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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

1,673 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 84

Strike Follows Mine Accident Cessnock

The Sun · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 3

Pelton miners to-day refused to return to work until a new system of timbering is introduced at the colliery…

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Another Gift for Injured Boy

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 5

Another gift of money has been sent to the Dally Telegraph for Jack Russell, 13, of King's Cross Road, Darlinghurst, who lost his left hand and right…

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Meenan Again Injured Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 31

For the third time in five months, Laurie Meenan, crack cross-country rider, crashed and was…

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Hits Swimmer in High Dive; Youth Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 5

BRISBANE, Saturday. -- Alan Burrut, 16, of Zig Zag Street, Red Hill, diving from a high tree into a creek today, struck another swimmer…

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The queerest accidents -- happened in 1940

The Sun · Sunday 12 January 1941 · page 43

EDGAR TOWLER, chemist's assistant, of Chicago, III., probably would never take a prize in a beauty show, but…

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Boys In Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 5

Ronald Glendenning and William Bruce, both aged 15. and both of Waratah Street, Canterbury, were injured yesterday when their bicycles and a…

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Baby Killed in Collision Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 7

A month-old baby, Marlene Allison, daughter of Mrs. Mavis Allison, of Preston, was killed and six adults were injured when the ambulance from the Fairfield Infectious…

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Cyclist Injured in Road Smash

The Sun · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 3

James Hardy (40), of The Boulevarde, Miranda, was seriously injured to-day in a collsion between his bicycle and a motor car on the…

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Injured Neck in Shallow Dive

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 4

Albert Cavanagh, 20, of Olive Street, Asqulth, suffered probable fractures of the neck and ribs when he dived into shallow water at Bobbin Head…

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Many Deaths by Drowning. Police Search for Bodies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 14 January 1941 · page 10

Three deaths by drowning were reported yesterday, four other people had narrow escapes, and three air trainees, who are missing, are believed to have…

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River Thames Collision Negligent Navigation Alleged

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 1

The judgment of Mr. Justice Langton is given below in the case in which the Russian motor vessel Felix Dzerjinsky collided with craft in Woolwich Reach, River Thames, and contended that the Dutch vessel Brabant, lying at…

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Compensation Claim Settled. Four Years After Accident

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 January 1941 · page 12

A very successful compensation case has just been settled on behalf of a member by the Adelaide Branch Office. Four years ago William C. H. Hage,…

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Merrylands Boy Drowned

The Broadcaster · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 4
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Inverell police on Tuesday recovered the bodies of two boys, Ronald Coorey, 40, of Charleville, Queensland, and John Haddad, 9, of Merrylands, Sydney, from…

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Motor Cars in Collision

The Propeller · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 4

At about five a.m. last Saturday two motor cars came into collision at the corner of Beaconsfield and Queen Victoria Streets, Bexiey. Mr. M…

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Boy Drowned at Brighton

The Propeller · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 1

Malcolm Marshall, aged 11 years, of Bruce Street, Brighton-le-Sands, was drowned on the 9th instant, when he fell into the water while fishing…

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Racing Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 4

When Frank Edward Green, 15, of Newtown, was practising on his racing bicycle around the Hurstville Oval track on Saturday morning he ran…

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Both At Fault In Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 8

The Court of Marine Inquiry yesterday found that, although two vessels which collided 20 miles off Sydney Heads had not…

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Accidents of the Week. Cyclists Injured in Road Smash

The Propeller · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 4

James Hardy, 40, of The Boulevarde, Miranda, was seriously Injured on Monday, in a collision between his bicycle and a motor car on the…

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Cardross-fiona Collision Both Vessels to Blame

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 16 January 1941 · page 2

The Court of Marine Inquiry into the collision between the freighter Fiona (219S tons gross) and the interstate freighter…

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