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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Crushed by Log Grafton Fatality GRAFTON

Glen Innes Examiner · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 1

Clarence Woods (30), met a terrible death when a huge tallowwood log rolled on him at Cockatoo Creek yesterday…

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Burning Fatality Mrs. Condren Expires

The Inverell Times · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 4

Receiving burns to the hands, face and body when her residence in Queen-street, Barraba, caught fire at 12.30 on Friday morning, Mrs. J…

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Road Fatality Nemingha MAn Killed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 2

One man was killed and two others injured when the car they were driving overturned on a culvert about 6 miles along Nemingha road from…

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Horse Badly Injured Sewer Trench Subsides

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 4

The subsidence of a sewer trench in Jessie-street, Armidale, yesterday, was responsible for serious injury to a valuable horse, the property of Mr. F…

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Drowned at Picnic Girl's Body' Recovered Brisbane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 1

Members of a picnic party succeeded in locating the body at Eva Fong (13), who had been drowned while they were having tea…

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Girl Drowned Member of Picnic Party BRISBANE

The Inverell Times · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 1

Members of a picnic party succeeded in locating the body of Eva Fong, 13. who had been drowned while they were having tea…

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Remarkable Escape Champion Golfer in Car Smash Two Women Seriously Injured Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 1

The well known golfer, Jim Ferrier, had a remarkable escape from injury last night when the car in which he was travelling…

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Ferrier's Escape Involved in Motor Accident SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 1

The well-known golfer, Jim Ferrier. had a remarkable escape from injury last night, when a car in which he was travelling, became Involved in a…

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Second Fatality SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 1

George A. Faulkner (42), of Yowic Bay, was killed this morning when his motor cycle and sidecar crashed over a culvert off…

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Father and Daughter Drowned in River BRISBANE

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 1

The bodies of Naka Nakamura (51), married, formerly a well-known diver in North Queensland and his eight-year-old daughter,…

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Woman Injured When Car Skids GLOUCESTER

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 1

Mr. McCubben was badly bruised and cut about the legs and hands with broken glass when a car, swerving to miss a stationary lorry loaded with…

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Fell Through Skylight Girl Seriously Injured WAGGA

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 1

Miss Marjorie Lodge received severe injuries when she walked upon a skylight and crashed into the shop premises below…

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Cyclist Injured Machine Skidded on Wet Road SYDNEY

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 1

Albert Allison (30), of Guildford, was fatally injured last night when a motor cycle on which he was travelling from his home to Brisbane…

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Boy Drowned Wagga Fatality WAGGA

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 1

Alfred Wilson, 12, was playing on the river bank with his dog when he overbalanced and fell into deep water, with a strong current…

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Boy Drowned Balmain Tragedy. SYDNEY

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 1

The police to-day recovered the body of James Donald McFarlane, aged six, from the harbor. This morning, the body of the boy…

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Drowning at Wagga Boy Falls Into River Wagga

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 4

Alfred Wilson (12), was playing on the river bank with a dog, when he overbalanced and fell into deep water with a strong current…

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Motor Fatality Dr. R. J. Tillyard GOULBURN

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 1

The death occurred in Goulburn Hospital to-day of Dr. Robin John Tillyard, formerly Commonwealth Government entomologist, who was…

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Small Boy Drowned Police Recover BodySydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 1

Police to-day recovered the body of James Donald McFarlane, aged six, from the harbour this morning. The body of the boy, who had been…

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Grazier's Death Accidentally Shot, [?] Belief Sydney. Wadnesday

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 January 1937 · page 1

The body of Charles Spinks a grazier in the Cowra district, was found with a bullet wound in his caest It is surmised his pea-rifle was…

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Cycle in Collision Deepwater Resident Injured

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 3

Mervyn John Parsons (19) of Deep-water, who had been holidaying in Sydney, was on his way home on Saturday afternoon last when the motor…

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