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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

2,545 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 128

The Accident Case

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 April 1946 · page 21

THE ambulance came round the corner with its siren screaming shrilly. The head - lights bored…

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Three Women Hurt in Collision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 5

Three women from Ringrose Avenue, Wentworthville, Were injured when two cars collided head-on near Lansdowne Road, Canley Vale, on…

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Man Injured When Car, Lorry Collide

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 21

ONE man was injured and two others escaped with a shaking when a lorry and a car collided at the intersection of Berry and Parramatta…

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Man Injured When Car, Lorry Collide

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 21

ONE man was injured and two others, escaped with a shaking when a lorry and a car collided at the intersection of Berry and Parramatta…

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Mast Injured When Car, Lorry Collide

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 21

ONE man was injured and two others escaped with a shaking when a lorry and a car collided at the intersection of Berry and Parramatta…

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Man Injured When Car, Lorry Collide

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 21

ONE man was injured and two others escaped with a shaking when a lorry and a car collided at the intersection of Berry and Parramatta…

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To Arrest Road Accidents Motor-Drivers' Licences To Be Reviewed

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 3

To arrest the alarming increase in road accidents, the N.S.W. Transport Department has set up a special committee,…

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Boy Dies After Car Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 12

James Robert Thompson, 9, of Heath Street, Punchbowl, died in Canterbury Hospital, yesterday, from injuries received when he was knocked down by…

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Cyclist and Lad Hurt in Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--A cyclist was seriously injured when he came into collision with a youth in Hunter Street West, Newcastle, this afternoon…

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Injured in Motor Collision

The Propeller · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 1

Mrs. Theresa Newton, aged 44 years, residing at George Street. Blakehurst, was one of four persons injured when two cars came into collision on the Hume…

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Women Injured in Motor Collision

The Biz · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 7

Three women were seriously injured when two cars collided in Hume Highway, Canley Vale, at 12.55 p.m. on Monday last…

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Man Arrested at Taree Fatality At Redfern

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 1

Two detectives who went from Sydney to Taree yesterday to investigate the death at Redfern on Monday ot Robert Bell, 64, an…

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Boy Injured by Motor Cyclist

The Propeller · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 1

Carl Jacobson, aged six years, of Noble Street. Hurstville, was knocked down by a motor cycle in front of his home last Friday morning. He was admitted to St…

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Stop Press Injured by Tram

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 24

A man whose identity is not yet known was seriously injured when he fell under the wheels of a tram in Broadway City, have this…

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Man Badly Injured In Street Brawl

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 10

A man was seriously injured early last night in a brawl in Darcy Street, Parramatta. He is Kenneth Esmond Arnold, of…

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Accidents of the Week. Death After Fall From Train

The Propeller · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 1

Yvonne Robertson, aged 18 years, of Gloucester Street, Rockdale, died in the Western Suburbs Hospital on April 17, a fortnight after she fractured her skull in…

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Big Accident Toll Int U.s. Forecast

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 6

WASHINGTON. -- More than 9,300,000 people will die in accidents in the U.S. during the next 50 years…

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Big Accident Toll in U.s. Forecast

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 6

WASHINGTON. -- More than 9,300,000 people will die in accidents in the U.S. during the next 50 years…

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Man Found Drowned

The Sun · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 2

The body of Charles Joseph Henrick, 39, laborer, of Womerah-avenue, Darlinghurst, who has been missing from his home…

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Many Die in Train Collision

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 5

NAPERVILLE (Illinois), Friday.--Speeding at more than a mile a minute, the crack Chicago Exposition…

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