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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

1,386 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 70

Unidentified Woman Victim of Accident

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 May 1942 · page 3

AN unidentified woman was knocked down by a car and severely injured in Pittwater Road, Brookvale, early last night…

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Unidentified Woman Victim of Accident

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 May 1942 · page 3

AN unidentified woman was knocked down by a car and severely injured in Pittwater Road, Brookvale, early last night…

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Unidentified Woman Victim of Accident

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 May 1942 · page 3

AN unidentified woman was knocked down by a car and severely injured in Pittwater Road, Brookvale, early last night…

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Unidentified Woman Victim of Accident

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 May 1942 · page 3

AN unidentified woman was knocked down by a car and severely injured in Pittwater Road, Brookvale, early last night…

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Unidentified Woman Victim of Accident

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 May 1942 · page 3

AN unidentified woman was knocked down by a car and severely injured in Pittwater Road, Brookvale, early lash night…

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Unidentified Woman Victim of Accident

Daily Mirror · Saturday 16 May 1942 · page 3

AN unidentified woman was knocked down by a car and severely injured in Pittwater Road, Brookvale, early last night…

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Man Killed in Car Smash Terrific Collision with Tram

Truth · Sunday 17 May 1942 · page 1

A VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS officer, Lieut. Syd. H. Carroll, D.S.O., well-known estate agent, was killed instantly and three other V.D.C. members were badly hurt in a sensational smash between a car and a tram in New South Head Road, near the Wolseley Road intersection, Point Piper, early last night…

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2nd V.D.C. Officer Dies After Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 May 1942 · page 6

A second V.D.C. officer has died as a result of the collision between a car and a tram in New South Head Road, Point Piper, on Saturday night…

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Death Not Due to Tram Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 18 May 1942 · page 5

THE City Coroner (Mr. Oram) today found that the death of Herbert Leonard Truebridge (57), salesman. was due to a cerebral tumor,…

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Injured Fighting Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 3

FREDERICK BARRINGHAM (67), MacAuley Street, Leichhardt, who received frightful burns when he at- tempted to extinguish a blaze…

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Injured Fighting Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 3

FREDERICK BARRINGHAM (67), MacAuley Street, Leichhardt, who received frightful burns when he attempted to extinguish a blaze…

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Injured Fighting Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 3

FREDERICK BARRINGHAM (67), A MacAuley Street, Leichhardt, who received frightful burns when he attempted to extinguish a blaze…

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Injured Fighting Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 3

FREDERICK BARRINGHAM (67), MacAuley Street, Leichhardt, who received frightful burns when he attempted to extinguish a blaze…

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Injured Fighting Fire

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 3

FREDERICK BARRINGHAM (67), MacAuley Street, Leichhardt, who received frightful burns when he attempted to extinguish a blaze…

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Father and Sons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 5

Alfred George Upton, 50, of Alexandria. and his two sons, Frank, 10. and Allan, 13, were knocked down by a motor car while they were crossing…

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Nine Injured in Air Crash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.—A medium U.S. Army aircraft crashed and was burnt near an airfield in the Melbourne area this morning…

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Fatally Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 3

Riding home on his bicycle early yesterday morning, Raymond Metcalf (22), of Stacy-street, Bankstown, was struck by a car in Joseph-street,…

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Old Man Dies After Car Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 5

JOHN WILLIAM McDONALD (79), Meredith Street, Bankstown, was knocked down by a motor lorry in South Terrace Road, Bankstown,…

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Collision on Bridge

The Propeller · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 4

Three men were injured as the result of a collision between two motor lorries, which occurred on George's River Bridge at about 6 p.m., during…

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Unusual Accident

The Farmer and Settler · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 3

AN unusual accident occurred at Merriwagga, last week when Thomas W. Emery (27) lost an eye. He was sowing wheat with a combine,…

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