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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

3,731 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 187

Shortly Before Accident in Canterbury Park Stakes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 13

Kinsfolk (E. Bartle) is leading Sine Cera (R. Maxwell), on the outside. Immediately behind Kinsfolk is Roma (A. Ward), who fell shortly afterwards, in trying for an opening between Kinsfolk and the rails, and died from haemorrhage. Veritas (R. James) and Grecian Art (R. Heather) are next in order…

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Motor Accidents. Three People Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 7

There were numerous motor accidents in Sydney during the week-end, three of which were fatal. Mrs Lillian Parker, 56, of Lyons-road,…

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Faulty Vision. Cause of Motor Accidents. Ban on One-eyed Drivers Urged. Science Congress Papers. Auckland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 10

Defective vision of drivers was described as a much underrated cause of motor accidents in papers read to the opticians' division of the physics…

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Accident Was Fatal to Roma Jockey Lucky To Escape With Shaking

The Labor Daily · Monday 18 January 1937 · page 2

WHILE attempting to move up on the inside of Sine Cera and Kinsfolk to the front a little less than a furlong from home to the…

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Girl Saved From Drowning. Ulmarra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 9

When Madge Furner, of Calliope, who was unable to swim, walked into the Clarence River, cries for assistance from her party were not heeded by a party of swimmers on the…

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Two Boys Drowned. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 12

Two children, aged 13 and 15, sons of Mr. George Bockelberg, of Poochera, were drowned at Little Island, near Streaky Bay, to-day. The boys went fishing with their father off…

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Brothers Drowned While Canoeing Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 5

Two brothers, Edward Bockelberg, 15, and Colin Bockelberg, 13, of Poochera, were thrown out of a canoe and drowned between Streaky Bay…

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Mr. James, M.h.r., Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Monday. -- At Abermain today the car of Mr. James, M.H.R., driven by Mr. J. Simpkins, struck a telegraph pole…

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Racing Cyclists Injured At Canterbury Velodrome

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 12

Aries Van Vliet, world's and Olympic champion cyclist, was injured in a bad fall at the Canterbury Velodrome last night. In the same accident, two Australian racing…

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Three Men Drowned. Tragedy at Wingham. Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 12

George Robertson, Jack Williams, and Mick Finley'were drowned to-night at Wingham, near the wharf. They had been fishing at Devil's Elbow,…

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Three Young Men Drowned in Capsize Taree

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 1

THREE men, George Robertson Jack Williams and Mick Finley, were drowned to-night at Wingham shortly before 11 o'clock…

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Tramway Men Injured While Working on Footboards

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 5

Called "death planks" by tramway men, tram footboards were responsible for two accidents that occurred within a few minutes of each…

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Sisters Drowned. Tragedy at Boorowa. Return to Water in Father's Absence

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 12

Dorothy, 11, and Patricia, 8, daughters of Mr. J. C. Harpley, baker, of Boorowa, were drowned in the Boorowa River on Saturday evening. The girls…

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Twelve Persons Injured. Lorry Overturns Near Young. YOUNG

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 9

Twelve persons were injured yesterday following the overturning of a motor lorry on the Thuddungra-Grenfell road, 13 miles from Young. The accident occurred at the…

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Sisters Buried Together Were Drowned Locked In Each Other's Arms Father's Shock

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 5

SIDE by side, two little sisters, Dorothy Harpley, 11, and Patricia, 9, who, locked in each other's arms, were found…

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'Plane Hit Sea Girl Dead; Two Injured Rescue in Boat Brisbane

The Sun · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 1

ONE passenger was killed and the pilot and another passenger were badly injured, when a 'plane crashed into…

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Trapped by Fire. Resourceful Milkman. One Nurse Killed; One Injured. New York, Jan. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 11

When fire broke out in a nurses' home, in which there was no fire escape, one nurse was burned to death and another was gravely injured. Several persons were rescued in…

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Rail Car Smash in N.Z. Passenger Killed. Five Others Injured. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 12

William Jeffries, 65, auctioneer, was killed, and five persons were injured when a rail car left the lines at a crossing near Hokitika…

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Prison Riot. Many Escape. Tear Gas Fails. Guards Injured and Building Wrecked. GUELPH (Ontario), Jan. 18

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 11

The prisoners at the Ontario Reformatory gained control of the prison after a riot in which blankets and mattresses were burned, lights…

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CASUALTIES. Day of Many Accidents. Child Killed in Street

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1937 · page 12

William Walker Mitchell, 5, of Avoca-street, Bondi, was fatally injured in a motor accident in Bondi-road, Bondi, yesterday afternoon. He was playing in the street with…

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