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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

1,673 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 84

U.S. Sailors' Gallant Rescue Dive in Harbor to Save Woman Radio Officer's Leg Crushed In Tram Accident

The Sun · Saturday 22 March 1941 · page 3

Two U.S. sailors dived fully clothed into the Harbor from the destroyer Downes to-day to rescue a middle-aged woman who had fallen from a sight-seeing ferry…

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Fleming Injured

Truth · Sunday 23 March 1941 · page 5

Well-known Southern Districts lightweight jockey. W. Fleming, who is now domiciled at Warwick Farm, had some bad luck yesterday…

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Motor Cyclists Killed, Injured

The Sun · Sunday 23 March 1941 · page 9

One motor-cyclist was killed and another, a militiaman, was seriously injured last night when their machines were involved in collisions…

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Dodged War Death; Died in Accident

Truth · Sunday 23 March 1941 · page 16

FATE was in a cruel mood when it ordained that Ronald Howard, 19, R.A.N. stoker, should die in a city tram…

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Cricketer Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 March 1941 · page 13

[?].Ycstes, the Petershom opening batsman, was [?] in an unusual accident in the cricket [?] between Petersham and Glebe, at Peter[?] Oval, on Saturday afternoon, Racing for…

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Journalist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 March 1941 · page 10

Leonard Waldemar Lower, 39, journalist, received injuries to the [?]eet and lacerations and contusions of the face when he slipped when boarding a tram near the corner of…

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U.s. Destroyers in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 March 1941 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Sunday (A.A.P.).-- The Navy Department disclosed today that four large destroyers of the United States Fleet battle force…

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Sailor Injured by Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 March 1941 · page 10

Cbie[?] Radio Operator Peter Olszcewski, of the' American cruiser Portland, was knocked down by a tram as he was about to enter a taxi in Pitt Street on Saturday afternoon…

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Man Hit by Car, Badly Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 March 1941 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--When he was knocked down today by a car in Military Road, Newcastle, John Caddy, 63, of Gordon Street, Cook's Hill,…

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Youth Pinned Under Car. Three Injured in Capsize

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 March 1941 · page 11

Ray Reed, 19, of Riley Street, East Sydney, was pinned by the neck under a car which overturned yesterday, when ii skidded in loose gravel, near Bobbin…

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Only One Accident Reported to Police

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 March 1941 · page 4

There was only one accident victim among the thousands who watched the U.S. detachment's departure yesterday. Rene Pierce, 15, of Baldwin Street,…

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Tram, Lorry in Collision

The Sun · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 3

Driver Percy Flynn amazingly escaped injury this afternoon when the cabin of his tram was crushed in a collision with a motor lorry on…

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Two Injured in Motor Cycle Smash. Goulburn, Monday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 25 March 1941 · page 5

Joseph Warburton sustained a compound fracture of the ankle, broken left ribs, bruises to the face, and severe shock, and Ernest Roberts cuts to the hands,…

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Two Hurt in Collision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 26 March 1941 · page 8

A collision between a bicycle and a car at the corner of Railway Crescent and Woodville-road, Granville, on Friday, resulted in two people being taken…

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R.A.A.F. Crash Near Narrandera. Trainee Seriously Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 March 1941 · page 7

An R.A.A.F. pilot-trainee, Leading Aircraftman Martin Butler Mahoney aged 20, of Upper Yarraman, Queensland, was seriously injured…

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Big Drop in Road Accidents Numbers Lowest on Record

The Sun · Wednesday 26 March 1941 · page 5

Traffic fatalities in N.S.W. last year were the lowest recorded in five years and accidents and injuries were the…

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Fairfield Man Killed Car Fatality

The Biz · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 1

A tragic accident occurred last Saturday nlgiit, when a car carrying [?]ree men crashed into a culvert on Fairfiela side of the new Sackville street Bridge…

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Avoiding a Collision Lorry Driver Acquitted

Nepean Times · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 7

On Thursday, 20th inst., Walter Charles Bolton, of Evans street, Penrith, was charged at the Traffic Court, Sydney, with driving a motor lorry…

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"Speed and Inexperience" Coroner on Road Fatality

Nepean Times · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 6

"From the evidence before me I am of the opinion that speed, coupled with inexperience, was the cause of this very sad fatality," stated the district…

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Yellow Line Obliterated Inquest on Fatal Collision

Nepean Times · Thursday 27 March 1941 · page 4

A collision between a car and a motor cycle on the Western Read, St. Marys, on February 9. was the subject of an inquest held by the district coroner,…

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