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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

2,545 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 128

Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 1

Kevin Oxley, 21, of Lancaster Avenue, Auburn, was critically injured early this morning when his motor cycle and a bus collided in Parramatta…

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Late News Phone. M2406 Man Critically Injured in Unusual Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 24

A young man was critically injured late last night when handle of the motor cycle he was riding was caught in the door of a…

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Workman Injured in 20Ft. Fall

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 5

CHARLES YEOMANS (30), Baxter St., Kogarah, was seriously injured this morning when he fell 20ft. from the second storey of the Hornsby…

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Workman Injured in 20Ft. Fall

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 5

CHARLES YEOMANS (30), Baxter St., Kogarah, Was seriously injured this morning when he fell 20ft. from the second storey of the Hornsby…

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Workman injured in 20Ft. Fall

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 5

CHARLES YEOMANS (30), Baxter St., Kogarah, was seriously injured this morning when he fell 20ft. from the second storey of the Homsby…

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Workman Injured in 20Ft. Fall

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 2

CHARLES YEOMANS (30), Baxter St., Kogarah, was seriously injured this morning when he fell 20ft. from the second storey of the Hornshy…

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Scene of Fire Fatality in Manly Cottage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 1

Firemen preventing the flames from spreading after a fire had destroyed part of a cottage in Smith Street, North Steyne, yesterday. Joseph Augustus Sly, 71, who was asleep in bed when the fire began, was burned to death in spite of frantic efforts…

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Victorian Flood Damage £2,000,000 Receding Waters Reveal Destruction Bodies of Drowned Family Recovered

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Damage estimated at £2,000,000 has been caused in the Victorian floods, which pre now receding to reveal destruction and ruin to bridges, roads…

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Victorian Flood Damage £2,000,000 Receding Waters Reveal Destruction Bodies of Drowned Family Recovered

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.-- Damage estimated at £2,000,000 has been caused in the Victorian floods, which are now receding to reveal destruction and ruin to bridges, roads…

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Tram Accident Rate No Increase Shown

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 3

There had been no more accidents involving trams and buses in the past twelve months than in previous years, the Minister for…

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Shooting Accident in Fun Fair Arcade

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 4

WHILE Leonard Ash, 148 Pitt St., City, was cleaning a rifle at Happyland Arcade. Pitt St., yesterday, the sun went off and Ash was shot…

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Shooting Accident in Fun Fair Arcade

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 4

WHILE Leonard Ash, 148 Pitt St., City, was cleaning a rifle at Happyland Arcade, Pitt St., yesterday, the gun went off and Ash was shot…

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Shooting Accident in Fun Fair Arcade

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 4

WHILE Leonard Ash, 148 Pitt St.,City, was cleaning a rifle at Happyland Arcade,Pitt St., yesterday, the gun went off and Ash was shot…

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Shooting Accident in Fun Fair Arcade

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 March 1946 · page 4

WHILE Leonard Ash, 148 Pitt St., City, was cleaning a rifle at Happyland Arcade, Pitt St., yesterday, the gun went off and Ash was shot…

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Thirteen Injured in Tram Collision Smash Outside Glebe Town Hall

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 1

THIRTEEN persons were injured when two trams collided in Glebe Rd., Glebe, opposite Glebe Town Hall, this afternoon. This is the 24th accident involving trams in the past six months…

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Thirteen Injured in Tram Collision Smash Outside Glebe Town Hall

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 1

THIRTEEN persons were injured when two trams collided in Glebe Rd., Glebe, opposite Glebe Town Hall, this afternoon. This is the 24th accident involving trams in the past six months…

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3 Seriously Hurt In Car Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 2

Three people were seriously injured at 7 p.m. yesterday when a car overturned in Woy Woy Road, Woy Woy. They are: Mrs. Emily Inane, 43, of…

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Fighting at Mukden Soviet Soldiers Taken There by 'Accident,' They Say

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 7

MUKDEN, Thursday.--Chinese Nationalist's are reported to have captured six Russian soldiers…

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Sequel to 1945 Accident Girl's Leg Broken

The Biz · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 4

An accident which occurred in June, 1945, had its sequel at Liverpool Police Court last Monday, when Frederick Keaton, aged 19, of Water Street…

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15 Injured In Bus Accident

Daily Mirror · Saturday 23 March 1946 · page 3

TOWNSVILLE, Saturday. -- Fifteen persons were injured, six being admitted to hospital, in a collision between a…

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