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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

3,731 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 187

Son Shoots Father. Accident While Rabbiting. GOONDIWINDI

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 10

Matthew Molloy, 45, an employee at the Ipswich workshops, was accidentally shot by his 13-year-old son yesterday afternoon. He was holidaying with his son, Colin, at…

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Accidents in Industry Interesting Details

Construction and Real Estate Journal · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 6

In its dealings the Workers Compensation Commission has found that a substantial number of accident victims are youths in the age group from 15 to 19 years…

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Telephonist Died Accidentally Coroner's Verdict on Yea Tragedy Mei,bourne

The Sun · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 14

The Deputy-Coroner (Mr. H. Gracey) to-day found that Violet Webb, 19, of Yea, died on December 20 from cerebral haemorrhage, caused when…

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Road Accident Damages Insurance Companies Are Anxious

The Labor Daily · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 7

Insurance companies in England are concerned at the heavy sums being awarded by the courts in respect of road accidents, writes a London correspondent…

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Scout Funeral For Accident Victim

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 January 1937 · page 12

Patrol-Leader William Birchnall, of Anderson Road, Concord, who was killed at the Corroboree Camp at Adelaide on Saturday, will be accorded an…

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Cyclist in Collision

The Propeller · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 4

Following a collision between a bicycle and a car at the intersection of Prince's Highway and Acacia Rd., Sutherland, the cyclist, L. Williams,…

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Drowning at Moruya. Moruya

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 9

The body of G. C. Falles, 40, of Coonamble, who was washed off the rocks at Bingie Point, Moruya, last Saturday, was found by Mr. C. Duross. An inquiry will e held to-morrow…

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Accidents of the Week. Cyclists Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 4

When riding a bicycle on Sunday in Stoney Creek Road, Dumbleton, J. Mitchell, seventeen years of age, came into collision with a motor car…

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Drowned Before Friend's Eyes

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 7

"From the way he was splashing in the water I guessed he could not swim," said Thomas O'Dea, at the inquiry yesterday into the death of Ethert…

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Cyclist Killed Collision with Truck

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 4

Struck by a utility truck as he rode his bicycle from Alfred-street, Granville into Sydney-road on December 16, Samuel Francis Salley (53) died a week…

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Child Injured. Pilliga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 9

As a result of falling from a bed Marie Burns, aged 2½, of Pilliga, fractured a knee and broke a leg near the hip. The bed was not a high one, and it is surmised that the…

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Turf Notes. Jockey Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 15

When Good Tale fell in thp Welter Division Handicap at Albion Park yestedsy, G. Donges. rider, suffered a broken collarbone. injuries to the face, and concussion. He was admitted…

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Lad's Death Inquest on Car Fatality

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 2

The district coroner, Mr Arthur Judges, held an inquest at Penrith Court House on Monday into the death of Alan Simonds (7), who died from…

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Injured in Fall From Tram

The Labor Daily · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 1

Falling from a moving tram in Homer Street, Earlwood, yesterday, George Campbell, about 10, of Erskineville, struck his head on the…

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Struck by Train Old Man's Death Kingswood Fatality

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 1

TWICE within a week a fatality has occurred within the section of railway between, Kingswood and Werrington stations…

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Into a Post Dazzled with Lights Fatality at Glenbrook

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 1

WHEN Christopher Anthony Ryan (23), of 157 Ebley Street, Waverley, was dazzled by the light of a passing car, an the…

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Girl Drowned in Quarry Water Caught In Submerged Wire

The Sun · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 16

Getting out of her depth while in a waterhole in a quarry at Pymble this afternoon, Peggy Tilly, 13, of Merrywar-street, Gordon, became…

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Young Wife Killed Car Driven by Husband Collision with Lorry

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 1

Passenger in a car driven by her husband, Marjorie Avis Hanson (22) Quarry-road, Dural, was killed in a collision at the corner of Church and…

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Cook's Accident

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 1

Frederick Larking, a cock employed at Mr F. Sinclair's guest house at Wallacia, was brought by NepeanHawkesbury Ambulance to Penrith…

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Accident Through Fall

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 January 1937 · page 1

Miss Kathleen Salmon, of Badgery's Creek, while carrying out her usual work, fell and suffered a fracture of the leg, on 27th ult. She was brought…

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