Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

3,731 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 187

Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 4

On Tuesday morning Douglas Wakelin, 16 years of age, of Bestic Street, Rockdale, fell from his bicycle in Princes Highway, Rockdale,…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Workman Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 4

On Monday, at the Water and Sewerage Board's excavations at Oatley, William Baxter, of Mascot, received injuries to his back. St. George…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Injured Stock Saved

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 9

STOCK losses due to injuries and consequent infection are estimated to cost the Australian pastoralist hundreds of thousands of pounds annually, and…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Injured in Baths

The Propeller · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 4

Len Thompson, aged 12 years, of Earlwood, suffered concussion when he struck his head on the water shute at Ramsgate Baths on Monday…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Injured Shark on Beach

The Labor Daily · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 1

With its tall broken and its fins torn, a shark, measuring about 15 feel, cruised off a Jetty at the Government Hatchery. Port Hacking,…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Casualties. Motor Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 17

A motor cycle ridden by John Spiller, 32, of Sydenham-road, Marrickville, collided with an island garden in Victoria-road, Marrickville. last night. Spiller's head was injured, the…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →

Explorers Injured in Plane Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 3

LOS ANGELES, Wednesday.--Martin Johnson and his wife, famous explorers and motion-picture producers, suffered broken lees and other…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Tractor Helps Ambulance Boy Badly Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 18

After being carried through the bush to a launch, and later transferred to a Central District Ambulance waggon, the transport of an injured boy was…

Continued on Trove, page 18 →

40 Reserves To Replace Injured Footballers!

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 23

NINETY-FIVE thousand spectators at a football match, each paying 136 for admission. Not in Australia, but in Los Angeles, U.S.A. Football teams of ten a side, and 40 extra players to replace the…

Continued on Trove, page 23 →

Ambulance Towed. Road Tractor's Aid. Seriously Injured Boy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 6

Central District Ambulance officers had to overcome unusual difficulties before they could take a seriously injured 12-year-old boy to hospital yesterday…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

What Caused Trucks to Break Away? Inquiry Into Railway Fatality "Struck by the Buffer"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 1

Mystification as to howl four trucks broke away at Clyde railway yards and caused an. man's death on December 22 was expressed by witnesses on Tuesday, when the district coroner (Mr. G. R. Williams) opened an inquiry into the fatality…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Crash in Fog and Rain. 'Plane Hits Hill. Noted Explorers Gravely Injured. Los Angeles, Jan. 12

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 11

A transport aeroplane with 13 persons on board, including Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson, the explorers, crashed in fog and rain in the mountains near…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Narrow Escape Accident at Mt. Druitt Noted Golfer in It

Nepean Times · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 1

A CLUB in which Jim Ferrier, golf champion, was travelling narrowly escaped smashing against a telegraph post at Mt. Druitt on…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Failed to Stop? After Accident

Nepean Times · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 3

Edward Moses Brown pleaded not guilty at Penrith Police Court on Friday, 8th inst., to a charge of falling to stop after an accident in High Street,…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Accident with Harrow

Nepean Times · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 5

Owen Frederick Horstman (14), son of Mr and Mrs C. Horstman, Station Street, met with a painful accident on Saturday at Mr Hall's new residence,…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Swimming Accidents in Baths

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 2

A problem that has faced others before, and is now facing the Granville Council, is that of accidents in the baths, due to persons slipping on…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Death After Accident

The Broadcaster · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 1

Mr. William Thomas Wilkinson [?] of Guildford, [?] District Hospital on Sunday, as the result of an accident [?] in the Guildford…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Dr. Tillyard. Brilliant Scientist. Death After Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 12

Dr. Robin John Tillyard, the former Commonwealth Government Entomologist, died in the Goulburn District Hospital yesterday morning from a…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Skid Caused Smash Dr. R. J. Tillyard's Accident Goulburn

The Sun · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 33

MISS Gwenda Cornforth, of Mosman, at the inquest upon Dr. R. J. Tillyard, said that she thought the car was travelling at…

Continued on Trove, page 33 →

Accidents of the Week. Dog Causes Crash

The Propeller · Thursday 14 January 1937 · page 4

When a motor cycle collided with a dog on Princes Highway, Rockdale, last Sunday, Thomas Edwin Tuite, 24, of Wollongong was thrown…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →