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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

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H. Mornement Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- The stipendiary stewards announced just prior to the start of the Chelsea Handicap that H. Mornement, who…

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Accidents That Led to Medical Marvels The road to medical progress is paved with lucky accidents. It is inevitable that this should be so. If logic and an exhaustive knowledge of the structure of the body could solve the mysteries of sickness, not a single disease would remain that could be classed as incurable

The World's News · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 6

IT needs the million-to-one chance of the right man fusing with the right set of circumstances to solve the really big…

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Fatal Tram Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 15

Mrs. Joan Kirk Van Lubeck, 23 of Auburn Street, Neutral Bay, who was knocked down by a tram in Oxford Street, near Liverpool Street, on…

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Blind Man Injured

The Sun · Sunday 1 February 1942 · page 3

Bertram Greenbanks (60), of Waratah-street, Oatley, who, the police state, is blind and deaf, was critically injured when he…

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Sponsor Injured In Second Trial

The Sun · Sunday 1 February 1942 · page 2

Sponsor, a well-backed runner in the second Trial division at Canterbury yesterday, was in a bad way after the race…

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Tram and Taxi in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 7

Traffic was delayed for nearly an hour on the Bellevue Hill line last night when a taxi-cab and tram collided near Five Ways,…

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Man Drowned in Manly Pool

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 7

The body of William Pye, of Pritcard Street, Haberfield, was found on Saturday floating face downwards in the Manly Pool…

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Miners Injured As Cage Breaks

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 2

SEVERAL miners were injured when a containing 13 men crashed Helensburgh Colliery, South Coast, late this afternoon…

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Miners Injured As Cage Breaks

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 2

SEVERAL miners were injured when a cage containing 13 men crashed 20 feet at the Helensburgh Colliery South Coast. late this a afternoon…

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Drowned In Bondi Surf

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 6

STAFF SERGEANT STEPHEN BEASLEY (58), Military Road, Dover Heights, was drowned while swimming in Bondi surf last night…

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Drowned In Bondi Surf

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 6

STAFF SERGEANT STEPHEN BEASLEY (58), Military Road, Dover Heights, was drowned while swimming in Bondi surf last night…

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Drowned In Bondi Surf

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 6

STAFF SERGEANT STEPHEN BEASLEY (58), Military Road, Dover Heights, was drowned while swimming in Bondi surf last night…

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Drowned In Bondi Surf

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 6

STAFF SERGEANT STEPHEN BEASLEY (58)," Military Road, Dover Heights, was drowned while swimming in Bondi surf last night…

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Drowned In Bondi Surf

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 1

STAFF SERGEANT STEPHEN BEASLEY (58), Military Road, Dover Heights, was drowned while swimming in Bondi surf last night…

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Lorry Driver Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 3

When an ice lorry overturned at Wilberforce yesterday, the driver, Allen Mullinger, 21, of Windsor, was seriously injured,…

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Four Injured in Mine Mishap

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 7

HELENSBURGH, Monday.—Three men were badly shaken and another was injured internally this morning when the cage in the Metropolitan…

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Bomb Outrage Kills Eleven 20 Other Victims Badly Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 5

KALGOORLIE, Monday.--Eleven people are dead and 20 others in hospital as the result of a series of bombing outrages at Boulder City, near Kalgoorlie, early today…

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Skipper's Painful Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 12

The N.S.W. 13-footer Sailing League is to send a message of sympathy to Queensland skipper Lance Watts, who, it was stated at last night's meeting, had sustained painful…

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Fatal Motor Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. -- The death occurred in Mater Hospital. Waratah, this morning of Mrs. Robinson (53), Tudor Street,…

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Fatal Motor Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 4 February 1942 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday. -- The death occurred in Mater Hospital Waratah, this morning of Mrs. Robinson (53); Tudor Street,…

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