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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

2,545 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 128

Man Drowned in Georges River

The Biz · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 6

The body of Norman Charlees Bourke, 32. of Chipping Norton, who was well known in the Liverpool district as a tennis player, was recovered from the…

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Fatality at Glenbrook Aircraftsman Crushed by Motor Truck

Nepean Times · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 1

A crane had to be sent from Sydney to lift an overturned jeep from the body of Aircraftsman George Perry (19), of Buladelah, when a…

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Basher-bandit at Como Two Persons Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 1

On Wednesday night 10th instant, a basher-bandit held up two men at Como, whom he savagely assaulted, and escaped with about, £40. Stanley Wheeler, aged…

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Man Killed In Multiple Road Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 1

A man was killed on the Main Western Road near St. Marys last night during an extraordinary series of collisions, involving a motor…

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Two Hurt in Car Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 April 1946 · page 3

Mr. Walter McMorran, of Vaucluse Road, Vaucluse, was run over by a car outside his home last night, and suffered a compound dislocation and…

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Accidents, Absenteeism Highlight “Deathplank” Tram Dangers

Tribune · Friday 19 April 1946 · page 6

An accident to another tram conductor — the second in little more than a week — and growing absenteeism highlight the urgent need for abolition of Sydney’s obsolete “deathplank” trams…

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No Trace of Missing Nun; Drowning Fear

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 April 1946 · page 2

GOSFORD, Saturday.--Police have found no trace of Sister Hubert (50) who disappeared a week ago from St. Joseph's Convent, Gosford…

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No Trace of Missing Nun; Drowning Fear

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 April 1946 · page 2

GOSFORD, Saturday.--Police have found no trace of Sister Hubert (50), who disappeared a week ago from St. Joseph's Convent, Gosford…

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No Trace of Missing Nun; Drowning Fear

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 April 1946 · page 2

GOSFORD, Saturday.--Police have found no trace of Sister Hubert (50), who disappeared a week ago from St. Joseph's Convent, Gosford…

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No Trace of Missing Nun; Drowning Fear

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 April 1946 · page 2

GOSFORD, Saturday.--Police have found no trace of Sister Hubert (50), who disappeared a week ago from St. Joseph's Convent. Gosford…

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No Trace of Missing Nun: Drowning Fear

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 April 1946 · page 2

GOSFORD, Saturday.--Police have found no trace of Sister Hubert (50), who disappeared a week ago from St. Joseph's Convent, Gosford…

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No Trace of Missing Nun; Drowning Fear

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 April 1946 · page 2

GOSFORD, Saturday.--Police have found no trace of Sister Hubert (50), who disappeared a week ago from St. Joseph's Convent, Gosford…

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No Trace of Missing Nun; Drowning Fear

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 April 1946 · page 2

GOSFORD, Saturday.--Police have found no trace of Sister Hubert(50), who disappeared a week ago from St. Joseph's Convent, Gosford…

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3 Drowned After Boat Capsized

The Sun · Saturday 20 April 1946 · page 2

WELLINGTON (NZ), Saturday.—Ronald Hanson, 34, Bernie Hardie, 24, and Cyrus Smith, 23, were drowned when a…

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No Trace of Missing Nun; Drowning Fear

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 April 1946 · page 2

GOSFORD, Saturday.--Police have found no trace of Sister Hubert (50), who disappeared a week ago from St. Joseph's Convent, Gosford…

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Newcastle Boy Drowned In Flooded Gutter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 April 1946 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Friday.—When the floodwaters receded in Newcastle to-day the body of Terence Reginald Hudson, 9, of Macquarie Street, Mayfield, was found wedged in an 18-inch drain-pipe…

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Boy, on Message, Drowned in Stormwater Channel

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 April 1946 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Men searching for a missing nine-year-old boy this afternoon found his body in a storm-water channel in Mayfield. The boy was Terrance…

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Accidents In Speedboat Race

The Sun · Saturday 20 April 1946 · page 7

Speedboat Fran, driven by K. Harper, was caught in the wash of Power Chief, and overturned during the time trials for the…

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Hurt in Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 April 1946 · page 3

WILLIAM CLIFF (38), of Sydenham Rd.,Brookvale. suffered injuries to the head and left shoulder and severe shock when he was struck…

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Two Dead in Race Accident

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 April 1946 · page 1

Two men were killed today when a motor cyclist competing in a race at Mt. Panorama during the Bathurst T.T…

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