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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

1,673 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 84

Fatal Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 9

VINCENT EDWARDS (19), Of Guildford, died in Parramatta Hospital this morning from injuries received when the bicycle he was…

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Fatal Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 9

VINCENT EDWARDS (19), of Guildford, died in Parramatta Hospital this morning from injuries received when the bicycle he was…

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Fatal Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 9

VINCENT, EDWARDS (19), of Guildford, died in Parramatta Hospital this morning from injuries received when the bicycle he was…

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Fated Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 9

VINCENT EDWARDS (19), of Guildford died in Parramatta Hospital this morning from injuries received when the bicycle he was…

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Soldiers Injured In Early Morning Crash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 15

Two soldiers were injured, one seriously, when a car in which they were travelling crashed into a telegraph pole in Church Street, Lidcombe, in…

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Soldiers Injured In Early Morning Crash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 15

Two soldiers were injured, one seriously, when a car in which they were travelling crashed into a telegraph pole in Church Street, Lidcombe, in…

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Soldiers Injured In Early Morning Crash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 15

Two soldiers were injured, one seriously, when a car in which they were travelling crashed into a telegraph pole in Church Street. Lidcombe, in…

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Death Follows Collision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 1

After his bicycle had collided with a car in Woodville-road, Guildford, late on Monday night, Vincent Edwards (19), of Guildford-road, South…

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Unidentified Woman Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 2

ARMIDALE, Tuesday. -- Children playing at a picnic near Armidale this morning found the dead body of an elderly woman, fully clothed, in a…

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Two Soldiers Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 7

During neaw fog early yesterday morning a motor car in which two soldiers were passengers collided with an electric light post in Church Sheet,…

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Militiaman Killed; Six Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 7

One militiaman was killed and six others injured—one critically—when a car in which they were travelling from Clarendon racecourse camp skidded and…

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Scots Ploughman Finds Hess Ankle Injured During Parachute Landing; "Bowed, Most Polite" London

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 2

Rudolf Hess, Hitler's deputy, who,flew on Saturday from Augsberg, near Munich, to a point near Glasgow, was found by David McLean, a Scots ploughman, as the German lay with a fractured ankle in a field…

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Street Death Accidental

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 May 1941 · page 6

THE City Coroner (Mr. E. T. Oram) found today that James Michael Hamilton was accidentally killed when struck by a car outside his home…

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Motor Cars in Collision. Three Persons Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 4

Three persons were injured on Sunday night, at about six o'clock, when two motor cars came into collision at the intersection of Belmore and…

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Cycling Fatality

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 4

A motor cycle and side-car driven by Carl Stanley Peck, of 23 Northcote Street, Canterbury, with his son, Stanley [?] Peck (18), in the side-car,…

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Queen's Foot Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--When the Queen inspected the Abbey damage yesterday, she was walking with a slight limp and the instep of her…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 6

Sydney Taylor, aged 24 years, of Gloucester Road, Hurstville, was seriously injured when his motor cycle skidded and he fell to the road in…

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Queen's Foot Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--When the Queen inspected the Abbey damage yesterday, she was walking with a slight limp and the instep of her…

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League Benefit For Injured Player

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 36

South Sydney Rugby League members are staging an impromptu competition to see who can sell most tickets for the benefit dance to Les…

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Cyclist And Pedestrian Hurt In Street Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 18

CHARLES HAYES (34), boat-builder, of Chelmsford Avenue, Wil-loughby, was seriously,injured today when he was thrown from a bicycle…

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