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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

3,731 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 187

Big Losses in Floods. Sheep Drowned. North-West Suffers

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

The most serious result of the recent heavy rains was the loss of thousands of sheep on the north-western plains…

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Young Man Charged With Slaying Fatality in City Allowed Bail in £200

The Sun · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 14

ALEXANDER PARKINS, 22, accountant, at Central Police Court to-day, was remanded to April 9…

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No Sleep for Owner Pamelus Upset By Train Was Not Injured

The Sun · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 2

H. DUKES, owner-trainer of Pamelus, is not likely to forget his train journey last night from Melbourne to Sydney…

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Accidents

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

Keith Morrison (20), of Bruce Street. Brighton-le-Sands, broke his leg when he ran into another cricketer at North Brighton. Morrison was attempting to…

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Adventure Ends in Tragedy Balmain Boy Shot Accidentally In Knee by Brother MOREE,Thursday

The Labor Daily · Friday 19 March 1937 · page 10

THE search for adventure by two Balmain boys, Reginald and Richard Berry, ended in tragedy at Moree yesterday when Reg was accidentally…

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Old Man Injured

The Sun · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 7

Struck by a motor vehicle as he was crossing Elizabeth-street, city, to-day, Alfred Hunt, 70, of Elizabeth-street, had his left arm torn open…

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Dog's Aid For Injured Master

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 16

NEW YORK, February 29.--Charles Dillon, who suffered a broken leg when his horse fell on him during a recent cold spell, is an enthusiastic believer…

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Jockey G. Sholl Injured at Randwick

The Labor Daily · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 4

G. Sholl received a nasty fall and sustained abrasions to the face and knee when Spearbine stumbled with him at Randwick yesterday…

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Is This Chicago? No... Sydney! Gangland's Grisly Toll in 18 MONTHS Three Dead, One Crippled, and Twelve Injured "Thou Shalt Not Squeal!"

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 1

ALARUMS and excursions in gangland. The hoodlums are on the move. A car creeps slowly along a suburban street. Its stealthy approach is unnoticed by a…

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Drome Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 March 1937 · page 2

In an attempt to avoid two laborers walking across the Kingsford Smith aerodrome yesterday, a training plane belonging to the Kingsford Smith Air…

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Row on Steamer at Sea Vessel Puts Back with Injured Seaman

The Sun · Sunday 21 March 1937 · page 12

In a row between factions among the crew of the cargo steamer Kini last night, Ivan Terry, 32, a fireman, suffered a…

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Man Believed Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 7

BRISBANE, Sunday. -- William Howarth, 40, clerk, employed at the Somerset Dam, in the Brisbane Valley, is believed to have been drowned in…

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Woman Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 13

Nellie O'Sullivan, 19, of Golden Grovestreet. Darlington, was injured in an unusual way yesterday. She found a bottle of beer in a fuel stove which had been alight for…

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Cyclist Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 1

Fred Maynard (19), Wentworth—avenue, Wentworthville, suffered abrasions when his bicycle skidded in Houison—street, Westmead, yesterday, and he was thrown…

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Bulldozer Injured

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 2

BULLDOZER was badly cut about on his near hind leg during the running of the Cabramatta Handicap. It will be some time before he…

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Injured During Race

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 8

Falling from a bicycle while contesting a race at Hurstville Oval on Saturday night, Arthur Cotterell, 21 of Princess Street, Brighton-le-Sands…

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Injured While Fighting Bushfire Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 6

Fighting a bushfire at Arkell yesterday, C. Burge suffered a painful injury when the limb of a burning tree fell on him. A splinter pierced…

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Explosion. Innisfail Shaken. Shop Owner Injured. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 11

Innisfail was shaken by an explosion early this morning. It wrecked a smallgoods shop in Rankin-street, only 300 yards from the police station…

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Drilled on to Cable Workman Injured in Explosion

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 1

Walter Hemmings, 4z, of Denham Street, Darlinghurst, was near to death yesterday when an air drill is believed to have come in contact with…

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Fatally Injured on Bridge Driver Unaware He Had Struck Man MELBOURNE

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 5

WALKING across Hawthorn bridge early this morning Ernest Lawrence Copsey, 24, son of the licensee of the Carlton Inn, Leicester Street,…

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