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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Injured, Won't Play

The Sun · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 12

State all-rounder Ernie Crossan has withdrawn from the Western Suburbs team to play Gordon…

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Boy Killed In Gun Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 10

A 16-year-old boy fatally wounded his brother yesterday in a shooting accident at Laughtondale, near Wiseman's Ferry…

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Boy Accidentally Shot with Rifle

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 2

BRISBANE, Friday.--Playing with a pearifle at his home at Banyo, seven miles from the city, William Arthur Cobb (13). accidentally shot…

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Boy Accidentally Shot with Rifle

Daily Mirror · Friday 15 March 1946 · page 2

BRISBANE, Friday.--Playing with a pearifie at his home at Banyo, seven miles from the city, William Arthur Cobb (13), accidentally shot…

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Trainer, Horses Injured in Smash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 March 1946 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--A well know Gippsland trainer, D. J. Weeks, was involved in a motor accident today and sustained severe…

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Trainer, Horses Injured in Smash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 March 1946 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Saturday .--A well known Gippsland trainer, D. J. Weeks, was involved in a motor accident today and sustained severe…

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Trainer, Horses Injured in Smash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 March 1946 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--A well known Gippsland trainer, D. J Weeks, was involved in a motor accident today and sustained several…

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Man Injured In Beach Fall

The Sun · Saturday 16 March 1946 · page 3

While trying to balance on his hands on the railing of the Coogee beach promenade last night, a young man slipped and…

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Car In Collision With Ambulance Is Capsized

The Sun · Saturday 16 March 1946 · page 3

While conveying a woman to Gunyah Private Hospital, Concord, today, a Western Suburbs District ambulance collided with a private car and turned it on its side…

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Two Trapped, Injured As Surf boat Overturns

The Sun · Saturday 16 March 1946 · page 7

Trapped when a huge wave overturned the Stockton boat in the second heat of the junior boat race at the Australian surf championship carnival at Maroubra today, two members of the crew were injured…

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Six hurt in car collision

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 March 1946 · page 3

Five men and a woman were hurt when two cars collided head-on on Pacific Highway, 12 miles from Gosford, yesterday afternoon…

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Stop Press Youth Injured

Truth · Sunday 17 March 1946 · page 47

Charles Foley (18) Cook St, Randwick was knocked unconscious and seriously injured by a horse-o-plane at a carnival in Alison Park…

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Blue Express hoots drowned by cheers

The Sun · Sunday 17 March 1946 · page 3

A SECTION of the crowd at Moonee Valley yesterday, hooted the victory of Blue Express in the…

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Red Army building explodes: 300 injured BERLIN

The Sun · Sunday 17 March 1946 · page 1

AN explosion this morning shattered the Alexander Kaserne, a big building in the Soviet sector of Berlin occupied by the Red Army. The building was used as the…

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Accidents, sharks at surf carnival

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 17 March 1946 · page 1

Seven lifesavers were seriously injured in huge waves during the Australian Surf Championships at Maroubra Beach yesterday…

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Six Hurt in Collision Two Others Killed In Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 4

Six people were hurt when two cars travelling in the same direction collided near Bobbin Head early yesterday morning…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 6

KEVIN HOBMAN (20), Jersey Ave., Mortdale, suffered a fractured skull and abrasions when he was thrown from his motor cycle in…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 6

KEVIN HOBMAN (20), Jersey Ave, Mortdale, suffered a fractured skull and abrasions when he was thrown from his motor cycle in…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 6

KEVIN HOBMAN (20), Jersey Ave., Mortdale, suffered a fractured skull and abrasions when he was thrown from his motor cycle in…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 6

KEVIN HOBMAN (20), Jersey Ave., Mortdale, suffered a fractured skull and abrasions when he was thrown from his motor cycle in…

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