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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

1,386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 70

14 Injured In Two Bus Accidents

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 2

THE top compartment of a double-decker bus was sliced off by an awning in Central Square following a collision with a truck last night…

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14 Injured In Two Bus Accidents

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 2

THE top compartment of a double- decker bus was sliced off by an awning in Central Square following a collision with a truck last night…

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14 Injured In Two Bus Accidents

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 2

THE top compartment of a double-decker bus was sliced off by an awning in Central Square following a collision with a truck last night…

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To Stand Trial for Air-hose Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 6

Hilton West, 35, of Alexander Street, Coogee, who was alleged to have killed Ernest Dominic Soldie by causing compressed air to enter his stomach, was…

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Bus Crashes Into Shop Four Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 9

A crowded double-decker his skidded for 70 yards in George Street, near Railway Square about 9 o'clock last night' and…

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STRANGE TALES—But They're True Snake bit a woman by proxy... Man almost burned to death while drowning... Barrage balloon went on the loose. These are a few queer accidents reported from America—land of many strange happenings

The World's News · Saturday 28 March 1942 · page 9

SOME of the tales may seem incredible, but they are vouched for by the American reporter who has included them…

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Japs Bomb Drowning Women and Children Calcutta

The Sun · Sunday 29 March 1942 · page 2

JAPANESE airmen repeatedly bombed women and children, who were struggling in the sea, after they had sunk three small steamers, 90 miles from Singapore, during the final days of the evacuation…

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Six Injured in Train Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 2

MANY early morning workers were held up for half an hour today following a collision between two trains at St. James station at 7…

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Narrow Escapes From Drowning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 5

In other districts also, many persons had narrow escapes from drowning. In Burns Road, Wahroonga, police…

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Jim Donald Injured in Taxi Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 3

JIM DONALD, of the staff of the Daily Mirror, suffered a compound fracture of the right leg when knocked down by a taxi-cab in…

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Jim Donald Injured In Taxi Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 1

JIM DONALD, a member of the staff of the Daily ror, suffered a compound…

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Jim Donald Injured in Taxi Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 3

JIM DONALD, of the staff of the Daily Mirror, suffered a compound fracture of the right leg when knocked down by a taxi-cab in Wil-…

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Jim Donald Injured in Taxi Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 3

JIM DONALD, of the staff of the Daily Mirror, suffered a compound fracture of the right leg when knocked down by a taxi-cab in…

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Jim Donald Injured in Taxi Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 3

JIM DONALD, of the staff of the Daily Mirror, suffered a compound fracture of the right leg when knocked down by a taxi-cab in…

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Train Collision Delays Workers

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 4

MANY early morning workers were held up for half an hour today following a collision between two trains at St. James station at 7…

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Six Hurt In Train Collision

The Sun · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 3

Six persons were injured today when an electric train crashed into the rear of another in the…

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Five Killed in Accidents

The Sun · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 7

Five men were killed and one badly hurt in week-end accidents. Killed when he was struck by a darkened tram in Campbell[?]…

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Accidental Hammer Blow Causes Death

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 5

Hubert George Alder, 68, of Moore Street, Balgowlah, collapsed and died at his home yesterday after he had struck himself in the face with a…

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Identity of Accident Victim Sought by Police

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 7

POLICE are trying to establish the identity of a youth who was knocked down by a car and fatally injured in Parramatta Road,…

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German Steamer Sinks. After Collision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 1 April 1942 · page 1

The Marine Court of Hamburg has recently completed an investigation into the circumstances of a collision which…

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