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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

2,545 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 128

Man Dies in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 3

A man was mortally injured and a woman was burt when the small car in which they were travelling and a five-ton truck collided at…

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Engineer Drowned While Surfing At Clovelly

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 5

John Croft, 50, engineer, of Eastbourne Avenue, Clovelly, was drowned while surfing at Clovelly yesterday. Croft got into…

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Five Injured In Car Smash

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 7

Five people were injured, one seriously, when a car overturned in the Windsor-Singleton road, yesterday morning…

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Coutts Injured in Race Smash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 16

J. COUTTS fell from Hijacker in the Second Division of the Encourage Handicap at Randwick today and was taken to hospital for…

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Coutts Injured in Race Smash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 16

J COUTTS fell from Hijacker in the Second Division of the Encourage Handicap at Randwick today and was taken to hospital for…

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Two Die On Roads, Others Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 3

Two men were killed, one by a truck allegedly stolen from Camperdown, and the other in a crash between a truck and a car last night…

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Four Die As Result of Accidents Six Injured On Roads In 24 Hours . . Police Seek Big Hit-run Lorry

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 5

THREE men died and one was drowned as the result of accidents during the post 24 hours. Six other persons were injured in road…

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Four Die As Result of Accidents Six Injured On Roads In 24 Hours Police Seek Big Hit-run Lorry

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 5

THREE men died and one was drowned as the result of accidents during the past 24 hours. Six other persons were injured in road…

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Four Die As Result of Accidents Six Injured On Roads In 24 Hours Police Seek Big Hit-run Lorry

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 5

THREE men died and one was drowned as the result of accidents during the past 24 hours. Six other persons were injured in road…

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Four Die As Result of Accidents Six Injured On Roads In 24 Hours Police Seek Big Hit-run Lorry

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 5

THREE men died and one was drowned as the result of accidents during the past 24 hours. six other persons were injured in road…

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Four Die As Result of Accidents Six Injured On Roads In 24 Hours Police Seek Big Hit-run Lorry

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 5

THREE men died and one was drowned as the result of accidents during the past 24 hours. Six other persons were injured in road…

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Four Die As Result of Accidents Six Injured On Roads In 24 Hours Police Seek Big Hit-run Lorry

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 5

THREE men died and one was drowned as the result of accidents during the past 24 hours. Six other persons were injured in road…

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Week's Second Drowning At Narrabeen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 3

Within a week two boys, both aged 5, have been drowned in Narrabeen Lakes. The latest, victim. Peter Kenneth…

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Holiday Accident Toll Rises to 21 Killed and 80 Injured

The Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 5

Holiday accident toll increased during the New Year period, bringing the death total to 21 and injured to 80 since Christmas Eve. Of these, 16 died and 55 were injured in road accidents,…

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Man Injured By Detonator Blast

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 14

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Cecil Perry, 36, of Scott Road, South Wallsend, had his chest and both his hands injured today when a…

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Searching Farther Steps On Drowned Son's Body

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 1

While searching for his five-year-old son in Narrabeen Lakes yesterday a man stepped on his body. Peter Kenneth Wildash,…

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Jockey Badly Injured In Race Fall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 8

J. Coutts is in St. Vincent's Hospital with serious head injuries, caused when his mount. Hijacker, crashed during the running of the…

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Car Smash at Killara Women and Jockey Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 3

A well-known jockey, his mother, and another woman were injured, the two women critically, when the motor car in which they…

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Eight Injured When Crowded Bus Smashes Into Awning

The Sun · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 3

Eight people were injured when a crowded double-becker bus crashed into a shop awning at the intersection of Old Canterbury Road and…

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17 Dead, 100 Injured In Train Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday.-- Seventeen people were killed and more than 100 injured in a train crash…

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