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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

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Boys Hurt in Collision

Daily News · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 3

Two boys, both aged nine, were injured when their bicycle and a car collided on Saturday in Redmire Road, Strathfield…

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Mr. Frank Neil Injured. Melbourne Accident. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 7

Mr. Frank Neil, managing director of the Tivoli Theatre, Melbourne and Sydney, was seriously injured in a motor accident early to-day…

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Tivoli Director Badly Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Frank Neil, 50, director of Sydney and Melbourne Tivoli Theatres, was seriously injured when he was struck by a car in St. Kilda…

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Frank Neil Is Injured

Daily News · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 1

Picked up unconscious in Sturt Street, South Melbourne, early this morning, Mr. Frank Neil; managing director of the…

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Woman Drowned in Park Lake Perth

The Sun · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 3

Mr. Max Zines. of William-street, Perth, reported to the police at 6.45 a.m. to-day that his wife had gone for a walk at 5 a.m. and had not…

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Tamblyn Injured Again In Match MELBOURNE

The Sun · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 9

Trying to save four to-day in the match between Victoria and South Australia, G. Tamblyn, the Victorian opening…

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Explosion in Shack. Boy Injured When Petrol Ignited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 9

An explosion which wrecked a week-end shack at Gray's Point, near Sutherland, on Saturday, is believed to have been caused by the accidental ignition of petrol which was…

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Train Disaster in Italy. 40 Dead; 150 Injured. ROME, Dec. 31. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 8

A fast passenger train collided with a troop train in the station at Torre, Annunziata, on the Bay of Naples. Forty bodies have been recovered. It is estimated that…

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Died After Accident

The Sun · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 3

Richard Michael Noonan, 47, of Wyagden-road, North Sydney, died in the Mater Misericordlae Private Hospital to-day as the result of a spinal…

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Hit-run Driver Hurts Woman New Year Traffic Accidents

The Sun · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 3

Rushing to Palm Beach early this morning to pick up the victim of a hit-run car driver, Manly Ambulance had to stop and attend a girl and a…

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Accident Deaths in Victoria Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 1 January 1940 · page 9

With nine accident deaths over the week-end, the total of holiday tragedies since the Saturday before Christmas reached 40 -- an average of more…

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Killed in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Monday.--Albert Edward Shadbolt, 35, fitter, Davis Street, Boulder, was killed when his motor cycle crashed into a car on Coolgardie…

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Woman Badly Injured by Car

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 6

A woman was knocked down and badly injured by a car which failed to stop, in Barrenjoey Road, Palm Beach, early yesterday morning…

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Fewer Road Accidents. Holiday Figures. Minister Awaits Report

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 8

The Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, speaking from Tenterfield last night, said that he was looking forward with interest to the complete…

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Many Accidents Usher in New Year One Dead in Car-taxi Crash Road Injuries

Daily News · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 2

THREE minutes before the New Year was ushered in, Mervyn George Mornington Russell, 35, was so badly injured in an accident at Darlinghurst that he died four hours later in…

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Accidentally Shot

Daily News · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 3

NEWCASTLE. Mon.--While shooting with a number of companions in the scrub at Wyee to-day, Frank Bondes, 22, of Mortdale, was…

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Frank Neil Dies After Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Mr. Prank Neil, 50, managing-director of the Tivoli Theatre circuit, died in Prince Henry Hospital this afternoon…

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Man Accidentally Shot by Companion

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1940 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Prank Bonds, 22, farm hand, Wyee, was accidentally shot while walking in the bush at Wyee today…

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Drowned in Dam

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 5

MAITLAND, Tuesday.--Thomas Robert Clair Byrth, 35, was drowned in the Maitland Council dam last night, while swimming with two companions…

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Cyclist Hurt in Collision

Daily News · Wednesday 3 January 1940 · page 5

LISMORE, Tues.--Cecil Quinn, 15, was seriously injured to-day when a cycle he was riding and a timber truck came into collision in…

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