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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

1,584 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 80

Waterside Worker Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 4

Roy Henry Tost, 50, a waterside worker, of Francis Street, Sydney, was found drowned in Sydney Harbour last night. It is thought that Tost…

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Three Hurt in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 4

Three persons were injured when a taxi-cab and a U.S. military car collided at the corner of Cowan Street and Old Botany Road, Mascot, at 10…

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Newcastle Jockey Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 12

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- One of Newcastle's leading horsemen, Roy Hinton, figured in a nasty race smash at Moree last weekend…

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Newcastle Jockey Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 12

"NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- One of Newcastle's leading horsemen, Roy Hinton, figured in a nasty race smash at Moree last weekend…

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Newcastle Jockey Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 12

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- One of Newcastle's leading horsemen, Roy Hinton, figured in a nasty race smash at Moree last weekend…

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Newcastle Jockey Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 12

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- One of Newcastle's leading horsemen, Roy Hinton, figured in a nasty race smash at Moree last weekend…

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Newcastle Jockey Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 12

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- One of Newcastle's leading horsemen, Roy Hinton, figured in a nasty race smash at Moree last weekend…

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Injured on Crowded Train

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 7

MISS JEAN LYNCH, Bourke Street, Zetland, bandaging her mother's legs which were badly bruised yesterday when she travelled to Sydney on a crowded train from Newbridge…

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Girl Fatally Injured by Car

The Sun · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 3

Elwyn Barbara Sutton, aged 7 of Edgar-street, Chatswood, was fatally injured today when she was run over by a motor car…

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Search for Relatives of Drowned Wharf Laborer

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 2

DETECTIVE BEHRENS and Constable Fenton, of Phillip Street Police Station, are anxious to contact the relatives of Roy Henry Tost…

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Search for Relatives of Drowned Wharf Laborer

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 2

DETECTIVE BEHRENS and Constable Fenton, of Phillip Street Police Station, are anxious to contact the relatives of Roy Henry Tost…

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Party Seeks Injured Hiker In Mountains

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 5

KATOOMBA, Monday.--A rescue party left Katoomba tonight to save a young Sydney hiker lying injured in desolate country. He is Leslie Coy, 17, of…

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Youth Injured in Mountains Long Journey Ahead of Rescuers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 4

A party of police and civilians left Katoomba late yesterday afternoon to rescue Leslie Coy, 17, of Homebush, who, it was…

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Two Killed in Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 2

Leading Aircraftman Lionel Leslie Bloom, of Warrawee (New South Wales) was killed when an aircraft of which he was the only occupant…

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Two Airmen Die in Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 5

Pilot-Officer Arthur Albert Clarke, of Newcastle was struck and killed by an aircraft coming in to land at a New South Wales aerodrome…

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Victim of Gun Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 5

Alexander James Small, 26, of Carlton Parade, Carlton, is still in a serious condition in an iron lung at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital…

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Fatal Gun Accident

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 5

Alexander James Small (26), of Carlton Parade, Carlton, who was accidentally shot in the neck while lying in long grass…

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Fatal Gun Accident

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 5

Alexander James Small (26), of Carlton Parade, Carlton, who was accidentally shot in the neck while lying in long grass…

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Fatal Gun Accident

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 5

Alexander James Small (26), of Carlton Parade, Carlton, who was accidentally shot in the neck while lying in long grass…

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Fatal Gun Accident

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 5

Alexander James Small (26), of Carlton Parade, Carlton, who was accidentally shot in the neck while lying in long grass…

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