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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

1,386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 70

Car's Plunge In Yarra: One Drowned

The Sun · Sunday 3 May 1942 · page 2

When a car plunged into 20ft. or water in the River Yarra at Newport tonight, one man was drowned and five others were…

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Grand Display By Injured Goalie In Soccer Draw

The Sun · Sunday 3 May 1942 · page 6

Norm Conquest, Leichhardt goalie, spent yesterday morning on a massage table, after travelling from Cessnock, to get himself fit to play against Gladesville-Ryde at Gladesville…

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Car in River: V.d.c. Man Drowned, 5 Others Escape

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 3 May 1942 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sat.--When a car ran into the Yarra tonight a member of the Volunteer Defence Corps was trapped…

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Who Saw Accident?

The Sun · Sunday 3 May 1942 · page 3

Darlinghurst police seek any person who, at 8 pm on April 30. saw an accident at the corner of Bourke and William streets,…

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Woman Injured by [?]

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 May 1942 · page 4

Edith May Walden (65), of Helen Street, Randwick, was severely in jured yesterday when she was [?] by a tram in Anzac Parade, King…

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Woman Injured by Tram

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 May 1942 · page 1

Edith May Walden (65), of Helena Street, Randwick, was severely injured yesterday when she was struck by a tram in Anzac Parade…

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Woman Injured by Tram

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 May 1942 · page 1

Edith May Walden (65), of Helena Street, Randwick, was severely injured yesterday when she was struck by a tram in Anzac Parade,…

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Woman Injured by Tram

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 May 1942 · page 1

Edith May Walden (65), of Helena Street, Randwick, was severely injured yesterday when she was struck by a tram in Anzac Parade…

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Woman Injured by Tram

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 May 1942 · page 1

Edith May Walden (65) of Heiena Street, Randwick. was severely injured yesterday when she was struck by a tram in Anzac Parade,…

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Woman Injured; 4 Men Charged

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 May 1942 · page 6

Alleged to have been attacked by four men, a married woman was admitted to Lewisham Hospital on Saturday night with a fractured skull…

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Accident Theory On Girl's Death

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 May 1942 · page 6

Circumstances of the death by hanging of Ruth Helen Sloan, 13-year-old schoolgirl, are being Investigated by the police…

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Drowned in Harbor

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 5

A seaman named F. Priggs was drowned last night when he fell from his ship into the Harbor. After searching for 45 minutes, Water Police…

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Woman Drowned in Lagoon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 7

BRISBANE, Monday.—When Miss Kate Church, 69, suffered a stroke and fell out of bed early this morning, her sister, Mrs. Jane Kathleen Agnes…

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Man Drowned in Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 5

H. Triggs, a seaman fell from his ship in the harbour last night and was drowned. The body was taken to the Morgue…

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Did Not Stop After Accident

The Sun · Tuesday 5 May 1942 · page 6

Catherine Priestly, 54, of Newark-crescent, Lindfield, had both legs broken when she was knocked down by a car in…

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Fatal Collision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 May 1942 · page 7

Riding a motor cycle near the intersection of Sorrell-street and Victoria-road Parramatta, about 6 p.m. on Saturday, Kenneth Howieson (20)…

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Serious Accident General Secretary Fallon's Son Badly Injured

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 6 May 1942 · page 8

JIM FALLON, younger son of the General Secretary of the A.W.U., met with a serious and very painful accident…

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Alleged Fight in Room Man Seriously Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 May 1942 · page 9

Ernest Hoffman. 56, a native of Switzerland, who for many years has been chef at the Royal Sydney Golf Club, was found…

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Accidental Death of A.i.f. Man

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 May 1942 · page 5

THE latest A.I.F. casualty list includes the name of a man accidentally killed while serving in Australia…

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Blind Man Injured Train Accident at Guildford

The Broadcaster · Thursday 7 May 1942 · page 1

While attempting to board a train at Guildford station on Friday morning, [?] Skinner, 43, of Guildford Road, Guildford fell between the train and the…

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