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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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96,000 Die In U.S. Accidents

The Sun · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 7

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Accidents killed 96,000 and injured 10,300,000 persons in America in 1945, and caused…

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Teller Shot in Mock Hold-up Women Scream As Revolver Is Accidentally Fired

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 6 February 1946 · page 7

A teller in the Wynyard Street branch of the Bank of New South Wales yesterday accidentally wounded a fellow employee while demonstrating with a revolver how a bandit would…

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Big Increase In Road Accidents Last Year

The Sun · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 5

Road accidents increased by 26.4 per cent, last year, compared with 1944, the Road Transport Commissioner (Mr. Neale) announced today. There were 9166 accidents in…

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Bus Overturned In City After Collision With Trams 40 Persons Injured In City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 1

Forty persons were injured when a double-decker bus and a tram collided at the intersection of Bridge and Loftus Streets last night. Twenty-five persons were taken to Sydney Hospital where three were admitted. Others were…

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128 Injured in 4 Months

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 1

Five people have been killed and 128 injured in tram accidents in the metropolitan area since October…

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10 Speedway Riders on Injured List

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 8

CASUALTIES among Speedway riders have been particularly heavy this season. Ten are on the injured list and are being financed…

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10 Speedway Riders on Injured List

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 8

CASUALTIES among Speedway riders have been particularly heavy this season. Ten are on the injured list and are being financed…

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10 Speedway Riders on Injured List

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 10

CASUALTIES among Speedway riders have been particularly heavy this season. Ten are on the injured list and are being financed…

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One Injured in Fire Engine Crash Others Have Remarkable Escapes No. 13 Responds to False Alarm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 2

THREE firemen were thrown heavily to the road but only one injured, when a fire engine skidded and crashed into a telegraph pole in Botany Rd.,…

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One Injured in Fire Engine Crash Others Have Remarkable Escapes No. 13 Responds to False Alarm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 2

THREE firemen were thrown heavily to the road but only one injured, when a fire engine skidded and crashed into a telegraph pole in Botany Rd.,…

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One Injured in Fire Engine Crash Others Have Remarkable Escapes No. 13 Responds to False Alarm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 2

THREE firemen were thrown heavily to the road but only one injured, when a fire engine skidded and crashed into a telegraph pole in Botany Rd.,…

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One Injured in Fire Engine Crash Others Have Remarkable Escapes No. 13 Responds to False Alarm

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 2

THREE firemen were thrown heavily to the road but only one injured, when a fire engine skidded and crashed into a telegraph pole in Botany Rd.,…

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Scene at Last Night's Bus-tram Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 1

Forty people were injured when this bus skidded on the wet roadway and overturned after a collision with a tram at the intersection of Bridge and Loftus Streets last night. Above: The bus lying on its side. At left: In Sydney Hospital, the driver, Frank Billinghurst, of Toongabbie, who escaped with injuries to the hand, consoled the conductor, William Old, of Hornsby, who suffered extensive cuts and abrasions…

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Road Accidents Show Increase

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 8

Road accidents in New South Wales in.1945 were the highest for three years. The Road Transport Commissioner…

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Accident To Heavy Fire Engine

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 1

A crowd quickly gathered to examine the damage done to this six- ton fire engine which skidded and crashed into a telegraph pole in Botany Rd., Botany, this morning. Three firemen were thrown heavily to the roadway, but only one was injured.—(See Page 2.)…

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Accident To Heavy Fire Engine

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 1

A crowd, quickly gathered to examine the damage done to this six- ton Ere engine which skidded and crashed into a telegraph pole in Botany Rd., Botany, this morning. Three Bremen were thrown heavily to the roadway, but only one was injured.—(See Page 2.)…

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Accident To Heavy Fire Engine

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 1

A crowd quickly gathered to examine the damage done to this sixton fire engine which skidded and crashed into a telegraph pole in Botany Rd., Botany, this morning. Three firemen were thrown heavily to the roadway, but only one was injured.--(See Page 2.)…

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Accident To Heavy Fire Engine

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 1

A crowd quickly gathered to examine the damage done to this six- ton fire engine which skidded and crashed into a telegraph pole in Botany Rd., Botany, this morning. Three firemen were thrown heavily to the roadway, but only one was injured.—(See Page 2.)…

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Champion swam by accident

The Sun · Sunday 10 February 1946 · page 12

Winner of the Australian 110 Yards Junior Backstroke title. Rolf Harris (15),…

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Ambulance, fire-engine in crashes: rain brings many accidents

The Sun · Sunday 10 February 1946 · page 2

SKIDDING on rain-soaked Sydney roads, a fire-engine crashed yesterday morning and an RN ambulance in the afternoon. The ambulance…

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