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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

1,673 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 84

3000 Gallons of Petrol Lost in Train Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 27 June 1941 · page 4

TEMORA, Friday. -- The driver was injured and about 3000 gallons of petrol lost when a railway engine and seven trucks…

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Marine Court Inquiry Collision With Bridge

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 28 June 1941 · page 2

At the Marine Court of Inquiry, before Judge Clancy, who presided, and Captains W. T. Howell and G. B. Mercer, assessors, an…

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Jockey Watts Badly Injured Melbourne

The Sun · Saturday 28 June 1941 · page 8

R. Watts, one of Melbourne's best-known cross-country riders, received severe injuries when his mount Lockslea fell in the Travancore…

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Law Case. Eurymedon v. British Reliance Collision in Convoy (Continued from Yesterday's Issue)

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 28 June 1941 · page 2

The Witnesses from the Eurymedon whose evidence bore directly on this "fundamental issue" were Stanger, the chief…

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Leaderless Legion Audit Fines Traffic Accidents

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 28 June 1941 · page 20

THE Victorian Government Statist has reported that in the last half of 1940…

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Rider of Lockslea Badly Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 29 June 1941 · page 21

MOONEE VALLEY, Saturday. -- R. Watts, rider of Lockslea, who fell in the Travancore Steeple today, sustained severe concussion, fracture of…

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Two Men Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 June 1941 · page 10

BRISBANE, Sunday.—Two men were drowned when the dinghy in which they were fishing capsined off Short Island. Moreton Bay, late on…

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Three Men Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 June 1941 · page 5

BOWRAL, Sunday.—Mr. R. H. Huntington, shire engineer at Mittagong, suffered several fractured ribs when his car left the road near…

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Injured Jockey Melbourne

The Sun · Monday 30 June 1941 · page 12

The condition of R Watts, who was seriously injured when Lockslea, fell with him at Moonee Valley on Saturday was reported to-day…

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Two Drowned In Boat Capsize BRISBANE

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 June 1941 · page 5

Two men were drowned when a dinghy from which they were fishing capsized on Saturday night oil Short Island,…

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Woman Injured. Found Unconscious in Paddock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 June 1941 · page 4

Mrs. Mary Andrews, 27, of Short Street, Wentworthville, was found lying unconscious in a vacant allotment off the Great Western Road,…

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Patrick's Quick Rise Got First Bout by Accident

The Sun · Monday 30 June 1941 · page 12

Vic. Patrick has earned much more than the majority of Australians in "big time" boxing for the first 12 months…

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Wrestler Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 July 1941 · page 10

Dan O'Connor was injured in the fifth round of last night's wrestle at Sydney Stadium and was carried from the ring on…

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Dog Favorite Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 1 July 1941 · page 10

Bobalong Chief, who was installed a short-priced favorite at the calling of the card on the N.S.W. Waterloo…

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English Train Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 July 1941 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.-- In a collision between the Plymouth express and a goods train at Slough today several people were killed and a…

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Workman Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1941 · page 3

Working on the premises of the Australian Plaster Works at Camellia—where certain alterations are being made—yesterday morning, Frank…

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Cyclist Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 July 1941 · page 3

When his bicycle collided with a dog in South-street, Auburn, last week, William Lett, of Lidcombe, suffered abrasions to the hands and…

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Rugby Union Easts Strong Team Injured Players Back

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 July 1941 · page 12

Eastern Suburbs, leader in the Rugby Union's first-grade competition, has a stronger team than last week for next…

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Accidents in City Area Are Higher

The Sun · Wednesday 2 July 1941 · page 4

Road accident's increased by more than 4 per cent. in the metropolitan area in the first four months of this…

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Illness and Accident Keep Sailing Men Home

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 July 1941 · page 15

TWO well-known sailing enthusiasts missed last night's annual meeting of the New South Wales 18-footers League owing to accident and illness…

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