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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

1,584 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 80

Nazi Train "Accident"

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. -- Moscow Radio reports that 600 German soldiers were killed or wounded' when French patriots derailed a train near Lyons…

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Nazi Train "Accident"

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. -- Moscow Radio reports that 600 German soldiers were killed or wounded when French patriots derailed a train near Lyons…

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Nazi Train "Accident"

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. -- Moscow Radio reports that 600 German soldiers were killed or wounded when French patriots derailed a train near Lyons…

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Nazi Train "Accident"

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. -- Moscow Radio reports that 600 German soldiers were killed or wounded when French patriots derailed a train near Lyons…

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Nazi Train "Accident"

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. -- Moscow Radio reports that 600 German soldiers were killed or wounded when French patriots derailed a train near Lyons…

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Boy Drowned While Playing

The Sun · Saturday 17 April 1943 · page 3

BOWRAVILLE, Saturday. -- Ronald Miskell, aged 5, was drowned in the Nambucca River yesterday. He disappeared after…

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2 Killed, 2 Hurt In Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 April 1943 · page 6

Two people were killed, and two others injured, yesterday in suburban accidents. KILLED…

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3 Accidents After 3 Years Unhurt At War

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 April 1943 · page 5

A Tobruk veteran who fought abroad for three years without being wounded has been injured three times since he was discharged from the A.I.F. in…

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Three accidents in one: Two injured

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 April 1943 · page 24

BRISBANE, Sat.--Two soldiers were injured tonight at Dinmere, near Ipswich, when a truck in which they were riding:…

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Hiker Injured in Cliff Fall

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 19 April 1943 · page 7

Slipping on a stone at Bobbin Head yesterday, a hiker fell over a cliff and was seriously injured on gravel 20 feet below…

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Injured in City Fight Man Leaves Hospital

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 April 1943 · page 7

Detectives are trying to learn how Stanley Jerrett, 46, labourer, of Cronulla Avenue, Carlton, suffered a fracture of the skull…

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Interference Accidental

The Sun · Monday 19 April 1943 · page 8
Also in Daily Mirror, Daily Mirror, Daily Mirror

Adjourned inquiry into the interference to Valve, Nightbeam, and Triad in the Doncaster Handicap on Saturday was…

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In the Admiralty Court Collision in the Mersey

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 2

Judgment was given for the defendants in this action in which the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company Ltd., owners of the motorship Dolabella, of London, claimed damages from the owners of the steamship Forthbank, of Belfast, for a collision…

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Sirens Sounded Accidentally

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 4

Sirens sounded the "all clear" yesterday afternoon in parts of the eastern suburbs and at North Sydney. They were heard by thousands of…

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Accidental "All Clear" Sounded

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 5

Sounding of the "all clear" signal by sirens in several suburbs yesterday caused a flood of telephone inquiries at N.E.S. offices…

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Unusual Accident to Train Driver

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 7

STRUCK by a length of wood, while driving a passenger steam train between Windsor and Riverstone stations last night, Patrick Gwynne…

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Unusual Accident to Train Driver

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 April 1943 · page 7

STRUCK by a length of wood while driving a passenger steam train between Windsor and Riverstone stations last night, Patrick Gwynne…

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