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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Miner Injured Entombed in Fall of Coal Newcastle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 1

Donald Anthony (60), a miner employed at Stockton borehole colliery, was critically injured when he was entombed by about two tons of coal…

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Walmer Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death Praise for Rescuers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 3

At the Coroner's Court this morning, Mr. H. C. Lord, Coroner, held an inquiry into the death of William John Pearson, who was accidentally…

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Well-deserved Praise The Walmer Fatality

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 2

The battlefield is not the only place in which persons show disregard of danger when it comes to a point of assisting anyone in trouble…

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Two Men Injured Premature Explosion

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 6

Two men employed in the construction works on the main western road at the Serpentine met with a serious accident on…

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Plane Fatality

The Western Herald · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 5

Melbourne.—Pilot E. J. Hagerty, 23, was killed when an R.A.A.F. aeroplane in which he was engaged in air fighting practice, crashed…

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Two Injured In Car Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 4

Two persons were admitted to the District Hospital as the result of an accident on the Narromine Road, about 13 miles from Dubuo,…

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Fatal Collision Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 1

When his bicycle and a motor lorry collided at Glebe to-day, Richard Roberts fell between the wheels of the lorry and was fatally…

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Sad Drowning Tractor Capsizes in Creek Lismore

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 1

Stanley Charles Gray (23), laborer was drowned in Pearce's Creek when a tractor on which he was working. I capsized into about four feet of water…

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Two Killed In Collision Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 1

Patrick Kelleher, aged 74 years, was killed and Mrs. Ellen Crawford, aged 64 years, died later from her…

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Fatal Collision Worker Loses His Life Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 1

When his bicycle and a motor lorry collided at Glebe, today, Richard Roberts fell between the wheels of the lorry and was fatally injured…

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Drowned in Creek Pinned Down by Tractor Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 April 1937 · page 1

Stanley Charles Gray, aged 23 years, a labourer, was drowned in a creek near Lismore, when a tractor on which he was riding capsized…

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Car Fatality. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 5

[?]ning from the Sydney Show [?] home at W. long, Mrs. Gunaington, aged 54 was killed last night when a car over turned on…

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Killed in a Collision. London

The Western Herald · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 5

William Patrick Kelleher, 74, was killed instantly and Mrs. Ellen Crawford, 64, died later from her injures as the result of an collision…

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Constable Killed in Collision. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 5

His body pierced a shaff of a sulky Edward Thomas Martin, 25 a probationary Constable of Arncliffe, met a terrible death. He…

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Caught in Current Stinson Crash Accident Committee's Finding Brisbane, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 1

Giving evidence to-day at the inquest into the Stinson disaster, Andrew Lauchland, Civil Aviation Department control officer at Archerfield aerodrome,…

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Trangie Calf Runs Amok Victims of Accidents Sporting Topics

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 4

The Trangie Cricket Club will hold its last match of the season next Sunday against Llanver, at Trangie, for the McIntyre Gold Cup. As the…

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Serious Motor Collision Wellington Residents Injured Eight Taken to Hospital

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 3

Eight people were conveyed to the Base Hospital, Orange, yesterday afternoon by the two Orange Ambulance…

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Accident Near Dubbo Collision Between Car and Utility Truck

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 6

Mr. Stuart White, of Coonabarabran, was involved in an accident on Saturday night last near Dubbo, when a collision occurred between…

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Captain and Fireman Drowned in the Irish Sea London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 1

The captain ana a fireman were drowned when the motor ship, Taranaki, which is well known in Australian waters, collided with the cargo…

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One Dead Another Injured Aboriginal Quarrel Darwin

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 1

One aboriginal is dead and another badly wounded as a result of a quarrel at Coraloola. The trouble, it is alleged, arose…

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