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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

3,731 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 187

First-aid in the Nursery. Treatment for Child Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 14

WHEN a child suffers an injury, any extra drain on his neroous system will cause a reaction and shock. This will retard deoelopment by deranging the, body progress and digestion. The mother must control her own feelings when her child receives an injury, and render him assistance and first-aid, so that the shock to his still unstable nervous…

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Holiday Accidents. Girl Falls Over Ledge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 12

Kathleen Stevens, 19, of Cleveland-street, Redfern, sustained a fracture of the right arm and shock when she fell over a ledge of rock at Neilsen Park yesterday. Eastern…

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Accidents Occur in the Best Air Experts Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 2

BRISBANE, Monday.--Members of the Air Accidents Investigation Committee were involved in a smash at Archerfield today, when taking off in…

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"More Police: Less Accidents" American Experiment

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 February 1937 · page 2

Proof that the presence of uniformed police officers on highways reduces accidents by about 75 per cent. was given in an experiment in…

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Level Crossing Fatality. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 11

Clement Vincent Hetherington, 30, electrician, attached to the Flinders Naval Depot, and formerly of Sydney, died in hospital to-day. Hetherington suffered head and chest…

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Cyclist Injured. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 13

James Bennett, or Fairfield, sydney, who was riding a bicycle, was thrown off the road when struck by a car eight miles out of Goulburn. He recelved concussion snd cuts, and…

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Collision Between Ships Averted. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 11

Prompt action by the officers and crew of the collier William McArthur to-day averted a collision in the Yarra at Newport between the collier and the British oil tanker British…

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Baby Drowned in Creek Hobart

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 1

Carleen Mary Carr, the 19- monthsold. daughter of Francis Carr, was drowned at Castle Forbes to-day when her mother. Ellen Carr. put…

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Sequel to Ships' Collision Interstate Service Rearrangements

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 8

Following the collision between the Caradale and Kakariki, in Port Phillip Bay, rearrangements have been made in interstate services…

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Two Men Drowned. Boat Capsized in Wind. ADELAIDE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 11

Axel Harry Lindquist, ship's carpenter, and Lars Rasmussen, able seamen, both 21, were drowned at Port Germein, about 2.15 a.m. to-day, when returning to the sailing ship…

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Sixteen Injured In Factory Riot New York

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 1

SIXTEEN, were injured during rioting between unionists and non-unionists at the Chevrolet plant at Flint. [?]Michigan…

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Constable Killed. Accident with Disabled Motor Cycle. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 10

As a result of head injuries which he received when a police motor cycle overturned at St. Kilda Junction yesterday, Constable Leonard Carden Rymer, 28, of Oakleigh, died…

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Wireless in Cars. May Cause Accidents. Remarks by Judge. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 15

"Perhaps I should not express my opinion too severely on wireless in motor cars, but I think that drivers might be inclined to concentrate their attention more on the wireless…

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Motorist Charged Christmas Eve Accident

The Sun · Wednesday 3 February 1937 · page 16

ALLEGATIONS that a motorist, while tinder the influence of liquor on Christmas Eve, had knocked…

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Drowned While Bathing

The Propeller · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 2

Mrs. Ethel May Parkinson, aged 38 years, formerly a resident of Hurstville, was drowned last Sunday in a water hole about twelve feet deep…

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Accidents of the Week. Pillion Rider Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 4

When a motor car and motor cycle came into collision on Monday at the intersection of Tyrrell and Frederick Streets, Rockdale, Miss Isabel Weir…

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Inquiry Into Ship Collision Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 10

Both the master of the Ill-fated Kakarlki, Capt. T. White, and the master of the Caradale, Capt. A. Hansen. are excepted to give evidence…

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Became Faint Young Man Drowned Coroner's Conclusion

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 1

"One can only come to the conclusion that this unfortunate drowning has taken place through the young man's becoming faint. Otherwise there would…

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Fall From Rocks. Woman Severely Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 1

The Queenscliff Life-saving Club was summoned to the aid of Arthur George Barber, 26, of Mosman, and Miss Norma McDonald, 26, of…

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Bullaren Damaged. Collision Off Dutch Coast. London, Feb

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 10

In a fog near Terneuzen, in an arm of the estuary of the Scheldt River, between Antwerp and Flushing, the Swedish motor vessel Bullaren, bound from Australian to…

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