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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

1,673 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 84

16 Injured in Airline Crash Miami (Florida)

The Sun · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 2

Investigators to-day inspected the damaged Eastern Airlines plane which was forced down in a terrific hurricane and hailstorm yesterday…

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Men Beat Machines at Reviving Half-drowned Chicago, Friday (A.A.P.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 2

Manual resuscitation of apparently drowned persons is better than mechanical respiration methods, says the American Medical Association Journal. The journal says that Drs…

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Tranquil Star 20-1, UPSETS W.F.A. Champions High Caste Injured--leg Cut to Bone Astrid And Yaralla Add To Troubles Of Backers

The Sun · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 8

Success of Tanquil Star (20 to 1) in the Chipping Norton Plate and the defeats of Astrid (6 to 4 on) and Yaralla (6 to 4 on) shocked racegoers at Randwick this afternoon. Tranquil Star won by tour lengths from High Caste but…

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Injured woman walks 3 miles

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 6 April 1941 · page 8

KALGOORLIE, Saturday. -- After receiving severe internal injuries in a car smash, a woman walked three miles for…

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Families in car smash: one dead, six injured

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 6 April 1941 · page 5

KATOOMBA, Saturday. -- Seven members of two families were involved in a fatal car smash near Blackheath today. One woman was killed and…

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Man Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 11

Thomas Quinn, 45, machinist, of Osgood Street, Guildford, was struck by a car in Woodville Road on Saturday night, and suffered a probably fractured skull, compound…

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R.A.A.F. Planes Crash. Two Killed; Two Injured. Mid-air Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 11

When two R.A.A.F. Tiger Moth training planes collided over the Lakes Golf Course, Kingsford, early on Saturday, two men were killed. They were…

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Car Driven Over Cliff. Mist Causes Error. One Killed, Six Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 11

A woman was killed and six people were injured on Saturday, when a motor car ran off the road in a dense fog a mile from Blackheath, on the…

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Collision with German Submarine. Holed Ship Makes Port. London, April 6. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 10

The crew of a big merchant ship which arrived at an east coast port in Canada with her hull pierced below the Waterline told of a race for port after…

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16 Injured in Plane Crash. New York, April 6. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 10

A message from Vero Beach (Florida) says that investigators inspected the damaged Eastern Airlines plane which was forced down in a terrific hurricane and hailstorm on…

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A.I.F. Lorry Rolls Down Mountain: 3 injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 6

A military motor lorry left the road at Upper Colo yesterday and rolled 65 feet down the side of a mountain, injuring three of five soldiers who were passengers…

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Turf Notes. From Stable and Course. Trotting: Driver Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 16

With a winning lead half way down the straight in the fourth division of the Divided Handicap at Harold Park yesterday. Some Swank blundered in his…

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Sinking of Mine~ Sweeper. Inadequate Lights. Inquest on Victims of Collision. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 13

Evidence of the inefficiency of lighting on the mine-sweeper Goorangai, which sank after a collision in Port Phillip Bay on November 30, was given…

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Mine Victims at Singapore. 22 Dead; 20 Injured. SINGAPORE, April 7. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 12

Twenty-two men were killed and, 20 injured in the R.A.F. salvage ship Buffalo oh Saturday, it was officially announced to-day. While going out of Singapore harbour to…

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War Reporter Home, Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 April 1941 · page 4

First Australian war correspondent to return from the Middle East has arrived in Sydney with a war injury. He is Mr. Guy Edward Harriott,…

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10 Injured As Truck Capsized

The Sun · Wednesday 9 April 1941 · page 6

Ten militiamen were injured, five of them seriously, when a military truck capsized on the Cowpastures-road,…

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Doncaster and Sydney Cup Sons of Veilmond Favored High Caste Injured

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 9 April 1941 · page 11

WHILST form was all topsy-turvy at the Warwick Farm meeting held at Randwick on Saturday when odds-on favorites failed in three successive races, two sons of the Dominion-bred sire, Veilmpnd—Rimveil ana Veiled Threat—gave capital displays…

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Explosive Accident

Nepean Times · Thursday 10 April 1941 · page 1

TWO sons of Mir and Mrs J. Trask, of Derby Street, Penrith, Joe and Barry, had an unpleasant experience on Wednesday afternoon, 2nd inst…

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Assault After Accident

Liverpool News · Thursday 10 April 1941 · page 2
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At Liverpool Police court on Monday, Henry A. Fenton was charged with assaulting; an Ambulance officer, and with insulting words to a sergeant of police…

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