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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

1,350 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 68

Man and Wife in Launch Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 6

A man and his wife were rescued from the harbour off Farm Cove yesterday, after the launch from which they were fishing had capsized in a…

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St. George Get Star Batsman Accidentally DAILY SPORTLIGHT--By Claude Corbett

The Sun · Thursday 10 February 1944 · page 8

Tasmanian Ron Thomas, now leading St. George batsman, is playing with the club only by chance…

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Schoolboy Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 6

Joseph Francis Flynn, 14, of William Street, Earlwood, was drowned in Enfield Baths yesterday. With 300 other boys attending the…

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Accidents to Pedestrians

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 February 1944 · page 5

THAT 43.4 per cent, of the total deaths in road accidents in N.S.W. last year were of pedestrains again demonstrates the need for more…

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Tram-driver's Spine Broken in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 3

ARTHUR STANLEY PLANT (61), tramdriver, suffered a broken spine and injuries to both legs this morning when the tram he was…

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Tram-driver's Spine Broken in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 3

ARTHUR STANLEY PLANT (61), tramdriver, suffered a broken spine and injuries to both legs this morning when the tram he was…

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Tram-driver's Spine Broken in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 3

ARTHUR STANLEY PLANT (61), tramdriver, suffered a broken spine and injuries to both legs this morning when the tram he was…

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Tram-driver's Spine Broken in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 12 February 1944 · page 3

ARTHUR STANLEY PLANT (61), tramdriver, suffered a broken spine and injuries to both legs this morning when the tram he was…

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Motorist Cyclist Fatally Injured

Truth · Sunday 13 February 1944 · page 18

A YOUNG man, Douglas Edgeworth, whose address is believed by the police to be corner of Alt and John Streets. Ashfield, was fatally injured…

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Mental Patient Injured, Dies Newcastle

The Sun · Sunday 13 February 1944 · page 2

William King, 72. also known as John Wright, patient at Stockton Mental Hospital received injuries this afternoon…

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Four Killed In Vic. Bushfires Many More Missing, Injured: Open Cut at Yallourn Blazing

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Four people were burnt to death in bushfires which swept through south Gippsland today. Many more are missing, and police fear that the death-roll will be…

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Famous N.z. Aviatrix Killed in Accident

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--One of New Zealand's best-known women fliers, Miss Jean Winston, was killed in a flying accident at the weekend…

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Famous N.z. Aviatrix Killed in Accident

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 February 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday.--One of New Zealand's best-known women fliers, Miss Jean Winston, was killed in a flying accident at the weekend…

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Men Thrown From Truck in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 7

SCENE OF A COLLISION in which two men repairing overhead wires in Queen's Square were injured yesterday when a tramway repair truck was struck by a tram. The dotted line shows the distance the men were thrown from the truck…

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Sailing Decisions About Collision Skippers Suspended

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 10

The Desdemona-Aberdare scrimmage, which occuned after the boats had collided in the Flying Squadron's race last Saturday, was discussed at…

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List of Dead; Many Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 7

The list of dead in the south Gippsland fires is Miss Grace Hare, 50, of Morwell, Frank Walker, 36 of Morwell, Mrs…

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Boy Drowned in Water Hole Heroic Rescue Attempt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 6

A brother and sister named Dwyer, both in their early teens, made a heroic but unsuccessful attempt to rescue Clarence…

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Firefighter Killed in Truck Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1944 · page 9

CANBERRA, Tuesday.—William Talbott, about 50, married, an employee on Tarwoona station, Bungendore, was killed…

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Run Over by Cart Luddenham Fatality

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 1

The district coroner, Mr C. J. Weich, held an inquest at the Penrith Court House on 8th inst. into the death at Luddenham, on January 31, of…

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Hospital Bombing Accidental

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1944 · page 6

LONDON, Feb. 16 (A.A.P.).— Full investigations have established that the German bombing of a field hospital in the…

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