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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

3,731 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 187

Three Believed Drowned Tuggerah Life Saver Victim Of Huge Sea TUGGERAH

Truth · Sunday 28 March 1937 · page 14

IN a raging sea with the waves breaking 500 yards out from the shore, Charles Dennis, 24, champion life saving swimmer, was drowned at the Entrance to-day when…

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Causes of Traffic Accidents

Truth · Sunday 28 March 1937 · page 10

TRAFFIC accident statistics in the U.S.A. show that in centres where motor cycle road patrols are active, there are fewer accidents…

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Radio Tower Is Wrecked Inquiry Shows Collapse Not Accidental Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 28 March 1937 · page 3

To see race meetings at Williamstown, announcers of a Melbourne B class broadcasting station use a 40-foot tower on private property near…

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Fatal Pea-rifle Accident Bullet Through Boy Camper's Chest Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 28 March 1937 · page 8

Shot through the chest by a pearifle bullet, Arthur Johnson, 16, of Challis-street, Newport, died on the bank of a creek near Ballan to-day…

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Horseman Injured

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 March 1937 · page 5

When the girth of the saddle broke while he was riding a horse in Sarsfield Street, Blacktown yesterday, Jack McKean, of The Avenue. Granville, was…

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Injured at Picnic

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 March 1937 · page 6

Running backwards in a novelty race at a picnic at Clontarf yesterday, James Ashby, 30, of Lamb Street, Lilyfield, collided with a tree and…

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Dog Owner Injured

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 March 1937 · page 3

Walking on to the course to catch his dog at the finish of a race at Harold Park last Saturday night, William Hunt, 43, of Larimar Street,…

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Man Drowned Off Pier At Hobart

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 March 1937 · page 3

HOBART, Sunday.--Lyndon Arthur Levy, 30, of Devonport, fell from Ocean Pier on Saturday afternoon, and disappeared in 60 feet of water…

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Mystery of Surf Deepens Heroic Rescuer Drowned Two Others? Gosford

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 March 1937 · page 1

CHARLES JOHN DENNISS, 23, of The Entrance North, a member of The Entrance Surf Life Saving Club, was…

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Beltman Drowned in Rescue Big Seas Claim Two Lives Gosford

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 March 1937 · page 7

AFTER making three thrilling rescues in the tremendous surf at The Entrance yesterday, Charles John Denniss…

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Aquaplane Strikes Bridge. Girl Seriously Injured. Brunswick Heads

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 March 1937 · page 8

Miss Isabell Wakely, 20, of Brunswick Heads was seriously injured to-day, when her aquaplane collided with the pile of the South Arm footbridge…

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Heavy Seas. Many Surfers in Danger. Two Men Drowned. Fears Felt for Others

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 March 1937 · page 7

Two lives at least were lost, and hundreds of surfers were rescued at the point of exhaustion, in the tremendous seas which pounded the beaches along…

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Youth Killed. Rifle Accidentally Discharged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 March 1937 · page 7

When a rifle held by a nine-year-old boy was accidentally discharged, William Arthur Noel Webb, 18, was shot in the head and killed at his home in Quarry-road, Ryde, yesterday…

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Motor Accidents. Three Men Killed. Car Crashed Into Fence. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 March 1937 · page 8

Three well-known business men were killed instantly when a motor car, in which they were travelling down Oliver's Hill, near Frankston, at a high…

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31 Die in Holiday Accidents Smashes on the Roads Cost Thirteen Lives

The Sun · Monday 29 March 1937 · page 9

THIRTY -ONE lives have been lost in accidents since the Easter holidays commenced. This list includes 13 people killed on the roads and six who were drowned…

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Boy, Aged Nine, Accidentally Shoots Youth

The Labor Daily · Monday 29 March 1937 · page 6

WILLIAM ARTHUR NOEL WEBB, 18, was accidentally shot dead by Donald Beckington, 9, on his father's dairy. Quarry Road. North Ryde…

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Youth Killed by Accidental Shot

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 March 1937 · page 1

William Arthur Noel Webb, 18, was accidentally shot dead, yesterday at his father's dairy, in Quarry Road, North Ryde…

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Injured Horsewoman

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 2

Miss Phyllis Bray, Adelaide society girl, who was injured when her horse crashed during an event at the Showground on Saturday, was reported…

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No Sign of Drowned Man

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 7

GOSFORD, Monday.--Constable Kempton, of The Entrance, searched the foreshore today in an effort to find the body of Richard Rider who,…

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Injured Motor Cyclist Bathurst

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 5

Bad luck continues to dog George Winton, Victorian racing motor cyclist, who came to Bathurst to compete in last Saturday's tourist…

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