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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

2,545 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 128

Colin Schomberg Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 April 1946 · page 8

Colin Schomberg, brilliant New South Wales full-back, will be cut of football several weeks as a result of an accident on Sunday…

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Girl Injured in Fall From Train

The Sun · Tuesday 2 April 1946 · page 3
Also in Daily Mirror, Daily Mirror, Daily Mirror, Daily Mirror

Yvonne Robertson (18). of Gloucester-street, Rockdale, fell from a train as it approached Concord West station today…

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Witnesses of Quay Accident Sought

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 April 1946 · page 13

Police are trying to locate witnesses of an accident at Circular Quay about 8.40 a.m. yesterday, when an elderly man fell from a tram and was fatally…

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Children Drowned in Cots

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 April 1946 · page 1

Three mighty waves struck the Hawaiian group—at 1 a.m., 7.7 a.m., and 7.14 a.m. So sudden was the disaster that children were…

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Woman Charged After Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 3 April 1946 · page 5

A truck driver and a police motorcyclist chased two motorists along Liverpool Road, Enfield, yesterday after a boy had been knocked off a bicycle…

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Stop Press Woman Badly Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 24

A middle-aged woman, w[?] identity is not known, suffe[?] shocking injuries when she w[?] struck by a tram at the interse[?]…

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Woman, Baby Hurt in Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 7

A 10-MONTHS-OLD baby and his mother were injured yesterday afternoon when a motor-cycle and sidecar in which they were passengers…

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Woman, Baby Hurt in Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 7

A 10-MONTHS-OLD baby and his mother were injured yesterday afternoon when a motor cycle and sidecar in which they were passengers…

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Woman, Baby. Hurt in Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 7

A 10-MONTHS-OLD baby and his mother were injured yesterday afternoon when a motor cycle and sidecar in which they were passengers…

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Woman, Baby Hurt in Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 April 1946 · page 7

A 10-MONTHS-OLD baby and his mother were injured yesterday afternoon when a motor cycle and sidecar in which they were passengers…

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Now They Predict A Collision Between Earth And Moon Scientific students of a principle known as the Fauth-Hoerbiger Theory are busily predicting a collision between earth and moon. Basing their forecast on carefully collected data, they claim that, although the crash may not occur before the next Melbourne Cup, when it does it will be a beauty

The World's News · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 6

THIS story isn't the babbling of a lunatic, though it does concern Luna, the moon. It's just the main theme of the Fauth-Hoerbiger…

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Studio Death Accidental

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 3

HOLLYWOOD, April 5 (A.A.P.).—What was at first believed by police to be a murder at a party on a gangster film set…

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50 Accident Calls During Heavy Rain

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 3

Central District Ambulance was called out to nearly 50 accident cases last night, when the heavy rain made roads slippery,…

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100 Accidents in Night's Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 8

NEARLY 100 accidents, many of them in the city area, within two hours last night were attributed by police today to the heavy rain. SEVERAL accidents were serious--…

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100 Accidents in Night's Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 8

NEARLY 100 accidents, many of them in the city area, within two hoars last night were attributed by police today to the heavy rain. SEVERAL accidents were serious--…

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100 Accidents in Night's Heavy Rain

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 April 1946 · page 8

NEARLY 100 accidents, many of them in the city area, within two hours last night were attributed by police today to the heavy rain. SEVERAL accidents were serious--…

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