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Accidents, 1941

1,673 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 84

Drowned in Four Inches of Water

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.-- Raymond Welsey Booth. 15, was found drowned in a pool of water four inches deep on the road to Warwick today…

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Drowned in Pool Four Inches Deep. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 9

Raymond Wesley Booth, 15, was found drowned in a pool of water four inches deep on the road to Warwick to-day. He fell from his bicycle while riding to…

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Saw Fatal Road Accident. Motorist Followed Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 9

After seeing a road accident, a motorist followed a car from Rozelle to Hunter's Hill last night. He reported to the police and a man was arrested and charged with having…

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Car Chase After Fatal Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 6

A car, which police allege failed to stop after knocking down and fatally injuring a man, was followed by a motorist last night from Rozelle to…

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Boy Accidentally Shoots Playmate in Heart

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 5

Leslie Robert, 14, accidentally shot Ian Walker, 13, through the heart with a pea-rifle, at Walker's home in Daisy Avenue, Penshurst; yesterday. The boys were playing war in…

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Home-made Cannon Explodes. Woman Seriously Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 April 1941 · page 11

A woman was injured critically at Hurstville yesterday when a homemade cannon containing gunpowder exploded and drove a piece of metal…

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Man Killed in Car Smash. Three Others Injured. GOSFORD

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 April 1941 · page 13

A man was killed, another was critically injured, and two Were slightly injured when a tourer car crashed into a tree near the Lisarow railway…

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Two Men Drowned In Surf Rescuers Long Swim with Boy Swept Into Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 April 1941 · page 5

Two men were drowned in the surf yesterday, one at Mono Vale, the other at Curl Curl. A boy who was swept off the rocks with the man…

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A.I.F. Casualties. Accidental Death of N.S.W. SOLDIER. Six Victorians Killed. MELBOURNE

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 April 1941 · page 12

The accidental death of a private soldier from Bexley, New South Wales, is reported in the latest casualty lists for the A.I.F. abroad…

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Feared Two Have Drowned

The Sun · Sunday 13 April 1941 · page 4

Two men are believed to have drowned in the Nepean River yesterday. Dressed in their swimming costumes…

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Two Drowned in Nepean

Truth · Sunday 13 April 1941 · page 16

TWO young men, drowned in the Nepean River at Penrith yesterday, are believed to have met their deaths after one hal…

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Drifting boat: Two feared drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 13 April 1941 · page 2

William George Whitely, 19, of Annandale Street, Annandale, and Bernard Seawall, 24, of Albion Street, Annandale, are believed to have been…

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Woman Injured. Wollongong

Truth · Sunday 13 April 1941 · page 16

WHEN her right hand was caught In a chaffcutter while helping her father on his farm at Mount Terry, out from Albion Park, Grace…

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Drowned in four feet of water

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 13 April 1941 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- James Wyatt, 89, of Heidelberg Road, Clifton Hill, was found drowned in Merri Creek late today…

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Sires' Stakes Plan That Went Astray Yar All a Masters All Love Tiring Pair Near To Collision In Terrific Finish

The Sun · Sunday 13 April 1941 · page 16

Yaralla and All Love provided the greatest clash of two-year-olds in living memory when they met for the first time yesterday in the A.J.C. Sires' Produce Stakes…

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Manly Solicitor Seriously Injured

The Sun · Monday 14 April 1941 · page 5

When he was struck by a taxi-cab at the intersection of Carlton-strcet and Pittwater-road, Manly, to-day, Ayrult Burns, 60, solicitor, of…

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Trooper Injured When 300 Horses Stampede

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 April 1941 · page 2

When 300 cavalry horses stampeded from Walgrove Camp yesterday afternoon Trooper Francis Leslie James, 22, of Grenfell, was knocked down and received a compound fracture of the skull…

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Two Men Drowned in Nepean. Bodies Not Recovered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 April 1941 · page 9

Police dragged the Nepean River near Penrith yesterday and on Saturday afternoon for the bodies of Bernard Seawall, 25, married, of Albion Street, Annandale, and George…

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Boy Loses Eye Through Airgun Accident. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 April 1941 · page 9

Brian Harrison, 12[?] of Oakey Park, has lost the sight of an eye following a shooting accident. Another boy was handling an airgun when…

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Collision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 2

Cars driven by Albert Tiller, of Philip-street, Auburn, and Walter Webb, of Parnell-street, Granville, collided at the corner of William-street…

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