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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

2,545 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 128

Prompt Act Saves Bad Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 March 1946 · page 4

When a man slipped between the train and platform when trying to board a moving train at Lidcombe railway station last night he was saved…

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Tram, Lorry In Collision

The Sun · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 3

SMASHED FRONT of a tram which collided with a lorry in Flinders-street, city, today. The lorry was little the worse…

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Ace N.Z. Jockey Badly Injured

The Sun · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 8

WELLINGTON, Saturday. -- W. J. Broughton, leading New Zealand jockey, crashed with the fa[?]orie, Balcherrie, at…

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Ward May Wear Steel Rubber Stall Protector Needed For Injured Thumb

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 9 March 1946 · page 25

International Frank Ward will wear a special steel and rubber protector on his right thumb if he has to bat' for St. George against Balmain today…

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Drowning Of Businessman

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 4

BRISBANE, Monday.--When an outboard motor on a picnic boat on the Noosa River at Tewantin yesterday burst into…

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Drowning Of Businessman

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 4

BRISBANE, Monday.--When an outboard motor on a picnic boat on the Noosa River at Tewantin yesterday burst into…

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Drowning Of Businessman

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 4

BRISBANE, Monday.--When an outboard motor on a picnic boat on the Noosa River at Tewantin yesterday burst into…

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Drowning Of Businessman

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 4

BRISBANE, Monday.--When an outboard motor on a picnic boat on the Noosa River at Tewantin yesterday burst into…

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Drowning Of Businessman

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 4

BRISBANE, Monday.--When an outboard motor on a picnic boat on the Noosa River at Tewantin yesterday burst into…

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Apparently Drowned -- Recovers

The Sun · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 7

A young woman, apparently drowned at Bobbin Head yesterday, revived when an ambulance officer…

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Thirteen Injured In Traffic Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 9

Thirteen persons were injured in traffic accidents in Sydney yesterday. Seven Royal Navy men were taken to Herne Bay Hospital…

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Drowning Woman Revived by Gas

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 6

GETTING out of her depth when chasing a ball into the water at Bobbin Head yesterday, a young woman was dragged unconscious from…

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Drowning Woman Revived by Gas

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 6

GETTING out of her depth when chasing a ball into the water at Bobbin Head yesterday, a young woman was dragged unconscious from…

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Injured Man Leaves Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 7

Police are searching for a man with a fractured base of the skull, who wandered out of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital at 1.30 p.m. yesterday…

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Hospital Looking For Injured Man

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 4

A man who has a probable fracture of the base of the skull walked out of the Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown, yesterday afternoon…

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200 Rescued From Heavy Surf Man Drowned At Bronte

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 3

Nearly 200 people were rescued by lifesavers at Sydney's coastal beaches yesterday. A man was drowned at Bronte despite strenuous rescue efforts. Huge waves, at times 25 feet…

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One Killed, 11 Hurt in Cairo Grenade Under Cinema Seat BRITISH A.T.S. Among Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 March 1946 · page 6

CAIRO, Monday.--A Jewess was killed and 11 other people injured when a hand grenade exploded in Niami Cinema Theatre during a screening yesterday…

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"Drowned" Man May Not Be Dead

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Frederick William Spriggs (36), Thomas St., Hampton, fisherman, who was believed to have…

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Man Drowned in Fall From Ferry

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 2

John Quick (64), single, Albion St., Surry Hills, was drowned when he fell from a ferry on which he was working…

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"Drowned" Man May Not Be Dead

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 March 1946 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Frederick William Spriggs (36), Thomas St., Hampton, fisherman, who was believed to have…

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