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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

3,731 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 187

Bottle of Beer Blew Up Girl Injured By Glass Put in Oven

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 1

A STORY with a moral was unfolded by Redfern police yesterday. The moral is: "Do not keep your beer in the…

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Seven Killed in Rioting 50 Others Injured in Pureto Rico PONCE (Puerto Rico)

The Sun · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 14

An attempt by the police to halt n Nationalist demonstration resulted in a riot in which seven people were killed two of whom were…

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Motor Accidents. Two Men Burnt. Ran About in Agony. ADELAIDE

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

Two men received serious burns when a motor cycle on which they were riding came into collision with a motor car, and caught fire, at the corner of Goodwood-road and…

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Boy Wounded. Rifle Accidentally Discharged. End to Adventure

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

Richard and Reginald Berry, of Balmain, left home last week to seek adventure in the country. They had saved sufficient money to equip themselves with rifles…

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Many Natives Killed. Accident in Mine. JOHANNESBURG, March 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 12

Forty natives are dead and 33 are missing as the result of a gas accident at the Simmer and Jack mine, Germiston, in the Transvaal. Many others—Europeans and natives—were…

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Toll of the Road Many Are Hurt in Capsizes Feature Of Week-End Accidents Long List

The Labor Daily · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 6

A FEATURE of accidents at the week-end was the number of vehicles which overturned, resulting in injury to many persons…

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Free Accident Insurance Daily Telegraph's Birthday Present To All Its Readers Have the Daily Telegraph Delivered and Become Insured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 1

TODAY the Daily Telegraph inaugurates a plan of Free Insurance against accident for all its readers. All you have to do is to get the Daily Telegraph delivered at home, enrol as a Registered Reader, and you automatically become insured,…

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Accident with Drill

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 March 1937 · page 15

When the pneumatic drill he was using in Park Street, City, yesterday, pierced an electric cable, Walter Hemmings. 42, roadworker, of Denham…

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Buggy Horse Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 15

While Speculator, winner of last year's buggy horse section, was being brought to the Show from Bowral on Sunday, one of its forelegs was…

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Dog Causes Accident Four Persons Injured. KATOOMBA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 18

An Alsatian dog caused an accident in which four persons were injured, on the Great Western-road, at Mount Victoria, to-day. A motor car, driven by Mr. Percy Lylle, of South…

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Slight Collision Essex and Empire Star

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 4

When the Empire Star was berthing at Pyrmont yesterday morning she collided slightly with the motorship Essex…

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Injured in Skid Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 7

When a utility truck skidded, left the road, and overturned near Perthville, in the Bathurst district, last night. L. T. SYMONDS, 26, of…

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Injured in Fall From Plank

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 9

Robert Reid Crawford, 36, laborer, of Glebe Point Road, Glebe, was awarded £33, in addition to costs, by the Workers' Compensation Commissioner yesterday, in his…

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Collision Near Cenotaph. Fire Engine and Car. Woman Driver Uninjured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 10

A Aie engine and a motor car collided in Martin-place, city, yesterday morning, and the car, which was driven by Miss Zelma Lesser, of Melbourne, was hurled against…

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Explosion in Shop. Man Fatally Injured. BRISBANE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 18

Mystery surrounds the cause of an explosion which destroyed a smallgoods shop in the Airdrome Theatre building at Innisfail. early this morning, and caused fatal injuries to…

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Damages of £162 in Collision Novel Features In Motor Mix-up

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 10

NOVEL features were contained in a motor mix-up which came before Mr. Justice Halse Rogers yesterday when Charles Richards,…

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Crash of Car Into Cenotaph Woman Motorist In Collision With Fire Engine

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 9

A HUGE crowd watched, horrified, when a motor-car, come into collision with a fire brigade engine, and crashed with tremendous force into…

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Supreme Court. Banco Jury Causes. (Before the Chief Justice, Sir Frederick Jordan, and jury.) Motor Cyclist Injured. Conroy v Revelman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 6

The jury gave a verdict for £200 to Oswald McDowell Conroy, who brought an action against Morris Revelman to recover damages for personal injuries and for out-of-pocket…

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Accident Claim. Bulli'

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 13

About two years ago a man was injured at a bridge at. night, as the result of alleged negligence by Bulli Shire Council, and the Court awarded the man £ 1166 as compensation…

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Bega Accidents. Bega

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 23 March 1937 · page 13

On Montague Island yesterday a kerosens tin of boiling water capsized off an open fire. scalding H. J. Sharpe, of Bega. He was admitted to Besa District Hospital…

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