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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

1,673 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 84

Linesman Injured

Nepean Times · Thursday 10 July 1941 · page 5

Cecil Crothers, linesman, of Thurston Street, Penrith, suffered fractured wrists, injury to his pelvis, and other injuries, whilst at work in O'Connell…

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Footballer Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 10 July 1941 · page 7

During a football match at Arncliffe Park last Saturday afternoon, John Hill, of Mascot, fractured a collarbone. He was conveyed by the St…

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Accidents of the Week. Motor Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 10 July 1941 · page 7

While riding a motor cycle along Connell's Point Road, South Hurstville, last Saturday afternoon, William Henry Judd, of Homedale…

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Lorries Crash Head-on. Three Persons Injured at Arncliffe

The Propeller · Thursday 10 July 1941 · page 3

Men and women members of the Rockdale' National Emergency Service had an unexpected opportunity in which to render service in first-aid…

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Court Sequel to Cycle Accident Canberra

The Sun · Thursday 10 July 1941 · page 7

Charged with riding a bicycle while under this influence of liquor, Donald Miller was fined £1, with 12s 6d costs, at the Canberra Police Court to-day…

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Woman Injured by Tram

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 2

WHEN struck by a tram in Campbell Parade, Bondi, today, Mrs. Mary Agnes Barry (55), of Beach Road, Bondi, was seriously injured…

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A Strange Accident

The St George Call · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 1

Mr. W. McKinley, of 56 Byrnes Street, informed Bexley Council at Tuesday night’s meeting, that whilst his wife was crossing Willison Road, at corner of…

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Search for Driver After Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 13

George Davies, 48, of Albert Street, Campsie, a master bricklayer, was killed when a motor lorry was in collision with the rear of a horse-drawn…

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R.a.a.f. Pilot Lands Plane After Mid-air Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 13 July 1941 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- An R.A.A.F. pilot whose machine hit another in mid-air at Mt. Gambier, S.A., today, landed the machine safely. The pilot and his three…

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News Brevities From Far and Near Taxi in Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 7

TOWNSVILLE, Monday. -- Albert Evans was killed and his 18-year-old son, Charles, was seriously injured in a collision between a motor…

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News Brevities From Far and Near Taxi In Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 7

TOWNSVILLE, Monday. -- Albert Evans was killed and his 18-year-old son, Charles, was seriously injured in a collision between a motor…

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Accident at Initiation 5 Sea Scouts Burnt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 8

PERTH, Sunday.—Five Sea Scouts were burnt, two of them seriously, on Saturday night, when methylated spirits in a…

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Road Deaths R.A.A.F. Men in Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 9

ARMIDALE, Sunday.—An R.A.A.F. corporal, Donald Wilkinson, 22, of Bankstown, was killed yesterday when the motor…

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Mother and Child Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 11

FORBES, Tuesday.—A search party of police and public to-day recovered from the Lachlan River the bodies of Mrs. H. H. Lovett and her eight-years-…

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Mother and Child Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 July 1941 · page 5

FORBES, Tuesday.--The bodies of Mrs. Mary Lovett, 37, and her daughter, Yoland, 7, were found by police in the Lachlan River, near Forbes…

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Collision at Banksia

The Propeller · Thursday 17 July 1941 · page 7

At about 4.30 a.m. last Sunday a milk cart and motor car came into collision at the corner of Princes Highway and Monahan Avenue, Banksia…

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Fatal Accident at Brighton Motor Driver for Trial

The Propeller · Thursday 17 July 1941 · page 2

Three occupants of a car stated in the Coroner's Court on Monday that they had driven on after the car had hit a youth on a bicycle in…

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Accident Proves Fatal

The Propeller · Thursday 17 July 1941 · page 7

Richard William Patrick Jones, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Jones, of Sandringham Road, Doll's Point, died yesterday, as the result of…

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Accident Victim's Condition

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 July 1941 · page 6

THE condition of Phillip Wicht (35), of Elizabeth Street, Redfern, who fell 100 feet from the parapet of the Rachel Forster Hospital, early…

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Accident Victim's Condition

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 July 1941 · page 6

THE condition of Phillip Wicht (35) of Elizabeth Street, Redfern, who feil 100 feet from the parapet of the Rachel Forster Hospital, early…

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