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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Man and Wife Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 8

When a car skidded when trying to pass another and overturned and caught fire near Springhurst: (Vic.) on Monday, morning, the two occupants…

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Girl Driver Killed Three Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 33

A young woman was killed, and her sister, her brother, and a man friend were seriously injured when a motorcar in which they were travelling…

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Disappeared in Fog. Plane Fatality in New Zealand. Wellington (N.z.)

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 1

A Moth plane, carrying Pilot Arthur Smith, and a passenger (J. Hamill) disappeared in a fog over Cook Strait yesterday, between Nelson and…

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Corryong Show Accidents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 47

The Corryong show sports were marred by an accident in the two-mile cycle race. R. Ellis received slight concussion and minor bruises,…

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Level Crossing Fatality. Three Persons Killed. BRISBANE, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 3

William Auld (59), maize farmer; Anna May Auld, his wife; and Isabel Olga Auld (21), their daughter, were killed in a collision between a utility…

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Fatal Tram Accident. Ten Killed in France. BORDEAUX

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 3

Ten were killed and sixty injured when the Paris-Hendaye express hurtled down an embankment into a small stream near Dax. The…

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Holbrook Accidents Cyclist Killed; Another Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 15

A motor cyclist was killed and his companion was badly injured when their machine came into collision with a motor car near Holbrook on Friday…

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Man Fatally Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 2

Mr. H. E. J. Fowler, of Griffith, died on Saturday in the Wyalong Hospital as a result of injuries suffered when a car he was driving to Sydney, with…

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[?] Injured, Others Escape

The Independent · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 3

[?]y last a car proceeding[?] to Sydney, with five residents of the Area, overturned when attempting to round a turn some 14…

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[?]Day Accidents [?]Avy Fatality List [?]Sons Killed in N.s.w

The Independent · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 3

[?]wer than eighteen persons [?]deaths in New South [?]from accidents, during [?] holidays…

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Man and Wife Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 15

Mr. H. Coombes, a commercial traveller employed by A. H. Healing and Co. Ltd., Sydney, was driving his car with his wife along the Hume…

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Car Overturns Two Women Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 1

TWO women were injured and three other persons had narrow escapes when a motor car in which they were travelling overturned near Deniliquin…

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Triple Road Fatality Car's Three Occupants Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 15

A triple tragedy, in which the victims included two young men well known in Melbourne business and social circles, occurred on Sunday on…

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Two Drowned Near Sydney 15 Persons in Danger

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 15

Two persons—one a life-saving club member—were drowned in the surf at the entrance to Tuggerah Lake on Saturday, when an exceptionally heavy…

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Motor Fatality Woman Killed When Car Overturns Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 5

While returning from the Sydney Show to her home at wyalong Mrs. Gunnington, aged 54, was killed last night when a car over turned on the…

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Fireman Killed in Sydney Three Others Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 15

One fireman was killed and two others injured and a civilian severely burnt when fire destroyed the premises of the Hafona Phonograph Company…

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Killed by a Drop of Water Because He Saved Duke's Life By Nearly Drowning Him

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 18

LIKE a man possessed, the richly dressed horseman galloped up to the castle of the dying Count of Este. "Ah, what an affectionate son!"…

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Accident to George Fitzpatrick

The Independent · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 3

On Wednesday, of last week, a nasty accident happened to George Fitzpatrick, the well-known Deniliquin footballer and sportsman who,…

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A Chapter of Accidents

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 1

AT least four people have cause to remember the visit to Deniliquin of the St. Kilda Northcote women's cricket team. There were two accidents at…

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Holiday Accidents

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 4

No fewer than eighteen persons met their deaths in New South Wales in the three days, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, from accidents. The most…

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