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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Writ for £50,000 Sequel To Collision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 4

Under the authority of the High Court in Admiralty Jurisdiction, the Marshal (Mr. E. L. Best) nailed a writ to the Caradale's mast at…

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Two Horses Bolt Rider Injured At Kensington GIRLOMA & SIONIA

The Sun · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 2

TWO horses were involved in escapades while on training tracks this morning. At Kensington Sionia bolted and…

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Porter Fatally Injured Crushed by Shunting Train Parkes

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 5

Trevor Jones Turner, 17, a junior porter at Parkes Railway Station, Buffered fatal injuries when he was crushed between the platform and a…

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Inquiry Into Ship Collision Union Official To Seek Re-Opening MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 7

FOLLOWING a communication from the Assistant-Minister for Commerce, Senator Brennan, the secretary of the Victorian branch of…

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Railway Accident. London, Feb. 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 12

The York to Lowestoft express was derailed at Sleaford and struck a platelayers' hut. Three platelayers were killed, and several other platelayers and many passengers were injured…

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Four Killed in Accident Finding of Coroner

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 16 February 1937 · page 5

Verdicts of accidental death were returned by the City Coroner. Mr. Oram, yesterday when he inquired into the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. John…

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Fatally Injured

The Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 20

Melbourne, Wednesday.--William Spinner (22), laborer, of Egerton, was fatally injured to-day in a collision between the motor cycle he…

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Intruder Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 12

At the Kogarah Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Scoble, S.M., Augustas Rivera, 34, labourer, was committed for trial at the Sydney Quarter Sessions on four charges of…

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Toll of the Road Boy Fatally injured Motor Accidents

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 5

Suffering a fractured pelvis and internal injuries, Normar. Woolley, 6, of Ivy Lane, Redfern, was admitted to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital…

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Jockey Thrown and Injured

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 2

When thrown off a horse on to the ground at the Kensington Racecourse early yesterday morning, John Watts, 34, Jockey, care Nolan's…

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Cronulla Surf Sweep Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 20

J. Monro, sweep-hand of the Cronulla A surf boat crew, was injured during practice last night, and is now in the Croydon Private Hospital,…

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Country News. Schoolgirl Injured. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 13

Betty Paynter was running across the play-ground at Table lop School to-day when she tripped in the long grass and fell, fracturing her right arm. She was brought by the Albury…

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Track-rider Injured. Sionia Bolts and Falls

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 19

John Watt, 34, of Botany-street, Randwick, was seriously injured at Kensington yesterday morning when Slonla, who he was riding at work, bolted, and, in attempting to jump a…

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Injured in City Smash Witnesses Of Mishap Sought

The Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 17

The condition of Frank Robert Harmer, of Raleigh-street, Blakehurst, who was admitted to Sydney Hospital on January 14, as the result of a…

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COLLISION. Three Destroyers. Damage Stated to Be Slight. London, Feb. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 15

The Admiralty, reports that the destroyers Active, Worcester, and Antelope were involved in a collision off Hurdbank (Malta) early to-day…

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Injured Woman's Ordeal. Helpless on Rocks. Ambulance Men Risk Lives in Climb

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 February 1937 · page 15

Ambulance officers and volunteers risked their lives last night when they struggled up the face of cliffs at Lurline Bay, near Coogee, with an injured…

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Fatally Injured Motor-cycle Accident "Dark Night"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 4

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the district coroner (Mr. G. R. Williams) on Tuesday at the close of an inquiry into the…

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Accidents of the Week. Injured at Work

The Propeller · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 4

Mr. A. Pratchett, an employee of the Water Board, fell down an excavation while at work near Kingsgrove Railway Station during this…

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Collision at Hurstville. Claims for Compensation

The Propeller · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 8

In the District Court last Thursday, before Judge Thomson and a jury, A.E. Primrose and Co., Ltd., of Gladesville, sought to recover…

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Lives Lost in Rivers Son Saw Father Drowned

The Sun · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 19

A STOCK breeder was drowned while fording the Upper Macleay River and a school girl lost her life in…

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