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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

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Two Men Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 7

Detectives last night were Investigating reports that a man had been stabbed and another shot Edward Eric Young, 35, of…

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Rain Deluge in Sydney Woman Injured When House Collapses

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 4

An old unoccupied two-storey brick house at 93 Dowling Street, Woolloomooloo, collapsed during a severe rainstorm yesterday…

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Shooting of Boy Was Accidental

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 March 1944 · page 11

NYNGAN, Tuesday.--A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest today on Leslie Richard Clayton (2 years and 11 months), who…

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Collision at Merrylands

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 3

A U.S.A. Navy car and a private motor car owned by a resident of Bondi were concerned in an accident at the corner of Merrylands Road and Mason Street…

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Japanese Troops for Wewak Drowned New Convoy Destroyed Enemy Marshalls Base Hit From Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1944 · page 7

Another Japanese convoy, possibly carrying as many as 2,000 replacement troops for Wewak, main enemy base on the northern New Guinea coast, has been destroyed by Allied aircraft…

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Ald. 'Tiny' Reardon Injured. Kicked by Horse

The Biz · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 2

Ald. Arthur Reardon, of Cabramatta, popularly known by his friends (who are legion) as "Tiny," was kicked on the forehead by a horse on Sunday last, at…

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Tram Collision

The Sun · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 2

After two trams had been damaged severely in a collision outside the Dowling- street depot today, Eileen Cornell (23), was…

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Dowling St. Tram Collision

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 1

Severe damage was caused to two trams this morning that collided at the crosslines outside the Dowling…

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Dowling St. Tram Collision

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 1

Severe damage was caused to two trams this morning that collided at the crosslines outside the Dowling…

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Jeep Search for Drowned Soldiers

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--An amphibious jeep is being used in a search for the bodies of two Australian soldiers drowned at Southport…

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Deaf, Dumb Child Feared Drowned

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 5

DENILIQUIN, Friday. -- Police are dragging Gulpha Creek in their search for a four-years-old deaf and dumb girl who has been missing from…

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Accidental Death In Jap Prison

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 7

SAPPER ALBERT JAMES HUMPHREYS 212 Field Engineers, 8th Division, A.I.F. who was…

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Accidental Death to Jap Prison

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 7

SAPPER ALBERT JAMES HUMPHREYS, 212 Field Engineers, 8th Division. A.I.F. who was…

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Accidental Death in Jan Prison

Daily Mirror · Friday 24 March 1944 · page 7

SAPPER ALBERT JAMES HUMPHREYS, 212 Field Engineers, 8th Division, A.I.F. who was…

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Tram Passengers Aid Injured Man

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 10

Fifty passengers left a tram yesterday to lift a mobile military crane weighing four tons clear of the driver, who had been pinned by the left foot…

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Man Dies After Accident

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 8

THOMAS MATHEW HALL (about 50), of Drummoyne, who was seriously injured when he was jammed between a tram and a lorry at the…

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Man Dies After Accident

Daily Mirror · Saturday 25 March 1944 · page 8

THOMAS MATHEW HALL (about 50), of Drummoyne, who was seriously injured when he was jammed between a tram and a lorry at the…

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Missing Girl Drowned

The Sun · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 3

DENILIQUIN, Monday.--The body of Eunice Waite (5), was found in Gulpha Creek yesterday morning a quarter of a mile…

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Boxing Strange Ending Referee Thought Boxer Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 7

A mistake by the referee gave Archie Rash (9-11½), a decision against Alf. Weymark (S-11½), in the ninth round of their contest at the Rushcutter Bay…

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Second Accident Fatal

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sunday.--Arthur Delaney, 60, a one-eyed man, who was knocked down by a car on Thursday, died in Melbourne Hospital tonight…

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