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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

2,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 57 of 125

People Scatter in Street. Car Drives Past Tram Stop. Two Girls Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 11

Four girls were knocked down, two of them being injured, and about six other people had narrow escapes last night, when a motor car ran through a…

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Fatal Riding Accident. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 6

Sister Deborah Kirkwood, 26, died in Wagga Base Hospital from head injuries received when she was thrown by a horse onto a bitumen road near a railway bridge…

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Chipped Spine in Strange Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 5

GUNNEDAH, Monday.--George Sills, 49, of Gunnedah, was digging his shovel into a heap of coal at Black Jack mine, when his back struck a pit prop…

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Jockey Injured

Daily News · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 1

Prominent jockey E. McMenamin suffered fractures to several ribs when the gelding Spalpeen dislodged him…

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Injured by Fan

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 12

Struck on the hand by a fan at his work on Wednesday, Ivo Everingham (52), of Bourke-street, Smithfield, suffered severe lacerations. He was…

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Prominent Jockey Injured In Fall

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 20

E. McMENAMIN, a leading Sydney rider, was injured in a fall at Richmond yesterday…

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16 Injured by Cinema Bomb

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 3

JERUSALEM, Tuesday.--Sixteen were injured when a bomb exploded In a cinema in the heart of Jerusalem. The cinema owners are reported to…

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Rugby Trial. Towers Doubtful. Injured Ankle. Test for Country Players

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 19

It is doubtful whether C. H. Towers, the only member of the 1927-28 Waratah touring team who is still playing first grade football, will be…

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Changes Likely in Country Teams League Doctor To Examine Injured Players

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 20

INJURIES to Country Rugby League players may force the selectors to recast the first and second teams for Saturday's matches against Sydney. Ross, McKinnon, captain of…

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Jockey Injured. McMenamin's Broken Ribs. Fall From Spalpeen at Richmond

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 19

E. McMenamin, one of the State's leading jockeys, was injured at the Richmond club's meeting yesterday, and will be out of the saddle for a…

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Accidents at Lithgow. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 11

Isa Gray, seven, of Rabaut Street, suffered s[?]alds to the neck and abdomen when a container of boiling water fell from a stove at her home. She was admitted to…

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Doctors Puzzled by Arm Condition. Worker Awarded £3,241. Accident to Hand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 May 1939 · page 21

John Sheppard Sloan, aged 40 years, who is suffering from a condition which medical witnesses confessed was puzzling and for which they could not find a name, was awarded…

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Cyclist Injured

The Biz · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 6

Mr. Roy Thompson, of Bass Hill, was riding a cycle on Hume Mighway, on Saturday night, and when near Woodville Road, he was struck by a motor lorry. He…

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Hiker Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 7

While Miss Dorothy Page, 18 years, of Kirribilli, was hiking with a party in National Park last Sunday she fell heavily and received…

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Accidents of the Week. Cyclists Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 7

Yesterday morning a motor car and bicycle came into collision at the comer of Barden Street and Forest Road, Arncliffe. The rider of the…

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Four Players Injured

Referee · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 15

NARRABRI, holders of the Robinson Shield, repulsed Glen Innes 13-9 on Sunday. Many of their stars were in Sydney for the Country .v City games…

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Negligent Driving Sequel to Collision

The Biz · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 2
Also in Liverpool News

At Liverpool Police Court on Monday, Theodore Herbert Hensel was charged with having driven a motor vehicle negligently, in Hume Highway, on January 14…

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Life Savers In Traffic Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 9

A surf-boat with 10 Mona Vale life savers escaped injury when a motor lorry collided with a utility truck at Queenscliff at 7 p.m. on March 18…

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Footballer Injured. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 7

While playing football at Glen Davis H. Deloraine, a member of the Glen Davis soccer team, sustained a fractured ankle. He was admitted to the Lithgow Hospital…

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