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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Accident at 'Weekly' Office Two Fingers Severed by Paper Guillotine

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 1

Whilst trimming books on the proper guillotine, at the 'Weekly' [?]ce at about 11.30 a.m. on Monday, Mr. Walter Turner, a…

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Car Accidents Quite A Number At Week-end

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 4

The week-end proved a busy one as far as motor accidents were concerned, four being reported. Fortunately, they were not…

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Amazing Escape from Death Three Persons Pinned Beneath Car. Accident on Tooraweenah Road

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 8 April 1937 · page 1

Three passengers in a motor car had miraculous escapes’ from death about 10 a.m. on Sunday morning last, when the…

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Accidentally Shot. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 9 April 1937 · page 5

A bullet intended for the "Bullet Proof Woman" struck the "World's fattest boy" known as Bonnie Peter in the neck in a tent at the…

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Man Killed When Car Overturns Three Others Injured

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 April 1937 · page 1

Arthur Duncan (25), of Botany, was killed, and three other men injured when a car overturned following a blow-out in front of the…

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Grazier Injured In Unusual Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 1

An unusual accident, an a result of which M. Heckendorf (50), well-known grazier, of Mullengudgery, is likely to lose his arm,…

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Tragic Fatality Sullivan, V.C., Killed By Pedal Cyclist a Military Funeral

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1937 · page 5

In the midst of all the hero worship thai has been accorded the Australian Coronation Contingent, in London, King Death stalked and on Saturday,…

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Unknown Boy Loses Life in Collision Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 1

In a collision between a bicycle and a car on Parramatta Road, Homebush James Parr suffered concussion, and a boy, who has not yet been identified,…

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Accident Sequel Claim for Damages Plaintiff Asks for £2000

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 6

The sequel to an accident in Macquarie Street on the afternoon of May 8, 1936, when a girl named Alma Anderson was pinned by her…

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Terrible Accident Grazier's Misfortune

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 April 1937 · page 14

A shocking accident occurred to Mr. M. Heckendorf, the well known grazier of Mullengudgery, who had his elbow torn off by a passing lorry…

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Unsuccessful Claim For £2000 Damages Street Accident Sequel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1937 · page 7

On May 8, 1936, when riding her bicycle along Macquarie Street, a girl named Alma Ethel Anderson collided with a motor car, driven…

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Bicycle Accident Girl Badly Injured Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 April 1937 · page 4

Tilly Chapman, aged 16 years, was [?] down a steep hill to Audley in National Park when she lost control of her bicycle which crashed…

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Tram Accident Boy's Predicament Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 April 1937 · page 1

John Lindsay, aged 14 years, was attempting to alight from a tram at Five Dock to-day, when one of his legs became jammed between…

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Fatal Collision Arthur Byers Killed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 5

A tragic collision occurred at 3.30 on Tuesday afternoon on the Western Highway, about six miles west from Lithgow…

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Lucky Escapes Collision on Bridge Utility Truck and Lorry

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 1

Narrow escapes from serious injury were experienced by the three occupants of a utility truck which collided with a…

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Car and Cycle Boy Killed in Collision Newcastle

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 1

When a bicycle, on which two boys were riding, collided with a car at New Latnbton last night, Douglas Pullin (11) was so badly injured that he died a…

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Ulamambri Child Dies After Mishap Thrown From Lorry Coroner Returns Verdict of Accidental Death

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 1

A pathetic tragedy, which resulted In the death of Ronald John Matheson, 8, son of Mrs. E. M. Matheson, of Ulamambri, occurred last Saturday, when the little boy was thrown out of a motor lorry, driven by Frederick Paul, on the…

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Unusual Accident. Woman Run Over by Driverless Lorry

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 22 April 1937 · page 9

When Mrs Gordon Merritt, of "Lanark," went to crank a Chevrolet motor lorry at her home on Sunday afternoon, the…

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Shocking Accident Young Couple Badly Injured Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 1

Bernard R. Medlyn, an Air Force officer, and his fiancee, Pearl Matthews (20), were badly injured when a motor cycle crashed into a goods train at…

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Gypsy Boy Injured Bitten by Alsatian

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1937 · page 1

Pulled from a bicycle by an Alsatian at the Dubbo Show Ground early to-day, Jimmie Stevens (5). a Gypsy, was badly bitten on the…

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