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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

3,731 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 187

Rough Seas. Ships in Storm. Passengers Injured on Wanganella

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 15

Ships have encountered rough seas off the eastern Australian coast during the past few days. Heavy seas were met by the…

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Toll of the Road Woman Struck by Car Critically Injured

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 1

STRUCK by a Car at the corner of Chalmers' and Devonshire Streets, City, last night, Mrs: S. Land, of Elizabeth Street, City, suffered a…

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Shakespeare Injured Pulled Up Lame To-day Colt's Leg Cut Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 2

SYDNEY colt Shakespeare, is the latest casualty in Melbourne. After easy work at…

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SECRETS of Space Unveiled! Injured Atoms Quest Through Skies for Artificial Limbs!

The World's News · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 33

MOTHER used to tell most of us how the earth floated in nothingness and how the stars and comets…

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Old Man Drowned In Botany Bay Believed Swept Off His Boat During Squally Rainstorm Lived Alone

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 1

BELIEVED to have been swept into Botany Bay from a flat-bottom boat during a rainstorm late yesterday. Reuben…

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Motor Accidents. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 12

Sir.—In a previous letter which you published (I think, in 1935), I advocated the classification of streets as a sure means of reducing the number of accidents…

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Women Involved in Few Accidents Maddocks in Defence Ability As Car Drivers

The Sun · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 19

THE reputation of women drivers in N.S.W. is safe in the hands of the State's traffic authorities…

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Car Accidents on Railways Hartigan's Reply to Deputation Casino

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 24 February 1937 · page 8

Railwaymen are not overpaid when the type of the employee and the work performed are considered, said Mr. Hartigan, Commissioner, to-day…

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One Dead, Six Injured Car Collision In Victoria MELBOURNE

The Sun · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 2

One man was killed and six people were injured in a collision between two cars a mile from Murchison East last night…

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Three Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 4

Three bus passengers received minor injuries when a motor lorry crashed into the rear of a stationary bus at Moxham's-road on Tuesday…

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Fatally Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 9

The funeral of the late Frederick Thomas Erwin, aged 16, who was fatally injured at Shannon's Tile Works, Wentworthville, took place on Saturday, and…

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Accidents of the Week. Cyclists Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 4

While riding a bicycle in Dunmore Street, Bexley, on Monday, Kenneth Dawson, aged 12 years, of Doll's Point, Sandringham, lost control and…

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Injured Boy Dies

The Sun · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 31

Maxwell Loar, 8, of Argonne-street, North Strathfield, who last night fell 20 feet over the edge of a drain near his home, died early this morning in…

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Mabel Harris Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 16

An unfortunate accident marred Saturday's ring programme, when Miss Mabel Harris, a well-known figure at district shows, suffered a…

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Unidentified Woman Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 2

An unidentified woman was seriously injured by a car in Old South Head Road, Vaucluse, yesterday. Her description is:--48 to 50 years…

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Father's Dash to Hospital with Injured Son

The Labor Daily · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 5

Wrapping his 13-year-old son, who had been badly burned at his home, in a blanket, a father yesterday morning carried the boy about two…

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Fireman Injured. Explosion During Fire. Extensive Damage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 10

A fireman was injured and extensive damage was done by fire in a dry-cleaning shop at 35 Hall-street, Bondi, last night. An explosion occurred when Station Officer…

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Motor Accident Fairfield Residents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 5

Returning from Bega, where they had motored on Thursday, there Fairfield residents, Mr. W. Lawes, assistant town clerk of Fairfield, Alderman T. K. de…

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Taxi-man Fined Negligent Driving Sequel to Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 1

A two-ton lorry crashed into a culvert and then ran on the footpath in Station-road, Auburn, on December 12. A sequel to the accident was the…

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Mr. Herbert R. SIMS Fairfield Citizen's Death Result of Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1937 · page 5

The sudden death on Monday of Mr. Herbert Roy Sims, of the Railway Hotel, Fairfield, came as great shock to Fairfield and district residents. Mr. Sims,…

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