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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

3,731 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 187

Collision in Bay Captain Tells of Wreck Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 20

THAT, after giving one warning blast of the ship's whistle, he knew that a collision with the Kakariki…

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Toll of the Road Crushed to Death by Bales Fell From Lorry On Boy In Collision Tragic Scene

The Labor Daily · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 5

AFTER his bicycle and a motor lorry had collided yesterday in Botany Road, Botany, JOHN JAMES ARTHUR TROUGHTON, 14. of King…

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Supreme Court. Vacation Causes. (Before Mr. Acting Justice Owen and jury.) Motor Car and Bicycle Collision. Claim for Damages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 5

Harry Roland Lees, aged 17, of South Strathfield, was plaintiff in an action for damages against Constance Attwill. The action arose out of a collision on the…

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£305 Awarded to Youth Face Scarred After Accident

The Sun · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 14

Harry Rowlands Lees, a 17-year-old storeman, whose face was scarred as the result of an accident at Strathfield last year, was to-day…

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Accident to Linesman. Unconscious at Top of Pole

The Propeller · Thursday 4 February 1937 · page 4

Claude Leeson, of Belgrave Street, Koganah an employee of the St. George County Council, was working on Tuesday afternoon on an electric…

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Bullaren in Collision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 5

The Swedish motorship Bullaren, en route from Australia to European ports, came into collision with the French steamer…

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Motor Collision Case

The St George Call · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 2

Arthur Francis Schacht, of Canterbury Road, Campsie, sued E. O'Sullivan, of Clark Street, Peakhurst, in the District Court, for £30 for damage to a…

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Treating Injured Hoof

The Land · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 17

"J.T.": What can he done for a horse's hoof that is growing out as a result of an injury? There is pus coming away from the hoof, and this…

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Police Sergeant Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 11

Two days ago Sergeant M. Morgan, 50, was transferred from Gladesville to Parramatta police station, and yesterday he was knocked down by a motor lorry after he had stepped…

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Timberman Injured. Kyogle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 9

Andrew O'Neill. 65, timber cutter, married, employed by the Cougal Sawmill Co., was btriorsly injured to-day when cutting timber in the forest four miles from the mill near the…

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District Court. (Before Judge Thomson.) Motor Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 6

Arthur Francis Schacht, of Canterbury-road, Campsie, sued E. O'Sullivan, of Clark-street, Peakhurst, for £30 for damage to a motor car resulting from a collision at the…

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Kakariki and Caradale Inquiry Into Collision MELBOURNE

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 4

The inquiry into the collision between the Kakariki and Caradale, at which Mr. Freeman, Police Magistrate, presided, was opened to-day…

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Inquiry on Kakariki Collision Blew Whistles, Say Captains Clear Night Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 6

The inquiry into the collision between the steamers Caradale and Kakariki, near the Gellibrand Light last Friday night, resulting in the…

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English Team. Several Members Injured. Manager to Play at Geelong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 15

Illness and sickness have depleted the English team and the desire to rest Hammond and Barnett, who are not disabled, has [?]ed to the manager (Mr. Rupert Howard) being…

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Toll of the Road Boy Is Fatally Injured Many Hurt In Collisions Motor Cycles

The Labor Daily · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 1

A LAD, Kenneth Good, 13 of Bellbird, was fatally injured yesterday afternoon when his bicycle and a lorry collided…

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Supreme Court. Vacation Causes. (Before Mr. Acting Justice Owen and jury.) Motor Car and Bicycle Collision. Claim for Damages

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 6

The hearing was concluded of the action for damages instituted by Harry Roland Lees against Constance Attwill. Plaintiff, alleging negligence and…

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Asylum After Accident Police Story Of Woman Victim

The Sun · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 12

Knocked down by a taxi-cab in William-street, city, on December 7, a woman was so badly injured that later she had to be taken to an…

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Speed Versus Safety on Roads Old Drivers Give Their Views Many Suggestions Offered to Reduce Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 February 1937 · page 16

WITH the authorities seeking to impose a 30 m.p.h. speed limit, motorists throughout New South Wales have written to the Daily Telegraph expressing their opinions on the subject…

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Boy Drowned. Priest's Rescue Effort

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 17

When a canoe capsized in Tambourine Bay, not far from Riverview College, yesterday afternoon, a boy was drowned. The Rev. Father Lathal, of…

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Man Injured in Fall

The Labor Daily · Saturday 6 February 1937 · page 7

Overbalancing and falling 15 feet down a well at a flour mill at Ultimo yesterday, Charles Thompson, 60, process worker, of Rawson Street…

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