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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Car Accidents Near Goulburn Two Injured GOULBURN

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 1

Two accidents in which cars overturned and the occupants were fortunate not to be seriously injured, occurred near Goulburn yesterday…

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COLLISION On Randwick Track SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 1

Brazilian and Segovia collided while working at Randwick this morning, and both horses fell. Their respective riders, A. Fanning and E. Levi…

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Under Control Firemen Injured Cincinatti

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 1

Three huge tanks of oil are still burning, but the firemen report that the fire is now under control, temporarily at least. Fifteen firemen were…

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Tornado in Sydney Four Killed; 300 Injured Sydney

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 2

The death roll in tornado, which yesterday swept through the Metropolitan area, is four, while approximately 300 persons were injured…

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Terrific Storm Sydney's Terrifying Experience Four People Killed and Many Injured Incalculable Property Damage SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 4

Four lives were lost, 200 people were injured, and property damage which at present it is impossible to assess, was caused by one of the most violent thunderstorms in the history of the. State which was experienced in the…

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Fatal Accident Death of Mr. Stanley Schweitzer GRENFELL

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 1

Mr. Stanley Schweitzer, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Schweitzer, died at the hospital yesterday morning through injuries received while riding…

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Burning Accident Clothes Caught Alight

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 2

Mr. W. Elbourne lorry driver of J. S. Oag and Sons, was cleaning his over-alls at the place of his residence on Saturday afternoon using…

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Child Drowned Near House Gosford

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 4

When a two-year-old child, Joyce Bower, was missed from her home at Late Terrigal this afternoon, a search revealed that she had been drowned…

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Appalling Disaster 16 Drowned Heroic Negro Miami (U.s.a.)

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 1

When a wheel collapsed and caused a motor 'bus to leave the highway and roll into a canal 17 persons, including two children, were drowned before…

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Gas Meter Bursts Four People Injured in Brisbane Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 5

A gas meter exploded in Queenstreet this afternoon and three shops were wrecked. Three women and a man were injured. The explosion…

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Appalling Disaster Seventeen Drowned When 'Bus Crashes Into Canal Heroic Negro Miami (U.s.a.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 4

When a wheel collapsed and caused a motor bus to leave the highway and roll into a canal 17 persons, including two children,…

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H. Perry Injured at Kensington

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1937 · page 8

Southern district sportsmen will regret, to learn that H. Perry sustained flight concussion and a broken collar tone when Soot fell with him in the…

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Builder Injured

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 4

When engaged in building a house for himself at Burrundana on Wednesday, Thomas Oakman, aged 65 years, was injured. A plank fell on…

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Telegrams Grazier Drowned Sydney

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 2

Richard Bevan McAlister, grazier of Quandialla, was drowned in the surf at Bond! yesterday. He got into difficulties when swimming away…

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Boy Drowned Entered Water After Meal

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 2

"If the boy had not had a big meal shortly before he entered the water his life might have been saved, said the deputy coroner at Wagga, at the…

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Burr-cutter Injured Gashed by Shovel

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 3

T. Stevens, of Yanco, was cutting burrs alongside the channel on Tuesday afternoon, when the shovel that he was using slipped and inflicted a…

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Serious Accident Man Has Narrow Escape GRENFELL

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 1

Mr. Bert Priddle, of Old Glenelg, Forbes road, had a hair-raising experience which was not as serious as might have been. Mr. Priddle was…

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Peculiar Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 6

Whilst attending a bull on his property at Sandy Gully, Adelong, Mr. Fred Grady went to tether It to a post, but it became uncontrollable, and…

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A Memorable Train Accident Anniversary Day, 1885 Crash Near Cootamundra

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 7

Anniversary Day 52 years ago fell on a Sunday. Torrential rains fell in the south on the Saturday night and throughout Sunday. Bolton Park was…

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Simple Accident

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 29 January 1937 · page 2

Little 8-year old Rex Schier, after peeling a peach tossed the pen-knife point down into the ground. He then attempted to climb a small kurrajong…

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