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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

1,478 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 74

Driver Injured in Car Smash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 5

WHEN a car skidded on the wet surface in Pittwater Rd., Narrabeen, this morning, it crashed into a telegraph pole, bringing down wires…

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Boy Injured In Fall From Tree

The Sun · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 5

Michael Swannell. 8, of Macleay-street, Potts Point, suffered severe head injuries when he fell from a tree near his home today…

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Fell 27 Ft. From Room Woman Badly Injured

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 13

A woman was seriously injured early this morning when she fell 27 feet from a second-storey window of Weldon…

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Two Hurt in Car Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 4

Two women were injured when a car skidded on the wet road and crashed into a post in Pittwater Road, Manly, yesterday…

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Fatal Accident

The Biz · Thursday 26 April 1945 · page 3

While on four days' leave from the Army. Douglas Oliver, formerly of Fairfield, was killed instantly, on April 19, when a private car he was driving…

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Runaway Lorry One Killed, 14 Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 4

A girl was killed and 14 other persons were injured, several of them seriously, when a lorry overturned at Riverlet Hill, near…

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Lorry Somersaults; 1 Killed, 15 Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 1

One Jehovah's Witness was killed and 15 others injured last night when a motor lorry somersaulted three times near Lithgow. The lorry ran out of control for…

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Western Holland Is Dying 15,000 Farms Drowned in Zuider Zee Polder

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 11

Netherlands Press Agency And ta reports: Reuters correspondent with the First Canadian Army revealed that…

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Man Hurt in Tram Accident

The Sun · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 2

Trying to avoid a tram in Oxford-street, Darlinghurst, today, Michael Farran, 59, of Burton- street, Darlinghurst, ran into…

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Australiana Fatality

The World's News · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 19

IBEX'S par ("WN," 3/3/'45) reminds me of a Clydesdale stallion I once owned. One day the animal was grazing in a small paddock enclosed by a wire…

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Made Millions But Lost Family By Freak Accidents

The World's News · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 6

FOR the fourth time in recent years death has struck freakishly and without warning in the home of this banker and industrialist, who…

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Accident Victim Dead

The Sun · Saturday 28 April 1945 · page 2

Pte. Aiphonsus Ligouri Gallagher (37), soldier, died early today in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital from head injuries…

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Two Footballers Injured

Truth · Sunday 29 April 1945 · page 19

TWO youths injured while playing football at Keirle Park, Manly, yesterday were admitted to Manly District Hospital suffering from head…

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Two Drowned, Man Killed in Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1945 · page 7

Two men were drowned, a man was killed, and two others were injured in weekend accidents. The man was killed when a lorry capsized on Saturday night…

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Gunn's Gully-- "Drowning His Sorrow!"

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 April 1945 · page 13

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Man Drowned in Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 April 1945 · page 4

A man fell off a launch on a harbour cruise on Saturday night and was drowned. He was Robert William R…

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Elderly Mam Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 April 1945 · page 2

EDWARD HOPE (68), England St.. Brighton-le-Sands, received, fractured right leg and head injuries when struck by a car in Botany Rd…

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Leading Union Teams Lose Star Men Cable and Harvey, Injured, Out for Some Weeks

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 April 1945 · page 7

Two of the leading Rugby Union teams, Randwick and Parramatta, have each lost a star player because of injuries, and will be at a disadvantage for several rounds…

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Child Drowned in Well

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 May 1945 · page 4

WOLLONGONG, Monday.— Daphne Coates, 4, of Gray Street Keiraville, was found drowned in a disused well in a yard…

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Girl Injured

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 2 May 1945 · page 4

Mr. K. Baxter taxi proprietor, Guildford, was driving his car in Guildford Road. Guildford on April 28. and at the same time children came from the…

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