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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

1,673 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 84

Army Truck Overturns. Soldier Killed. Nine Men Injured. MAITLAND

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 10

A soldier, Keith Anderson Lucock, of Settenham Avenue, Kingsford, was killed, and nine other soldiers were injured, when an army truck from…

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Boy Shot Dead. Accident With Rifle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 6

Vincent Blanchard, 14, of Brook Street, Coogee, was shot dead on Saturday when a rifle he was handling was accidentally discharged…

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Kreisler Recovering After Car Accident. New York, June 8. (A.A.P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 10

The famous violinist, Fritz Kreisier, walked to-day for the first time since he was injured in a serious motor car accident on April 24. A few days ago Kreisler asked for his…

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Man Fatally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 11

Arthur Sherring, 63, married, of Albert Street, Leichhardt, was fatally injured yesterday when he fell 30 feet from a plank on to a hardwood floor in a woolshed being…

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Many Drowned During Cyclone in India. Calcutta, June 9. (A. A. P.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 10

It is reported than 5,000 persons were drowned when a cyclone struck numerous villages in the Barlsal district of the Ganges delta…

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Battered Perambulator Exhibit At Parramatta Inquest Deaths Of Mother And 2 Children; Story Of Collision

The Sun · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 3

A badly-battered blue and white perambulator was an exhibit at Parramatta Court to-day, at the inquest into the deaths of a mother and her two small children…

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No. 3 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Owen and jury.) Motor Car and Motor Cycle Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 5

Oscar Charles Edwin Whiteman, shop assistant, of Penrith, sued George Goodman Stevens. Water Board employee, to recover substantial damages for personal…

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Street Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 4

Harold Warren, 17, of Station Street, Arncliffe, was alighting from a tram in Chalmers Street, city, yesterday morning, when he was struck by another tram…

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Unidentified Man Dies After Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 10

After having been knocked down by a tram in George Street, city, near Rawson Place, at 1-55 p.m. yesterday, an unidentified man died lat last night in Sydney [?] spital…

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Rugby Union. Windon Will Not Play. Injured Hand

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 14

Colin Windon, Randwick breakaway, will be prevented by an injured hand from playing in next Saturday's eighth round of the…

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Taxi-driver Fined on Liquor Charge. Drove Police After Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 13

When Anthony Beresford Chatham, 25, was charged in the Central Police Court yesterday with having driven a vehicle while under the influence of liquor, evidence was given…

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Death Follows Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 4

GEORGE MURRAY KIDD (78), of Darlinghurst, who suffered a fractured skull when knocked down by a motor car in Dowling Street,…

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Accidents of the Week. Motor Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 7

Harold Sparks, 24 years of age, of Punchbowl, was riding a motor cycle along Princes Highway, Kogarah, on Wednesday afternoon, when he came…

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Scooter Rider Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 7

A lad named Bill Foster, of Edward Street, Arncliffe was knocked off his scooter by a passing cyclist in Hirst Street, Arncliffe, last Sunday…

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Queensland Skipper Collins in Doubt Will Test Injured Knee Today Newcomers Will Show Good Form

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 36

"Babe" Collins, leader of the Queensland Rugby League team which arrived in Sydney this morning, doubts whether he will…

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Queensland Skipper Collins in Doubt Will Test Injured Knee Today Newcomers Will Show Good Form

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 36

"Babe" Collins, leader of the Queensland Rugby League team which arrived in Sydney this morning, doubts whether he will…

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Queensland Skipper Collins in Doubt Will Test Injured Knee Today Newcomers Will Show Good Form

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 36

"Babe" Collins, leader of the Queensland Rugby League team which arrived in Sydney this morning, doubts whether he will…

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Queensland Skipper Collins in Doubt Will Test Injured Knee Today Newcomers Will Show Good Form

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 36

"Babe" Collins, leader of the Queensland Rugby League team which arrived in Sydney this morning, doubts whether he will…

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Queensland Skipper Collins in Doub[?] Will Test Injured Knee Today Newcome[?] Will Sho[?] Good For[?]

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 36

"Babe" Collins, leader of Queensland Rugby League [?] which arrived in Sydney morning, doubts whether he…

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In Early Morn Roadside Accident Charges Against Car Driver Fail

Nepean Times · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 7

WITHOUT evidence for the defence having to be called, three charges against Clarence. Macleay Cole, driver of a car that, it was…

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