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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

2,545 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 128

Man Drowned in Ferry Crossing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 1

An unidentified man is believed to have been drowned when he fell from a ferry travelling from Manly to Sydney at 7.55 last night…

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Land Girls "Injured For Life"

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday.--Nearly a quarter of Tasmanian Land Army girls would suffer for life…

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Shocking Railway Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 3

A railway watchman was decapitated and had both legs severed when he slipped while attempting to board a goods…

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Shocking Railway Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 5

A railway watchman was decapitated and had both legs severed when he slipped while attempting to board a goods…

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Shocking Railway Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 5

A railway watchman was decapitated and had both legs severed when he slipped while attempting to board a goods…

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Shocking Railway Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 5

A railway watchman was decapitated and had both legs severed when he slipped while attempting to board a goods…

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Shocking Railway Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 April 1946 · page 5

A railway watchman was decapitated and had both legs severed when he slipped while attempting to board a goods…

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Injured Boy Feared For Mother

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 9

A schoolboy who was accidentally shot by a class-mate yesterday begged a schoolmaster…

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Army Bandsman Killed; 10 Others Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 1

WAGGA, Thursday.—One man was killed and 10 others injured, four seriously, when a large military lorry overturned near The…

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Doctor Treats Injured Seaman By Wireless

The Sun · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 3

For the past three days a Sydney doctor has been treating by wireless, an injured seaman on the Union freighter Waitomo, on its way from Vancouver. The seaman, Murray Soyka, need 24, fell while painting the…

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One Killed, 10 Injured in Road Smash Steering Fails On Army Truck

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 5

One soldier was killed and 10 others injured, four seriously, when an army truck overturned 20 miles from Wagga yesterday afternoon…

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Schoolboy Shot in Groin Classroom Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 5

A pupil at the Naremburn Intermediate High School was accidentally shot in the groin as he was taking his seat in the classroom…

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Several Hurt In Accidents

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 April 1946 · page 5

The driver and passenger of a motor van were injured late yesterday afternoon when the van mounted a footpath in…

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League Man Injured

The Sun · Saturday 13 April 1946 · page 7

Injured in the third grade Rugby League game at North Sydney Oval today, J Stewart, of Canterbury-Bankstown, had…

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Six hurt in car collision

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 April 1946 · page 9

Three persons were seriously hurt and three others received lesser injuries when two cars…

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200 Men Injured on Footboard Tramcars

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 April 1946 · page 15

Two hundred Sydney tram conductors who had been injured on footboard trams were on light duties,…

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Naval Man Hit by Tram, Hand Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 April 1946 · page 5

Engineroom-Artificer Sydney Jones, 26, of H.M.A.S. Bundarra, had his hand lacerated when he was struck by a tram at the corner of Elizabeth and…

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The accident rate rose in holidays

The Sun · Sunday 14 April 1946 · page 2

Longer holidays for schoolchildren in Yorkshire were opposed by West Hiding Education Committee…

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Easter gets back to prewar tempo Record Road Accident Fears

The Sun · Sunday 14 April 1946 · page 7

IN the heaviest road traffic since 1939, record numbers of accidents and car breakdowns in the Easter holidays are feared. Predicting this, NRMA general secretary, H. I. Johnson, says traffic…

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Baby Drowned Playing In Bath

The Sun · Monday 15 April 1946 · page 3

BOGGABRI Monday --Henry John Lonsdale 20-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs Eric lames Lonsdale of Dalton-street…

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