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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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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 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 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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Milk Carter Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 7

His mind a blank, and suffering from head injuries, Wallace Tubb (25), of Hamilton Road, Fairfield, was admitted to Parramatta District…

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Two Killed, 7 Injured in Army Truck Smash

The Sun · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 3

Two soldiers were killed and seven others injured last night when a military truck in which they were travelling overturned while negotiating a sharp bend in Moorebank-avenue, Liverpool…

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Cart Driver Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 9

GEORGE DOWE (56), Sutherland St., Paddington, was treated for abrasions and shock at Sydney Hospital today after being thrown from…

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Cart Driver Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 9

GEORGE DOWE (56), Sutherland St., Paddington, was treated for abrasions and shock at Sydney Hospital today after being thrown from…

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Fairfield Man Injured

The Biz · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 1

Richard Talbot. (31). of Catheart St. Fairfield, suffered fractured thigh when he fell out of a truck, at the corner of Canley Road and Frederick Street. Fair…

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Cart Driver Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 9

GEORGE DOWE (56), Sutherland St., Paddington, was treated for abrasions and shock at Sydney Hospital today after being thrown from…

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Italian P.o.w. Drowned

The Biz · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 5

Whilst swimming in Georges River, at Liverpool, during lunch hour on Wednesday last, Guiseppe Spina, 26. Italian P.O.W., got an attack of cramps and was…

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Boxer Injured At Foundry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 6

Tommy Hunter, who was matched to meet George Elliott at Leichhardt to-night, was burnt on the legs in a foundry accident at…

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Wetherill Park Fatality Boy Dies After Scalding

The Biz · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 1

A 17-hours fight by doctors at Parramatta [?]tal to save the life of a boy who was scalded on the night of December [?] failed when Victor Martin (8) of…

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Bridal Party in Car Crash. Six Persons Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 3

Six persons were injured and two admitted to hospital when a car containing a bridal party was involved in a smash at Kogarah last Saturday afternoon…

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Why do some people have a "run" of accidents?

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 15

IT is three years since I first attended Nora Clyde. I remember the occasion quite well, because it spoilt…

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Three Killed in Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 3

Two soldiers and a wharf-labourer were killed, and 13 other persons injured, in accidents yesterday and on Tuesday night…

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Injured Man in Light-well Accident At Hotel

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 1

A man, aged about 20, attired only in a singlet and underpants, was found injured and unconscious at the bottom of a light-well at…

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Woman Injured at Damaged Culvert

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 4

TAMWORTH, Thursday.— Shortly after a culvert had collapsed beneath the weight of an army truck and trailer loaded with…

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Bath Death Accidental

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 2

GAS which escaped from a defective flue in a bath heater caused the death of Mrs. Dorothy Amelia Loveridge (36), at 34 Edward St.,…

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Bath Death Accidental

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 2

GAS which escaped from a defective flue in a bath heater caused the death of Mrs. Dorothy Amelia Loveridge (36), at 34 Edward St.,…

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