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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

2,492 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 125

Actions Arising from Accident Two Plaintiffs Succeed

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 2

At the Parramatta District Court on Monday, 19th Inst., Oswald R, Adams was the plaintiff in an action against W. A. Johnson for damages in respect…

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Accident with Chaffcutter

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 4

Mr R. G, Meggarity of Wallacia, suffered severe injury to a hand on Saturday morning when feeding a chaffcutter. A glove he was wearing…

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Silage Risk Avoid Fatal Accidents By Proper Precautions

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 12

WHEN pilling fresh silage, farmers and their employees should remember the death from carbonic acid gas lurks at the bottom of…

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Chaffcutter Accident. Wallacia

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 7

G. Megarrity, a well-known dairy farmer of Wallacia, received severe injuries to his hand when his arm was caught in the jaws of a chaffcutter. He was taken to Nepean…

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'Child-bearing Not an Accident' Doctor Wants Homes For Mothers

The Sun · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 1

"Child-bearing is not a disease or an accident, but a glorious function of womanhood," declared Dr. A. Watson Munro to-day. He was urging the establishment of maternity…

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Ran Away From Accident Youth And Boys In Stolen Car

The Sun · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 16

After knocking down and rendering an 11-years-old boy unconscious on Christmas Eve in Pyrmont, Francis Robert Wells, aged 18, with three…

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Accidents of the Week. Knocked Down by Motor Cycle

The Propeller · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 7

When Mr. R. H. Schobbic, of Kaiwara Street, South Hurstville, stepped off the footpath in Terry Street, Blakehurst, last Sunday, he was…

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Pearifle Accident

Liverpool News · Thursday 22 June 1939 · page 1
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Ronald Rixon, 16, of Campbelltown, was accidentally shot in the abdomen while hunting rabbits in the bush near his home on Tuesday. He is in a serious…

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Injured Film Star to Broadcast

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 6

Erro[?] Flynn. Hollywood film star[?] [?] well known in Australia, will take part in [?] international two-way broadcast in Sydney to-night. A cabie message has been received from Mr. Flynn by…

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Lone Canoeist Struck By Wave, Feared Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 1

Vincent Gannon, 32, believed to have been drowned yesterday after he had drifted to sea in a canoe, lived alone in a 3-roomed cottage at Dee Why. He was regarded as a recluse by neighbors and those…

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Man Believed Drowned. Swept to Sea in Canoe

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 11

It is feared that Vincent Gannon, 32, a law student, of Tango Avenue, Dee-why, who was blown out to sea yesterday in a canvas canoe, has been…

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Deaths of Seamen in Collision. Compensation of £5,232. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 17

Claims for compensation for the loss of the lives of five seamen, who were drowned when the Caradale sank the Kakariki off the Gellibrand pile-light on the night of January…

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Accidents in Collieries. Bulli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 7

Several miners were injured in accidents in collieries[?] E. Smith, of Thirroul, suffered injuries to his left leg and abrasions, and J. Parker a broken left foot, in a fall of stone…

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Shooting Accident. Forbes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 7

Mr. Fred Hood, of Flint Street, Forbes, was climbing through a [?]ence on the Orange Road several miles from the town yesterday afternoon, when a [?] which he was carrying…

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Accidental Shot Melbourne

The Sun · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 3

The murder charge against Arthur Ernest Staunton, 62, signwriter, was withdrawn at the Sale police court to-day and Staunton was discharged…

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Film Star's Accident

The Sun · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.--Mary Maguire, the Australian film actress (pictured above with Miles Mander, English film producer), fractured an ankle at the Denham studios today. She tripped when dancing a foxtrot in a ballroom scene of "An Englishman's…

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Aircraftsman Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 June 1939 · page 18

Trevor Waldron, 28, of West Street, P[?]tersham, leading a[?]rcraftsman at the R.A.A.F. aerodrome, Richmond, was travelling in a car along Windsor Road, Kellyville, yesterday…

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Woman Injured by Taxi

Daily News · Saturday 24 June 1939 · page 1

Mrs. Ellen Rowe, 60, of Arthur Street, Believe Hill, suffered severe head injuries when struck by a taxi at the intersection of New South…

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Search For Body Of Drowned Recluse

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 June 1939 · page 2

Police are searching for the body of Vincent Gannon, 32, who was drowned off Dee Why on Thursday. The search is being concentrated to…

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