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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

1,386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 70

Motor Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 7 May 1942 · page 6

Mr. William Black, aged 34 years, of Alice Street, Sans Souci, is at present an inmate of the St. George District Hospital, suffering from a…

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Factory Accidents Alarm Minister

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 May 1942 · page 2

THE Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr. Hamilton Knight) admitted in the Legislative Assembly this morning that he was concerned…

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Factory Accidents Alarm Minister

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 May 1942 · page 2

THE Minister for Labor and Industry (Mr. Hamilton Knight) admitted in the Legislative Assembly this morning that he was concerned…

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Local & General Accidents at Circus

The Biz · Thursday 7 May 1942 · page 4

Michael wilson. 18 of Worth'.s Circus staff, broke has [?]kle while the [?]ent was at Fairfield. Harry Ryan, also of Wirth's, met with…

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Bad Air, Fatigue Seen As Accident Factors

The Sun · Friday 8 May 1942 · page 5

Faulty ventilation in factories overheated by long hours of work contributed greatly to the increase in accidents, said the Director of the Labor Research Bureau (Mr. J. Lindsay) today. He was commenting on a…

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Jockey Injured During Race

The Sun · Sunday 10 May 1942 · page 1

JOCKEY W. CLOVER was bleeding from the nose and mouth when he returned to the official enclosure after…

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Drowning man's fight for life lasts two hours

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 May 1942 · page 2

A man tried in vain for two hours to save himself from drowning yesterday in Boat Harbor, north of Cronulla. He was Kenneth Ronald…

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Clung 2 Hours to Rock: Drowned

Truth · Sunday 10 May 1942 · page 19

WASHED into the surf at Kurnell by a huge wave yesterday morning, a man clung to a rock for two hours while a mate tried…

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Three Hampered; Accidental

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 May 1942 · page 12

Stewards at Canterbury yesterday inquired into the interference suffered by Skerries, Beau Port, and Tyrannus about three furlongs from home in the…

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Indifferent to Drowning Men

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 11 May 1942 · page 2

NEW YORK. Sunday (A.A.P.).-- While 20 members of the crew of an Allied merchant ship drowned, Nazis stood to attent on on the deck of a…

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Boy Injured In 50-ft. Cliff Fall

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 May 1942 · page 3

Richard Dawson Brown, 10-year-old schoolboy, Hastings Parade, Bondi, was critically injured when he fell 50 feet on to rocks at Ben…

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Boy Injured In 50-ft. Cliff Fall

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 May 1942 · page 3

Richard Dawson Brown, 10-year-old schoolboy, Hastings Parade, Bondi, was critically injured when he fell 50 feet on to rocks at Ben…

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Boy Injured In 50-ft. Cliff Fall

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 May 1942 · page 3

Richard Dawson Brown, 10-year-old schoolboy, Hastings Parade, Bondi, was critically injured when he fell 59 feet on to rocks at Ben…

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Boy Injured In 50-ft. Cliff Fall

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 May 1942 · page 3

Richard Dawson Brown, 10-year- old schoolboy, Hastings Parade, Bondi, was critically injured when he fell 50 feet on to rocks at Ben…

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Injured by Racehorse

The Sun · Wednesday 13 May 1942 · page 8

Queensland trainer C. Mc-Loughlin was kicked at his stables yesterday by Chatting. He was injured on the face,…

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Milkman Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 6

JOHN BURGESS (44), of Waters Street. Enfield, suffered a fractured skull and lacerations to the elbow early this morning when a…

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Milkman Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 6

JOHN BURGESS (44), of Waters " Street. Enfield, suffered a fractured skull and lacerations to the elbow early this morning when a…

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Milkman Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 7

JOHN BURGESS (44), of Waters Street. Enfield, suffered a fractured skull and lacerations to the elbow early this morning when a…

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Child Injured

Nepean Times · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 1

Ena May Weekes, aged 12 years, of Bathurst Road, Faulconbridge, was riding on the back of a bicycle with her sister, Joan, towards her home, at…

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Milkman Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 6

JOHN BURGESS (44), of Waters Street. Enfield, suffered a fractured skull and lacerations to the elbow early this morning when a…

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