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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

1,584 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 80

Engine Driver Killed in Head-on Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 February 1943 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A railway engineer was killed when a goods train he was driving collided head-on 1 with a special train at Murchison…

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Engine Driver Killed in Head-on Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 February 1943 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A railway engineer was killed when a goods tram he was driving collided head-on with a special train at Murchison…

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Man Drowned in Saving Son Tragedy at Forster

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 February 1943 · page 6

In an effort to save his son from drowning, William Thomas Nunn, of Fifth Avenue, Eastwood, lost his own life on…

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Ballerina Injured in Rehearsal

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1943 · page 7

Miss Peggy Sager, who will make her debut as a principal dancer in to-night's performance at the Conservatorium of Madame Helene Kirsova's latest ballet, "Revolution of the Umbrellas," injured a foot during rehearsals last night…

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£1000 Damages to Injured Worker

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1943 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--William Thomas Turner, 20, munition worker, was today awarded £1000 damages by the First Civil Court for injuries…

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Air Force Man Drowned

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 7

A RETURNED Air Force man is believed to have been drowned in the Hawkesbury River, Lower Portland, yesterday. The body has not…

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Air Force Man Drowned

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 7

A RETURNED Air Force man is believed to have been drowned in the Hawkesbury River, Lower Portland, yesterday. The body has not…

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Air Force Man Drowned

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 5

A RETURNED Air Force man is believed to have been drowned in the Hawkesbury River, Lower Portland. yesterday. The body has not…

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Air Force Man Drowned

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 3

A RETURNED Air Force man is believed to have been drowned in the Hawkesbury River, Lower Portland, yesterday. The body has not…

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Police Searching For Drowned Boy

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 7

POLICE are continuing the search for the body of James Rogers (15), Silva Street, Bondi, who was swept out to sea and drowned at…

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Police Searching For Drowned Boy

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 5

POLICE are continuing the search for the body of James Rogers (15), Silva Street, Bondi, who was swept out to sea and drowned at…

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Police Searching For Drowned Boy

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 7

POLICE are continuing the search for the body of James Rogers (15), Silva Street. Bondi, who was swept out to sea and drowned at…

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Rector of Emu in Accident

Nepean Times · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 3

Rev. R. A. Murray, Rector of Emu Plains, was riding a motor cycle towards Emu Plains at about 1.30 p.m. on Friday last, when the cycle and a…

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Lorry Collides with Tram Two Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 7

Two persons were injured when a motor lorry failed to stop and struck a stationary tram in Parramatta Road, Forest Lodge,…

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Injured Boxer Won't Quit Ring

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 February 1943 · page 9

NEW YORK.--Despite the battering he suffered at the hands of Tami Mauriello recently in their Madison Square Garden bout, Lou…

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Accident Victims Die

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 February 1943 · page 11

A man and woman injured when a motor lorry crashed into a tram in Parramatta Road, Glebe, on Thursday night, died…

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Soldier Wounded By Accident

The Sun · Saturday 13 February 1943 · page 3

Gordon Kerr (28), a soldier, received a bullet wound in the thigh last night when a revolver which he was examining went…

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Digger with injured leg gets only 63 pension

The Sun · Sunday 14 February 1943 · page 3

WITH a compound fracture of the right leg that is still suppurating after a smash in Malaya, Arthur John Roberts, 31, of Dutruc-street, Randwick, has just been given a pension of 6s 3d a fortnight…

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Boy Injured by Explosion

The Sun · Monday 15 February 1943 · page 3

Frank Heffernon, 13, of Henley- street, Drummoyne, was injured yesterday afternoon by a flying metal cap from a…

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Drowned in Surf

The Sun · Wednesday 17 February 1943 · page 3

GOSFORD, Wednesday.-- Robert James Newell (15), of Liverpool, was drowned in the surf at Ocean Beach this afternoon…

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