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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

1,584 stories in Sydney's papers · page 25 of 80

Stop Press Mountain Accident

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1943 · page 12

Leslie Coy (17), of Homebush, who was injured while hiking on the Blue Mountains yesterday, arrived at Katoomba by ambulance…

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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 Air Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 8

WHEN two aircraft collided during training exercises on the N.S.W. North Coast, Sergeant Raymond Jack Blackie, of North Bondi, one of the…

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Fatal Air Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 2

WHEN two aircraft collided during training exercises on the N.S.W. North Coast, Sergeant Raymond Jack Blackie, of North Bondi, one of the…

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Fatal Air Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 2

WHEN two aircraft collided during training exercises on the N.S.W. North Coast, Sergeant Raymond Jack Blackie, of North Bondi, one of the…

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Fatal Air Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 8

WHEN two aircraft collided during training exercises on the N.S.W. North Coast, Sergeant Raymond Jack Blackie. of North Bondi, one of the…

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Injured Hiker Rescued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 8

The rescue party which set out from Katoomba on Monday night to rescue Leslie Coy, 17, of Arthur Street, Homebush, who fell over a cliff in…

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Soccer's "Baby" Injured

The Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 6

C. Clanville, 16, youngest player in NSW Soccer League, broke a collarbone during the…

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Motor-cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 4

ALFRED PAUL LONG (51), of Kuppa Road, Ryde, received serious head injuries when his motor cycle collided with a stationary lorry…

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Man Charged in Sulky Fatality

The Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 2

Ernest George Amos, 29, laborer, was charged before Mr. Harris, SM, at. Parramatta Court today with feloniously slaying…

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Pilot Killed in Air Collision

The Sun · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 3

Sgt. Raymond Jack Blackie, pilot, of North Bondi, was killed when two aircraft collided during training exercises on the…

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Drowned Sailor's Body Found in Harbor

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 6

THE body of Delbert Richard Bowles A (20), U.S. sailor, who was thrown into the harbor by a collision between the ferry boats Kameri and Karrabee…

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Drowned Sailor's Body Found in Harbor

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 6

THE body of Delbert Richard Bowles (20), U.S. sailor, who was thrown into the harbor by a collision between the ferry boats Kameri and Karrabee…

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Drowned Sailor's Body Found in Harbor

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 6

THE body of Delbert Richard Bowles (20), U.S. sailor, who was thrown into the harbor by a collision between the ferry boats Kameri and Karrabee…

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Drowned Sailor's Body Found in Harbor

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 6

THE body of Delbert Richard Bowles(20), U.S. sailor, who was thrown into the harbor by a collision between the ferry boats Kameri and Karrabee…

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Five Soldiers Drowned Boats Overturn In Army Exercise

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—For three days Alexandra and Jamieson police have been dragging the Goulburn River…

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Guildford Woman Fatally Injured. Car-driver Arrested

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 4

Although the volume of road traffic was lower than for many years, there were several traffic accidents during the Easter week-end…

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Ten Factory Workers Injured in Road Smash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--When a bus and a petrol waggon collided at Middle Park early this morning, 10 aircraft factory employees,…

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Air Accident Ends Career

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1943 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Wednesday -- The parents of Sergeant-Pilot Harold E. Thorpe (22), of the R.A.A.F., who served in England, the Middle East,…

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Pilot Killed in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 April 1943 · page 6

Sergeant Raymond Jack Blackie, of North Bondi, R.A.A.F. pilot, was killed when two aircraft collided during training exercises on the North Coast…

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