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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Leg Fractured Unusual Accident

Northern Star · Monday 1 February 1937 · page 4

John Salotti (26), of Wooloow'r, Brisbane, is in Kyogle Memorial Hospital suffering a fracture of the left leg as a result of an unusual…

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Two Boys Drowned

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday:--Two boys ware drowned in the country to-day. Alan Edwards (13), of West Maitland, was drowned in the Hunter River when…

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Youth Saved From Drowning Remarkable Circumstances

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday-- Alan Lewer (19) was saved from drowning in remarkable circumstances, in Neil son Park to-day. A girl who dived…

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Drowned in Surf Rescuers' Braye Efforts

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 6

BRUNSWICK HEADS, Monday. GETTING into difficulties when surfing at Brunswick Heads late this afternoon Kenneth…

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Five Injured Car Turned Over GRAFTON

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 9

Turning oyer when it skidded while the driver was swerving past another vehicle, a sedan car with a party of Grafton residents came to a stop…

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Drowned in Surf Bank Teller's Death At Brunswick Known at Kyogle

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 4

Getting into difficulties when surfing at Brunswick Heads late yesterday afternoon Kenneth Harwich Chadwick (30),…

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Mother: Son Killed Eight Others Injured In Car Crash

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 4

Mrs. Ena Newlands, 35, of Yetman, and her infant son, Douglas, were killed when a sedan car, driven by Roy Newlands, the woman's…

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Car Accidents. Serious Injuries

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 1

Boyd Steer (30): was killed and his wife seriously injured when their single seater motor car crushed into n telegraph pole on Virginia Bridge, Brisbane,…

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Tragic Motor Accident. on Richmond Range

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 4

A mother and her infant son were killed and her daughter seriously injured when a motor car crushed 50ft. over a steep embankment on the Richmond…

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Involved in Smash at Archerfield Air Accidents Investigation Committee

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 4

BRISBANE, Monday:--Members of the Air Accidents Investigation Committee were involved in a smash at Archerfield to-day…

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Struck by Timber Man's Leg Broken In Unusual Accident

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 4

On his way to Woodenbong to spend the holiday week-end, John Salotti, 26, of Wooloowin, Brisbane, was the victim of an…

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Narrow Escape Members of Air Accidents Committee BRISBANE

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 10

When the retractable undercarriage of their two-engined Monospar folded up before the machine took off three members of the…

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R.A.F. Machine Crashed Pilot Killed; Six Injured SINGAPORE

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 6

An R.A.F. flying boat participating in manoeuvres crashed in the straits of Johore. Pilot Officer Robert Blain (22) was killed and six others injured…

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Made Insane by Accident £3550 Awarded In Damages

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 2

A man who lost his reason as the result of a motor-car accident figured in a claim at Manchester Assizes recently…

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Local and General Cars in Collision

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 4

Two cars were involved in a collision opposite the Police Station in Murwillumbah Street, Murwillumbah, last night. The driver of one vehicle…

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£2500 CLAIMED Sequel to Collision SYDNEY

Northern Star · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 6

Arising out of a collision between a motor car driven by Mrs. Constance Attwill and a bicycle ridden by Harry Lees at Strathfleld in…

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Collision in Fog French Steamer Aground In Sinking Condition

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 4

LONDON, Tuesday:--In a fog near Terneuzen, the steamer Bullaren collided with the French passenger steamer Conde, which is aground in…

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Mid-air Collision DAKAR

Northern Star · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 10

Two 'planes from the French aircraft carrier, Bearn, collided in midair and crashed in flames to-day. Six were killed…

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Knew Collision Was Unavoidable Melbourne

Northern Star · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 9

AN inquiry into the collision between the steamers Caradale and Kakariki, near Gellibrand Light last Friday night, resulting…

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"Drowned" for 15 Minutes. Yet Lives!

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 2

Alan Lower (19), of Matraville, was saved from drowning in remarkable circumstances at Neilson Park on Monday. A girl who had dived off a pontoon…

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