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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

2,956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 148

Coroner Told of Highway Fatality Brothers On Manslaughter Charge Two Sisters Hit by Motor Cycle

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 5

TWO brothers, who have been charged with the manslaughter of two sisters at Chatswood, were present at the inquest today. They are Bruce Barrington Miller (27)…

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Accidents Will Happen

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 4

Struck by a car while crossing Church Street on Thursday, Ronald McDonald, of Condobolin, suffered extensive head injuries…

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Railway Clear After Accident

The Sun · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 3

Workmen have cleared the railway line at Heme Bay, where two carriages were derailed when an electric train overran the…

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Stop Press Deer Cause of Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 28

A motor cyclist and his pillion rider were injured at National Park this morning when their motor cycle with a deer which…

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Accident Victim "Satisfactory"

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 2

CONDITION of a girl whose legs were badly injured in a steam train accident at Rosehill on Monday was described today as satisfactory…

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Search Follows Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 3

Police are searching for the driver of a car which collided with a taxi early this morning and was later reported to have been found…

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Woman Found Drowned

The Propeller · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 8

Police recovered the fully-clothed body of Mrs. Doris Marion Derriman, aged 53 years, of Brighton Avenue, Brighton-le-Sands, from Botany Bay…

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Boating Fatality On Clarence River

Daily Mirror · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 4

GRAFTON, Thursday. -- Bert Willis, a visitor to the district, was drowned in the Clar ence River last night when a…

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Two Brothers Drowned In Dam

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 4

WAGGA, Wednesday.--Two brothers, David William Magrath 26, married, and Hugh Gurr Magrath, 20, were drowned in a…

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Driving "Under Influence" Collision at Cabramatta

The Biz · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 7

A charge of having driven a moto lorry in Cabramatta, [?]st under the influence of liquor, was preferred against Harold C. Smith (26), of C[?]e…

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Injured B.h.p. Man Dies

Daily Mirror · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 27

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- George Pitts (62), Newcastle St., Mayfield, who was critically injured when struck by a steel girder at the B.H.P…

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Injured B.h.p. Man Dies

Daily Mirror · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 27

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- George Pitts (62), Newcastle St., Mayfield, who was critically injured when struck by a steel girder at the B.H.P…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Police Chase Driver After Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 32

A police officer commandered a motor cycle to chase a motorist who drove away after colliding with a taxi at the corner of Ocean…

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Five Escape In Plane Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 5

A Qantas Lockheed 14 aircraft crashed on takeoff yesterday about 3 p.m. at Schofields…

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Headmaster Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 9

THE headmaster of Ashfield Technical College, Mr Charles Slater (56), Epping Ave., Eastwood, had his left foot broken in the surf at Manly…

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Headmaster Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 9

THE headmaster of Ashfield Technical College, Mr. Charles Slater (56), Epping Ave., Eastwood, had his left foot broken in the surf at Manly…

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Headmaster Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 9

THE headmaster of Ashfield Technical College, Mr. Charles Slater (56), Epping Ave., Eastwood, had his left foot broken in the surf at Manly…

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Headmaster Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 9

THE headmaster of Ashfield Technical College, Mr. Charles Slater (56), Epping Ave., Eastwood, had his left foot broken in the surf at Manly…

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Headmaster Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 2

THE headmaster of Ashfield Technical College, Mr. Charles Slater (56), Epping Ave., Eastwood, had his left foot broken in the surf at Manly…

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Boy, 9, Drowned In Pool At Enfield

The Sun · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 1

Ronald Smith, 9, of Lords-road, Leichhardt, was drowned in Enfield Olympic Swimming Pool…

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