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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

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"Found Drowned"

The World's News · Saturday 14 June 1941 · page 32

WILFRED PARKIN, aged 23, civil aircraft fitter, came home from work in London and was met not, as he expected, by his 19-year-old Mary, but…

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Mother's Feet Save Baby From Drowning Adelaide

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 June 1941 · page 5

A mother today saved her three-year-old son, who had fallen into an underground tank, by hanging from a rafter and holding the child up with her feet…

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Apprentice Rider Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 June 1941 · page 20

ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL. Frank Smith, apprentice rider of Angus, who fell in the first division of the Novice Handicap at Randwick yesterday, collapsed after talking to the nurse in the casualty room. He was later admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital…

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Injured man two hours without aid

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 June 1941 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday.--Suffering intense agony because of a badly-injured foot, a returned soldier sat for two hours in a main street in…

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Angus Falls in Rough 'Prentice Race Badly Injured Horse Was Backed To Win £5000 Hearing The Finish Of Royal Mile Royal Land's Erratic Win

The Sun · Sunday 15 June 1941 · page 26

Critics of the A.J.C. policy of limiting certain races to inexperienced apprentice riders were provided with further ammunition after the first division of the June Novice Handicap at Randwick yesterday…

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R.a.a.f. Man Dies After Car Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 June 1941 · page 7

Leading-Aircraftman William King Patrick, 26, of Elizabeth Bay, who was injured when a car overturned on the Hume Highway, Bankstown,…

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Ron Morris Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 June 1941 · page 15

Injured shortly after the start of the President's Cup Rugby League match against Eastern Suburbs at the Cricket Ground this afternoon,…

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A. Morris Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 June 1941 · page 10

Arthur Morris, the cricketer, playing fiveeighth for St. George Rugby Union team against Eastern Suburbs on Saturday, sustained a badly sprained ankle. He will not know the extent of…

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Ron Morris Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 June 1941 · page 15

Injured shortly after the start of the President's Cup Rugby League match against Eastern Suburbs at the Cricket Ground this afternoon…

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Fall at Randwick. Apprentice and Horse Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 June 1941 · page 10

The first division of the June Novice Handicap at Randwick, restricted to apprentice riders, was full of incident. Three furlongs from the finish, Angus,…

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Road Accidents. Airman's Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 June 1941 · page 9

There were several road accidents in the city and State during the week-end, tome of them fatal. Leading-Aircraftman William King-Patrick,…

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Delay In Telling Police Of Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 June 1941 · page 5

LISMORE, Sunday. -- Four hours after John Robert Irwin Bates, 43, cream carrier, of Lismore, died, police learned casually of the accident which…

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Injured Jockeys Melbourne

The Sun · Tuesday 17 June 1941 · page 16

The condition of A. Dewhurst, who sustained serious injuries in a fall at Ascot recently, was reported to-day to be satisfactory…

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Fatally Injured Granville Scout

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1941 · page 2

A well-known member of the 1st Granville Rover Crew, and a former assistant scoutmaster of St. Mark's Scouts, Granville, Raymond Ross Healy,…

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Long Trip for Injured Skier

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 18 June 1941 · page 2

Miss Vivienna Valentin, 23, employed at the Chalet, Kosciusko, injured her leg ski-ing last Friday. She was brought 300 miles to Sydney…

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Two Drowned

Nepean Times · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 3

The district coroner, Mr E. F. Rule, held an inquest at Penrith Court House on 10th inst., into the deaths by drowning of John Bernard Seawell, of…

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Solicitor Found Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 8

The body of Percival Gilcreest Westphalen, 56. a solicitor. was recovered from the harbour off Dobroyd Point by Sergeant Maguire yesterday morning. A doctor said that death…

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Fatal Collision with Bridge

Nepean Times · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 5

The district coroner, Mr E. F. Rule, held an inquest on 10th inst into the death of Alan Edward Tonkin (19), of the R.A.A.F., stationed in Melbourne,…

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Brisbane Trip Unlikely. Melvale Injured. Split Heel in Race at Randwick

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 10

The two-year-old colt Melvale, who is engaged in the Doomben Newmarket Handicap, is unlikely to make the trip to Brisbane. He…

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Mixed Vehicles Roadway Accidents

Nepean Times · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 2

A motor lorry laden with blockwood, driven by Hilton Roy Byrnes, of Penrith, broke down on the Western Road near Eastern Creek on Friday. It was…

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