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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

1,584 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 80

Fewer Accidents, But More Deaths

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 March 1943 · page 3

ROAD accident statistics for New South Wales, issued by the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) last night showed that in 1942 there…

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Fewer Accidents, But More Deaths

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 March 1943 · page 3

ROAD accident statistics for New South Wales, issued by the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) last night showed that in 1942 there…

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Fortress survives aerial collision

The Sun · Sunday 28 March 1943 · page 3

A dead pilot at the controls, a Nazi fighter plane crashed into this Flying Fortress in…

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Helen Wills Injured

Truth · Sunday 28 March 1943 · page 7

HELEN WILLS, former world champion tennis player and a first-class painter, may never yield the brush or the racket again…

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Star Miler Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 29 March 1943 · page 12

George Campbell, Australia's outstanding miler, broke his right big toe while bathing yesterday at Maroubra Beach…

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Injured at 60ft. HEIGHT

The Sun · Monday 29 March 1943 · page 3

Riggers and ambulance officers worked for nearly an hour to remove Richard Ash, an electrician, after he had been…

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Two Die In Air Collision

The Sun · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 3

Pilots of two planes were killed near Sydney when their aircraft collided nearly 6000 feet…

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Injured Rider Lent Skull-Cap

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 30 March 1943 · page 12

Jockey Jack Thompson, who was seriously injured in a track fall at Randwick last Wednesday, lent his skull-cap to a…

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Nth. Sydney Car Fatality

The Sun · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 3

The driver of the car which fatally injured Mrs. Martha Matilda Longford, 79, and seriously injured her daughter…

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Novice Driver Explains Car Fatality

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 5

A motorist holding a learner's permit called at North Sydney police station today in response to a police appeal for the driver…

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Novice Driver Explains Car Fatality

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 5

A motorist holding a learner's permit called at North Sydney police station today in response to a police appeal for the driver…

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Novice Driver Explains Car Fatality

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 5

A motorist holding a learner's permit called at North Sydney police station today in response to a police appeal for the driver…

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Novice Driver Explains Car Fatality

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 5

A motorist holding a learner's permit called at North Sydney police station today in response to a police appeal for the driver…

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Novice Driver Explains Car Fatality

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 5

A motorist holding a learner's permit called at North Sydney police station today in response to a police anneal for the driver…

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Japanese Admiral Drowned Off Canton

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday. -- The Japanese admiral commanding the fortifications in the Canton area,…

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Accidentally Killed. Pte. G. Roberts

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 31 March 1943 · page 2

Pte. Geoffrey Frederick (Bill) Roberts, of Blackwood Street, Merrylands, was accidentally killed in West Australia on March 15, 1943…

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Woman Seriously Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 7

Shortly before 7 p.m. yesterday Miss Lorne Steele. 30. of Waratah Street, Rushcutter Bay, was crossing King's Cross Road, when, according to…

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Air Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 5

CANBERRA, Wednesday.—The Prime Minister, Mr. Curtin, replying to a question in the House of Representatives to-day respecting recent…

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Accidentally Killed. Pte. G. Roberts

The Biz · Thursday 1 April 1943 · page 4

Pte. Geoffrey Frederick (Bill) Roberts, of Blackwood Street, Merrylands, was accidentally killed in West Australia on March 15, 1943…

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Ferry Boat Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 9

The ferryboats Lady Scott and Lady Ferguson collided about 100 yards from Circular Quay at 8.40 a.m. yesterday. No one was injured…

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