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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

1,478 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 74

Girl, 4, Injured Crossing Road

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 July 1945 · page 5

A four-year-old girl was struck and injured by a car yesterday when crossing Punchbowl Road, Punchbowl. She is Janice Joseph, of Colin Street…

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Many Injured Ing Train Smash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 July 1945 · page 3

LONDON, July 22 (A.A.P.).—The Midday Fxpress from Glasgow to Euston, while travclling at 60 miles an hour with 600 passengers aboard…

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Lake Squall Hits Boat Air Force Officer Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 July 1945 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.—FlightLieutenant Archibald Patterson was drowned in Lake Macquarie yesterday when a boat which he…

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Accident Proved Fatal

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 July 1945 · page 3

ELIZABETH ARMSTRONG (70). old-age pensioner, of Uralla St., Newtown, who was injured when struck by a tram in King St…

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Mine Fatality Inquiry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 July 1945 · page 6

Conducting an inquiry into the deaths of three men at the Balmain Colliery on April 20, the Acting Coroner, Mr. Austin, said yesterday he…

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Man Injured in Collision

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 4

Walter Williams (45), of Guernsey St., Guildford, suffered a fractured right arm and a probable fracture of the skull when life cycle and a truck collided in Alfred…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Pillion Rider Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 8

When his motor-cycle got out of control and overturned on the Great Western Highway at Parramatta on Saturday afternoon, Kevin Monck…

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"Appalling" Toll of Road Accidents Appeal To Parents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 2

Appealing to parents to instruct their children in the correct use of roads, the Commissioner of Road Transport (Mr. Neale) this week…

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Court Probes Sea Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 6

Mr. Justice Dixon ruled in the High Court today that two ships which collided while in convoy off the Victorian coast…

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Woman Injured by Flying Glass

Daily Mirror · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 3

Mrs. Ruby Naseby (21), of Mansfield St., Rozelle, was severely injured when she was struck by shattered glass from a large display window outside Farmer and Co. Ltd.'s store, George and Market Sts., City, about…

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Man Killed by Car. Wife Injured at Rockdale

The Propeller · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 1

A man was fatally injured and his wife was hurt when they were hit by a car in Princes Highway, Rockdale, last Saturday night. The man Robert Gibbs, 67…

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Lost Leg In Tram Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 July 1945 · page 11

A British merchant seaman who arrived in Sydney yesterday lost his left leg last night after attempting to board a moving tram in Miller Street,…

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Injured Boxer Wanted To Continue Fight

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 July 1945 · page 20

Despite a badly-cut left eye, Dal Conway wanted to continue his fight with George Elliott at Leichhardt Stadium last night…

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Man Killed In Car Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 July 1945 · page 2

A man was killed and three others injured when a car and a utility truck collided at the intersection of Flavelle and…

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One Killed, 3 Hurt In Collision

The Sun · Saturday 28 July 1945 · page 3

One man was killed and three others were injured in a collision between a motor car and utility truck at…

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Roughhouse Tactics in League Two Badly Injured; Two Cautioned at S.c.g

Daily Mirror · Saturday 28 July 1945 · page 7

In a game in which both sides seemed intent not only on grassing their victims, but pushing them into the ground as far as possible, Wests beat Easts 15 to 11 in the Rugby League match of the day at S.C.G. today. Within five minutes of the kick-off, Thompson (Wests), who was having his initial first-grade game, was…

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Wharfies Hurt In Accidents

The Sun · Saturday 28 July 1945 · page 3

William Reed, 43, wharf- laborer, of Woolcott-street, Waverton, was severely injured today when crushed between two…

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Hanging Of Professor Seen As Odd Accident

The Sun · Saturday 28 July 1945 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Death by hanging of Professor Seccombe at Melbourne University is believed to have been accidental. Howard George Seccombe, 37,…

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Injured grazier crawls ¾-mile

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 29 July 1945 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Sat. -- A man with fractured skull, broken collarbone, and a seriously injured ear, crawled three-quarters of a mile to a neighbor's…

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Attention missed outright win by collision in the straight

The Sun · Sunday 29 July 1945 · page 1

ATTENTION, who deadheated with the favorite, Gay Monarch, in the En courage Handicap at Moorefield yesterday, lost an outright win through a collision in the straight. His apprentice rider[?]…

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