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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

1,478 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 74

Restored When Nearly Drowned

The Sun · Thursday 3 May 1945 · page 3

An American merchant seaman, Ralph Clerkson, 43, was found floating in the Harbor early this morning…

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Just Jake Quite Accidental

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 May 1945 · page 17

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Bus Hits Shop, Two Injured

The Sun · Friday 4 May 1945 · page 3

A crowded double-decker bus crashed into the front of a shop in Pittwater-road, Dee Why, today, tore down the awning and…

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Man Washed Off Rocks Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 6 May 1945 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Sat. -- A man was washed off the rocks at One Mile Beach, Nelson's Bay, today, and drowned. He is Thomas Thompson, 28, single,…

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3 killed, 12 hurt in head-on collision

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 6 May 1945 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sat. -- Three people were killed and 12 injured, two seriously, in a head-on collision between a passenger bus and a timber waggon…

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High heels, bicycles cause workers' falls Compensation figures show accident increase

The Sun · Sunday 6 May 1945 · page 9

HIGH heels and bicycles are apparently the greatest menaces to men and women on their way to and from work, according to figures in the 1944 report of the Workers' Compensation…

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Soldier Drowned in River

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 May 1945 · page 5

Corporal C. T. Ryan, 30, of Victoria, an Australian soldier, was drowned in the Parramatta River, near Meadowbank, early yesterday…

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Damien Parer's Father Hurt Other Accidents In City Streets

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 May 1945 · page 6

Mr. John Parer, 78, father of the late Damien Parer, war photographer, was knocked down by a motor car last night…

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Man Critically Injured By Train

The Sun · Wednesday 9 May 1945 · page 7

David McNeill, 35, of Edwin -street, Croydon, was severely injured at Burwood station last night when he was struck by a…

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Man Found Injured on Railway Lines

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 May 1945 · page 4

DAVID McNEILL (36), of Edwin St., Concord, was found on the railway line near Burwood station last night, suffering from a fractured…

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Victorian Jockey Dies in Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 May 1945 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Herbert Morris (38), a prominent jockey, and his 17-years-oId son, Edward, a woolclasser, were killed today when the car in which they were travelling was struck by a goods…

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Horse Leaps at Motor Car Woman Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 May 1945 · page 7

Mrs. Margaret Lyons, of Augustus Street, Fivedock, was injured in an unusual accident yesterday…

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Double-decker Bus Smash Twenty-Five Persons Injured Morphia Given Trapped Man

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 May 1945 · page 2

TWENTY-FIVE persons, were injured —20 token to hospital—when a double-decker bus, crowded with passengers on their way to work, crashed…

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Bus Crashes Into Pole; 19 Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 May 1945 · page 15

Nineteen people were injured yesterday when a double-decker bus, swerving to avoid a car, crashed into a telegraph post at the intersection of Parramatta Road and Sloane Street, Summer Hill…

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Child, Youth Killed In Street Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 May 1945 · page 6

A child and a youth were killed in street accidents yesterday and a man critically injured. Those killed were:…

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Boxer's Death an Accident "Contest Was Clean"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 12 May 1945 · page 5

Thc referee of the contest between Thurgar and Sands at the Leichhardt Stadium on April 5, when Thurgar was knocked out…

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Fatally Injured

Truth · Sunday 13 May 1945 · page 22

JESSIE MAY VINCENT (54), 14 Toongarah Rd., Waverton, who was struck by a military lorry in Miller St., North Sydney, died in the…

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Injured Man's Cries Unheeded

Truth · Sunday 13 May 1945 · page 20

FRACTICING his left thigh when he slipped in Oxford St., Bondi Junction, yesterday, Grotten O'Brien (55), laborer, Albion St.,…

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Hassett injured, will not play

The Sun · Sunday 13 May 1945 · page 6

From CAPTAIN R. S. WHITINGTON, Former South Australian Sheffield Shield Player. LONDON, Saturday…

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Injured League Man in Splints

The Sun · Sunday 13 May 1945 · page 9

Star Rugby League five-eighth Wally O'Connell has no immediate prospects of stripping with Eastern Suburbs…

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