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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Car and Tram In Serious Crash Two Injured

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 June 1937 · page 1

When a tram, and motor collided at Botany early this morning Frank Underwood, aged 45 years, received general…

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Scaffolding Collapses One Dead—Two Injured Hobart

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 June 1937 · page 1

Three men, all believed to be from N.S.W., fell 41 feet to the ground when the scaffolding on which they were working at the Tasmanian Paper Pulp…

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Through Two Wars Old Soldier Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 2

Henry Collins (58), of "Hampden Park." Binnaway, who went through both the Boer and Great Wars unseathed, fell from a…

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Gas Explosion Boys Injured at Play Wagga

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 1

Two small boys, Laurie Wind and John Davidson, were seriously injured, at Wagga, when carbide gas, with which they were filling toy balloons,…

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Road Accidents in New South Wales During 1936

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 7

During 1936, there were 10,625 road accidents reported in New South Wales, 550 persons were killed, and 6,894 others were…

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Accident Liability Legal Position Explained Where the Motorist Stands

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 June 1937 · page 6

Ambulance men are emphatic that many a person lias lost his life through the misplaced kindness of those who attempt to help…

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Crashed Into Creek Man Fatally Injured Gundagai, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 June 1937 · page 1

When a motor lorry crashed through a bridge and fell into a creek, to-day, Matthew Meagher (52), a linker, was fatally injured…

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Car Fatality Boxer and Wife Killed Melbourne

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 June 1937 · page 1

Leo Bandias, aged 33 years, former amateur champion heavyweight boxer, and his wife, Vita Maude Bandias, aged 31 years, were killed…

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Went for a Swim And Was DroWned Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 June 1937 · page 1

John McLeod, aged 45 years, who was collecting shellfish on the teach near Port Kembla with two companions, decided to…

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Shooting Accident Bob Richardson Injured

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 17 June 1937 · page 1

Whilst out shooting on his par ents' property at Kickabil on Sunday last, Mr. Bob Richardson had the misfortune to have…

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Shooting Fatality. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 18 June 1937 · page 5

At the Central Court, Edgar Arthur Evans, orchardist, 31, was charged with having murdered his father, Arthur Clarke Evans, 74…

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Local Jottings Cars in Collision

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 June 1937 · page 2

A triple collision took place on the main western road near the cemetery on Saturday night, in which three vehicles were concerned, but…

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Fishermen Drowned Boat Capsizes in River Albury

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1937 · page 1

Thomas Campbell (22), laborer, was drowned in Wondonga Creek yesterday. He and William Wormes (16) were in a boat, fishing for lobsters,…

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Collision Truck and Sanitary Cart

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 1

A motor truck owned and driven by Mr. Ray Diggs came into violent contact with the Gilgandra Shire Council's sanitary cart near the…

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Gunnedah Man Killed Accident Near Coonabarabran. Truck Crashes Over Embankment

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 24 June 1937 · page 7

Skidding in some loose gravel on the approach to a culvert at Munin Creek, 15 miles from Coonabarabran, on the…

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Fatigue and Road Accidents

The Western Herald · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 2

"Having had many years" driving experience I am convinced from my own reactions that many road accidents could be avoided if…

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Accident

The Western Herald · Friday 25 June 1937 · page 4

When the Cobar football team were journeying to Bourke last Sunday morning one of their players, Jack Wilson, had the…

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Man Drowned Found in the Macquarie Victorian Man's End

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 June 1937 · page 2

Mr. Les Herring, an employee of the Wellington Municipal Council, received a great shock on Saturday morning…

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Coroner’s Inquiry Gunnedah Road Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 1 July 1937 · page 3

An inquest into the death of Edward Gordon Ray, log carter, of Gunnedah, who was killed when he was pinned underneath a truck, which crashed over an embankment on the Gunnedah Road, about 15 miles from Coonabarabran, last…

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Jumped Off Lorry Accidental Death

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 July 1937 · page 9

Percy Edward Cassidy (14), son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Henry Cassidy, of South Canowindra, was killed in a distressing motor accident on…

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