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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

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Causes in No. 6 COURT. (Before Mr. Acting Justice Barton and jury.) Tram Car Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 6

In an action by Henry Jennens, 63, to recover damages from the Commissioner for Road Transport and Tramways, for personal injuries arising out of a tramway accident,…

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Many Drowned in China. Air Raid Alarm in Ship. SHANGHAI, March 4. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 12

Shipping circles' report that about 250 people were drowned when the tender King Hsirig, operating between Ningpo (Chekiang) and Chinai, capsized…

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Tram Depot Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 4

Thomas Martin. 57, of Bunnerong Road. Maroubra. was working at the Dowling Street tram depot yesterday, when he stepped backwards and fell into a pit. Central District…

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Jockey Lappin's Death. "Entirely Accidental."

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 13

Witnesses at the Coroner's inquiry yesterday into the death of William Wright Lappin, l8, jockey, who received fatal injuries during the running of the Ingleburn Nursery…

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Soldier Shot by Accident Hobart

The Sun · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 2

The death of Private Tasman Kite (18), of the Sixth Garrison Battalion, from a bullet wound suffered at a garrison fort late on Sunday night…

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Lappin's Death an Accident

Daily News · Tuesday 5 March 1940 · page 5

"This is a very sad affair. This young man was highly esteemed by all his mates, the jockeys who rode with him, by ail racing men, and by…

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Lady Driver Fined Collision with Horse, Sulky

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 3

Sequel to a collision between her car and a horse and sulky in Guildford Road Guildford, on the night of November 17 Mrs. Ivy Shepherd, at the Parramatta…

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Explosion in Cart. Man Fatally Burned. Another Injured. GOULBURN

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 March 1940 · page 17

When a quantity of blasting powder exploded in a cart near Binalong, on Sunday, Michael Wales, 58, was fatally burned, and Sydney Neenan, 57, was…

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Car Fatality

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 5

At 12.50 a.m. on Friday James Pashley (.42),, labourer, of Patrick Street. Blacktown was fatally Injured when a car in which he was travelling…

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Presentations to Shark Fatality Hero

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 4

Mr. Sydney Owen, who recently brought in the body of Maxwell Farrin after he had been attacked by a shark in Botany Bay, was last night given an illuminated address by the…

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Injured on Dog Track

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 2

James McLellan 40, of Fairfield Street, Fairfield, suffered a fractured right leg when he was struck by a mechanical hare…

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Constable Injured in Crash

The Propeller · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 1

When Arthur Charles Lampshire rent collector, was shot dead at Jannali last Saturday, police were called to Sutherland from all parts of the…

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Amazing Pluck Of Injured Boxer

The Sun · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 43

Despite a bad cut over the eye in the first round, Bill Hebberd refused to throw in the towel, and went on to beat…

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Accident at Treatment Works

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 4

Albert [?] (23) of 22 Woodwill street, Fenrith, sustained a compound fractured right wrist and severe bruises to his body on Wednesday last, when…

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Shot Dead in Queer Accident

Daily News · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 5

CESSNOCK, Wednesday. -- The unexpected explosion of a shot-gun in wild. mountainous country beyond Wollombi to-day caused the…

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Australian Killed In R.A.F. Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 March 1940 · page 2

An Air Ministry cable was received yesterday, by Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Farrow, Tunstall Avenue, Kingsford, announcing the death of their airman son while on…

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Car Collision Damages

Daily News · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 5

A sequel to a motor car collision on the Hume Highway, near Liverpool, on April 20, 1936, was heard in the Supreme Court yesterday…

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Freighter Damaged in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 10

This picture, taken from outside the vessel, shows the damage done to the bows of a Union Line cargo steamer in a collision with an 11,000-ton freighter on the harbour last night. The steamer was run ashore at Goat Island to prevent sinking…

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Injured Worker Dies

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 2

Ralph Osborne, 53, wharf-laborer, of Anzac Parade, Kingsford, died yesterday in Sydney Hospital, from injuries received on a ship at Woolloomooloo on…

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Collision in Dark. Freighter Is Beached. Harbour Mishap

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1940 · page 9

When a large oversea cargo liner and a small cargo vessel in the New Zealand trade collided in Sydney Harbour last night, the smaller vessel…

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