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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

1,386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 70

Drowned in Same Pool As Relative

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 2

NEW YORK.--Robert Bannon (7) was drowned in the same pool at Grasmere, Staten Island, as his foster-brother met his death in 1938…

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Injured In Fall From Tram

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 3

CORNELIUS RALEIGH (78), Riley Street, East Sydney, fractured his spine when he fell from a tram in William Street, City, today…

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Injured In Fall From Tram

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 3

CORNELIUS RALEIGH (78), Riley Street, East Sydney, fractured his spine when he fell from a tram in William Street, City, today…

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Injured In Fall From Tram

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 3

CORNELIUS RALEIGH (78), Riley Street, East Sydney, fractured his spine when he fell from a tram in William Street, City, today…

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Two Fishermen Drowned Tragedy at George's River

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 9

Two men were drowned when a boat capsized from which they and four others were fishing in George's River yesterday afternoon…

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Picnic Foot Race Eight Fall, Three Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 April 1942 · page 9

A footrace was organised by the members of a picnic party at Nielsen Park yesterday afternoon…

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Harley injured in Hurdle

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 April 1942 · page 13

FLEMINGTON, Saturday.--Harley, favorite, who finished fourth to Xanthia in toe Seaholme Hurdle, lost his chance a mile from home…

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Accidental shot hits by-stander

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 April 1942 · page 5

A by-stander was shot in the leg when a constable went to arrest two young men fighting in Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, late last night…

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Whistled Until Drowned

The Sun · Monday 6 April 1942 · page 3

Washed overboard from the ketch Moana Lua, 20 miles east of Sugar Loaf Point, Clifford Sidley…

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Pleasure Cruise Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1942 · page 9

A pleasure cruise in which one of a yachting party of six was washed overboard and lost during a squall was described in the Equity Court…

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Ammunition Lorry in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 April 1942 · page 6

A military lorry loaded with ammunition and a double-decker bus filled with passengers, collided at the intersection of Alfred Street and…

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Southern News Death of Newly-returned Soldier Accidentally Killed "Terrible Shock"

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 April 1942 · page 2

While friends were eagerly anticipating the return to Fair-field of Warrant-Officer M. W. Dowle, who a few days ago…

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Collision at Kogarah

The Propeller · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 6

Two panel vans came into collision in Kensington Street, Kogarah, yesterday afternoon. One of the vehicles overturned. As a result the…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 6

While riding a motor cycle in Port Hacking Road, Miranda, at about 9.30 last night, Albert Wilson, of Erskineville, left the road and collided with…

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Two Men Drowned. Boat Capsizes in George's River

The Propeller · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 1

Two men were drowned when a boat capsized from which they and four others were fishing in George's River on Good Friday afternoon. The…

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Women Will Tend Bondi's Injured In Emergency Women in War

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 11

THE N.E.S., like to a huge octopus, spreads its tentacles north, south, east and west, clinging to each and every one of its posts with a strength of determination that all units will be ready to carry on in any emergency and crisis. Chatting with…

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Women Will Tend Bondi's Injured In Emergency Women in War

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 11

[?]HE N.E.S., like to a huge octopus, spreads its tentacles north, south, east and west, clinging to each and every one of its [?]ts with a strength of determination that all units will be [?]dy to carry on in any emergency and crisis. Chatting with…

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Women Wilt Tend Bondi's Injured In Emergency Women in War

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 11

THE N.E.S., like to a huge octopus, spreads its tentacles north, south, east and west, clinging to each and every one of its posts with a strength of determination that all units will be ready to carry on in any emergency and crisis. Chatting with…

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Women Will Tend Bondi's Injured In Emergency Women in War

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 11

THE N.E.S., like to a huge octopus, spreads its tentacles north, south, east and west, clinging to each and every one of its posts with a strength of determination that all units will be ready to carry on in any emergency and crisis. Chatting with…

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Triple Collision in Mersey Admiralty Court Judgment (From the "Liverpool Journal of Commerce")

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 9 April 1942 · page 2

In the Admiralty Court, Mr. Justice Bucknill has delivered judgment in the action heard on December 3 and 4, in which the owners of the Swedish motor ship Korshamn claimed damages from the owners of the Norwegian motor ship Taranger,…

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