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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Accident to Mr. W. Goodacre

The Land · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 2

Slipping and falling under a rear wheel of his tractor last week, Mr. William Goodacre, of "Lucerne," Canowindra, sustained a compound…

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Surfer Drowned At Bondi Beach

The Sun · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 3

A young man, believed to belong to the Royal Navy, was drowned at Bondi today. A doctor, ambulance men and life savers worked for an hout…

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Youth Drowned In Bondi Surf

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 1

An unidentified youth was drowned at Bondi this afternoon when he was swept off the sandbank into a racing…

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Injured In Silly Joke

The Sun · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 3

As the result of a stupid joke a nursing sister was severely injured by a tram last night. Sister Duncan ol the…

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Crowded Trams in Head-on Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- More than 100 passengers had narrow escapes from injury when two crowded trams crashed head on in…

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Crowded Trams in Head-on Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- More than 100 passengers had narrow escapes from injury when two crowded trams crashed head on in…

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Crowded Trams in Head-on Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- More than 100 passengers had narrow escapes from injury when two crowded trams crashed head on in…

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Crowded Trams in Head-on Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- More than 100 passengers had narrow escapes from injury when two crowded trams crashed head on in…

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Missing Girl Found Drowned in Yarra

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 25

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A girl who disappeared in the City last night was found today drowned in the Yarra River…

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Man Injured By Fall Of Earth

The Sun · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 3

When a bank ol earth, on which he was emptying bags of loam, collapsed today. Kenneth Rattray, 25, of Frederick-street…

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Arrest After Rood Accident

The Sun · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 2

Police investigating a road accident at Willoughby last night in which three people were knocked down by a vehicle,…

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Accidental Shot Wounds Woman

The Sun · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 3

While Raymond Louden, 10, was examining a pea-rifle at Helensburgh last evening, the charge exploded, and the bullet…

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Accident Theory In Plane Mishap

The Sun · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 3

MOROTAI, Saturday,--It is now considered a possibility that the blockage of the pitot head tubes of two RAAF Beaufighters…

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Woman Accidentally Shot by Pea Rifle

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 3

MRS. ELSIE LOUDEN, of Helensburg, was accidentally shot in the left breast this afternoon by a bullet from a pea rifle held by her…

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Woman Accidentally Shot by Pea Rifle

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 3

MRS. ELSIE LOUDEN, of Helensburg, was accidentally shot in the left breast this afternoon by a bullet from a pea rifle held by her…

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Fighter Injured

Truth · Sunday 24 February 1946 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—Ernest Juno, of Abermain, sustained concussion when he was knocked out in the third round of the 12-round bout…

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Two Tramway Men Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 February 1946 · page 12

Two tram conductors were injured in accidents yesterday. C. L. Darke, of St. Peters Street, St. Peters, slipped and fell from the…

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No One Was Injured

Truth · Sunday 24 February 1946 · page 29

A CROWD QUICKLY GATHERED WHEN THIS CAR capsized in a collision with another car at the corner of Frederick St. and Prince's Highway, St. Peters, yesterday afternoon. The driver of the upturned car, Robert Jackson, suffered severe shock, but nobody was injured…

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Royal Navy Rating Drowned in Surf

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 24 February 1946 · page 5

A Royal Navy rating was drowned while swimming among 12,000 people at Bondi Beach yesterday. He was James Alfred Walker, of…

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Peace--it's Wonderful Sailor drowned; lifesavers urgent advice

The Sun · Sunday 24 February 1946 · page 2

BROUGHT ashore unconscious after he sank in deep water at Bondi yesterday, a young British sailor failed to recover under treatment. Rescuers worked on him for an hour and a half;…

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