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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Items of News Murrumbidgee Drowning

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 2

Dragging and diving operations for the body of Mrs. Charlotte Emily Heinecke, aged about 49 years, who is believed to nave entered the…

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Cycling Injured Rider's Progress

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 6

Jack Douglas, formerly of Junee, and now of Temora, who was seriously injured in a cycle race at Temora on Boxing Day, and who was admitted to…

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Girl Cyclist Injured

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 4

A severely lacerated wound to the head was sustained by Mavis Beeche, aged 10 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. Beeche, Crampton-street,…

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Murrumbidgee Fatality Body Of Victim Found

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 5

Floating in the water and caught by some willows at the rear of the Old Dixieland palais (Wagga), the body of Mrs. Charlotte Emily…

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Accidents in Industry Claims at the Peak Increased Number of Young Workers Injured

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 7

In its dealings with the value or life and limb, the Workers Compensation Commission has found that a substantial number of the accident…

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Murrumbidgee Fatality Body of Victim Found Caught in Willows Near Dixieland

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 4

Floating in the water and caught by some willows at the rear of the old i Dixieland palate, the body of Mrs. .Charlotte Emily Heinecke, aged, about…

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Collision in Channel Stearing Gear Failed, Says Ship's Master Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 2

The failure of the stealing gear was the explanation given to the Court of Marine Inquiry to-day by Captain Herbert Heathcote, master of the…

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Collision with Bridge Motorists Injured

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 1

Mr. Gilbert Patterson, salesman for Mr. L. Cusack, was driving to Murrami on Wednesday night ac­companied by Miss I. Senior, of…

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Couple Believed Drowned Devonport (Tas.)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 8

The yacht Star, in which Manoel Fienti an a girl companion. Betty Brown, left here on Sunday, has been found on the beach near Georgetown…

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Injured in Fall From Petrol Waggon

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 4

When Frederick Scarr, aged about 32 years, a driver for the Atlantic Union Oil Company, was unscrewing one of the taps on his oil truck in…

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Fall From Stack Wheat Lumper Injured

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 2

Len Harris, of Murrami, was work­ing on a wheat stack in the railway yards at Murrami on Monday morn­ing when he over balanced and in…

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Crashed Into Tree Cootamundra Resident Badly Injured Cootamundra

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 1

Mr. N. M.Lees, a well-known commission agent of Cootamundra, suffered severe Injuries when his car crashed into a tree on the…

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Mr. N. M. Lees Injured Terrific Crash on Muttama Road

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 5

Mr. N. M. ("Poss") Lees, well-known Cootomundra agent, suffered severe injuries when he crashed into a tree on the Muttama road on Tuesday night…

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Motoring After Accident Motorist Should Stop

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 3

What is the wisest course for a motorist to adopt if his car is involved in an accident? Sometimes an owner will say: "Oh, I could not have…

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Junee Inquest Fatal Accident at Station Train Examiner's Death Dangerous Occupation

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 4

The inquest opened at Junee Court House on Wednesday morning into the death of Bernard John Thomas Kennedy, a railway examiner, who was…

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Indemnity for All Motor Accidents Queensland New Protective Legislation

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1937 · page 3

Advice has been received from Mr. A. G. Bill, manager of the road service department of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia, that the vexed…

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Man Seriously Injured

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 6

Lea Harris, of Murrami, was working on a wheat stack in the railway yards at Murrami when be overbalaneed and, in falling, struck the metal…

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Responsibility for Collision Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 8

An error of judgment on the part of Captain Watson, of the freighter Allara, was held by the Court of Marine Inquiry to-day to have been…

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Two Motor Accidents at Leeton Three People Injured Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 8

Gilbert Patterson, salesman, was driving to Murrami when the car developed a wobble on the rough track and crashed into a bridge. Miss…

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Injured by Fall of Earth

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 January 1937 · page 3

Whilst engaged in excavation work on the Tumblong-Tarcutta deviation yesterday, Thomas Price, 30, of Lewisham, Wagga, received injuries…

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