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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

3,731 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 187

Springwood Resident Injured Lorry and Bicycle Collide

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 4

Mr Lyle Burgess, son of Mr and Mrs C. W. Burgess, of George Street, Springwood, sustained a broken collar bone, a probable fracture of the elbow,…

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Crash of 'Bus Kills 19 Fire Follows Collision New York

The Sun · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 9

At Salem (Illinois), 19 persons, including six women and a child, were killed when the tyre of a motor-'bus blew out and the vehicle collided with…

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Toll of the Road Pil Lion Rider Is Injured

The Labor Daily · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 7

WHILE riding pillion on a motorcycle along Victoria Road, West Ryde, last night, DAVID POOLE, 18, of Blaxland Road, Eastwood, had his…

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District Court. (Before Judge Curlewis and juries, each of four.) Motor Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 7

The hearing was continued of the action by Edmund William Thornton, of Maloneystreet, Mascot, against Mervyn G. Degan, of Mitchell-road, Alexandria, claiming £400…

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Injured Hoof No Bar Robin Hood Scores At First Start

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 27

"WEARING a special leather padded shoe to guard an injured hoof, a two-year-old won well at his first start in a…

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Baths Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 11

Playing with a number of other lads at the Bankstown baths on Sunday, Jack Challenger, of Norman-street, Lidcombe, slipped and hit his head on the paving…

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"Almost Daily" Accidents at Corner Doctor Acts

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 11

Dr. E. H. Freidman informed Auburn Council on Monday that he had written to the Commissioner of Road Transport, drawing attention to the numerous…

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Accident in Dairy

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

Severe cuts to the left hand were suffered by George Woods, of Richmond-road, Blacktown, when he fell on a glass bowl at Evans's dairy last week…

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Prevent Accidents President's Appeal

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

"I think the time opportune to make an urgent appeal to all motorists to co-operate in an endeav[?]r to reduce road accidents," said Mr. C. Watson,…

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Prevent Holiday Accidents

Catholic Freeman's Journal · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 13

"With the approach of the Easter holidays, I think the time opportune to make an urgent appeal to all motorists to co-operate in an endeavor to reduce…

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Death After Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 19

Alfred Thomas Hunt, 77. of Forbes, whose head was injured in an accident on Saturday, died yesterday at Sydney Hospital…

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Boy Killed on Railway. Accident at Hurstville

The Propeller · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon Kenneth Lucas, aged six years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lucas, confectioners, Forest Road, Hurstville, was struck by an…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Propeller · Thursday 25 March 1937 · page 4

Desmond Cranes, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cranes, of Maclaurin Street, South Hurstville, who was injured when his brother, Charles, was killed…

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Cycle-car Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- While employees from the Stewart and Lloyd pipeworks were holding a meeting at Newcastle Trades Hall today, a…

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School Girls Injured

The St George Call · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 2

Rae Bentley (32), of Penshurst Street, Penshurst, suffered injuries to the head, and Patsy Rose (10), of Mercury Street, Penshurst, injuries to the…

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Injured in Tram Fall

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 8

Stepping from a moving tram in Belmore Road. Randwick, yesterday, Mrs. Mytta Myers, 78. of Cuthill St., Randwick, suffered a fractured hip…

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Woman Injured at Show

The Labor Daily · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 10

Knocked down by a horse in See Road, at the Show Ground, early last night, Isa Williams, 24, of the Children's Hospital, Camperdown, was…

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Man Injured. Assault Alleged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 7

James Campbell, 52, or Barnett-street, Toongabbie, was taken to Parramatta Hospital yesterday with deep cuts in his head and face, alleged to have been inflicted with…

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Relief Worker Injured. Woolgoolga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 4

While working in a quarry near the Bucca turn-off, a relief worker, Oscar B[?]tty, was struck on the head by a falling post. He rode to Coff's Harbour, and had six stitches…

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Soccer Men On Injured List

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 March 1937 · page 19

INJURIES and illness have weakened several soccer teams for tomorrow's matches. Garrash is too ill to play for…

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