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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

2,956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 148

Derailed Train No Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 17

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Indiana State police declare that the derailment at Walton on Monday night of a fast…

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Five Hurt In Bus Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 29 January 1947 · page 1

THIS BUS careered wildly along Croydon Rd., near Hunt St., Croydon, this morning when one of its tyres blew out…

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River Drowning

Nepean Times · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 1

Joseph Francis George (19), son of Mrs. Mary George, of Bathurst Road, Springwood, of the late Mr. George, with his brother, Edmund, was…

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Car Fatality

Nepean Times · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 1

About 11 p.m. on 24th inst., Mrs. Lily V. Marlin (30), of 31 Moray Street, Richmond, was driving a car on Richmond Road, about a mile north of…

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Motor Cyclists Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 1

Two residents of Kogarah were injured on Monday when a motor cycle went through a safety fence and crashed 20 feet down a bank on the…

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Father and Son Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 1

Sidney Pearson, of Carlton Street, Arncliffe, and his son Ian, aged eight years, members of a picnic party, were injured when a motor vehicle…

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Injured in Bus Smash

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 7

MRS. A. GRIFFITH (centre) of Croydon, and Mrs. R. Hilditch, of Abbotsford, receiving treatment in the casualty room at Western Suburbs Hospital yesterday. They were two of five people injured when the front tyre of a bus blew out at Croydon yesterday…

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Fatal Motor Collision Ireland's Bridge Again

The Biz · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 9

Once more a fatal accident has Occurred at the dangerous river crossing known as Ireland's Bridge, on the Hume Highway. Cabramatta, near Warwick…

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Police Identify Body of Drowned Man

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 14

POLICE have established the identity of a man whose body was washed in from the sea at Bondi yesterday morning…

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Police Identify Body of Drowned Man

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 14

POLICE have established the identity of a man whose body was washed in from the sea at Bondi yesterday morning…

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Kidnapped Man Fights Way to Freedom Badly Injured By Terrorist Jews

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 1

JERUSALEM, Thursday.--Former Army officer Harry Collins has escaped from the Jewish terrorists who kidnapped him on Sunday. Collins, who is in hospital in a serious condition, said…

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Kidnapped Man Fights Way to Freedom Badly Injured By Terrorist Jews

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 1

JERUSALEM, Thursday.--Former Army officer Harry Collins has escaped from the Jewish terrorists who kidnapped him on Sunday. Collins, who is in hospital in a serious condition, said…

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Kidnapped Man Fights Way to Freedom Badly Injured By Terrorist Jews

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 1

JERUSALEM, Thursday.--Former Army officer Harry Collins has escaped from the Jewish terrorists who kidnapped him on Sunday. Collins, who is in hospital in a serious condition, said…

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Kidnapped Man Fights Way to Freedom Badly Injured By Terrorist Jews

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 1

JERUSALEM, Thursday.--Former Army officer Harry Collins has escaped from the Jewish terrorists who kidnapped him on Sunday. Collins, who is in hospital in a serious condition, said…

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Kidnapped Man Fights Way to Freedom Badly Injured By Terrorist Jews

Daily Mirror · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 1

JERUSALEM, Thursday.--Former Army officer Harry Collins has escaped from the Jewish terrorists who kidnapped him on Sunday. Collins, who is in hospital in a serious condition, said…

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Speedway Death Accidental

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 16

The City Coroner, Mr. R. M. Stewart, found yesterday that John Charles Skelton, 31, speedway rider, met an accidental death at the…

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Reprimanded After Accident

The Biz · Thursday 30 January 1947 · page 6

After considering a severely-worded report from the electrical engineer (Mr. C. A. Styachan) on an accident recently reported to council by Mr. T. K. de…

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Injured Hostage Recovered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 3

Mr. Collins was found in a dazed condition just before midnight last night in the grounds of a Jewish hospital clinic…

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Swims with Injured Leg Vic. Junior Seeks Backstroke Title

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 19

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Fifteen - year - old Jim Langar, one of the favorites for the Australian junior backstroke swimming championship, has a withered leg…

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No Action Yet on Current Drought Relief F.s.a. Vice-president Meets with Painful Accident at Inverell

The Land · Friday 31 January 1947 · page 2

MR. ARTHUR COSH, Northern Vice-President of the Farmers and Settlers' Association, met with a very painful accident when he was spraying noxious weeds on his Inverell property. The chemical, sodium chlorate, which he was using, burst into flames. His…

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