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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

2,545 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 128

Six Injured When Car Hits Lorry

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 May 1946 · page 9

Six people were hurt when a car crashed into a stationary lorry at Arncliffe early yesterday…

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Professor Hurt in Collision Small Bone In Neck Fractured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 May 1946 · page 3

Struck by a bus while riding a bicycle along the Windsor Road, near Vineyards, on Saturday morning, Professor Frank Stanley…

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Fatal Collision at Fivedock

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 May 1946 · page 7

Alexander Licento, 34. of King's Road, Fivedock, was fatally injured when his bicycle and a car collided at the intersection of Great North…

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Bicycle Rider Fatally Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 May 1946 · page 12

A man who was injured when his bicycle collided with a car at the intersection of Parramatta and Great North Roads, Five Dock, at 7 a.m. yesterday…

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Man Injured by Falling Tree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 May 1946 · page 8

Struck by a falling tree at Cabramatta yesterday, Archie 'James Saywell, 47, of Longfield Street, Cabramatta, suffered a fractured leg and…

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Many Injured During Faction Riots in India

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 May 1946 · page 11

NEW DELHI, Tuesday.--Fourteen people were injured, one seriously during a clash between Hindus arid the depressed classes at Nagpur…

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Injured in Collision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1946 · page 9

When a motor-cycle and a lorry collided at the corner of Rifle Range Road and Windsor Road, Northmead last Thursday evening, Harry…

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Brothers Drowned in Waterhole

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1946 · page 8

Two brothers—aged four and two years—were drowned in a waterhole at Parklea on Sunday. They were Herbert (4) and…

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Two Soldiers Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 May 1946 · page 7

Two soldiers, Leslie Hicks (24) and Robert Dickenson (24), of the 167 Australian General Transport Company were injured at the corner of…

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Woman Seriously Injured by Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 May 1946 · page 5

A woman was critically injured last night when she was hit by a tram and thrown about 12ft. into a culvert in Anzac Parade, Maroubra Junction…

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Professor Cotton Badly Hurt Collision With Bus

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 May 1946 · page 3

Professor Frank Stanley Cotton. 56, chief lecturer in physiology at Sydney University, and a son of the late Frank Cotton, an old…

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Brother's Accident

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 8 May 1946 · page 8

Dear .Worker,—This is my second letter to your interesting Page. I was pleased to see my last letter in print. Recently my brother John…

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Injured In Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 3

Above: HAROLD HANSON (29), who had three ribs broken in a road accident last night, photographed in Liverpool Hospital…

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Injured In Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 3

Above: HAROLD HANSON (29), who had three ribs broken in a road accident last night, photographed in Liverpool Hospital…

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Injured In Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 3

Above: HAROLD HANSON (29), who had three ribs broken in a road accident last night, photographed in Liverpool Hospital…

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Injured In Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 3

Above: HAROLD HANSON (29), who had three ribs broken in a road accident last night, photographed in Liverpool Hospital…

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Injured by Falling Tree

The Biz · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 9

Well-known and popular resident of Longfield Street, Cabramatta, Mr. Archie Saywell, suffered severe internal injuries and a fractured leg when struck by a…

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Three People Hurt in City Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 1

Three persons were injured when a car taking one of them to a Macquarie St. specialist was involved in a collision with a truck and a tram at the foot of William St., City, this morning…

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Three People Hurt in City Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 3

Three persons were injured when a car taking one of them to a Macquarie St. specialist was involved in a collision with a truck and a tram at the foot of William St., City, this morning…

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Three People Hurt in City Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 3

Three persons were injured when a car taking one of them to a Macquarie St. specialist was involved in a collision with a truck and a tram at the foot of William St., City, this morning…

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