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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

3,731 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 187

Savage Shark Kills Swimmer Shocking Surf Fatality Near Newcastle Monster Leapt Out of Water at Victim Newcastle

The Sun · Sunday 14 February 1937 · page 1

Only three minutes after he was attacked by a shark at Bar Beach this afternoon, the frightfully mutilated body of Jack Welsh, 32, floated…

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Yesterday's Accidents

Truth · Sunday 14 February 1937 · page 18

JACK CLARKE, 65, butcher, of Albion-street, City, collapsed in Albion-street and was dead when taken to Sydney Hospital by…

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Man Pinned When Car Overturned Many Accidents in Suburbs

The Sun · Sunday 14 February 1937 · page 2

Pinned to the ground by a car after it had overturned on the Hume Highway, near Liverpool, last night, William Hansen, 43,…

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Three Injured in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 7

MAITLAND, Sunday.--In a collision between two cars at the corner of Brook Street and Great Northern Road, Rutherford, yesterday afternoon, Lieut…

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Collision in Surf

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 7

Robert Underwood, 16, of St. Mark's Road, Randwick, suffered a probable fracture of the skull and concussion when he collided with another surfer…

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Drowned in Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 2

GRAFTON, Sunday. -- Frederick Johns, 30, of Yamba, was drowned in Yamba Bay this afternoon, when a rowing boat he was in was carried…

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Man Drowned. Maclean

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 11

Fred Johns, 30, was drowned in the Clarence River at Yamba this afternoon, when he fell overboard from a partially swamped rowing boat while on the way to Iluka. The…

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Motor Accidents. Two Boys Killed. Several Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 10

Motor accidents in the week-end resulted in the deaths of two boys. Peter Moncrief Lewis, 15, of Middle Harbour-road, Lindfield, died in the Royal North…

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Drowned When Boat Swamped Grafton

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 10

Fred Johns, about 30, was drowned in the Clarence River at Yamba this afternoon. He was rowing a small boat from [?]…

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"No Light" Motor Cyclist Fined Sequel to Collision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 2

Driver of a motor-cycle which, it was alleged, collided with a Motor-car and overturned it at the corner of John-street and Parramatta-road, Lidcombe, William…

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Toll of the Road Young Boy Fatally Injured

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 5

A FIVE-YEARS-OLD boy was killed at Petersham, and many other persons were injured, some seriously, as the result of motor…

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Lynch Law. Injured Fetlock. May Not Run in Autumn. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 13

Lynch Law is worrying his trainer, J. T. Jamieson, and he is not a certain starter in any race this autumn in Melbourne. He struck himself and injured a fetlock joint…

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Coincidence Marks Shooting Accident WINGHAM

The Sun · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 1

A REMARKABLE coincidence was associated with a shooting accident which occurred near Wingham yesterday…

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Crushed to Death by Train Several Hundred Saw Shocking Accident

The Labor Daily · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 1

BEFORE the horrified gaze of hundreds of intending train passengers, Rosario Morando, 43, an Italian, of Campbell St…

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Road Accidents Fatal: Two Die

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 2

A man and a boy who were injured in road accidents on Saturday died yesterday. They were John Snellgrove, 32, of…

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Accident No Bar to Success

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 February 1937 · page 19

AN accident while he was being taken by horse float to Canterbury Park on Saturday did not stop O'Reilly from winning the…

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2 Motor Cycles in Collision

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 5

THE riders and pillion riders of two motor cycles were injured in a violent collision late last night between the machines at the corner of…

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Youth Injured. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 8

A[?]r Wicks, 17, of South Lismore, received [?]sd injuries and abrasions when the bicycle [?] was riding came into collision with a car. [?]e Lismore Ambulance conveyed Wicks to…

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Injured Thumb at Work

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 6

Mary Ethel Bearle, sailmaker's machinist. 49. of Kent Street, Sydney, who injured her right thumb while in the employ of Albert Jones, of Clarence Street, tont and…

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Surveyor Injured. Grafton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 8

While engaged in survey work at Buccarumbi Range, P. Firth, a Government staff surveyor attached to the Lands Department at Grafton, severely gashed a foot with an axe early on…

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