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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

1,584 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 80

Lurich injured in wrestling match

The Sun · Sunday 28 February 1943 · page 6

Tom Lurich dislocated a shoulder in the second round of his wrestle against Fred Atkins at Leichhardt Stadium last night…

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18 injured in tram smash MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 28 February 1943 · page 3

A driver, a conductress, and 16 passengers were injured, none of them seriously, in a collision between two trams in Collins-street…

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Man and Youth Die in Street Accidents

Truth · Sunday 28 February 1943 · page 17

BRISBANE, Saturday.—A man and a youth were killed in accidents here this afternoon. The youth was knocked down by a…

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All Jockeys Warned at Rosehill Stewards alert to present accident

The Sun · Sunday 28 February 1943 · page 1

Alert to prevent another tragedy, stewards warned all jockeys at Rosehill yesterday to he an their guard against careless riding. Following the fall a week earlier which led to the death…

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Tram Collision Ten People Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 4

Ten people were injured, none seriously, when two trams collided last night at the Taylor Street stopping-place in…

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Collision Victims

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 5

After being kept under observation for several hours, Mrs. Golding and Mrs. Gifford, who were injured in the Darlinghurst tram accident (seed…

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Boy Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 6

GRAFTON, Sunday.—Alan David Green, 6, fell into the Clarence River this morning and was drowned…

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Lad Drowned While Wading

The Sun · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 3

Kenneth Francis Hart (17), of Nelson-street, Annandale, was drowned in Kangaroo Creek, Sutherland, yesterday…

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Lieut. Drowned at Wagga

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 2

WAGGA, Sunday.--Lieut. Tregarthen Charles Glanville Hicks, 31, Tennyson Street, Brighton (Vic.), was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River. Wagga, on…

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Boy Drowned Learning To Swim In Creek

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 7

Despite frantic rescue efforts, Kenneth Hart (17), Nelson Street, Annandale, was drowned in Kangaroo Creek, Sutherland…

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Child Drowned in 40 Feet of Water

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 4

GRAFTON, Sunday.--Sergt. Harry Nugent, of the A.I.F., who scaped in a small boat from Greece after fighting there, made an heroic attempt to rescue…

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Boy Drowned Learning To Swim In Creek

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 2

Despite frantic rescue efforts, Kenneth Francis Hart (17), Nelson Street, Annandale, was drowned in Kangaroo Creek,…

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Boy Drowned Learning To Swim In Creek

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 2

Despite frantic rescue efforts, Kenneth Hart (17), Nelson Street, Annandale, was drowned in Kangaroo Creek, Sutherland,…

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Boy Drowned Learning To Swim In Creek

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 7

Despite frantic rescue efforts, Kenneth Hart (17), Nelson Street, Annandale, was drowned in Kangaroo Creek, Sutherland,…

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Boy Drowned Learning To Swim In Creek

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 7

Despite frantic rescue efforts, Kenneth Hart (17), Nelson Street, Annandale, was drowned in Kangaroo Creek, Sutherland,…

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Child's Hips Broken in Street Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1943 · page 5

A six-year-old girl had both hips broken when she was knocked down by a car outside her home last night. The girl, Maryle Smallbone, of…

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Soldier Drowned

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 5

TOWNSVILLE, Tuesday--A drowning fatality occurred when members of the Australian Forces were fording a swollen creek in the…

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Soldier Drowned

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 5

TOWNSVILLE, Tuesday.--A drowning fatality occurred when members of the Australian Forces were fording a swollen creek in the…

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Soldier Drowned

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 5

TOWNSVILLE, Tuesday.--A drowning fatality occurred when members of the Australian Forces were fording a swollen creek in the…

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Urges Military Care To Avoid Accidents Bomb Victims' Funeral

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 9

"Every care must be taken by military and air authorities if tragedies like this are to he prevented," said the Rev. A. W. Bray, Methodist minister, at Waratah, Newcastle, today…

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