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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

2,545 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 128

Two Cyclists Injured in Collisions

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 9

Two persons were admitted to Parramatta Hospital suffering from injuries received in accidents involving bicycles and cars on Monday…

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Serious Accident Narrowly Averted

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1946 · page 1

A serious accident was narrowly averted at Parramatta station on Monday by prompt action on the part of a train…

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Driver Hurt in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 6

When two trams collided in Phillip Street, City, last night, one of the drivers was injured. He is Aubrey Parker, 40, of Woodville…

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Tram Conductor Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 1

Clifford Everson, a tram conductor. residing at Noble Street, Hurstville, suffered severe lacerations to the chin and forehead and…

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Motor Cyclists Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 1

Two young men were injured last Sunday when a car and the motor cycle on which they were riding, collided in Waratah Street, Bexley. They…

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Man Killed, Another Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 4

ONE man died and another man is seriously ill in Ryde Hospital as the result of injuries received late yesterday afternoon, when a military…

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Man Killed, Another Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 4

ONE man died and another man is seriously ill in Ryde Hospital as the result of injuries received late yesterday afternoon, when a military…

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Man Killed, Another Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 4

ONE man died and another man is seriously ill in Ryde Hospital as the result of injuries received late yesterday afternoon, when a military…

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Man Killed, Another Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 4

ONE man died and another man is seriously ill in Ryde Hospital as the result of injuries received late yesterday afternoon, when a military…

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Man Killed, Another Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 4

ONE man died and another man is seriously ill in Ryde Hospital as the result of injuries received late yesterday afternoon, when a military…

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Man Drowned In River At Canberra

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--The body of a young man was found floating yesterday in the Molonglo River, near Canberra…

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Man Injured in Tram Smash

The Biz · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 5

In l[?]ded in the injured when two trams collided at the corner of Phillip and Bridge Streets, City, on Wednesday night, was Albert Parker, [?]am a[?]ver, 52, ot…

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Two Injured in Fall From Lorry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 4

Two men were injured when they fell from the hack of a motor lorry in Ridge Street, North Sydney, last night…

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Tram Crash in City Four Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 February 1946 · page 1

Two trams collided at the corner of Phillip and Bridge Streets last night, and four persons, including the driver and conductor of one…

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Taxi Hurtles Into shop; 7 Injured

The Sun · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 1

Pedestrians were mown down when a taxi skidded on the wet rood in King -street, Newtown, today, mounted the footpath and crashed through the window of Selfridge's…

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Taxicab Crashes Into Crowd; Seven Injured Baby Pinned Under Wreck

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 1

OUT of conlrol after a tyre had burst, a taxi mounted a crowded footpath and mowed down 12 persons in King Street Newtown, this morning. Seven were injured, including a two-years-old girl who was pinned under the taxi for several minutes in her smashed pram. WITH brakes screeching and horn…

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Taxicab Crashes Into Crowd; Seven Injured Baby Pinned Under Wreck

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 1

OUT of control offer a tyre had burst, a taxi mounted a crowded footpath and mowed down 12 persons in King Street, Newtown this morning. Seven were injured, including a two-years-old girl who was pinned under the taxi for several minutes in her smashed pram. WITH brakes screeching and horn…

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Taxicab Crashes Into Crowd; Seven Injured Baby Pinned Under Wreck

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 1

OUT of control after a tyre had burst, a taxi mounted a crowded footpath and mowed down 12 persons in King Street, Newtown, this morning. Seven were injured, including a two-years-old girl who was pinned under the taxi for several minutes in her smashed pram. WITH brakes screeching and horn…

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Taxicab Crashes Into Crowd; Seven Injured Baby Pinned Under Wreck

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 March 1946 · page 1

OUT of control after a tyre had burst, a taxi mounted a crowded footpath and mowed down 12 persons in King Street, Newtown, this morning. Seven were injured, including a two-years-old girl who was pinned under the taxi for several minutes in her smashed pram. WITH brakes screeching and horn…

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Widows' Claim Refused Thetis Accident

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

LONDON. Feb. 28 (A.A.P.). No one can be made liable to pay damages to the widows of the 99 men who lost their lives in the…

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