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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

3,731 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 187

Three Women Burned to Death in Plane Collision and Crash, Then Fatal Inferno Son Of Pilot Watches Tragic Death Of His Mother

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 1

THREE women were burnt to death yesterday afternoon in a plane crash at the Kingsford Smith Aerodrome, Mascot. The machine, piloted by Miss May Bradford,…

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Boy Killed, Widespread Damage in Terrific Storm Fifty Persons Injured Wreckage Stops Trains Cannery Collapses At Botany Park Stand Crashes

The Sun · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 1

AT least one person was killed and nearly 50 were injured in a fierce tropical storm, which swept Sydney and suburbs this afternoon. Ambulances were rushe dto Botany, where it…

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Three Women Burnt to Death. TIane Bursts Into Flames. Tragic Collision at Mascot. May Bradford One of Victims, Crowd of Hundreds Could Give No Aid

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 9

Miss May Bradford and two other women were burnt to death in a 'plane crash at Mascot aerodrome yesterday. The 'plane, a Klemm-Eagle monoplane, owned and piloted by Miss Bradford, collided with another 'plane, nose-dived, and burst…

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Injured Test Men Will Be Able to Play Fleetwood-smith Improves Week-end Rest Assists Don Bradman Stars Leave To-night

The Sun · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 2

REPORTS to-day on the fitness of Don Bradman, who injured a muscle in Adelaide on Saturday, and Fleetwood-Smith, suffering from a sore shoulder, were most assuring…

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Lack of Control at Aerodromes Greater Power Urged As Check on Accidents

The Sun · Monday 25 January 1937 · page 1

AVIATION exports in Sydney to-day agreed that effective control was necessary at aerodromes if accidents were to be avoided. "Yesterday's accident in which three women were…

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Trawler Wrecked Four Drowned

The Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 13

Four members of the crew were drowned when the Belgian trawler, Vierge Marie, went ashore on the Lamorna Rocks, near Penzance.-- Air Mail…

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Fortitude of Injured Children

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 12

The most seriously injured was Edward Green, of Bay-street, Botany, who was extricated from beneath a pile of broken timber, and he died shortly…

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Good Mile and Horse Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 2

Young Crusader (top) who galloped a very sound mile at Randwick this morning, and, below, Brazilian, who was injured while working on the same track…

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Mother Found Body Child Drowned In Terrigal Lake GOSFORD

The Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 12

Joyce Bower, aged two years, was drowned this afternoon in Terrigal Lake behind the home of her mother, Mrs Freda Bower, in Wamberal-road,…

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Four Die in Raging Sydney Storm Hundreds Are Injured; Great Damage Done Dairy Herd Disaster

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 1

A CYCLONIC storm of devastating propensities which swept down on the metropolitan area about 4 p.m. yesterday and raged in many suburbs for about 15 minutes, resulted in the deaths of three children and one adult, injuries to hundreds of others, and thousands…

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Brazilian Hurt in Collision on Randwick Track Jockeys Escaped Injury Smart Gallops For Meeting On Saturday Gay Blonde's Sprint

The Sun · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 2

RANDWICK highlights this morning :-- Peter Pan's half-brother Brazilian narrowly escaped serious injury when he figured in a collision…

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Violent Wind Storm in Sydney Suburbs Leaves Trail of Death and Damage: Four Killed, Many Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 14

A boy was killed debris near the pont where his tree fell at Booralee Park, Botany. Flying roofing iron and other debris fell in Botany-road, Botany, where many shops were unroofed…

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Death and Ruin in Trail of Fierce Tornado Sudden Storm Cuts Wide Swath Through Suburbs Two Crushed to Death by Falling Walls Boy Drowned In Rush Of Stormwater: 108 Cows Electrocuted

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 1

A TORNADO of the worst tropical violence swept over suburbs from Ermington to Botany yesterday leaving a trail of death and ruin. It began at 4 p.m. and lasted only a few minutes…

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Teller Wounded. Revolver Accidentally Discharged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 January 1937 · page 8

Charles Dilloway, 24, bank teller, of 67 Brook-street, Coogee, was accidentally shot while at work in the Waterloo branch of the Commonwealth Bank, Elizabeth-street…

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Drowned Man Identified

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 2

The body of the man found in Apple Tree Bay, Cowan Creek, on Sunday, was identified yesterday as Frederick James King, 46, of…

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Carpenter Injured

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 5

Falling about 20 feet from the top storey to the next floor, Russell Ellis, 41. a carpenter, of Ganfield Street, Five Dock, was injured while…

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Brazilian Severely Injured

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 2

WHILE exercising on the tan track at Randwick yesterday morning, Brazilian and Segovia collided near the winning post, and both horses…

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Factory Hand Injured

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 6

After suffering severe lacerations to a finger in a cuttin machine at Cook's confectionery factory in Young Street. Redfern, yesterday…

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Death of Injured Tram Driver

The Sun · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 13

Albert George Oliver 53, tram driver, of Dewrang-street, Lldcombe, died yesterday in St. Vincent's Hospital as a result of injuries he…

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Deaths Precede Bridge Fatality Widow's Sad Story

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 27 January 1937 · page 7

Patrick Navin, 42, of Pitt Street, Waterloo, who was killed in a fall from the Harbor bridge on Monday, had buried his sister that day…

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