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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

1,673 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 84

Trainee Dies After Road Collision. Woonona

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 12

Gavin Crozier, 25, a military trainee, who was injured when his motor-cycle collided with a motor car at the intersection of the lower South Coast Road and McCauley…

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Girl, 17, Internally Injured By Assault

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A girl, 17, was dragged to a vacant allotment at Flemington and criminally assaulted last night…

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Six-Day Race Injured Rider Returns

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 18

Randall Cook came out of hospital at his own risk last night to continue in the Sports Arena…

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Plane Collision Death. Sun in Pilot's Eyes. Coroner's Findings Postponed. Canberra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 13

The Canberra coroner, Lieutenant-Colonel J. T. Goodwin, postponed his finding at the inquiry to-day into the death of Corporal William Barry…

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Strike Clash in U.S.A. Seven Killed; 17 INJURED. Steel Workers' Wages. LONDON, April 15

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 12

Seven people were killed and 17 others injured in a clash between strikers and non-union coal miners in Kentucky, U.S.A., the B.B.C. reports…

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"Accident Might Occur"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 3

Drawing the attention of Holroyd Council to the "dangerous condition" of the road at the intersection of Oramxi and Carinya-roads, Girraween, W. H…

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Accident That Changed Man

The Sun · Wednesday 16 April 1941 · page 8

Following an accident in 1936, a tram conductor had changed from "an average healthy citizen" to "a dull man, slow of movement,"…

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Accidents of the Week. Injured in Car Collision

The Propeller · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 7

Two persons were injured last Sunday when two motor cars came into collision in Stoney Creek Road, Beverly Hills. Mrs. B. Lysen, of…

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Constable Injured

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 5

Constable Hill, of St. Marys, was seated on a motor cycle on the Western Road, Mt. Druitt, on Friday, when a passing motor vehicle collided with…

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Boy Drowned. Goondiwindi

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 9

Percy Riebelt, 15, of Goondiwindi, was drowned in the Mcintyre River to-day. He was watering his horse when it stumbled and fell into the river, throwing Riebelt,…

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50 Injured in Fire Tokio

The Sun · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 4

Fire which swept through Shinminato Machi, in the Toyama prefecture, to-day, destroyed 500 homes Fifty persons were injured in a…

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Two Drowned In Nepean River Long Search for Bodies

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 1

TWO young men who had camped in an old tram car in Factory Lane with two others, were drowned in Nepean River on…

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This Racing Game Spell for Injured High Caste

The Sun · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 44

High Caste will not race again this autumn, the kick he received at the start of the Chipping Norton Plate…

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Two Men Killed by Wall. Another Injured. NOWRA

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 3

Ollie Honer, 65, and Herbert Crampton, both of Milton Road, Nowra, were killed, and another man was injured when a brick wall, 40 feet high, collapsed and…

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THREE R.A.N. Men Injured. Air Raid in Greece. Rating Missing. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 April 1941 · page 9

The Minister for the Navy, Mr. Hughes, announced to-night that casualties during a recent air raid on a Greek port included the following…

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Harbour Collision in Fog

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 April 1941 · page 17

Dense fog over the harbour yesterday morning delayed ferry traffic and led to the collision, of the Lane Cove ferry boat Kamiri with the pilot tender Shortland…

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Stampede In Camp; Five Injured BRISBANE

The Sun · Saturday 19 April 1941 · page 3

Five trainees were injured and 11 horses were killed, when 300 horses stampeded at a Light Horse camp…

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Bondi Fire Woman Injured In Leap

Truth · Sunday 20 April 1941 · page 21

PANIC stricken when a fire broke out in the San Remo Flats, Watson-street, Bondi, early this morning, Mrs. Margaret…

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Angler Injured In Launch Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 21 April 1941 · page 8

WOLLONGONG, Sunday.--Malcolm Fleming. 49, of Railway Parade, suffered head injuries and a fractured right arm in a motor launch accident…

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Injured Girl Awarded £200

The Sun · Monday 21 April 1941 · page 2

Helena Collins, 19, of Whaling-road, North Sydney, suing by her next friend, was awarded £200 damages in the District Court to-day…

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