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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

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Soldier Injured

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 January 1942 · page 5

Lieut. R. S. Wallace suffered a dislocated left shoulder and head injuries, Lieut. John Dunn, general abrasions and concussion, Sergeant T. M…

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Two Drowned in River

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1942 · page 8

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Ivor Moore, aged 11, and Bernard Mahon, 9½, were drowned in Herbert River at Halifax this afternoon. They had gone…

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Boys Drowned in Pool Holiday Tragedy at Hazelbrook

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1942 · page 8

KATOOMBA, Wednesday.—The bodies of two boys who were drowned to-day in a swimming pool at Coates Park, Hazelbrook,…

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Why Get Drowned?

The St George Call · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 3

I used to think that the best way to get drowned was to refuse to learn how to swim. But after twenty years as a lifesaver, I’ve concluded that the easiest way…

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Man Drowned While Gathering Fish Bait

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 5

WHILE gathering bait on the rocks near Clovelly Bay on January 6, Christos Joanidis (44), shop assistant, fell into the water and was…

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Man Drowned While Gathering Fish Bait

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 5

WHILE gathering bait on the rocks near Clovelly Bay on January 6, Christos Joanidis (44), shop assistant, fell into the water and was…

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Four Injured in Air Crash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.—Pour airmen Were injured when an R.A.A.F. aircraft crashed in making a, forced landing on an emergency ground at…

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Law Case. Dock Labourer Injured

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 2

The House of Lords has dismissed an appeal by Mr. Henry Thomson, shipowner, of Edinburgh, against a decision of the Court of Session holding him alone responsible for injury caused to Joseph Cremin, a dock labourer, while in the employ of…

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Lucky Escape In Wharf Collision MELBOURNE

The Sun · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 4

A few minutes after Ernest Thompson had stepped from the cabin of a lighter on to the wharf at Victoria Docks to-day,…

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A Banker Stood on a Battlefield In 1859 a young.Swiss banker found himself by accident in the middle of the bloodiest battle of last century. He gave up the rest of his life to founding the Red Cross. He was Henri Dunant

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 2

Dunant was born in Geneva in l828, the son of well-to-do parants. He became a banker. In 1850, Napoleon 111 of France…

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Fatal Accident

The St George Call · Friday 16 January 1942 · page 3

Our Sympathy out to Mr. and Mrs.TV. Dyer, of 146 .Harrow Road, Kogarah whose eon Richard met with a fatal accident on Monday last, which…

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Tim Tyler's Luck First Aid To The Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 4

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Tim Tyler's Luck First Aid To The Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 4

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Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 4

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Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 4

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Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 January 1942 · page 4

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Jockey Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 8

E. Dawson, former Malayan jockey, will not be able to resume riding for a fortnight. He was injured when his mount,…

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Mr. D. J. Mares Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 4

THE State Meteorologist (Mr. D. J. Mares) suffered slight injuries to the legs when a car in which he was travelling overturned in Condamine…

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Mr. D. J. Mares Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1942 · page 7

THE State Meteorologist (Mr. D. J. Mares) suffered slight injuries to the legs when a car in which he was travelling overturned in Condamine…

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