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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

1,673 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 84

Five Injured In Prospect Crash

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 4

Crashing into a telegraph pole after skidding on loose gravel on the Great Western Road at Prospect yesterday, a car was completely wrecked and its…

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Heroic Nurses Tend Injured; Fight Flames London

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 1

While incendiaries rained on the roof of St.Thomas's Hospital the nursing staff, with tin hats over caps and veils, worked tirelessly and cheerfully in an almost superhuman effort to cope with the endless…

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Wouldn't Scratch Injured Favorite Trainer Fears "Talk" Drift in Price of Counsel Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 5 January 1941 · page 3

A sudden betting drift preceded Counsel's defeat Into second place by Retnuha in the Glenbervie…

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No Trace of Drowned Man

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 3

Lifesavers and police searched unsuccessfully yesterday for the body of Henry Joseph Trott, 45, brass founder, of Artarmon Road, Willoughby, who…

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Sick and Injured Riders

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 13

N. Wilson, who was to have ridden Doomsday in the colts and geldings division of the Juvenile Handicap at Moorefield on Saturday, was thrown from the…

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Man Drowned Off Long Reef. Swept From Rocks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 11

Henry Joseph Trott, of 68 Artarmon Road Willoughby, was swept off the rocks at Long Reef on Saturday afternoon and drowned. A big wave carried him out while he was…

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R.A.A.F. CRASH. Pilot Dead. Three Other Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 11

An R.A.A.F. flying instructor was killed and a pupil pilot a flying officer and a sergeant-pilot were injured on Saturday when a Tiger Moth trainer…

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Explosion Under School. Two Boys Injured, One Seriously

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 January 1941 · page 8

Jack Russell, 13. of King's Cross Road, King's Cross, had his left hand shattered and his abdomen perforated with jagged pieces of tin, and Gordon Collins, 13, also of King's…

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River Thames Collision Negligent Navigation Alleged

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 1

An interesting case was heard recently before Mr. Justice Langton, sitting with Captain H. C. Birnie and Captain R. L. F. Hubbard, Elder Brethren of Trinity House. The Russian motor vessel Selix Dzerjinsky collided with…

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Cardross-fiona Collision Court's Decision Next

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 2

The inquiry by the Court of Marine Inquiry into the collision off Sydney Heads on December 15 between the steamers Fiona and…

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New Year Racing Sensations Jockey McMenamin Injured. Manrico's Form Reversal

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 11

THE New Year ushered in plenty of racing sensations, and in addition to the carpeting of the Munro brothers and the unfortunate accident to jockey Ted McMenamin at Randwick on die holiday Darby Munro was the central figure at an…

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Drowning Fatality

The Propeller · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 3

Douglas Lionel Paterson, aged 16 years, was drowned in twelve feet of water at North West Arm, Port Hacking, on December 12, while his two…

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Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 4

Last Monday Keith McPherson, of Queen's Road, Hurstville, came into collision with a car while riding a bicycle along Princes Highway…

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Second Drowning in Queensland Brisbane

The Sun · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 9

Queensland floods claimed their second victim late yesterday, when William Thorne, an aged resident of Alpha was drowned in Alpha Creek…

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Incident with Gun Cambridge Park Fatality Was Vallon Shot Accidentally?

Nepean Times · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 6

"THE trigger of the gun may have been cocked, when I was hanging tightly on to the stock, when Vallon was jerking it in a back and…

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Boy Drowned in Old Baths

The Sun · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 3

Malcolm Marshall (10), of Bruce-street, Brighton-le-Sands, fell into 20 feet of water from the pier in the old Brighton baths to-day, and…

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Admirer's Gift To Injured Boy

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 7

Mr. Bob Keating, of the Coogee Life- Saving Club, gave the Daily Telegraph 10 last night for Jack Russell, 13-year-old victim of an explosion on Monday…

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"No Accident" Resolution

Liverpool News · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 2

When the final road accident figures are available, for 1940, it is certain that a substantial reduction will be shown for New South Wales, despite some steep…

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Two-year-old Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 13

Sky High, a two-year-old colt by Peter Pan from The Darter, pulled away from his attendant at the half-mile sheds at the Randwick racecourse yesterday…

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Supreme Court. in Divorce. (Before the Registrar.) Injured Soldier's Petition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 6

Wife's Application for Al[?]mony. Dorothe Hamilton Abel, wife of Lionel James Abel, applied for an order for alimony pendente lite…

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