accidents in Australia in 1936. There were 47,000 traffic accidents…

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Pilot Captain Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 29

Overwhelmed by heavy seas on the bar at Port Macquarie, the pilot vessel Hastings was forced on its beam ends and the occupants were thrown into…

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Plane Crashes Two Pilots Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1937 · page 10

A Royal Victorian Aero Club moth stalled 100 feet above the ground at Somerton, and crashed into a hill. The occupants, two young pilots, were…

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