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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

1,688 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 85

Merle Oberon Gets Damages. Injuries in Car Accident. LONDON, Feb. 13. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1940 · page 15

The Court awarded Merle Oberon, the Australian film st[?] £5,000 damages, plus £693 costs, against her chauffeur for injuries she received in a road accident…

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Child Problems Over The Teacups Warning Children Against Accidents

The Sun · Wednesday 14 February 1940 · page 14

SHOULD one read out accounts of accidents to children as a warning? "In order to impress my eight-year-old John with the dangers of street traffic, my mother has been reading out to…

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Two Killed In Road Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 February 1940 · page 2

A man and a woman were killed in road accidents yesterday. Mary Strong, of Flora Street, Lakemba, was fatally crushed when a car…

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Cyclist Injured

Liverpool News · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 2
Also in The Biz, The Sydney Morning Herald

Vernard Oscar Gleuth, 25, of the Royal Australian Air Force, who is stationed at Richmond, received a fracture of the skull when his motor cycle and a…

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Husband and Wife Injured

The Biz · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 1

Mr. and Mrs. Norman Scanlon. of Fairview Road, Cabramatta, were driving in a car on Hume Highway. Lansdowne. on February 10. when a motor van collided…

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Accident a Children's Playground

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 4

Joyce Hair, (13), daughter of Mr and Mrs George Hair, of Derby Street, Fenrith. met with an accident whilst swinging in Judges Park on Tuesday…

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Accident at Peakhurst. Dangerous Road Turning

The Propeller · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 7

Another accident occurred at the intersection of Forest Road and First Street, Peakhurst, on Tuesday night, at the same place where a fatal…

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Hillcrest Avenue Crossing. Two More Accidents

The Propeller · Thursday 15 February 1940 · page 7

Two more accidents occurred at the dangerous Hillcrest Avenue-Belmore Road crossing at South Hurstville during the week-end, adding to the…

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Watchman Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 11

Albert Berry, 38, of Terry Street, St. Peters, a watchman, was severely burned at the works of Reckitts (Oversea), Ltd., Bourke Street, Redfern, early yesterday morning. He was…

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Army Officer Drowned In Surf

The Sun · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 7

High tributes to the military service of the into Major Cecil Phillip Webb, quartermaster of the 9th Field Ambulance, were paid by officers of the…

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I.R.A. Bombs Explode, Man Injured LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 3

As the result of a midnight explosion in a shoe shop in central Birmingham a man is in hospital, seriously injured…

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Killed in Car Accident Casino, Thurs

Daily News · Friday 16 February 1940 · page 3

Charles William Cross, 48, breadcarter, died in hospital to-day from injuries received when his van was hit by a car…

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Critically Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 5

John Lee, 27, St. John's Road, St. John's Park, was critically injured when a car struck him in Parramatta Road, Concord, yesterday…

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Pay Car in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Four employees of Greater Newcastle Council were injured when their car came into collision with another at the intersection of…

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Police Assume Boy Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Howard Alexander, 8, of Richmond, who disappeared at Hampton Beach two weeks ago, was drowned, police assume…

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Boiler Explodes Four Men Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Pour men were when a boiler they were testing at the Commonwealth Steel Products, Waratah, exploded today…

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Randwick Fails Against St. George Oldfield Off Injured Brilliant Century By Barnes

The Sun · Saturday 17 February 1940 · page 9

Randwick failed to recover from a bad start against the leader, St. George, in the grade cricket competition to-day and was dismissed for 139. Barnes scored a fine century for Petersham, whose…

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Oldfield Is Injured

The Sun · Sunday 18 February 1940 · page 24

Gordon, after an inglorious batting display against Western Suburbs yesterday, struck further trouble…

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