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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

1,688 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 85

Two Men Are Drowned At Newcastle NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Sunday 24 March 1940 · page 2

Two men were drowned at Newcastle to-day, after an interval of 22 years since a fatality has occurred here…

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Five Injured In Newcastle Smash NEWCASTLE

The Sun · Sunday 24 March 1940 · page 3

Four men and a woman were injured this afternoon in a collision between a taxi and a motor car in Bruce-street, Cook's Hill. All were…

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Explains Late Decision with High Caste Trainer Angry At Betting Suggestion Injured Tail Held Up Announcement

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 March 1940 · page 21

J. T. Jamieson, trainer of High Caste, took exception to a question put to one of the connections of the colt that the delay in announcing his starting in the Doncaster at Randwick…

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Boy's Sad Drowning

Daily News · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 2

When a mother stopped an ambulance at Douglas Park yesterday she found it carried the dead body of her son…

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Two Men Drowned

Daily News · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Sunday. -- There were two drowning fatalities at Newcastle yesterday. Caught in a strong northerly current,…

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Boler Injured

Daily News · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 10

Alan Boler, St. George front-row forward, will be out of action for some time. Boler broke his collarbone in Brisbane on Saturday…

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Three Near Drowning in Big Sea

Daily News · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 3

SWEPT two miles out from the shore after their launch was swamped by heavy seas at Ettalong during the week-end, a man and his two sons were rescued in dramatic circumstances…

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Road Accidents. Many Persons Injured. Search for Motorist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 8

Many serious motor accidents occurred in New South Wales in the weekend Police are searching for a motorist…

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Youth Drowned in Nepean River

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 2
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Leonard Francis Jeffries, 18, of Douglas Park, was drowned while swimming in the Nepean River at Douglas Park yesterday…

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Fatally Injured Motor-cyclist

The Sun · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 2

Alan Baskell, 27, of Woonona, was fatally injured last night when his motor cycle struck a traffic dome at the corner of West Botany- street and…

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Crash During Cycle Race. Man Killed; Another Injured. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 8

John James Stevens, transport driver, of Healesville, was killed instantly when his machine crashed into a fence at the Auto Cycle Unions motor cycle carnival at the…

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Two Drowned at Newcastle. Man Swept to Sea. Another Falls From Boat. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 7

Two men were drowned, one in the surf and the other in the harbour, at Newcastle, yesterday afternoon. George Jones, 28, of Tighe's Hill, was…

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Man Crushed at Ferry Wharf. Taronga Park Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 7

Mr. Oliver Clews, 82, of Hunter's Road, Balmoral, was seriously injured late on Saturday afternoon when he was crushed between a ferry steamer and the wharf at…

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Boy's Ordeal After Rifle Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 March 1940 · page 1

In agony from a pea-rifle bullet in his right thigh, a 14-year-old boy was carried on a stretcher for two miles over rugged…

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Found Drowned

Daily News · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 1

LAUNCESTON, Mon.--Robert Jackson, 12, who was missed from his home at Beauty Point on Saturday morning after being sent out on a milk round…

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Drowned Girl

Daily News · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 1

Victim of yesterday's drowning,' tragedy at Sans Souci, Eileen Abrook (right) is shown here with her sister…

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Collision At Penrith

Daily News · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 2

James Springer, 35, of Granville St., Smithfield, was severely injured last night when a car in which he was travelling came into collision with two…

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Cyclists Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 6

Two youths were injured yesterday when their motor cycle came into collision with a car at the corner of Bourke Street and Botany Road, Waterloo…

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Missing Boy Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 5

LAUNCESTON, Monday.--The body of Cedric Jackson, 13, who disappeared from his home at Sandy Beach, Beauty Point, on Sunday morning, was…

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