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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

1,478 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 74

Derby Was Real Roughhouse Affair Favorite Injured, Hoop Suspended Miss Star Mounts

Truth · Sunday 30 September 1945 · page 2

THE only redeeming feature about yesterday's A.J.C. Derby was that it was won by the favorite, Magnificent. Talk about a roughhouse. It was one of the worst in history,…

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Fatality at Matinee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 October 1945 · page 4

Falling a distance of four feet while endeavouiing to climb on to the stage of a Balmain pictuie theatre on Saturday afternoon. Helen…

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Old Woman Injured

The Sun · Monday 1 October 1945 · page 3

Mrs. Mary Garnett. 78, of Ranger-avenue. Cremorne, was struck by the handlebar of a motor cycle as she was crossing…

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Aged Woman Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 October 1945 · page 4

Mary Garnet. 78. of Ranger's Avenue, Cremorne, was knocked down by a motor cycle while crossing Milltary Road, Neutral Bay, last night…

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Consul and Wife Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 October 1945 · page 4

The Consul-General for Czechoslovakia. M.Adoip Solanski, and Madame Rugenie Solanski were injured when their car skidded arid…

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517 Prisoners Drowned Tragedy at Rabaul

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 October 1945 · page 4

BRISBANE, Sunday.—Five hundred and seventeen British prisoners of war were drowned in Rabaul Harbour in February,…

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Attacked by Mistake, Five People Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 October 1945 · page 1

Five people were attacked and injured in York Street, City, early yesterday by five others who said later that they had "picked on the wrong party."…

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34 Dead, 94 Injured in London Train Disaster

The Sun · Monday 1 October 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Monday. -- American troops used sound detectors to recover wounded from the wreckage of the Perth-London express which fell 20 feet down an embankment yesterday morning. Thirty-four bodies have been…

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32 DEAD. 100 Injured in British Rail Smash Many Buried In Wreckage

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 October 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.--At least 32 were killed and more than 100 injured yesterday in Britain's worst train disaster for years…

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Sixteen Killed In Train Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 October 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday (A.A.P.).--Sixteen people are believed to have been killed and at least 50 injured when an express train bound from Perth (Scotland) to…

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Collision Injures Four

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 October 1945 · page 4

Four people were injured yesterday when a military truck and a taxi-cab collided near the Sydney Sports Ground, Moore…

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4 Drowned When Car Overturns

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 October 1945 · page 5

ARMIDALE, Monday. --A man and three children were killed today when a car overturned near Guyra and fell into…

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Four Trapped and Drowned In Car Crash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 October 1945 · page 4

An Inverell dentist, his stepson and two grandchildren were drowned in a small watercourse when they were trapped in an overturned car two miles from Guyra yesterday…

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Bus, Tram Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 October 1945 · page 7

A double-decker bus, containing about 60 passengers, collided with an empty tram at the corner of Elizabeth and Goulburn…

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Tram-bus Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 October 1945 · page 5

TRAM AND DOUBLE-DECKER BUS which came into collision at the corner of Elizabeth and Goulburn Streets this morning. The bus ran on to the footpath and became wedged under the verandah of an hotel. It was necessary to deflate the front tyres to extricate it…

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Bus, Tram Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 October 1945 · page 7

A double-decker bus, containing about 60 passengers, collided with an empty tram at the corner of Elizabeth and Goulburn…

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Bus, Tram Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 October 1945 · page 7

A double-decker bus, containing about 60 passengers, collided with an empty tram at the corner of Elizabeth and Goulburn…

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Tram-bus Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 October 1945 · page 5

TRAM AND DOUBLE-DECKER BUS which came into collision at the corner of Elizabeth and Goulburn Streets this morning. The bus ran on to the footpath and became wedged under the verandah of an hotel. It was necessary to deflate the front tyres to extricate it…

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