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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Man Drowned In Boat Capsize

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 8

ADELAIDE, Thursday. -- A man was drowned when a 62-mile-an-hour squall overturned a fishing boat off Glenelg today…

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Speedway Rider Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 9

Cecil Garland, former captain of the Scottish and White City (Eng.) speedway teams, crashed and sustained head injuries at the…

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Tram Driver Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 1

WILLIAM O'CONNOR (55) suffered slight injuries to the eye today when the tram he was driving crashed into the back of a bus on the…

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Three Injured In Car Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 5

Three men were badly injured last night when a car mounted a footpath and crashed through a fence at the corner of Sydney…

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Four Injured in Car Crash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 5

Four men were injured last night when the motor car in which they were travelling got out of control, crashed through a fence, and…

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One Hurt In Traffic Collision Tram Hits Crowded City Bus

The Sun · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 3

Passengers in a crowded bus had narrow escapes from injury today when the bus and a tram…

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6 hurt in wedding car collision

The Sun · Sunday 6 January 1946 · page 2

SIX people were injured and two admitted to hospital when a car containing a bridal party was involved in a smash at Kogarah yesterday afternoon…

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P.O.W. Father, Girl Drowned Perth

The Sun · Sunday 6 January 1946 · page 2

DOROTHEA Mullane, 12, whose soldier-father was drowned while a prisoner of war in German hands, was…

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Driver of midget car injured in serious crash

The Sun · Sunday 6 January 1946 · page 20

A BAD crash occurred in the seventh lap of the 10 laps feature scratch race of midget cars at the Sports Ground last night. Daly's car, in second place,…

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Diary of a Doctor who Tells Tom's "dam-foolery" --one more accident

The Sun · Sunday 6 January 1946 · page 2

"HOW'S it feel?" I asked Tom Barnes,…

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Danger From Sharks Warning After Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 4

The only safe precaution against shark attacks is to bathe in protected areas. Attacks cannot be anticipated, and their likelihood…

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Child Nearly Drowned Narrabeen Lake Reseue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 3

Another child was nearly drowned in Narrabeen Lake yesterday. He was resuscitated after he had been found floating face…

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Accident on First Day As Civilian

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 4

BURRAGA, Sunday.—Patrick Hudson, 43[?] a carpenter, engaged on his first day's work since his discharge from the Army[?] fell from a building…

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8 Injured In Tram Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 5

Eight people required hospital treatment and a number of others suffered minor injuries when two…

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Youth Severely Injured in Unusual Accident

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 9

LEETON, Tuesday. -- Jack Hestor (18), of Sans Souci, was watching a friend yard a young draught horse when the animal jumped against a…

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Youth Severely Injured in Unusual Accident

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 9

LEETON, Tuesday. -- Jack Hestor (18), of Sans Souci, was watching a friend yard a young draught horse when the animal jumped against a…

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Nine Hart In Head-on Tram Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 4

Nine people suffered minor injuries when an Undercliffe-hound tram jumped the rails, and struck a Quay-bound tram head on at the…

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Speedster's Death After Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 6

Jack Daly, who died in St. Vincent's Hospital late on Sunday night as a result of head injuries received on Saturday night when…

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Two Drowned in Flood

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 9

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Two persons were drowned yesterday at Harlan, Kentucky, where the Cumberland River is in flood Hundreds…

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Two Drowned in Flood

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 12

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Two persons were drowned yesterday at Harlan Kentucky, where the Cumberland River is in flood Hundreds…

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