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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

3,731 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 187

Motor Accidents. Driver's Collapse. Passengers Injured in Crash. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 10

While driving his car along the Geelong-road, near Werribee, on Saturday evening, Leonard Lloyd, 53, of Shirley Grove, East St. Kilda,…

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Won Drinking Bet And Was Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 3

ROME, Sunday.--Giovanni Dominici drank five and a quarter pints of wine In one minute to win a bet. He collected his money, and was…

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Tram Strikes Cow. Policeman Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 9

A tram collided with a cow between La Perouse and Long Bay last night. Sergeant Ryan, of Paddington station, a passenger in the tram, was thrown against the opposite…

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Missing Father and Son Drowning Feared By Searchers MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 9

Although continuous patrols are making a thorough search of the coastline, no trace has been found of Alfred Bailey, a Ballarat resident,…

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Youth Injured by Bull. Casino

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 7

David Carruthers, 16, was gored by a bull. He received a large wound on his left thigh. He was taking tne bull from one paddock to another on his "father's farm at Woolner's…

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Marine Inquiry Allara & J. W. Alexander Collision Melbourne

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 5

On Friday the Court of Marine Inquiry decided that the collision between the Adelaide Steamship Co.'s freighter Allara and the tug…

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Man Drowned. Skiff Capsizes in Dark. Three Companions Rescued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 6

William Pratt, 28, hairdresser, of Campbell-street, Glebe, was drowned on Saturday night, when a 16ft skiff capsized off Clark Island. Three companions were rescued…

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Fatally Injured by Fall in Mine Maitland

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 7

A of accidental death was returned by the Kurri Kurri Coroner, Mr, A, W. Johns, yesterday, at the inquest into the death of Reuben Prescott, who died in the…

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Toll of the Road Three Cars In Collision Many Bad Smashes

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 5

NUMERUOS persons were injured in road accidents during the week, serious collisions increasing the toll. Three motor cyclists were injured in the northern districts. Three cars travelling in the same…

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Man Drowned in Creek Coroner Told of Rescue Efforts Wollongong

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 7

The death of William James (Peter) Nicholls (22), a well known footballer, who was drowned in Fairy Greek, North Wollongong, on New…

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Train Drowned Screams Claim By Police In Assault Charge MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 9

In Oakleigh Court to-day, Alwyn Rainton Keys (25), laborer, was charged with having criminally assaulted a married woman on…

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One Killed, Two Hurt in Crash Second Fatality At Culvert TAMWORTH

The Sun · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 10

Victor Riley, of Kootingal, was killed when a car overturned at a culvert on Nemingha-road, six miles from Tamworth, late last night…

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Pedestrians in Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 4

IN the new regulations for safety which are to be made under the British Road Traffic Act, according to advice received by the N.R.M.A., It is proposed to…

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Body Found. Fall From Plane. Accidental Death. London, Jan. 10

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 10

The Brussels correspondent of the "Daily Mail" reports the finding, in a wood near Genck, of the body of Mr. Max V. Wenner, who disappeared while…

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Swimming Officer's Strange Accident

The Labor Daily · Monday 11 January 1937 · page 3

THE secretary of the Australian Swimming Union, Mr. J. Sheedy, who is in Sydney as manager of the West Australian swimmers, met with…

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Drowned with Daughter

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 12

BRISBANE, Monday. -- The bodies of Naka Nakamaru (51) and his eight-year-old daughter were found in the Mossman River today in bathing suits…

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Girl Drowned. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 5

When the clothes of Eva Fong, 13, a member of a picnic party at Richmond, on the Flinders River, were found on the bank, others in the party linked hands and waded in the river…

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Cars in Collision. Currumbin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 9

Four persons were seriously injured and admitted to hospital, while several others received minor injuries, when two cars collided at Flat Rock Creek. Currumbin…

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Believed Father and Son Drowned Melbourne

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 6

IT is feared that Alfred Bailey and his 18-years-old son have been drowned. Their clothing was found on the ricks near the mouth of the…

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Seven Drowned When Ships Collide London

The Labor Daily · Tuesday 12 January 1937 · page 1

SEVEN members of the crew of a French steamer were drowned when the ship collided in the Thames with a British vessel…

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