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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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'Drowned' Boy of 6 Recovers

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 10

An apparently dead boy was restored to life at Manly this afternoon after four cyclinders of carbogen aas were…

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Woman Seriously Injured When Struck by Car

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 2

MRS. MARJORIE FORBES (51), Jamieson Pde., Collaroy, was knocked down by a car and seriously injured in Pittwater Rd., Dee Why…

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Woman Seriously Injured When Struck by Car

Daily Mirror · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 2

MRS. MARJORIE FORBES (51), Jamieson Pde., Collaroy, was knocked down by a car and seriously injured in Pittwater Rd., Dee Why,…

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14 Killed, 500 Injured in Bombay Riots: Fighting Continues

The Sun · Friday 25 January 1946 · page 5

BOMBAY, Friday. -- Casualties in the riots which have continued here for two days are now 14 killed and 500 injured. Sporadic fighting continued last night between police and…

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Sick Youth Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 18

A sick youth was drowned yesterday in a lake at Scarborough Park, between Brighton-le-Sands and Ramsgate…

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A. Breasley Injured; 3 Horses Crash

The Sun · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--A. Breasley, Melbourne's crack jockey, was injured when his…

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Father, Son Drowned Had Tried To Save Two Giris

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 3

BRISBANE, Friday.—A father and son were drowned at Nielson Park, near Bundaberg, to-day when they attempted to rescue two girls…

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Fainting Boys Injured in Australia Day Parade

The Sun · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 1

A 16-year-old boy had a front tooth knocked out and another boy (13) suffered head injuries when they fainted and hit the pavement in Martin-place during an Australia Day rally this morning…

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Alphabetical Accident

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 12

THERE are 51 nations represented in London. Actually real powers reside with five. If any of our interests were…

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3 Badly Hurt In Road Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 January 1946 · page 18

Within an hour last night Canterbury Ambulance attended to three serious road accidents in Punchbowl, Kingsgrove, and Yagoona…

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Women Injured in Collision

Truth · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 26

An elderly woman and her daughter were injured when two cars collided at the intersection of Avoca St., and Darley Rd., Randwick, last night…

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Third Lakes drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 1

A British naval rating was drowned yesterday at Narrabeen Lakes. The drowning was the third in the lakes since Boxing Day. The naval rating was Sydney…

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Toddler Drowned

Truth · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 29

BRISBANE, Saturday Ronald James Smith (2½) was drowned at Wynnum today. He wandered away from his home and his father later found his…

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Third Narrabeen Lake drowning

The Sun · Sunday 27 January 1946 · page 3

DRAGGED unconscious from 9ft. of water in Narrabeen Lakes yesterday afternoon, a British naval…

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Breasley's Injured Knee Improves

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 January 1946 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A. Breasley, who had a fall at Moonee Valley yesterday, said tonight that his strained knee had improved…

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Injured By Fast Bowler

The Sun · Monday 28 January 1946 · page 9

Gordon Woolmer, opening batsman for the Rest, is assisted off the field after being struck on the head by a delivery from NSW fast bowler. Ray Lindwall, at the SCG today…

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Car Over Bridge, Three Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 28 January 1946 · page 13

BATHURST, Monday. -- Three persons, including a mother and daughter, were injured when a car crashed over the side of a bridge…

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Fourteen Injured In Tram Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 1

Fourteen people were injured yesterday when a single tram car crashed into the back of a double…

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Soldier Drowned In River

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 5

Headlamps of 30 Army vehicles were directed on section of the Georges River, Liverpool, last…

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Trams in Smash Many Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 29 January 1946 · page 1

Two crowded trams returning from Coogee collided at the Kensington platform at the intersection of Doncaster Avenue and Alison…

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