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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Injured by Woolpress

North West Champion · Thursday 19 August 1937 · page 4

While working a woolpress at Brudle station yesterday Stan Shelley, 19, received a nasty would in the forehead, when the handle of the press flew up…

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Third Fatal Accident. Kiama

The North Western Courier · Thursday 19 August 1937 · page 1

The third fatal accident within a week occurred late last night when Alderman Harold Alexander Dawe[?], 53, was knocked over by a car while…

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Homemade 'Plane Fatal Accident MELBOURNE

The North Western Courier · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 1

Patrick Perry, 23, of Sv. Kilda, was killed instantly yesterday when, home made aeroplane crashed on the site of the new airport at…

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Accidents

North West Champion · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 2

At Terlings this morning Frank C. Tood, cook, fell and fractured his collarbone, while William Davis, a shearer, severed the middle finger of his…

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Accident

North West Champion · Monday 30 August 1937 · page 3

Mrs. I. Brack, of Boston Street, Moree, met with a painful accident at her home on Thursday last. The unfortunate lady slipped on a piece of…

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Road Accidents 351 Deaths This Year

Manilla Express · Tuesday 31 August 1937 · page 4

Up till last Wednesday, 351 deaths had occurred in road accidents in New South Wales this year, compared with 342 for the…

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Accident to Shearer

The North Western Courier · Thursday 2 September 1937 · page 2

Mr. Victor Bates sustained a gash in the hand between the thumb and finger this week, whilst shearing at one of the district sheds, and several…

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Garah Grazier Injured. Thrown on to Stump

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 6 September 1937 · page 3

Mr. Luther Williams, of Cwmteg, Garah, met with serious injuries on Saturday afternoon when he was thrown from his horse on to a stump…

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Surf Bather Injured SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 1

While Mrs. Victoria Voysay, 45, a resident of Katoomba and mother of eleven children, was paddling on a beach near Gosford, the waves threw…

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Shocking Quarry Accident Wauchope

The North Western Courier · Thursday 9 September 1937 · page 1

Charles Baldwin, a middle aged married man, was killed instantly and Vinecn Lee, married, seriously injured at a metal quarry when a…

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Car Accident. Party's Harrowing Experience

North West Champion · Thursday 16 September 1937 · page 8

When a car crashed into a post near Boolooroo bridge on Saturday night last, Miss Hazel Green, of Newcastle, and sister of Mrs. Ken Rudd, of Moree,…

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Avoiding Motor Accidents

Manilla Express · Friday 17 September 1937 · page 1

According to the Transport Commissioner the huge toll of the road may be attributed largely to three causes. viz.: (a)…

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Railway Fatality Fettler Accidentally Killed Touching Scene at Inquest

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 October 1937 · page 2

The tragic death of Goorge Barrett, a railway fettler, whose body was found on the railway line between Narrabri and…

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Surry Hills Fatality SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 11 October 1937 · page 1

At the Central Court today, Iris Eileen May Webber, 31, was churned with tawing murdered Alfred James Mayley on October 8. Mayley was…

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Drowning Mystery Melbourne, Thurs

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 October 1937 · page 1

Mrs. George Butler and her three children-boy ager five, girl aged 3, and baby six weeks old were drowned yesterday in the Darby River…

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Narrabri Drowning Fatality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 2

Yesterday the police recovered from Narrabri Creek, near the grandstand in Collins Park, the body of a man believed to be James Woods, of Penrith, aged…

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Fatal Car Accident Follows Funeral BATHURST

The North Western Courier · Thursday 21 October 1937 · page 1

Mrs. Kathleen Mckinnon, 48 was killed, and three other per sion injured when a motor car overturned near Trangie…

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Road Accidents in New Zealand

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 25 October 1937 · page 4

An interesting report covering an official investigation of road accidents in New Zealand over a recent period of three months has been received by the…

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Boy Drowned While Catching Tadpoles

Manilla Express · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 2

Mr. Norman Chapman received word on Thursday last that his nephew, Eric Howard Simpson, aged 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. Simp…

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Farm Worker Injured

North West Champion · Thursday 18 November 1937 · page 3

Wilfred Monckton suffered severe cuts and bruises to his mouth and face recently while engaged loading wheat on a property near Pallamallawa…

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