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Accidents, 1941

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Injured Miner Falls From Coalcliff Train

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 4

THIRROUL, .Saturday. -- Michael Moran (73), a Coalcliff mine- worker, fell off a train last night and broke his right thigh…

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Injured Miner Falls From Coalcliff Train

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 4

THIRROUL, Saturday. -- Michael Moran (73), a Coalcliff mine -worker, fell off a train last night and broke his right thigh…

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Woman and Baby Killed. Two Girls injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 13

Mrs. Elizabeth Tolley, 35, of Fourth Street, Clyde, was killed and her four months' old baby died in the arms of her husband, an A.I.F. man, after a…

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Baby Drowned Gosford

Truth · Sunday 18 May 1941 · page 16

IN a foot of water the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith, of Oxford Street. Burwood, was found drowned at Point Clare,…

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Four Charges In Car Tragedy Echo to Big Road Fatality

The Sun · Sunday 18 May 1941 · page 5

Charges of manslaughter, wanton driving, causing bodily harm and failing to stop after an accident, followed…

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Accidents Woman's Death

Truth · Sunday 18 May 1941 · page 16

WITH a bullet hole in the centre of her forehead and a pea rifle between her legs, the body of Rubertha Lowe, 49, was found in…

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Two Boys Killed in Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 May 1941 · page 5

Two boys were killed yesterday in road accidents. Robert Wakeling, 14, Dunlop Avenue, Dee Why, was killed instantly…

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Hospital's Plans Tested. Reception of Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 11

Plans for dealing with casualties in an air raid of other attack on Sydney were tested at Sydney Hospital and first-aid posts in the city on Saturday…

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Denton Injured But Selected YOUNG

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 12

Group 7 defeated Group 9 today, 31 to 8, in the Country Week Rugby League elimination match…

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Boy Hiker Injured. Rescue in Rough Bush

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 10

Police and Central District Ambulance men had to walk three miles through rough bush to reach Donald Cowie, 15. of Charlotte Street, Ashfield, when he fell from a tree and rolled…

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O'toole Breaks Leg. Union Forward. Injured in League Game

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 12

L. O'Toole, Manly first grade Rugby Union forward, broke his left leg in a league game at Brookvale Oval yesterday…

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Bren Carrier Falls From Bridge. Soldier Killed; Three Others Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 11

A soldier was killed and three others were seriously injured when a Bren gun carrier in which they were travelling crashed through a bridge, turned…

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Many Injured But No Foul Play in League Ankles Wrenched; Eyes Stitched Daily Sportlight --

The Sun · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 13

Hard Rugby League football on Saturday resulted in a number of "casualties." Facial wounds necessitated stitches, while many men limped to work this morning…

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Death After Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 9

CHARLES STERNBECK (53), of Finlayson Street, Lane Cove, died in Mater Misericordiae Hospital yesterday from severe head injuries…

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Death After Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 9

CHARLES STERNBECK (53), of Finlayson Street, Lane Cove, died in Mater Misericordiae Hospital yesterday from severe head injuries…

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Death After Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 9

CHARLES STERNBECK (53), of Finlayson Street, Lane Cove, died in Mater Misericordiae Hospital yesterday from severe head injuries…

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Death After Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 9

CHARLES STERNBECK (53), of Finlayson Street, Lane Cove, died in Mater Misericordiae Hospital yesterday from severe head injuries…

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Jockey Injured Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 16

Jockey A. McCoy sustained a compound fracture of his right wrist when Melito fell with him at the first hurdle in a school at Caulfield…

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A. McCoy Injured in Hurdle School

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 32

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A McCoy, a prominent hurdle and crosscountry horseman, dislocated his right wrist when he crashed with Melito in…

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A. McCOY Injured in Hurdle School

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 32

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A. McCoy, a prominent hurdle and cross country horseman, dislocated his right wrist when he crashed with Melito in…

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