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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

1,584 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 80

Boy Drowned In Manly Lagoon

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 3

Francis Thomas Moxham (8), Oliver Street, Harbord, was drowned while swimming in six-feet of water at Manly Lagoon,…

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Boy Drowned In Manly Lagoon

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 3

Francis Thomas Moxham (8), Oliver Street, Harboard, was drowned while swimming in 6 feet of water at Manly Lagoon,…

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Death Follows Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 3

Mr. Clifford Royle Dive (31), employed at Prospect Metal Quarry, and residing at Valaria-street, Toongabbie, died at the Parramatta District…

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Old Man's Death Accidental

The Sun · Wednesday 6 January 1943 · page 3

Benjamin Saladine, 76, of 81 James-street, Punchbowl, whose body was recovered from Rushcutter Bay on December 15,…

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Boy Drowned at Harbord

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 7

Thomas Francis Moxham, 9, of Oliver Road, Harbord, was drowned in the Harbord lagoon yesterday. With Terry Vaughan, 8, of Moore…

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Boy Drowned In Brick Pit

The Sun · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 3

Doctors at Royal South Sydney Hospital today made fruitless efforts to revive a boy, aged about 11, who was drowned in a…

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Little Boy Drowned. Sad [?] Tragedy

The Biz · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 1

Hilton Birkett 8 years, of Humphries Road. Bonnyrigg was drowned in the Georges River, at the Casula Pleasure Grounds, on December 25. He was…

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Woman Injured by Bus

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 7

ELLEN RYAN (58), Beach Road, Rushcutters Bay, suffered a fracture of the left leg when she was knocked down by a bus in College…

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Woman Injured by Bus

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 7

ELLEN RYAN (58), Beach Road, Rushcutters Bay, suffered a fracture of the left leg when she was knocked down by a bus in College…

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Woman Injured by Bus

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 7

ELLEN RYAN (58), Beach Road, Rushcutters Bay, suffered a fracture of the left leg when she was knocked down by a bus in College…

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Woman Injured by Bus

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 7

ELLEN RYAN (58), Beach Road, Rushcutters Bay, suffered a fracture of the left leg when she was knocked down by a bus in College…

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Woman Injured by Bus

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 7

ELLEN RYAN (58), Beach Road, Rushcutters Bay, suffered a fracture of the left leg when she was knocked down by a bus in College…

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Woman Injured by Bus

Daily Mirror · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 7

ELLEN RYAN (58), Beach Road, Rushcutters Bay, suffered a fracture of the left leg when she was knocked down by a bus in College…

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Primus Explosion Inquest on Colyton Fatality

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 1

A verdict of accidental death due to burns received in the explosion of a primus stove at Methven's cannery on December 22 was returned by the…

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Mr. Walter Elliot Injured Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 6

LONDON, Jan. 6.—Mr. Walter Elliot, Director of Public Relations at the War Office and a brother-inlaw of Lady Wakehurst, was…

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"Attempt on Life Of Archbishop" Was An Accident

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 7 January 1943 · page 5

"The whole thing was an accident," said Archbishop Antoniutti, Apostolic Delegate to Canada…

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Four Injured in Car Collision at Ryde

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 4

FOUR persons were injured when two cars collided at the corner of Epping and Lane Cove Roads, North Ryde, last night…

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Four Injured in Car Collision at Ryde

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 2

FOUR persons were injured when two cars collided at the corner ot Epping and' Lane Cove Roads, North Ryde, last night…

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Did Not See Drowning Boy

The Sun · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 3

Although there was a large number of people bathing nearby abthe time, Roy Mervyn Hudson (11), of Bayveiw-road, Mona…

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Official Of Death Train Drowned

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 January 1943 · page 2

OTTAWA, Friday.-- John Howard, conductor of a train which crashed into a passenger train at Almonte station…

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