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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

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Collision Report London

The Sun · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 5

Berlin radio states an S.O.S. has been intercepted from the British freighter, City of Bedford (6402 tons). She is stated to have been…

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Marine Inquiry Cardross-Fiona Collision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 2

An inquiry was commenced at Sydney last Monday by the Marine Court into the cause of the collision between the steamers…

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McMENAMIN in Accident Breaks Collarbone-- Misses Wins

The Sun · Wednesday 1 January 1941 · page 10

Jockey E. McMenamin received a fractured right collarbone when Skerries dashed at the barrier and he was catapulted from the saddle prior to the start…

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Collision at Arncliffe

The Propeller · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 4

Injured when a taxi-cab and a, car collided at 4.45 a.m, yesterday in Forest Road, Arncliffe, Sydney Redwin,. of Wollongong Road, Arncliffe, was…

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Oatley Woman Drowned

The Propeller · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 1

On Christmas Day, Mrs. E. Wootton, of Ada Street, Oatley, was accidentally drowned at Carramar, Prospect Creek. She fell from a launch…

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Road Accidents. Several Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 6

Accidents on roads in the metropolitan area and in the country yesterday caused injury to a number of persons. A motor car swerved off the road at the…

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Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 4

When Robert Ansley, 12 years of age, of Payton Street, Kogarah Bay, fell from a bicycle in Northbrook St. Bexley, last Sunday. he suffered…

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Motor Cars in Collision

The Propeller · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 4

One car was completely wrecked as the result of a collision between two cars at the intersection of Princes Highway and English Street…

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Motor Cyclists Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 4

Two men, George Hall, 27 years of age, and Percy Power, 28 years of age, both of Botany, suffered severe lacerations and abrasions to their…

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Injured While Diving

The Propeller · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 4

Walter Smedlev, of Rowley Street, Brighton-le-Sands, injured his neck on New Year's Day while diving in the Rockdale Municipal Batha at…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 2

William Wardrop, of 42 Renwick Street, Leichhardt, was pushing a motor Like along the Western Road, Emu Plains, on Tuesday evening, when…

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Brunswick Heads Drowning. First for Five Years

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 7

The first drowning fatality at South Beach, Brunswick Heads, since 1935, occurred to-day Gordon Henburn, 24, bank clerk, of Rosebank, near Lismore, was the victim…

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Accidents of the Week. Injured in Motor Car Crash

The Propeller · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 4

When a motor car struck an electric light pole in Prince's Highway, St. Peters, at 5.45 a.m. yesterday it was badly damaged and two youths in the…

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Fatal Car Smash. Woman Killed, Husband Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 4

Mrs. Eloise Rowland, aged 20 years, of Grove Avenue, Penshurst, was killed, and her husband, Arthur Rowland, 25, of the same address, was…

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E. McMENAMIN INJURED. Fall at Barrier. Right Collarbone Fractured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 8

The jockey, E. McMenamin, had a painful accident at Randwick yesterday, when his mount, Skerries, favourite for the Nursery…

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Accident at Gymkhana

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 2

Ross Roots, of Jamison town, was knocked down by a motor cycle at the gymkhana on Penrith Showground yesterday, and was taken by Nepean…

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Child Accident Victims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 3

Recent investigation by the National "Safety First" Association, says the London "Times." shows that more very young chlldien, especially those about three,…

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Braved Sharks in Harbor Swim to Drowning Man

The Sun · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 3

The heroism of a tram conductor who dived at night into shark-infested water in Sydney Harbor in a vain attempt to save another man, was praised in the City Coroner's Court to-day…

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Car Hits Electric Light Pole. Two Youths Injured

The St George Call · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 1

When a motor car struck an electric [?]ght pole in Prince's Highway, St Peters at 5.45 a.m Wednesday, it was badly damaged and two youths…

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Boy Drowned. Mates Were Practising Life-saving

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 15

Douglas Lionel Paterson, 16, drowned in 12 feet of water at North West Arm, Port Hacking, on December 12, while his two friends, Leon Oltman and Harold Davis,…

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