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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Caught in Air Pocket Pilot's Skill Averts Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 11

Caught in all air pocket just after taking off for Cootamundra from Essendon (Melbourne) aerodrome, Mr. C. A. Butler, well-known air pilot, by…

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Three Killed in Perth Motor Accidents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 5

While riding a motor cycle in Adelaide terrace at Perth (W.A.), William Dow, aged 28 years, steel worker, of Queen's Park, collided with a motor…

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Fatal Car Accident. Resident of Hillston Killed. ADELONG

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 2

William Henry Smith, baker, of Hillston, was killed, and Roy Elphick sustained fractures of both legs when a motor truck left the road while…

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Mr. Ewdard Pocock. Death Following Car Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 2

"We regret to have to report that Mr. Edward Pocock, who was injured in a motor car accident on the night of Thursday 11th inst. died in the…

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Accident at Tocumwal

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 5

An accident occurred at the railway yards, Tocumwal, when Mr. James Ingram was seriously injured. Mr. Ingram was employed working in a van which…

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Motor Smash One Killed; Another Injured One, Former Resident of Deniliquin

The Independent · Saturday 20 November 1937 · page 2

A shocking motor fatality occurred on Tuesday on the Wagga road, near Adelong, in which two residents of Hillston were concerned. They were;…

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Accident at Wagga

The Independent · Saturday 20 November 1937 · page 4

James Waters, a carpent[?]tained extensive injuries to h[?] and ribs when he fell from the [?] a building at Pullitop. Wat[?]…

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Collision with Culvert Saturday Night Accident

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 November 1937 · page 1

Colliding with the guide posts of a culvert on the Hay road, between 6 and 7 miles from Deniliquin, late on Saturday high a utility motor truck was…

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Man Killed in Truck Two Others Injured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 November 1937 · page 4

Walter Dwyer, aged 26 years, of Myrtleford was killed when the motor truck in winch he was travelling overturned 16 miles from Yarrawonga on…

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Motor Vehicles Collide Accident Near Leeton Fourteen Injured Diggers on Way to Re-union

The Independent · Thursday 25 November 1937 · page 1

After proceeding four miles along the main Griffith road from Leeton, a truck, driven by Mr. Brian Hopley, of Fivebough, came into a head-on…

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Exceptional Thunderstorm 400 Sheep Drowned at Eurongully

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 November 1937 · page 12

Accompanied by heavy thunder and vivid lighting, an exceptionally heavy storm broke over Eurongully, about seven miles from Illabo, at 3.30 on…

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Two Drowned in Sydney Men Swept Off Rocks

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 November 1937 · page 13

A man and a youth were drowned in Sydney at the week-end. Two men were swept into the surf while fishing from a rock near Kurnell on…

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Twelve Men Injured Oar Aid for Ambulances

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 November 1937 · page 9

Twelve persons were injured—seven of them severely—when a utility truck containing a party of returned soldiers and a sedan car collided head-on [?]…

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Fourteen Injured. Motor Vehicles Collide Near Leeton

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 November 1937 · page 1

After proceeding four miles along the main Griffith road from Leeton, a truck, driven by Mr. Brian Hopley, of Fivebough, came into a head-on…

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Train Wrecked Two Killed, 53 INJURED New York, November 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 November 1937 · page 14

At Bluefield, Virginia, two persons were killed and 53 seriously injured in a train wreck. Rescuers worked on a frozen…

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Stationmaster Killed Accident at Tumbarumba

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 November 1937 · page 29

Joseph Furze, aged 46 years, stationmaster at Tumbarumba, was killed in a collision between his cycle and a motor car at Tumbarumba, opposite the…

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Fatal Accident. Death of Mr. E. E. Pocock. The Inquest

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 November 1937 · page 4

The Coroner, Mr. T. F. Cook, held an inquest on Monday, touching the death of Edward Ebenezer Pocock, who died on 18th November…

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Man Injured At Finley

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 November 1937 · page 4

As a result of a disturbance at Finley. on Friday evening, Edward Henry Jones (23) was admitted to the Finley Bush Nursing Hospital suffering…

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Foot Gashed Linesman Injured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 November 1937 · page 1

Mr. Les Heriot, a linesman employed by the Postmaster-General’s Department, was admitted to Deniliquin Hospital yesterday with a severe wound…

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Skiff Overturns Three Men Escape Drowning SYDNEY

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 November 1937 · page 2

Three men narrowly escaped drowning yesterday when their skiff overturned in the lake at Tuggerah during a 35-miles-per-hour gale…

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