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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

3,731 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 187

Pillion Rider Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 2

Thomas Bazeley, 29, Grey Street, Carlton, who was riding pillion on a cycle which came into collision with a car in Bunnerong Road, Yarra Bay,…

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Cricketer Injured. Young

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 5

Playing cricket against Thuddungra, Stan Murray, Tubbul's third-grade captain, slipped on the glazed surface concrete wicket recently put down at Tubbul, and broke his right…

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Driving Under Influence. Sequel to Collision

The St George Call · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 2

As a result of a collision between two motor vehicles at the corner of Regent Street and Prince’s Highway, Edward John Pearce, (41), masseur, appeared…

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Two Die in Thames Collision London

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 1

TWO persona were killed when two steamers collided during a fog on the Thames…

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Injured Man. Dying Depositions Taken. GRIFFITH

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 8

The dying depositions of Norman Ronald James Gates were taken at the Griffith District Hospital, to which he had been admitted suffering from concussion and other…

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Woman Burnt to Death. Trapped in Motor Car. Fire Follows Collision. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 7

A woman was trapped in the blazing wreekage of her motor car at Moorabin early this morning and was burnt to death. The woman was Mrs. Anne Greene, of…

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Hurled From Sleigh. Amateur Jockey Killed. Actress Injured. St. Moritz (Switzerland), Dec. 31

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 8

While the American actress, Peggy Joyce, and the well-known amateur jockey, Charles Jackson, of London University, were returning to their hotel in a horse-sleigh along Cresta…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Penrith

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 5

A man, believed to be James Duddley. about 35, whilst riding on the truck of a goods train leaving Penrith, fell on the line between Kingswood and Werrington, and was killed…

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Over 150 Hurt on New Year's Eve Woman Dies From Injuries Record List of Road Accidents

The Sun · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 8

ONE death resulted from injuries in traffic in which more than 150 casualties were reported last night. A record was established for the number injured on New Year's Eve…

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Youths' Deaths Were Accidental Newcastle

The Labor Daily · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 8

A veraictn of accidental death was returned at the Inquest to-day on Lancelot Ernest Turnbull. 20, of Clarence Road, New Lambton. and Walter Henry Turner. 19, of…

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Accident Cured Injury!

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 January 1937 · page 5

HAVING worked for three days with a dislocated neck, a doctor had the dislocation pushed back into position when…

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Drowned in Baths Tragedy At Lawson

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 7

HAVING succeeded in swimming the length of the baths at Lawson to-day, James Young, 18, of Ormond-street, Ashfield,…

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Drowned in Creek. Wife Witnesses Tragedy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 11

William John Nichols, 22, of Edward-street, Wollongong, was drowned in Fairy Creek, near Wollongong, yesterday afternoon. He had been married four mouths, and his…

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Boy's Eye Injured Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 10

Thomas Green of Bankstown, camped with his parents at Stuart Park, Wollongong, was taken to hospital with his left eye badly lacerated. He became caught on…

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Bottle Through Window Train Passenger Injured

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 2

Mrs. Helen Solan, of Belves-street, Penshurst, suffered injuries to her face last night when fragments of a bottle, shattered when thrown from…

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Launch Capsizes. Two Men Injured. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 11

Two men were slightly injured when A launch was blown ashore at Coal Point, Lake Macquaire, in a strong south-westerly gale, to-night. The launch capsized and sank…

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Gay Sheik and Rider Injured Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 2

WHEN Gay sheik fell at the home turn in the Bagot Handicap at Flemington to-day, he injured a shoulder and his rider, E. Preston,…

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Cyclist Crashed Over Bank Boy Injured At French's Forest

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 2

Crashing over a 30ft. embankment when his bicycle got out of control while descending a hill in Gordon- road, French's Forest, to-day, Harold…

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Vessel's Dash for Port Sailor Injured In Hold At Sea

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 2

With a seriously injured seaman on board, the Port Bowen, after a 13-hours dash along the South Coast, arrived in Sydney at 1 a.m. to-day…

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One Dead 4 Injured in Crash Plane Dives Into Surf Wellington (N.z.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 1

ONE was killed and four were injured when an aeroplane crashed into the surf 30 miles north of…

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