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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Beard Wins Second Title Swims 220 With Injured Knee

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 24

Swimming with a badly sprained knee, Arthur Beard last night won the State 220 yards freestyle championship at North Sydney Olympic Pool…

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Injured Assist Other Victims Man Walked Into Hospital With Leg 'Probably Broken'

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 5

Two men who were injured in the tram smash on the Harbor Bridge last night assisted other injured people before seeking treatment for themselves…

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Trams Collide on Harbour Bridge Twenty-one Hurt in Peak Hour Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1946 · page 1

Twenty—one persons were injured, four critically, when a Suspension Bridge tram crashed into the rear of a stationary Lane Cove tram on the Harbour Bridge during…

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Drowned at Brighton

The Propeller · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 1

Last Saturday afternoon Mr. Thomas Alfred James, of Charles Street, Arncliffe, was swimming in the municipal baths at Brighton-le-Sands with his two…

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Cyclist Injured

The Sun · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 5

Alfred Cheetham, 25, of Wetherall-street. Lidcombe, was riding a bicycle this morning when he collided with a truck at the…

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Collision Victim Leaves Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 6

One of the six victims of the Harbor Bridge tram collision on Tuesday, and admitted to Sydney Hospital, was discharged yesterday…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 1

David Burton, motor cyclist, aged 16 years, of Punchbowl, was seriously injured, in Belmore Road, Herne Bay, last Saturday evening, when his motor cycle…

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Railway Linesman Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 1

James Johnston, aged 48 years, of Ashfield, met with a painful accident on the railway line at Carlton on January 9. He was working on a faulty…

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Two Injured on Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 3

Police are investigating the cause of an accident which occurred early this morning on the northern approaches of the Harbour Bridge, in which two…

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Two Deaths, 12 Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 3

Two persons were killed and 12 others were injured in five road accidents yesterday. Donald Bates, of Stanmore Road,…

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Four Injured in Car Crash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 January 1946 · page 2

The four passengers in a car which got out' of control in Beacon Hill Rd., Brookvale, last night were injured when it…

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Four Injured In Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 5

Two American soldiers and two young women in a touring car were injured in a collision with' a tram and a taxi near Waverley tram depot late last…

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Injured in Baths Dive

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 2

STRIKING another swimmer while diving at Granville baths yesterday, Laurence Tracey (16), Montgomery Ave., Granville, sustained…

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Injured in Baths Dive

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 10

STRIKING another swimmer while diving at Granville baths yesterday, Laurence Tracey (16), Montgomerry Ave., Granville, sustained…

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Injured in Baths Dive

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 10

STRIKING another swimmer while diving at Granville baths yesterday, Laurence Tracey (16), Montgomerry Ave., Granville, sustained…

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Injured in Baths Dive

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 10

STRIKING another swimmer while diving at Granville baths yesterday, Laurence Tracey (16), Montgomery Ave., Granville, sustained…

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Injured in Baths Dive

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 10

STRIKING another swimmer while diving at Granville baths yesterday, Laurence Tracey (16), Montgomerry Ave., Granville, sustained…

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Four Injured in Car Smash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 4

Wreckage or a car which collided with a tram at the intersection of Oxford Street and Mill Hill Road, Bondi.1 unction, late last night. Four persons were injured…

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Accident To Stud Breeder

The Land · Friday 18 January 1946 · page 18

Mr. W. Lawrence, founder and owner, of the well-known Highland Border Leicester Stud at Crookwell, is at present recovering from a very…

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Speed Star Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 January 1946 · page 9

When R. Duggan crashed into a fallen motor cycle in a race at the Sports Ground Speedway last night he fractured his right leg…

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