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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

3,731 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 187

Woman Claims £1000 Tram Accident

The Labor Daily · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 12

CLAIMING £1000 for alleged negligence on the part of the Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways, Barbara Isabella Peters,…

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Free Insurance Accidents Will Occur

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 April 1937 · page 2

WARNINGS from traffic authorities, expensive safety campaigns, come each year, but accidents still happen…

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Eight Dead, 20 INJURED Train Collision In London LONDON

The Sun · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 1

Eight persons were killed and 20 were injured when two electric trains collided near Battersea Park station (London) during the morning rush…

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Constable's Death. Collision at Camperdown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 18

Constable Frederick Boore, 29, of Naremburn-avenue. [?]aremburn, who was injured on Wednesday when a police motor cycle and sidecar and a tram collided in…

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12 Killed in Train Smash Head-on Collision on Bridge London

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 1

TWELVE were killed and 30 injured when two crowded electric trains collided head-on with terrific force on the…

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Toll of the Road Two More Victims Claimed Fatal Injuries In Collision Const. Dies

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 5

STAKING the tenth road fatality in the Newcastle district this year WALTER WYATT, 34, of Birmingham Gardens, Wallsend, was fatally…

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Seven Killed in Train Smash. Many Injured. Carriages Telescoped. London, April 2

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 17

Seven persons were killed and many were injured when a crowded electric train crashed into the rear of a stationary electric train on a viaduct…

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70 Killed in Raid Air Reprisals In Spain Many Injured London

The Sun · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 2

SEVENTY persons were killed and many injured when three rebel aeroplanes dropped 30 tons of bombs…

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Mine Disaster Verdict Accident, Says the Jury Negligence On Part Of The Management Over Inspection Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Saturday 3 April 1937 · page 6

RETURNING a verdict this afternoon that the deaths of the 13 victims of the tragic explosion in Shaft 20 were accidentally caused, the jury in the Wonthaggi mine disaster inquest also found that there was negligence on the part of the mine…

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Skull Fractured Man Fatally Injured By Car

Truth · Sunday 4 April 1937 · page 1

TERRIBLY injured by a motor car yesterday, Charles Ryland (53), of Station-street, Tempe, died shortly after his admission to…

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Seven Dead in Train Crash Electric Trains in Head-on Collision; 30 Hurt London

The Sun · Sunday 4 April 1937 · page 2

Seven persons were killed and 30 were injured when two electric trains collided near Battersea Park station (London) during the morning rush…

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Flying Accidents Won't Deter Him

The Sun · Sunday 4 April 1937 · page 4

WITH a record of having flown as a passenger in Australia and New Guinea "about 45,000 miles," Mr…

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Fatally Injured in Collision

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 1

Fatal injuries were suffered by Noel Fallon, 9, of Claremont Street, Campsle, when his bicycle collided with another machine at the corner…

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Costly Collision Negligent Driving

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 1

William Norman Wyatt, who was convicted at the Parramatta Police Court on Wednesday on a charge of negligent driving, was ordered to pay £29/17/-…

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Motor Accidents. Motor Cyclist Killed. Sidecar Passenger Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 10

A motor cyclist was killed and a passenger riding in the sidecar was injured when a motor cycle outfit turned over, after striking the kerb at…

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Fall From Launch. Owner Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 6

Malcolm Beaton, 40, of Victoria-street, North Sydney, was drowned when he fell overboard from his own launch in Sydney Harbour on Saturday night…

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Youth Injured in Fall

The Labor Daily · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 5

After he fell from his bicycle near his home yesterday, Alfred Beatttle, 15, of Hodge Street, Hurstville, with his right thigh fractured, was taken…

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Three Injured. Sulky Overturns

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 7

A man and his wife and a small boy wer injured on the Parramatta-road at Homebush last night, when they were thrown from a sulky, which overturned after the horse had…

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Jockeys Tell Why Mounts Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 17

PERIMOND, Light Dragoon, and The Jilt were all knocked about more or less through being galloped on during the…

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Kopack Injured In Fast Wrestle

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 April 1937 · page 17

Joe Savoldi defeated Joe Kopack, at Leichhardt Stadium on Saturday night, in one of the hardest and fastest matches of the year…

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