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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

1,478 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 74

Victim Of Accident Dies in Hospital

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 8

NOEL VICTOR NEWIS (26). who was struck by a train at Seven Hills early yesterday morning, died in Parramatta Hospital this…

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Sister Rescues Baby From Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 11

A 13-year-old girl yesterday saved her 2½-year-old brother from drowning in a bath. The boy, Graham" Warburton, of…

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Six Injured in Safety Zone Car Swerved From Pedestrian

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 3

Five men and a woman were injured last night when a motor car, swerving to miss a man crossing the roadway, collided…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 7

ARTHUR KENNY (25), Hume Highway, Casula, was seriously injured when his motor cycle and a lorry collided in Canterbury Rd.,…

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Government Vote By Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 May 1945 · page 5

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—Mr. Coles (Ind., Vic.) voted with the Government by accident, in the House of Representatives to-day…

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Child Fatally Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 May 1945 · page 2

CARLO LOMBARDO (4), Glebe Rd., Glebe, was injured, when struck by a motor lorry near, his father's greengrocer shop in Glebe Rd. this…

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Three Badly Injured In Tram-Truck Collision

The Sun · Friday 25 May 1945 · page 5

Three persons were seriously injured and several others slightly in a collision between a truck, loaded with 30 men, and a tram at the corner of Crown and Devonshire-streets, city, today. One man was thrown out the…

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Harbor Drowning

The Sun · Friday 25 May 1945 · page 3

An open finding was returned by the City Coroner today at the inquest on Robert William Roy McKenzie, 49. pilot, of…

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Witness of Queen Mary Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 25 May 1945 · page 4

An eye-witness account of the sinking of the cruiser H.M.S. Curacoa in collision with the 81,000 tons Queen Mary—almost 20 times her size—was given in Sydney yesterday by Mr. E. C. H. Lousada, an…

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Cycling Champion Hurt in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 25 May 1945 · page 14

Harold Johnson, State amateur cycling champion, broke a hand yesterday in a collision on Parramatta Road, Parramatta…

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Truck, Tram In Collision Six Hurt, Three Go To Hospital

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 May 1945 · page 5

Six civilian storemen employed by the Royal Navy were injured--three seriously, when a motor truck and a tram…

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Tragic Accident In Boys Room

The Sun · Friday 25 May 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Peter Winter, 15. of Kew was ejecting cartridges from a borrowed 22 cal rifle in his bedroom last…

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Man Injured in Accident

Daily Mirror · Saturday 26 May 1945 · page 3

CHARLES EDWARD HADLEY (70). 19 Waimea Ave.. Roseville, suffered cuts to the head and face and concussion. when his car came…

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Guest Drowned During Party

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 May 1945 · page 18

The guest of honor fell overboard into the Harbor unnoticed, and was drowned during a party on the launch Wheronui on April…

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No Room For Victim Of Accident

The Sun · Saturday 26 May 1945 · page 3

A man seriously injured on the railway line at Dulwich Hill yesterday could not be…

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Two elderly men found drowned

The Sun · Sunday 27 May 1945 · page 3

Two elderly men were found drowned in Sydney yesterday. Body of Henry Peterson, 63, inmate of Gladesville Asylum,…

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Two Men Drowned in Harbor, Ocean

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 May 1945 · page 5

The bodies of two drowned men were recovered yesterday. One was found in Sydney Harbor and the other in the ocean near Coogee…

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Two Jockeys Seriously Injured In Steeple Crash Others Have Miraculous Escapes As Big Field Goes Over the Top

Truth · Sunday 27 May 1945 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—A. McCoy and J. Pearsall whose mounts, Balzac and Deltation, fell in the Appeal Steeple at Moonee Valley today were immediately rushed to hospital where it was found that McCoy had a fractured arm and concussion and…

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Naval Ratings Injured In Truck Crash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 May 1945 · page 4

A New Zealand serviceman and four of seven Royal Navy ratings were severely injured when a utility truck in which…

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Secretary Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 May 1945 · page 4

The secretary of the new executive of the Balmain branch of the Ironworkers' Union, Mr. F. Magrath, yesterday visited St…

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