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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

1,688 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 85

Harbour Collision Marine Court's Decision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 2

The Commonwealth Court of Marine Inquiry has delivered a reserved decision after hearing the case concerning the collision in…

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Blames Council for Her Injured Knee

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 7

"I looked up to see the time, and put my foot in a broken piece of path. I fell and injured my right knee most terribly, and ruined a good pair of…

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Injured Man's Crawl To Beach Destrover LONDON

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 1

A paymaster-lieutenant whose foot had been blown off crawled from the wrecked bridge of the destroyer Hardy to the wheelhouse, and beached the sinking vessel. This is revealed in survivors'…

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Unusual Accidents

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 9

MOST unusual accident of the month is that of injuries caused to a woman through a cauliflower fulling from a truck and smashing…

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Two Accidents at Same Spot. Man and Woman Hurt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 April 1940 · page 15

A man und woman were knocked down at the same spot on Tavernei s Hill Parramatta Road yesterday. The first to be injuied was Richaul…

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Ingleburn Soldier Injured

Liverpool News · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 2

Private James Kelly, from Ingleburn, arrived at Central Station on Sunday afternoon with a badly injured left band According to the railway report, his…

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Rail Men Collect For Injured Boy

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 7

Railway employees have subscribed £15 to provide a holiday for a schoolboy who fell from an electric train. The boy, Ronald Hoysted, 12, of…

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Greyhound Race Meetings. Wentworth Park. Young Lightning Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 2

The heats of the Autumn Special No. 1 and No. 2 Stakes were decided (at the National Coursing Associations greyhound meeting at Wentworth Patk last night. First and second…

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John Bromwich Injured. Car Crashes Into a Tree

The Propeller · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 2

John Bromwich, the Davis Cup player, a member of the Illawarra Suburbs Lawn Tennis Association, and a resident of Allawah, was injured…

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Motor Car Over Cliff. Family Injured at Yowie Bay

The Propeller · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 4

A motor car was severely damaged when it backed down a steep incline in Attunga Road, Yowie Bay, and fell over a small cliff at the…

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Speedway Accident

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 1

During a trial run on the Penrith Speedway on Tuesday a car driven by Paymond Alexander (24) mechanic, of 149 Queen Street, North…

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Military Accident

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 2

At 9 a.m. on 17th inst. Paul Davis first machine gun regiment, C Squadron, Wallgrove sustained a fracture of the skull when a motor cycle he…

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Stop-press News. Last Nights Storm. Accidents on the Roads

The Propeller · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 7

As the "Propeller" this week is published on Friday morning, instead of Thursday afternoon, on account of the Anzac Day holiday, we are able…

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Accidents of the Week. Child's Finger Smashed

The Propeller · Thursday 25 April 1940 · page 7

Kevin Collins, aged six years, was playing in the yard with his brothers and sisters at their home at Engadine, helping to build a…

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Injured Union Players

The Sun · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 14

Eric Gibbons, Northern Suburbs Rugby Union halfback, and Eric Hutchinson, University forward, will be…

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Driver Badly Injured

Daily News · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 3

Arthur Larking, 26, of Neptune Street. George, and Miss Esma Dempsey, 22, of Arden Street. Coogee, were injured when a car driven by Larking was involved in…

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Returned Soldier Injured At "Smoko"

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 2

A returned soldier, George Lawton, 42, Alfred Street, Ramsgate, was seriously injured at an Anzac Day reunion yesterday…

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Car Over Bank, Three Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 2

Three people were injured when a car crashed over a 10ft. embankment at Yowie Bay yesterday…

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Boy Fatally Injured by Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 1

Harry Bamford, 14, Franklin Street, Malabar, was fatally injured when he was struck by a tram near Long Bay Jail yesterday…

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League Winger. F. Hurley Injured. South Sydney's Mishaps

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 26 April 1940 · page 13

Frank Hurley, the international Rugby League winger, who recently was given permission by the Hull club to play for Newtown this season, was injured in the opening round…

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