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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

1,478 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 74

Boy Injured When Bicycle Hits Car

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 July 1945 · page 7

An 11-year-old boy had his right leg broken yesterday when his bicycle colided with a motor car at Coogee. He is Robert Causer, of Malabar…

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Man Killed in Lorry Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 July 1945 · page 4

A man was killed near Liverpool yesterday when a lorry overturned. He was Bartolomo Milano, 44, single, of Ferris Road, Horsley…

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Woman Injured by Car

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 August 1945 · page 12

MRS. MARGARET BURROWS (63), Kentrie St., Dulwich Hill, suffered a fractured skull and other injuries when struck by a car this…

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Police Hunt for Cars in Accidents

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 1 August 1945 · page 12

Two motorists involved in accidents and the occupants of a stolen car which crashed into a telegraph pole are being…

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Woman Injured In Street Crash

The Sun · Saturday 4 August 1945 · page 3

Mrs. Jean Davidson. 30, of Judge-street, Randwick, suffered internal injuries this afternoon when there was a collision in…

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Two Injured In Lorry- Car Smash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 August 1945 · page 2

Two persons were injured, one seriously, when a service lorry and a car collided at the' comer of Alison and Carrington…

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Nimble Rocca Injured: Challenge race doubt

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 August 1945 · page 18

The £1000-aside match race between greyhound champions, Terracena and Nimble Rocca, arranged for next Saturday, is unlikely to take place. Nimble Rocca is reported to…

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Dog injured, £1000 match race now off

The Sun · Sunday 5 August 1945 · page 13

THE £1000 a side match race between champion greyhounds Nimble Rocca and Terracena at…

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9 Hurt in Road Accident Wollongong

The Sun · Sunday 5 August 1945 · page 2

NINE people were injured, two critically, when a truck crashed into a stationary car at Figtree…

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Stewards Decide Podmore Spill Accidental

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 August 1945 · page 14

Because apprentice G. Podmore was unable to prevent Don Giovanni from galloping on the heels of horses ahead of him in yesterday's Three-Year-Old…

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"Overlanders" Actor Injured

The Sun · Monday 6 August 1945 · page 5

ALICE SPRINGS, Monday.-- John Nugent Hayward, one of the leading actors in "The Over-landers," was taken to Alice…

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Injured in Plane Crash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 August 1945 · page 1

Major-Generals Stevens (left) and Robertson, who were injured in a plane crash in New Guinea. (See column 8.)…

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Boy Birds'-nester Killed, 2 Injured by Lightning

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 August 1945 · page 1

PERTH, Sunday.--Three boys were struck by lightning in a tree at North Perth this afternoon. One, Walter Podmore, was killed. His brother, Alexander, and William Bass are in hospital…

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Busy Day for Ambulance Accidents At Manly

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 August 1945 · page 3

Manly Ambulance had a busy day yesterday attending accidents in Manly and outlying parts. Several of the victims…

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'Frankie' Saved Drowning Boy

The Sun · Tuesday 7 August 1945 · page 3

NEW YORK, Monday.-- Crooner Frank Sinatra, who has often been a target for criticism owing to his…

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Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 August 1945 · page 4

An unidentified man, about 25 years old, was seriously injured last nignt when his bicycle collided with a motor truck on the Hume Highway, near…

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Wharfie Injured

The Sun · Wednesday 8 August 1945 · page 5

When a sling loaded with a ton of material, slipped at Glebe Island today, Julius Marinier, 38, waterside worker, had his right…

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Child Fatally Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 August 1945 · page 1

Beverley May McGee (8), of Church Street, Parramatta, was fatally injured by a car while playing near her home last Thursday…

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Explosion Kills 13 Many Others Injured Great Grain Store Blasted

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 8 August 1945 · page 9

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Thirteen people were killed and more than 40 injured yesterday when an explosion, blasted the grain storage…

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"Notorious Death Trap" at P'matta Third Fatality With Child As Victim What the Police Have Recommended

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 August 1945 · page 1

"Once again the notorious death trap, Church Street, Parramatta North, has claimed a young life, that of a nine-year-old girl," says W. H…

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