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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

1,478 stories in Sydney's papers · page 46 of 74

University R.U. Captain Had Jaw Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 September 1945 · page 9

University Rugby Union captain, D. Keller, is nursing a very swollen upper jaw, but will play against Randwick in the final at…

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Five Men Injured In Paint Factory Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 September 1945 · page 5

Five men were injured yesterday when an explosion at Taubman's paint factory, St. Peters, set fire to the chemical section. The men included Mr. F…

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Six Injured in Bus Smash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 7

Six persons were injured when a lorry loaded with timber crushed into the back of a trolley bus at Kogarah last night…

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Six Injured In Lorry, Bus Smash

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 7

Six people were injured last night when a timber lorry crashed into a trolley-bus at Kogarah…

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Well-known Wagga Pastoralist Killed In Accident

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 6

LAST weeks, as the result of an accident the death occurred of a well-known Wagga district resident Mr. George Bra[?]…

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Trolley Bus Accident

The St George Call · Friday 7 September 1945 · page 2

When a lorry loaded with timber crashed Into the back of a trolley bus at Kogarah last night, six persons were injured The names given were: Sydney…

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Injured Skier Taken to Hospital by Sleigh

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 September 1945 · page 15

KOSCIUSKO, Friday.--Flying-Officer Bruce Bretherton, who was injured yesterday when he crashed in his first attempt at ski-jumping, was today taken to Cooma Hospital…

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Shannon in collision

The Sun · Sunday 9 September 1945 · page 15

SHANNON (winner) and Flight (second) in the Tramway Handicap at Rand yesterday collided at…

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D.F.C. winner injured in ski jump at Kosciusko

The Sun · Sunday 9 September 1945 · page 1

Skiers rush to the assistance of Fl.-Lieut. Bruce Bretherton, DFC, of Melbourne, who somersaulted in a practice jump on Thursday at the United Nations snow sports at Kosciusko. One man anxiously feels Bretherton's pulse while the party a wails, the arrival of the…

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Flight injured, but she'll still run in big spring races

The Sun · Sunday 9 September 1945 · page 13

Flight, Sydney's best mare, backed solidly for both Epsom and Metropolitan, nearly ended her racing career when she finished second to Shannon in the Tramway Handicap…

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Spy caught by accident

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 September 1945 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sat. -- The accidental upsetting of a suitcase by a Brisbane hotel maid led to the discovery of a Japanese…

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One Dead, Five Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 September 1945 · page 5

One man was killed and five others were injured, one critically, when a motor car got out of control on the Orange road…

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Dog Sled Takes Injured Skier to Chalet

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 September 1945 · page 4

Competitors in the inter-Allied ski jump contest at Kosciusko carrying Flight-Lieutenant Bruce Bretherton, D.F.C., R.A.A.F., to the dog [?]led which is to convey him to the Chalet. He fell in a practice jump, and it was thought that his neck was broken, but it was later discovered that a muscle was injured…

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Unusual Accident

The Sun · Monday 10 September 1945 · page 3

Dangling her feet outside the doorway of a rail motor travelling to Mt. Kuring-gai yesterday, Joan McFayden, 17, of…

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Mine Fatality

The Sun · Tuesday 11 September 1945 · page 3

Kalgoorlie, Tuesday.--While 70-year-old John Donovan was shovelling ore in a surface bin on Oroya mine about 5.30 am…

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Johnny King Injured; May Lose Two Toes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 September 1945 · page 7

Johnny King, the Royal Navy boxer, may lose two toes from his left foot as the result of a fall when boarding a tram yesterday afternoon. He is in a Royal Naval, hospital…

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Man, Wife Injured in Street Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 7

A man and his wife were critically injured last night when they were knocked down by a car. They are: Arthur O'Neill, 40, of…

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Man Killed and Wife Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 3

Arthur O'Neill. 40. commercial travellor, of Doncaster Avenue. Kensington. who was knocked down by a car in Anzac Parade last night, died…

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Dance Party In Smash--One Dead, 11 Injured

The Sun · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 3

A woman was killed and 11 other passengers injured when a fast stock train crashed into a bus at the Wellington-road crossing at Arthurville, on the Molong-Dubbo branch line at 2.16 a.m. today…

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Soldier's Tragic Homecoming Son Killed in Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 4

Alan Roderick Dhu. a member of the A.I.F., returned to his home at Ernest Street. Crow's Nest, from a northern base last night…

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