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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Impatience Cause Accidents

The North Western Courier · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 4

Declaring that a large proportion of road accidents were caused by impatience on the part of drivers, Mr. H. I. Johnson, Secretary of the N.R…

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Painful Accident Woman Rescued Scrub SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 1

Miss Kathleen McKay, aged about 80, fell 60 efet down a steep slope between Mounts Huring-gal and Cowan, and fractured her left leg…

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Street Lighting Effect of Accidents Central Authority Advocated

The North Western Courier · Monday 10 May 1937 · page 3

At a meeting of the executive committee of the Road Safety Conference da Thursday, it was decided to recommend that the provision of adequate…

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Shooting Fatality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1937 · page 2

As the result of a message received at about 11.30 o'clock this morning the police proceeded to a house in Heber street and in the back yard saw the…

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Impatience Causes Accidents

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 13 May 1937 · page 6

Declaring that a large proportion of road accidents wore caused by impatience on the part of drivers, Mr. H. I. Johnson, Secretary of the N.R.M.A.,…

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Britain's 1936 Road Accidents

The North Western Courier · Thursday 13 May 1937 · page 4

In 1936 there were 6,561 people killed in road accidents in Great Britain as compared with 6,502 In 1935. The number of accidents…

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Fatal Shooting Accident Coroner's Inquest

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 20 May 1937 · page 5

At inquest into the circumstances starounding the death of William John Belford, which occurred at Warrana Moree, on the morning of Tuesday, May…

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Late Mr. Belford. Verdict of Accidental Death

North West Champion · Thursday 20 May 1937 · page 5

"I have no doubt that deceased met his death accidentally," said the District Coroner (Mr. W. A. Cole) yesterday afternoon, when…

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Shooting Fatality. a Coroner's Inquest

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 24 May 1937 · page 1

An Inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of George Bailey, horse trainer, who was found at mid-day on May 13, lying in his…

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Riding Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 24 May 1937 · page 2
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Mr. John McDonald of Balo Street Moree, who is engaged in bore drain delving, was riding to his work on the Moree-Bogghabill road yesterday after…

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Motors in Collision

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 27 May 1937 · page 5

A motor accident occurred on the Inverell-Delungra highway on Tuesday night. The Rev. Mr. Wels, of Delungra, when returning from Armidale,…

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Four Girls Injured Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 27 May 1937 · page 1

Four girls who had been sheltering from rain beneath a shop awning at Ramsgate this morning, ran on to the road when a tram approached, and…

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Road Accidents Lessons to Be Learned Exhaustive Research

The North Western Courier · Thursday 27 May 1937 · page 6

Following on an exhaustive research into the causes of 100,000 road accidents involving personal injury in Great Britain, valuable…

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Accident

North West Champion · Monday 31 May 1937 · page 2

At seven o'clock last night, while riding on the back of a lorry near Bellata, Peter Shean, of Moree, an employee of Mr. J. Terry, met with…

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Boating Fatality

Manilla Express · Tuesday 1 June 1937 · page 2

Mr. Jack Gardner of Manilla, received word yesterday that his son-in-law. Mr. Edwin Stocks, postal assistant at Grafton, was…

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Gravesend Fatality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1937 · page 3

Mr. Mervyn Frazer (24), son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Frazer, of Gravesend, passed away in the Warialda Hospital on Monday morning last from injuries…

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Local & General. Foot Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1937 · page 2

Mr. J. Haley, while engaged in fencing operations on Tareelarol Station, dropped a post on his foot, causing a probable fracture of a small bone. He…

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Accidents on the Road

North West Champion · Thursday 3 June 1937 · page 2

With motor traffic ever increasing, the number of accidents on the road is surely becoming disquieting. During 1936, there were 10,625 road…

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Mator Car Overturns. Three Men Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 7 June 1937 · page 2

As the result of a motor car overturning on the Moree-Gurley road at about 9.30 o'clock on Friday night, three men were later admitted to the Moree…

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