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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Explosion on Lighter; 3 Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 11

Three men were injured when a Royal Navy aircraft lighter exploded and burst into flames at Kirribilli yesterday morning…

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Man Believed Drowned in Fall From Ferry

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 10

A man who fell from a Manly ferry, at 11.10 last night is believed to have been drowned. A Royal Navy lieutenant-commander described the man as…

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R.N. Plane Crashes Into Hospital Three Killed, Four Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 3

Three persons were killed and four were injured when a Royal Navy Firefly aircraft crashed into a boilerhouse at Lewisham Hospital yesterday morning. When the aircraft was at a low altitude the pilot…

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Running Off Road Cause Of Many Accidents To Cars

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 13

EVIDENCE that care-free motorists are maintaining too high a speed for conditions on country roads, and that many are…

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Unusual Type Of Road Accident

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 1 February 1946 · page 13

AN unusual type of night road accident, which is becoming more frequent in view of the tyre famine, is being reported to the N.R.M.A. and…

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Marine Injured Diving

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 February 1946 · page 8

A ROYAL MARINE, whose name is believed to be Bourke, suffered a probable broken neck when he struck his head on the bottom while…

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Pat Meehan Injured; Retires From Wrestle

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 February 1946 · page 31

Pat Meehan was forced to retire with an injury to the groin in his wrestle with Tommy Nilan at Leichhardt Stadium last night. In the fifth round Meehan attempted to…

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Crowd Tell Munro to Protest Near collision in sprint race

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 February 1946 · page 13

Racegoers at Rosehill yesterday shouted at Darby Munro to lodge a protest alter his horse Hall Stand was beaten in the Flying Handicap. Hall Stand dead-heated for second with Cargeonel,…

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Constable's leg broken in lane fight: sergeant also injured

The Sun · Sunday 3 February 1946 · page 2

A constable had his right leg badly fractured and a sergeant was injured in a brawl with two youths in Cunningham-street, city, late yesterday after noon. The injured police are Constables James McCleneghan, 45, and Sergeant…

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Accident Robs Skiff of Win

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 February 1946 · page 35

Sydney Flying Squadron skiff Aberdare was robbed of a win yesterday by an unfortunate accident close to the finish…

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Mystery Drowning In Pool

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 5

Police are puzzled by the circumstances in which a youth was drowned at Manly pool…

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Girl Murdered By Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A young woman was murdered by drowning at Port Melbourne last night. The body of Ethel Mavis Nyman, 17, of Mercier Street,…

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Tram Driver Crushed In Collision

The Sun · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 3

A tram driver was injured badly and another man--victim of a smash recently--was so severely…

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Injured by Atom Blast 2 Miles Off

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 6

A Dutch soldier now in Sydney had his skull fractured and right arm broken in the atomic bomb blast in Nagasaki…

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Injured by Atom Blast 2 Miles Off

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 6

A Dutch soldier now in Sydney had his skull fractured and right arm broken in the atomic bomb blast in Nagasaki…

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Injured by Atom Blast 2 Miles Off

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 6

A Dutch soldier now in Sydney had his skull fractured and right arm broken in the atomic bomb blast in Nagasaki…

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Injured by Atom Blast 2 Miles Off

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 February 1946 · page 6

A Dutch soldier now in Sydney had his skull fractured and right arm broken in the atomic bomb blast in Nagasaki…

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Man On Drowning Murder Charge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 February 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Frederick George Poland, 32, dyer, of Garden City, was charged at the City Court today with having murdered Ethel…

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Girl Killed In Collision With Stray Calf

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 4

A stray calf was responsible last night for an accident in which a man was badly hurt and a girl fatally injured…

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Teller Shot in Bank Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 5

David George Kevin. 46, bank teller, was shot through the left wrist and right side at the head office of the Bank of New South Wales yesterday…

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