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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

1,478 stories in Sydney's papers · page 47 of 74

Boxer Loses Toe After Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 September 1945 · page 20

English boxer Johnny King yesterday had the little toe of his left foot amputated at the Royal Navy Hospital, Herne Bay…

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Open Verdict in Drowning Case

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 1

Evidence adduced at an inquest held at Penrith Court House on Tuesday, 4th inst, into the death of Henry William Goldspring (66), whose body was…

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Cars Wrecked In Collision

The Sun · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 3

Bridge Smash: Cars involved in collision early today on the Harbor Bridge. Estratios Tsakaria, 35, of…

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Man Vanishes After Car Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 11

A man was fatally injured when a car which had disappeared from the city, crashed into a telegraph post on the…

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Sulky and Lorry Collide a Collision and a Committal

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 1

A collision between a motor lorry and a sulky (in which were two ladies) on Richmond Road, Londonderry, on May 2 was the subject of a case…

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Lorry Crashes Into Bus. Six Persons Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 13 September 1945 · page 1

Six persons were injured when a lorry loaded with timber crashed into the back of a trolley bus at Kogarah last Thursday night. The injured were:--…

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Woman Driver Injured in Car-lorry Smash

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 7

A CAR and a heavily-laden lorry were involved in a smash at the corner of William and Rosebank Sts., King's Cross, today…

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Accidental Death

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 September 1945 · page 2

ACCIDENTAL death was the verdict of the City Coroner (Mr. Cookson) today, at an inquest on Corporal John Edward Flanagan…

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S.a. Governor's Wife Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 September 1945 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Friday.—Lady Norrie, wife of the Governor of South Australia, received minor head abrasions in a motor car accident this afternoon…

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2 Men Injured in Motor Crash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 September 1945 · page 3

WHEN the motor- bike they were riding in Alfred St., North Sydney, last night crashed into a stationary car. John Morris Gibson (22)…

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Speedway Rider Injured on Trip to Melbourne

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 September 1945 · page 16

Jack Briggs, well-known speedway rider, fell and fractured his skull yesterday in a crash near Yass. His cycle hit a small culvert…

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Death After Accident at Cricket

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 September 1945 · page 3

As the result of a head on collision with another boy while playing cricket yesterday afternoon Barry John Hannigan 12 died in the Mater…

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Chemist Injured in Fight with Burglar

The Sun · Tuesday 18 September 1945 · page 3

In a struggle with an intruder, attempting to break into his shop, a Burwood chemist was severely cut about the legs and body, when they crashed among a number of medicine bottles…

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Golfer Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 19 September 1945 · page 5

While playing golf with some friends at Parramatta on Sunday afternoon, Miss Veronica Mann was struck on the forehead with a golf ball. She was…

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Couldn't Pull Horse at 97 Old-time Jockey in Sulky Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 19 September 1945 · page 2

Because he was "a bit too old to pull a horse," James ("Jimmy") Skinner, fashionable jockey of over half-a-century ago, last week spent…

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106 Injured En Political Riot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 September 1945 · page 3

JOHANNESBURG, Sept. 19 (A A.P.)—Political skirmishes in Johannesburg yesterday resulted in 106 people receiving…

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10 Injured In Car Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 September 1945 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--Ten people were admitted to Newcastle Hospital tonight after a car struck a telegraph pole at…

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5 Hurt in Truck, Tram Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 September 1945 · page 6

Five passengers on a truck were injured last night when the truck and a tram collided at the corner of Lamrock Avenue and Campbell Parade,…

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Plastics By Accident

The World's News · Saturday 22 September 1945 · page 23

A CLUMSY cat started what has become the plastics industry. At a Birmingham laboratory, a cat knocked over a test tube containing…

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Taximan injured in baffle with gunman

The Sun · Sunday 23 September 1945 · page 3

THOUGH bashed several times on the head with the butt of a revolver, and bleeding profusely from his wounds, a taxi-driver last night grappled with a gunman, who eventually fled…

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