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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

1,673 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 84

Cyclist And Pedestrian Hurt In Street Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 18

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

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Car Crashes Into Pole. Three Men Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 8

When their motor car crashed into a telegraph pole at the intersection of Melbourne Street and Parramatta Road, Burwood, on Tuesday, three…

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Babe Ruth Pays Car Accident Damages

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 38

NEW YORK.--All. Atlantic county jury to-day directed George H. ("Babe".) Ruth to pay 700 dollars' damage to Anthony Guerrieri, a…

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Babe Ruth Pays Car Accident Damages

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 38

NEW YORK.--An Atlantic county jury to-day directed George H. ("Babe") Ruth to pay 700 dollars' damage to Anthony Guerrieri, a…

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Babe Ruth Pays Car Accident Damages

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 38

NEW YORK.--An Atlantic county jury to-day directed George H. ("Babe") Ruth to pay 700 dollars' damage to Anthony Guerrieri, a…

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Car Hits Pole, Three Injured

The Sun · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 7

Three persons were injured when a car driven by John Henry Claxton, of Miller-avenue, Ashfield, hit an electric light standard in…

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Two Injured In Head-on Smash

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 3

CHARLES STERNBECK and his son Bruce were seriously injured when their utility van collided head-on with a 3-ton garbage lorry in Ben Boyd Road, Neutral Bay, this morning. The lorry driver, Joseph Ward, escaped injury…

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Two Injured In Head-on Smash

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 3

CHARLES STERNBECK and his son Bruce were seriously injured when their utility van collided head-on with a 3-ton garbage lorry in Ben Boyd Road, Neutral Bay, this morning. The lorry driver, Joseph War, escaped injury…

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Two Injured In Head-on Smash

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 3

CHARLES STERNBECK and his son Bruce were seriously injured when their utility van collided head-on with a 3-ton garbage lorry in Ben Boyd Road, Neutral Bay, this morning. The lorry driver, Joseph Ward, escaped injury…

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Two Injured in Head-on Smash

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 3

CHARLES STERNBECK and his son Bruce were seriously injured when their utility van collided head-on with a 3-ton garbage lorry, in Ben Boyd Road, Neutral Bay, this morning. The lorry driver, Joseph War, escaped injury…

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Head-on Smash --Father and Son Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 4

Father and son were critically injured when their utility van collided head-on with a three-ton garbage Jorry in Ben…

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Accident in Searle St., Cronulla

The Observer · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 4

On Tuesday last, Mrs. A. R. Downing, of Burraneer Bay Road, Cronulla, was knocked down by a baker’s motor van at the corner of Searle Street and…

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Three Cronulla Men in Accident

The Observer · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 4

When their car crashed into a telegraph pole at the intersection of Melbourne Street and Parramatta Road, Burwood, on Monday last, three men…

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Test Cricketer Injured By Bomb

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 10

LONDON, Friday. -- The Test cricketer, Lieut. Ian Peebles, was injured by a bomb during a recent raid. He was taken in a…

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Turf Jiotes. Stable Boy Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 17

E. Rich a stable hand employed by the Randwick trainer, P. Riddle sustained facial injuries yesterday morning. He was riding a yearling at walking exercise…

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Test Cricketer Injured By Bomb

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 10

LONDON, Friday. -- The Test cricketer, Lieut. Ian Peebles, was injured by a bomb during a recent raid. He was taken to a…

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Test Cricketer Injured By Bomb

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 10

LONDON, Friday. -- The Test Cricketer, Lieut. Ian Peebles, was injured by a bomb during a recent raid. He was taken to a…

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Test Cricketer Injured By Bomb

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 10

LONDON Friday. -- The Test cricketer, Lieut. Ian Peebles, was injured by a bomb during a recent raid. He was taken to a…

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Injured Miner Falls From Coalcliff Train

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 4

THIRROUL, Saturday.--Michael Moran (73), a Coalcliff mine-worker, fell off a train last night and broke his right thigh…

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Injured Miner Falls From Coalcliff Train

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 4

THIRROUL, Saturday. -- Michael Moran (73), a Coalcliff mine- worker, fell off a train last night and broke his right thigh…

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