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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

1,673 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 84

Weather Changes are Accident Causes

The Broadcaster · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 2

The harvest of the roads in the form of accidents goes by seasons and the largest is in the winter. Never has there been any sign of a "drought" enter in…

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Weather Changes are Accident Causes. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

Liverpool News · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 2

The harvest of the roads, n the form of accidents, goes by seasons, and the largest is in the winter. Never has there been any sign of a "drought," either in…

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League Star Spencer Out Tomorrow Injured Knee in Country Match Bowers in Souths

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 24

Lindsay Spencer, front-row forward, has withdrawn from the St. George team to meet Newtown in the Rugby League match of the day at the Cricket Ground tomorrow. SPENCER, St. George's most…

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League Star Spencer Out Tomorrow Injured Knee In Country Match Bowers in Souths

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 24

Lindsay Spencer, front-row forward, has withdrawn from the St. George team to meet Newtown in the Rugby League match of the day at the Cricket Ground tomorrow. SPENCER, St. George's most…

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League Star Spencer Out Tomorrow Injured Knee In Country Match Bowers in Souths

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 24

Lindsay Spencer, front-row forward, has withdrawn from the St. George team to meet Newtown in the Rugby League match of the day at the Cricket Ground tomorrow. SPENCER, St. George's most…

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League Star Spencer Out of Game Injured Knee In Country Match Bowers in Souths

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 24

Lindsay Spencer, front-row forward, has withdrawn from the St. George team to meet Newtown in the Rugby League match of the day at the Cricket Ground tomorrow. SPENCER, St. George's most…

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League Star Spencer Out of Game Injured Knee In Country Match Bowers in Souths

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 24

Lindsay Spencer, front-row forward, has withdrawn from the St. George team to meet Newtown in the Rugby League match of the day at the Cricket Ground tomorrow. SPENCER, St. George's most…

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Ten Injured in Huge Factory Explosion Building Wrecked Employee Thought That "End of the World Had Come"

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 5

TEN persons were injured, two critically, when a terrific explosion blasted a paint shop shortly before 12 o'clock today at Metters Ltd., Alexandria. The injured people were thrown in all directions…

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Ten Injured in Huge Factory Explosion Building Wrecked Employee Thought That "End of the World Had Come"

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 5

TEN persons were injured, two critically, when a terrific explosion blasted a paint shop shortly before 12 o'clock today at Metters Ltd., Alexandria. The injured people were thrown in all directions…

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Rugby Union. Finger Amputated. Official's Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 14

Mr. L. W. Wogan, former Rugby Union international three-quarter, and now an official, will always remember his attempt to catch a ball at Parramatta…

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One Killed, Thirteen Injured When Paint Oven Explodes

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 June 1941 · page 5

An explosion in a drying oven at Metiers Ltd., Ashmore Street, Alexandria, yesterday killed a man and injured five others. Eight more were treated for minor injuries by the…

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Fatal Air Crashes Seven Dead; Four Injured. Four R.A.A.F. Planes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 June 1941 · page 13

Four fatal air crashes occurred in New South Wales yesterday. Seven members of the R.A.A.F. were killed and four others were Injured…

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Two Killed, 9 Injured In City Traffic Accidents Hit-run Drivers Sought

The Sun · Sunday 22 June 1941 · page 7

Hit-run drivers last night killed a youth riding a bicycle at Brighton-le-Sands and a man who was…

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Randwick Fall Was Accidental

The Sun · Sunday 22 June 1941 · page 35

Angus's fall at Randwick a week ago was found to be accidental by the A.J.C. stewards, who took additional evidence at the adjourned…

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-- Accidents Are Easy --

The Sun · Sunday 22 June 1941 · page 7

QUEER, that bell-ringer's accident last week at St. Philip's Church, Church Hill! He swung to the ceiling by the…

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Angus' Mishap Accidental

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 22 June 1941 · page 20

A.J.C. stewards yesterday concluded their inquiry into Angus' fall in the June Novice at Randwick yesterday week…

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Aircraftsman Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 7

CASINO, Monday. --Ellis FranciSturgess (28), an aircraftman from Evans Head Air School, was today found drowned in a lagoon…

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Aircraftsman Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 7

CASINO, Monday.--Ellis Francis Sturgess (28), an aircraftman from Evans Head Air School, was today found drowned in a lagoon near…

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Aircraftsman Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 7

CASINO, Monday.--Ellis Francis Sturgess (28), an aircraftman from Evans Head Air School, was today found drowned in a lagoon near…

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Aircraftsman Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 7

CASINO, Monday.-- Ellis Francis Sturgess (28), an aircraftman from Evans Head Air School, was today found drowned in a lagoon near…

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