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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

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Drowned in River

Nepean Times · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 2

Rex Graham Atkinson (18) was drowned in the Nepean River at a point from two to three miles upstream from Wallacia, while…

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Merrylands. Boy Nearly Drowned

The Biz · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 5
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In the backyard of his home in Claremont Street, Merrylaods. Brian Deley, aged 2, was nearly drwoned at the week, and. His parents found him uncom[?]…

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Nearly Drowned in Trench

The Propeller · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 1

A five-year-old boy saved his two and a half-year-old brother from drowning in a flooded backyard trench, last week-end. The children,…

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Boy And Girl Drowned

The Sun · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 3

A little boy and a little girl met their deaths today in similar circumstances, the girl being…

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Baby Drowned at Castle Hill

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 4

Anthony John Kitching (19 months), of Castle Hill, was drowned in a few feet of water when he fell into a hole in Carrington Road, Castle…

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Baby Drowned at Castle Hill

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 4

Anthony John Kitching (19 months), of Castle Hill, was drowned in a few feet of water when he fell into a hole in Carrington Road, Castle…

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Child Drowned on Eve of Birthday

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 5

ON the eve of her second birthday, Alice Tucker, Carnegie Street, Auburn, was drowned when she fell into a trench at a neighbor's home…

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Sprinter Injured in Track Mishap

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 8

Flying Knight, one of Sydney's best sprinters, was seriously injured in a track accident at Victoria Park yesterday morning…

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Man Killed By Car; Lad Injured

The Sun · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 3

A man was killed and a lad seriously injured in accidents last night. John Clyde Elliott, 52, of…

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Electric Trains Collide. Six Persons Slightly Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 1

When an electric train crashed into the rear of another in the tunnel at St. James Station at 7 a.m. on Monday, glass in the windows of both…

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Tuberculin Test; Accident to Cow

The Land · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 9

"A.B.C.": (1) The tuberculin test consists in the introduction of a solution of the poisons of tubercle bacilli into the animal to be tested. The most common method is to use…

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Fatal Burning Accident

The Propeller · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 1

Shockingly burned when he fell into a vat of caustic soda last Friday, David Preble Hughes (41), of Belmore Road, South Hurstville, died…

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U.s. Air Officer Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 5

Captain Charles Baughan, 39, of the U.S. Army Air Corps Ferry Command, was knocked down by a tram in George Street, Sydney, yesterday. He…

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Child Drowned in Trench Eve of Birthday

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 7

When she fall into water-logged french which had been dug as an airraid shelter. Alice Tucker was drowned yesterday at her pacents' home in…

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Accidents

The St George Call · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 4

Edward Douglas. [?] of Kendall Street, [?] was run over and killed by a bus in [?] Street, Sans on Saturday night. The bus driver [?]…

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Apprentice Hurt in Track Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 6

Frederick Hall, 18. apprenticed to Balley Payten, suffered a fracture of the skull and possibly a fracture of the spine in a fall at Randwick yesterday…

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Apprentice Jockey Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 13

Frederick Hall, 18, an apprenti[?] jockey, living in Clyde Street, Granville, was thrown from a horse at Randwick, and his skull, and…

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Old Woman Injured

The Sun · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 3

Mrs. Maude Sellers (70), of Gowrie-street, Newtown, had her skull fractured when she was knocked down by a bicycle…

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Police Drag For Drowned Men

The Sun · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 2

No trace has yet been found of the two fishermen who were drowned yesterday when their boat capsized in George's River…

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