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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

2,545 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 128

Swept Away To Drowning

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 2

CROSS on the rocks marks the spot at Joelong Point, Cape Banks, near La Perouse, from which Robert Page (24), of Kingsford, was…

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Police Probe On Fatality

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 1

Police are continuing inquiries into a collision between a bus and a motorcycle and side-car at the…

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Man Injured By Falling Bucket

The Sun · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 2

Adrian Charlton, 36, of Hector-street. Sefton, suffered an injured, left thigh and back when hit by a falling bucket…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Girl Killed, Three Hurt in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 24

A girl [?]d three other Oslo Correspondent. Owner of the exhibition said: "No normal person would dream…

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Accident Rate Is Alarming

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 11

THE N.R.M.A. and R.A.C.A. are becoming alarmed at the failure of many motorists to appreciate the deterioration in the…

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Yachts Near Collision

The Sun · Saturday 30 March 1946 · page 7

Dr H. F. Kirkland's clipper was nearly involved in a collision at the start of the Royal Sydney Yacht Club's race this…

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Drowning Man Calls Farewell To Wife

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 March 1946 · page 7

A moment before he was swept to his death from a rock ledge at La Perouse at 10 a.m. yesterday, a recently discharged airman cried to his wife, "Goodbye, Stella!"…

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Trains Miss Injured Man

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 March 1946 · page 5

A man who had fallen from a train sat between sets of rails for 15 minutes last night with a deep cut in his head while electric…

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Five Injured in Explosion

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 March 1946 · page 1

Five men were injured when an explosion occurred at the plant of Bradford Kendall, steel founders, Botany Rd., Alexandria, this afternoon. THE men were operating an…

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Hit by Taxi, Man Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 March 1946 · page 6

KNOCKED down by a taxi in Hurstville last night, - William Coffey (50), Ruby St., Hurstville, was admitted to St. George District…

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Hit by Taxi, Man Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 March 1946 · page 6

KNOCKED down by a taxi in Hurstville last night, William Coffey (50), Ruby St., Hurstville, was admitted to St. George District…

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Ex-Airman Swept From Rock To Sea And Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 March 1946 · page 3

Swept off rocks by a huge wave at Joclong Point. Cape Banks, near La Perouse, yesterday morning, Robert Page, 24 of Meek Street,…

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Five Injured in Factory Explosion Were Using Acetylene Torch Thrown Several Feet by Blast

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 March 1946 · page 2

FIVE men were injured when an explosion occurred of the plant of Bradford Kendall, steel founders, Botany Rd., Alexandria, this afternoon…

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Five Injured in Factory Explosion Were Using Acetylene Torch Thrown Several Feet by Blast

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 March 1946 · page 2

FIVE men were injured when an explosion occurred at the plant of Bradford Kendall, steel founders, Botany Rd., Alexandria, this afternoon…

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Lasso snatches two men from drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 31 March 1946 · page 1

An ambulance man stood on a rocking pontoon last night to lasso two drowning men in the Harbor. The ambulance man is Harry Tierney, of Central District…

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Body of Drowned Man Not Recovered

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 31 March 1946 · page 4

The body of Robert G. Page, 24, of Meek Street, Kingsford, who was drowned at Joelong Point, La Perouse, on Friday, has not been recovered…

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Ninth accident not so lucky

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 31 March 1946 · page 5

A railway [?]ettler was injured yesterday when the Kempsey mail crashed into the tricycle he was riding…

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Six Women Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 4

Three women were seriously injured when they were pinned under their overturned car after it was struck by another at Willoughby…

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Ambulance on Spot When Three Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 April 1946 · page 5

Fire women were injured, one critically and four seriously, in collisions yesterday. Ambulance men witnessed one collision between two cars, in…

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Lorry-tram Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 April 1946 · page 3

TRAFFIC was held up in Taylor Square, Darlinghurst, yesterday afternoon, when a converted Army ambulance crashed side-on into a crowded Bondi-bound tram. No one was injured…

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