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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

1,478 stories in Sydney's papers · page 44 of 74

Car Overturns: Man Injured

The Biz · Thursday 23 August 1945 · page 4

When his car overturned at' Ireland's bridge, Liverpool. on Tuesday evening. Mr. Michael Singh, of Orchardlelidh St Old Guildford, sustained a comound…

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Woman Drowned In Water Puddle 1 12 Inches Deep

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 August 1945 · page 1

ALBURY, Wednesday.--A woman was found lying dead today on the floor of a shed of her home in Red Bluff, Victoria. Police believe she was drowned…

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Shocktng Sawmill Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 August 1945 · page 5

ARMIDALE, Wednesday.—Alfred Richard Clutterbuck, 25, single, suffered shocking injuries this morning while working at…

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Strange Accident Injures Girl

The Biz · Thursday 23 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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Coal Hopper Causes Shipyard Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 August 1945 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- A coal hopper, which fell from a crane at Dyke End shipping yards today, crushed John Pritchard, 62, of Wilson Street,…

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Accident Witnesses Sought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 24 August 1945 · page 4

Detective-Sergeant Brown, of Regent Street Police Station, is trying to contact any person who saw Ralph Southern, a British naval rating, who…

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Rider Injured in Track Fall

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 August 1945 · page 10

A serious accident took place on the sand track at Randwick this morning. Apprentice rider A. Bull is in St. Vincent's Hospital in a…

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Elderly Man Fatally Injured at Mascot

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 August 1945 · page 2

EDWARD ROLAND HANLEY (64), Sutherland St Mascot, was fatally injured when struck by. a lorry in Botany Rd.,. Mascot, yesterday. He…

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Police Drag River For Accident Victim

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 August 1945 · page 3

WEST MAITLAND, Saturday.--Police are searching for the body of a man believed to have been drowned following an accident on Dalwood Bridge, near Branxton. EARLY this morning, Constable…

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Drowned in W.A. Floods Perth

The Sun · Sunday 26 August 1945 · page 7

A MAN has been drowned and a number of householders evacuated from their homes because of…

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Injured Apprentice

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 August 1945 · page 7

The apprentice rider Arthur Bull is still in a grave condition in St. Vincent's Hospital. He fractured his skull in a collision…

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Woman Drowned in Bath

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 August 1945 · page 5

The nude body of Gwenneth Dorothy Graham, 25, was found in a bath half filled with water in a flat in Roslyn Road, King's Cross, early…

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Rigger Injured in Fall From Building to Path

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 August 1945 · page 3

DAVID LOCHLIN (41), rigger, Alice St., Newtown, fell 35 feet to a concrete path when a girder on which he was working on a building at…

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Airman Killed in Road Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 August 1945 · page 7

A member of the R.A.A.F. was killed instantly when he struck a telephone post early yesterday morning in New River Road, Emu Plains…

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Soldier Escapes Drowning, Gaoled

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 28 August 1945 · page 12

WEST MAlTLAND, Tuesday. -- Rescued from drowning when the car he was driving plunged into six feet of water…

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Killed in Car Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 August 1945 · page 3

A man was killed and two men and a woman were seriously injured when two cars collided last night on the Gunnedah road near Canol…

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Fatality Stops Mine

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 29 August 1945 · page 12

Only one northern mine, Stanford Main, where a miner was killed by a fall of stone, is idle today, but five big mines in…

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Car Overturns: Man Injured

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 29 August 1945 · page 1

When his car everturned at Ireland's bridge. Liverpool, on Tuesday, 21st inst., Mr. Michael Singh, of Orchardleigh St. Old Guildford, sustained a compound…

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Woman injured in Fall From Window

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 29 August 1945 · page 8

A WOMAN who tripped and fell through a plate glass window at the first floor of flats in Arthur St., Lavender Bay. last night, crashed…

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Accidents in the Home. Cause Many Deaths

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 29 August 1945 · page 8

Accidents of all kinds cause more deaths in Australia than pneumonia, one of the most dangerous of…

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