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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

3,731 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 187

Struck by Motor Car. Man and Woman Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 4

Alice Michel, of Teralba Road, Brighton-le-Sands, and Timothy Madden, of Arncliffe, were knocked down by a motor car in Grand Parade,…

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Struck by Car. Man and Woman Injured. Driver Alleged to Have Fled

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 6

Alice Michel, of Taralba-road, Brighton-le-sands, and Timothy Madden, of ArnclifFe, were knocked down by a motor car in Grand-parade, Brighton-le-sands, near…

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Many Natives Drowned. Flood in Africa. Damage Estimated at £1,000,000. CAPETOWN, Feb. 17

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 10

It is feared that 2000 Mozambique natives were drowned when the Incomati and Umbeluzi Rivers burst their banks after a five-days deluge…

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Sievers Best Man to Take Place of Injured Chipperfield English Fast Bowlers Will Be In Finer Fettle This Time

Referee · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 1

AN ever fascinating characteristic of cricket in this country is that new young players of scintillating parts suddenly burst into the white glare. They come in a Rash. And hardly any season is free from the phenomenon…

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Accidents at Tamworth. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 February 1937 · page 7

Andrew Sipple, 63, farmer, of Manilla-road, received an injury to the left side when he was crushed against a fence by a cow. He was admitted to hospital…

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Schoolgirl Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 4

TUMUT, Thursday.--Nancy Tree-weeek, 11, was drowned in Tumut swimming pool while with a party of school girls learning to swim…

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Aborigine Injured

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 8

Falling from the footboard of a moving tram near his camp last night, an aborigine, Albert Woodland, of La Perouse. fractured his right…

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Farmer Injured. Oberon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 9

Mr. A. Whalan, sen., a farmer, of Edith, neal Oberon, was standing in a dray when the horse moved suddenly, and he was thrown out. Dr. Perkins, of Oberon, found that Whalan…

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Grazier Drowned. Swept Down Flooded Creek. KEMPSEY

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 11

Mr. George B. Waller, of Wallarobba, wellknown stock-breeder and noted Shorthorn cattle judge at many show rings on the north coast, was drowned yesterday in the Macleay…

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Country News. Girl Rider Injured. Berry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 9

Miss Nita Keys, a well-known competitor in ladies' events at country shows, suffered a broken collarbone when riding after cattle on her father's property at Coolangatta. Her…

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Express Delayed. Driver Thought Baby was Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 12

The north-bound Brisbane express, as it dashed through Ryde station yesterday afternoon, collided with a child's pushcart on the platform. The woman who owned the…

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Nine Workmen Drowned Fell From Golden Gate Bridge San Francisco

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 7

NINE workmen engaged on the Golden Gate Bridge were drowned when they fell into the water from a height of 200 feet…

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Accidents on Live Wires. Compulsory Lectures

The St George Call · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 1

The Central District Ambulance advised the St. George County Council at its last meeting that an officer competent to lecture on the subject of the…

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Toll of the Road Alleged Hit-run Accident

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 February 1937 · page 8

A 74-YEARS-OLD woman was killed instantly last night by a car, which allegedly railed to stop. In Pacific Highway, Greenwich…

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Knocked Down by Car Driver Aids Injured Man

The Sun · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 3

Daniel Murphy, 39, Liverpool-street. Enfield, suffered a fractured shoulder, and severe facial abrasions when he wa struck by a motor car in…

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Girl Drowned. Carried Out to Sea. Gallant Rescue Effort. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 17

Alice Smerdon, 19, a resident' of Mitchell, who was on holiday at Noosa Heads, was drowned at the mouth of the Noosa River this afternoon after an heroic attempt at rescue…

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Two Children Killed in Mountain Crash Seven Other Persons Are Injured Victims Were Crushed As Car Overturned

The Sun · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 2

TWO children were killed and seven other people were injured, four seriously, early this morning, when a car overturned near Faulconbridge. The two children were crushed…

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Six Killed in U.S. SHIP. Shell Explodes. Accident While Loading. (Australian Associated Press.) San Pedro (California), Feb. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 18

The explosion of a shell of a 5-inch pun on the training ship Wyoming killed six men and injured six. Officers who witnessed the explosion…

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Road Accidents. Increase in Police Patrols. Experiment in Britain. (British Official Wireless.) LONDON, Feb. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 18

A scheme for the use of specially trained police as road patrols to secure a wider understanding and observance of the highway code, in the hope of reducing the number of road…

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Lithgow Accidents. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 February 1937 · page 14

Robert 'Miller, miner, employed at the Renown colliery, suffered an injury to an ankle when he was struck by a piece of coal. He was admitted to Lithgow Hospital…

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