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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

3,731 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 187

Two Injured in Carnival Speed Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 2

Les Warton (27), driver, and Ray Smith (25), passenger, received serious injuries when their machine crashed in the final of the New South Wales…

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Man and Woman Injured. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 9

A motor car containing a party returning to Katoomba, after visiting friends at Wagga, overturned on Tarcutta-road. Mrs. Rowlinson, of Katoomba, suffered concussion…

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Injured in Fall Off Horse Katoomba

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 8

Falling from the horse which he was riding at the Megalong Valley picnic races to-day, Timothy Bellamy, of Turner Street, Redfern, suffered…

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Boy Drowned at Kembla Fell in Water Hole Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 5

Stanley Madgwick, 9, of Erskineville, fell into a water hole at Central Kembla and was drowned. He was holidaying…

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Man Injured by Car Police Searching For Driver

The Sun · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 4

Police seek the driver of a car which is said to have failed to stop after a man had been knocked to the roadway in Cardigan-street,…

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Man Killed, 4 INJURED Car Rolls 40ft. Down Bank

The Sun · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 4

Crashing through the railings on the approach to the Camberwell Bridge, near Singleton, early to-day, a car rolled 40 feet down…

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Child Drowned in Waterhole. Just Out of Hospital Fishing Line on Bank

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 12

Stanley Madgwick, 5, of Glebe, was drowned in a water hole at Central Kembla yesterday, a few hours after he had been discharged from the…

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Boy's Toy Marks Place of Death Left Hospital--Drowned Same Day WOLLONGONG

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 1

A STICK and a piece of string on the bank of a dam at Central Kembla, this afternoon, marked the spot…

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One Killed, Four Injured Sporting Party In Car Smash MUSWELLBROOKS

The Sun · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 12

Pat Turribull, 20. was killed when a car returning last night from a party from the Maitland dog meeting, missed a bridge and crashed…

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Toll of the Road Holiday List Of Injured Many In Hospital

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 5

IN addition to a fatal accident near Liverpool yesterday (reported on page one), when a man was killed and his wife and family injured, several persons were admitted to hospital following accidents. on the road…

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Father Is Killed; Family Hurt Fatally Injured in Crash Motor Cycle Hit Car Liverpool Liverpool

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 5

TRAVELLING towards Sydney on the new Camden Rd., about three miles from the Crossroads Hotel, near…

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Law Case. Aeroplane Accident Negligence Claim

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 5

This action raises some very interesting points in regard to the responsibility of operators of aircraft. Mrs. Mabel Mary Fosbroke-Hobbes, of Swinley Cottage, Ascot, sued Airwork, Ltd., owners of the Heston Aerodrome, and…

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The Premier. First Aid for Victim of Accident. Camping Episode

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 11

The Premier (Mr. Stevens) had an exciting experience at the week-end, when camping with his family in the Glen Murray Valley, on the bank of the Kangaroo River…

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Railway Accident. Sentences on Officials. MOSCOW, March 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 11

As the result of a train wreck on the transCaucasus railway, in which two Red Army soldiers were seriously injured and 13 coaches derailed, the assistant stationmaster has been…

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Two Killed in N.Z. ACCIDENT Maoris Stole Ride On Lorry AUCKLAND

The Sun · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 4

Two road accidents, one of which resulted in two deaths, marred the Easier holidays in the Dominion. The fatal accident occurred near…

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Accidentally Shot by Lad

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 March 1937 · page 7

WYONG, Monday.--The Coroner (Mr. Kirkness) today said that William Daniel Joseph Ponton (74), of Victoria Farm guesthouse, Tuggerah, was…

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Two Policemen Injured

The Sun · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 9

Two traffic constables were injured, one seriously, when a police motor cycle with side-car and a tram came into a head-on collision in…

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Old Man Injured. Moree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 11

Denis Swan, 60, a well-known resident of Terry-Hie-Hie, was admitted to Moree Hospital this morning, suffering from injuries to the pelvis. Swan stumbled on a half brick…

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Pilots Not Blamed Two 'Planes in Collision

The Sun · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 10

Recording a verdict of accidental death at the inquest today on three women killed in a collision between aeroplanes at…

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Motor Cycling. Dirt Track Rider Injured. LONDON, March 29

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1937 · page 17

The Brisbane motor cyclist, Steve Langton, competing for the first time in England at the Hackney Wick speedway, struck the back wheel of an opponents cycle, swung…

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