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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

1,478 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 74

A.W.U. Activities Value of A.W.U. MEMBERSHIP. N.S.W. Branch Secures £750. Verdict for Injured Member

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 15 August 1945 · page 12

The value of membership of the Australian Workers' Union was again demonstrated last week by the successful outcome of a claim on behalf of Wally Hibbs against the N.S.W. Commissioner of Railways…

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Youth Injured by Car

The Propeller · Thursday 16 August 1945 · page 1

Kevin Conquist, aged 17 years, of Lakemba. received a compound fracture or the left thigh and injuries to the left hand. when he was struck by a motor cur whilst…

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Girl Injured By Explosion

The Sun · Friday 17 August 1945 · page 3

A girl was seriously injured when a hot-water boiler exploded in a Merrylands milkbar today. Marie Winter, 16,…

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Two Men Injured in City Brawls

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 August 1945 · page 5

Two men were injured in brawls late yesterday afternoon. George Ford, 71, of Woy Woy, and his son, Alan Ford, were in a tram in…

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Record in Arrests Many Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 August 1945 · page 5

Arrests by the police in the city and suburbs yesterday afternoon and last night, mostly for minor offences, were more…

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Two Killed in Car, Cycle Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 August 1945 · page 5

Carl Wicks, 17, of Park Road. Chullora, was killed last night when he was thrown from the pillion-seat of a motor cycle in Liverpool Road, Enfield…

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Boy's Hand Shattered In Bonfire Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 August 1945 · page 5

A 12-year-old boy was seriously injured at Fairfield yesterday when an object he took from a bonfire exploded in his hand. The boy was Keith Miller, of…

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Several Injured by Falling Rocket Cases

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 August 1945 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Friday. -- Falling rocket cases slightly injured several people during the fireworks display in Adelaide last night. The rocket cases fell at high…

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Professor's Death Accidental

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 August 1945 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday.—A finding of accidental death was returned by the coroner, Mr. Tingate, S.M., at the inquest to-day on Howard James…

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Strange Accident Injures Girl

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 August 1945 · page 4

The window of a shop was blown out and fragments of glass were strewn in the street, through a strange accident in…

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Deaths in Yesterday's Accidents Woman's escape on Katoomba cliff

The Sun · Sunday 19 August 1945 · page 6

A WOMAN who fell from the cliffs near Echo Point, Katoomba, yesterday, lay unconscious for nearly an hour on a narrow ledge over a 200ft. drop. Although she fell only 15 feet from the cliff-top she suffered contused…

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Passengers Injured In Tram Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 August 1945 · page 8

SEVERAL persons were injured, eight being taken to hospital, when two trams collided at the intersection of Botany Rd. and Bourke St., Waterloo, this morning…

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Three Hurt in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 August 1945 · page 5

Three persons were injured when Jans Jansen, 20, a seaman, who was riding a bicycle collided with a tram in King Street Newtown, last night…

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Woman, Baby Killed in 2 Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 August 1945 · page 7

One woman was fatally injured and a baby aged five months was killed in two unusual truck accidents on…

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Man Seriously Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 August 1945 · page 2

Joseph Short (43), of Marion Street, Auburn, was seriously injured at Central Station on Saturday night, when he fainted and fell down a…

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Collision in a Fog Admiralty Court Judgment

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 22 August 1945 · page 2

Sitting in the British Admiralty Division with Captain W. R. Chaplin and Captain T. L. Owen, Elder Brethren of Trinity House, Mr. Justice Hodson gave judgment on an action arising out of a collision between two vessels, in separate convoys, near…

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Boy Injured in Fall Over Cliff

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 22 August 1945 · page 7

Ian Mann, 8, of Coldstream Street, South Coogee, was severely injured yesterday when he fell 30 feet down a cliff in Malabar Road, South Coogee…

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Brothers Injured When Car Hits Telegraph Pole

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 August 1945 · page 6

WHEN a car in which they were riding in Canterbury Rd., Belmore, crashed into a telegraph pole today, two brothers, Laurence and…

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Strange Accident Injures Girl

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 22 August 1945 · page 2

The window of a shop was blown out and fragments of glass were strewn in the street, through a strange accident in Merrylands Road. Merrylands, on Friday…

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Sawmill Fatality

The Sun · Thursday 23 August 1945 · page 5

ARMIDALE, Thursday.-- Alfred Richard Clutterbuck, 25, died in hospital last night as the result of injuries received…

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