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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

3,731 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 187

'Plane's Crash Into Surf. One Killed; Four Injured. Long Wait for Aid. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 12

A Fox Moth aeroplane carrying five persons crashed in the surf while attemping to land on the beach at Big Bay, near Milford Sound…

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Cricketer's Mother Dies in Motor Accident London

The Sun · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 3

MRS. FLORENCE FARNES, 58, mother of Kenneth Farnes, the Essex fast bowler now with…

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Two Killed On New Year's Eve Many Accidents in Celebrations

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 January 1937 · page 2

OVER 100 road accidents --two of them fatal-- occurred during Sydney's celebration of the New…

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Cyclist in Collision

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1937 · page 2

Following a col[?]sion between a bicycle and a car at the intersection of Prince's Highway and Acacia-road, Sutherland, the [?]ycllst, L. Williams…

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Youth Drowned Lawson

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1937 · page 2

James Young, 17, of Flemington, who was holidaying at Hazelbrook, was drowned in the Lawson swimming pool this morning. His sister…

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Motor Cyclist Badly Injured

Truth · Sunday 3 January 1937 · page 17

TED DOWLING, 21, Of Mc[?]wraithstreet, Prince's Hill, was seriously injured when competing in the Autocycle Union's grass track meeting…

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Bottle Struck Train Window Woman Injured by Flying Glass

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1937 · page 3

Police yesterday investigated a report that a bottle thrown through the window of a train at Mortdale had injured Mrs. Helen Selan, of…

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Rare Football Accident Has Parallel Here

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1937 · page 11

One of the most rare football accidents, believed to have occurred only once before, and then in Sydney, is reported from…

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Farnes's Mother Killed Motor Accident After Christmas Visit London

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1937 · page 1

Mrs. Florence Fames, 58, mother of Kenneth Fames, the Essex fast bowler, now with the M.C.C. team in Australia, was killed to-day in a…

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May Have Been Accident Mystery Shooting of Laborer Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 3 January 1937 · page 5

Mystery still surrounds the shooting of Joseph Page, 25, laborer, who was hit by a bullet in the right breast at Penshurst, in the Western…

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Found Father Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 5

WAGGA, Sunday.--William Payne, of The Rock, was found drowned in shallow water in a dam by his 16-year-old daughter yesterday. He had…

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Cyclist Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 11

MAITLAND, Sunday.--Severe lacerations and shock were sustained by Henry Charles Tame (15), of Greyville Street, Beresfield, when the…

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Two Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 11

GOSFORD, Sunday.--Following a crash when their motor-cycle struck a stone on the Avoca road today, Roland Burns, 19, of Terrigal, and…

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Holidays Ended in Death Tragic Drowning Cases MAN & YOUTH

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 1

BEFORE he sank to his death in the Wollondilly River at Burragorang on Saturday. George-Denton, 42, married, of Marlborough Street,…

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Injured Fire Officer Has Improved

The Sun · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 8

The condition to-day of District Officer E. H. Parkes, who was injured on Saturday night during the fire in Robson Building, Pitt-street,…

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Man Killed in Car Collision Adelaide

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 5

D. Disher, of Melbourne, was killed and his wife seriously injured about the head and legs when a car collided with a lorry at Monarto…

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Girl Drowned in Yacht Capsize Brisbane

The Labor Daily · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 5

BECOMING jammed under the forward decking of the restricted yacht, Astra, which capsized in Moreton Bay during a storm this…

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Youth Drowned. Sisters Rescue Efforts Fail. Lawson

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 9

James Young, 17, of Flemington, who was spending a holiday at Hazelbrook, was drowned in the Lawson swimming pool yesterday morning…

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Two Children Drowned. Darling River Tragedy. Broken Hill

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 9

Two children were drowned in tragic circumstances in the River Darling at Cuthero Station, about 100 miles south-east of Broken Hill, on New Year's Day. They were: John…

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Sailors Injured. Car Strikes Light Standard. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 January 1937 · page 11

Five sailors from the vessel Waiotapu were injured, when a motor car in which they were travelling struck an electric light standard, on the Lower Esplanade, St. Kilda, on Saturday…

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