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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

1,673 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 84

Fierce Fight in Cafe. Policeman and Three Others Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 March 1941 · page 9

During a fierce fight in the Canberra Cafe in George Street, Broadway, last night, Constable E. G. McPherson was hit on the head with a broken tumbler and the cafe proprietor,…

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Turf Notes. From Stable and Course. Accident at Harold Park

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1941 · page 12

In the President's Unhoppled Handicap at Harold Park yesterday, three drivers were dislodged. The stewards issued the following report: "During the running…

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Fatal Collision in N.Z. AUCKLAND

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1941 · page 12

Leading Aircraftman Evan Archer was killed when two Air Force planes collided near Palmerston North and made a forced landing. The other pilot was not hurt…

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Pilot Killed In Crash After Mid-Air Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 March 1941 · page 5

Leading - Aircraftman Eric Arthur Girdler, 27, was killed when the machine he was piloting crashed after a mid-air collision with another R.A.A.F. plane over…

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Plane Crashes in Collision. Trainee Killed. Co-pilot Parachutes From 300 Feet. Kyogle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1941 · page 12

When two[?] twin-engined R.A.A.F. planes collided near Central Dyraaba Soldiers' Settlement this morning, one lost its tail and crashed. The pilot was…

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Drowning Fatality Body Recovered After Four Days

The Biz · Thursday 6 March 1941 · page 7
Also in The Broadcaster

Mr. Daniel Williams, 4[?] of Woodville Road, Granville, who was drowned while Ashing from a punt on the Hawkesbury River, Brooklyn, on Monday,…

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Collision

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 March 1941 · page 5

On Sunday, at 10 p.m., a car driven by Linden Charles Crawford, of Old South Head Road, Bondi, travelling toward Sydney, and a car driven by…

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Boy Injured

The Broadcaster · Thursday 6 March 1941 · page 3
Also in The Biz

Brian Bebbington, of Smythe street Merrylands, was crossing Pitt street near the hotel on Saturday, when he was struck by a car. He was treated at…

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Lorry Strikes Post a Fatality

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 March 1941 · page 4

Sapper Walter Herbert Waterhouse, residing at Morce Street, Gordon, died In Parramntta Hospital on Friday, from injuries received that day when a lorry…

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Heard by the Way Railway Accident Recalled

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 March 1941 · page 1

NEXT Tuesday, March 11, is the 51st anniversary of the Bell railway accident, a tragic happening that is in the memory of many of the older…

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Motor Car Accidents

The Propeller · Thursday 6 March 1941 · page 4

Two persons were injured last Saturday in a collision between motor cars in Dowling Street, Arncliffe. Mrs. Snowden, of Dowling Street,…

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4 Escape in Air Collision

The Sun · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 3

Four R.A.A.F, men--two instructors and two trainee pilots--escaped injury to-day when two Tiger Moth planes collided in mid-air, nine miles…

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Razor, Rope in Coat: Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 2

An elderly man who slid from a rock into the sea at La Perouse yesterday had a blade razor in one coat pocket and a length of rope in another…

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Workers' Compensation Commission. (Before Judge Lamond.) Referee Injured in Match

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 3

William John Williamson, 44, a football referee, of Wilson Street, Botany, claimed compensation from the South Sydney District Junior Rugby Football…

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Accident Cramped Her Smile

The Sun · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 3

A young woman whose smile was limited as the result of an accident, was described as partially pokerfaced by a doctor in the Supreme Court to-day. "She can smile on one side of her face, but only to the extent…

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Fatal Accident In Colliery

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 March 1941 · page 4

Victor Herbert Watkins, 49, of Skelton Street, Hamilton, died yesterday following an accident at Aberdare South colliery…

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Drowned Man Identified

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 March 1941 · page 7

The body of a man, drowned at La Perouse on Thursday, was yesterday identified as that of William Edgar Hayes, 75, Holmwood Street, Newtown…

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Queer Accidents. Man Who Bit Himself On Forehead

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 March 1941 · page 9

Fortune indulged in some dizzy didoes in 1940. This gained emphasis recently when Paul Jones, of the National Safety Council, made…

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