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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

1,584 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 80

Fisherman Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 3

Walter Henry Andrews, 60, a retired railway employee, whose address was given as Delaney's boatshed, Sans Souci, was drowned when he fell from…

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Search For Drowned Boy

The Sun · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 2

Police and military trainees today continued to drag George's River near Casula, where it is…

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Wolf Cub Believed Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 5

Liverpool police were dragging the George's River early this morning for the body of Ronald Peterson, 9, of Windsor Street, Paddington, who is…

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Sydney Bandleader Injured In Africa

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.-- Well-known Sydney band leader Ernie Reid, of Double Bay, now sergeant pilot in the N.Z. Air…

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Sydney Bandleader Injured In Africa

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.-- Well-known Sydney band leader Ernie Reid, of Double Bay, now sergeant pilot in the N.Z. Air…

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Sydney Bandleader Injured In Africa

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.-- Wellknown Sydney band leader Ernie Reid, of Double Bay, now sergeant pilot in the N.Z. Air…

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Sydney Bandleader Injured In Africa

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.-- Well-known Sydney band leader Ernie Reid, of Double Bay, now sergeant pilot in the N.Z. Air…

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Sydney Bandleader Injured In Africa

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.-- Wellknown Sydney band leader Ernie Reid, of Double Bay, now sergeant pilot in the N.Z. Air…

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Child Killed in Road Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 7

Sidney Morel, 3, of Old South Head Road, Bondi, was fatally injured when he was struck by a taxi near his home last night. He was running along the…

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Most Spectacular Accident of Year

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 5

NEW YORK.-- While washing windows on the seventh floor of a Chicago building, Eugene Grabbe started to fall when the buckle of his…

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Accident-proof Headgear

The Sun · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 2

One of the most distressing injuries winch occurs to women war workers is due to their hair becoming entangled in machinery. In Britain, a competition was recently held to obtain designs of suitable hats for safety wear. Here…

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Accidental Shot, Soldier's Plea

The Sun · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 2

The Army allowed him to return from the Middle East when he asked leave because his wife "was carrying on with a man named Smith, Francis William Kelly, 36, declared from the dock…

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A.W.U. New South Wales Branch Acting Secretary Dalton's Report. Compensation for Injured Ankle

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 6

Our member, Cynthia Ila Dawn Hiscock, was employed by Charles Bowley, of Quirindi. Whilst carrying out certain duties on or about the 15th June…

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Casula Drowning. Boy's Body Found

The Biz · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 3

The body of Ronald Pederson 9 years, of Paddington. who was drowned at Casula on Sunday, was recovered flouting on the water at 6 o'clock on Tuesday…

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Drowned at Sans Souci

The Propeller · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 1

Although resuscitation efforts were made by soldiers, ambulance officers, and civilians, Walter Henry Andrews, of Sans Souci, lost his life as a…

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Young Jockey Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Young Billy Caldow, the small apprentice who recently won two races on Solstar, including the Stanley Plate…

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Young Jockey Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Young Billy Caldow, the small apprentice who recently won two races on Solstar, including the Stanley Plate…

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Young Jockey Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Young Billy Caldow, the small apprentice who recently won two races oh Solstar, including the Stanley Plate,…

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Young Jockey injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Young Billy Caldow, the small apprentice who recently won two races on Solstar, including the Stanley Plate…

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Young Jockey Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Young Billy Caldow, the small apprentice who recently won two races on Solstar, including the Stanley Plate,…

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