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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

1,673 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 84

Trainees Die in Air Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 3

MONTREAL, Friday (A.A.P.).--Seven men are believed to have been killed when two large bombing planes collided while flying near Toronto…

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Nine Men Injured in Crash. Tree Saves Bus on Mountain Road. NEWCASTLE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 16

A tree six inches in diameter prevented a bus containing 28 relief workers from crashing hundreds of feet down the side of Buladelah Mountain to-night…

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Woman Dies After Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1941 · page 8

Alberta Kilmister, 67, of Glenmore Road, Edgecliff, died in St. Vincent's Hospital last night after having been knocked down by a bicycle in New South…

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Police Believe Soldier Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 7

DUBBO, Sunday.--Police believe that Corporal William Henry Marcroft, 24, of Gunnedah, whose body was found in the Macquarie River, three miles from…

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Collision Blame Is Shared Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 3

Mr. Justice Dixon sitting in Admiralty Jurisdiction in the High Court to-day found that the masters and crews…

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Two Injured in Fall From Cycle

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 7

GOSFORD. Sunday.--A father and daughter were thrown to the road from a bicycle and seriously injured near Gosford today when the girl, who was…

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Road Accidents. Blind Woman Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 11

A blind woman, Mrs. Lydia Evans, 46, of no fixed address, was knocked down by a motor car and killed in Bayswater Road, Rushcutter Bay, at 2.15…

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A.I.F. CASUALTIES. Five Men Lost in Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 March 1941 · page 9

Accidents on service abroad have resulted in the death of five members of the A.I.F., whose names are in a casualty list issued yesterday…

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Film Star Hurt in Plane Accident Hollywood

The Sun · Tuesday 18 March 1941 · page 5

James Stewart, the noted film actor, was injured when his private aeroplane made a forced landing. His doctor reports his condition…

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Marooned on Stack, Saw Ewes Drowned Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 10

Crouched on a haystack waiting for a boat to cross his flooded paddocks to his rescue, a young Canterbury farmer…

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To Pay £9350 Accident Damages

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 March 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Tuesday (A.A.P.).--When two carloads of friends collided, two women lost their husbands, another passenger was blinded in one eye, and…

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Boy Cyclist Injured

The Biz · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 4

Ray Brown, 16. son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Brown, of William Street, Fairfield, was riding a cycle near Yennora railway station on March 14, when he…

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Workers' Train Wrecked. Thre Hundred Injured. New York, March 19. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 8

Three hundred men engaged in the construction of the Government's huge arsenal project at Ravenna, Ohio, were injured when a workmen's train was…

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Trains Collide. Sixty People Injured in Essex. LONDON, March 19. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 7

It Is believed that 60 people were injured, mostly by broken glass, when a train crashed into the rear of another which was stationary at Leyton (Essex)…

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Nepeen Ambulance Cases Cyclistvs Accident

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 March 1941 · page 5

Stanley Abbott, of 560 High street, Penrith, sustained a fractured collartone when he fell from a bike on Thursday last. He was conveyed to Dr…

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Child Evacuees Drowned. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 March 1941 · page 10

James Fergus, 4, and Janet Elliott, [?], evacuees from Hong Kong, were drowned today in five feet of water in a lagoon at Kirra Beach, Coolangatta…

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Tram Collision in Tunnel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1941 · page 17

Two tramcars collided in the Wynyard tunnel at 5.40 p.m. yesterday. The following were taken by the Central District Ambulance to Sydney Hospital, where…

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Sydney Harbour Collision Equal Liability

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 22 March 1941 · page 2

Holding that the collision which occurred between the motorship Empire Star and the steamer Kairanga in Sydney Harbour on…

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Donald Duck-- First Aid To The Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 March 1941 · page 9

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English Cricketer Injured. London, March 20. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 March 1941 · page 18

Len Hutton, the Yorkshire cricketer, broke an arm during army duties. He will miss the early part of the coming cricket season…

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