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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

1,350 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 68

Land Army Girl's Second Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 9 April 1944 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sat.--Miss Norma Lee, former member of the Australian Women's Land Army, who lost both her legs in a railway accident a few…

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Aged Pensioner Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 1

THE body of a man found in the harbor near a Pyrmont wharf this morning has been identified as that of George Clutterbuck, old-age…

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Aged Pensioner Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 1

THE body of a man found in the harbor near a Pyrmont wharf this morning has been identified as that of George Clutterbuck, old-age…

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Aged Pensioner Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 1

THE body of a man found in the harbor near a Pyrmont wharf this morning has been identified as that of George Clutterbuck, old-age…

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Aged Pensioner Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 1

THE body of a man found in the harbor near a Pyrmont wharf this morning has been identified as that of George Clutterbuck, old-age…

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Aged Pensioner Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 1

THE body of a man found in the harbor near a Pyrmont wharf this morning has been identified as that of George Clutterbuck, old-age…

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Rider Injured In Race Fall

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 12

WHEN two starters fell in the first race of the Cowra Jockey Club's meeting today, O. Cahill, rider of Consterlet,…

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Rider Injured In Race Fall

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 12

WHEN two starters fell in the first race of the Cowra Jockey Club's meeting today. O. Cahill, rider of Consterlet,…

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Rider Injured In Race Fall

Daily Mirror · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 12

WHEN two starters fell in the first race of the Cowra Jokey Club's meeting today, O. Cahill, rider of Consterlet,…

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Film Fire in Hall Pastor Injured Saving Baby

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Although severely burned hy exploding film, Pastor Edmund B. Rudge, aged 57, of Sydney,…

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1 Missing, 1 Killed in Air Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 8

One man was killed and another is missing as the result of an aircraft striking the water during dive-bombing exercises at an R.A.A.F. station in New…

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Motorist Sought After Accident

The Sun · Tuesday 11 April 1944 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.--Police are seeking the driver of a motor car which struck a motor-cycle and sidecar at Duck…

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Child Drowned

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 April 1944 · page 1

Fifteen months old Barry Stanley Klumper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Klumper, of Myrtle-street, Granville was, drowned in four feet of water. at…

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Collision in the North Sea

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 12 April 1944 · page 4

In the British Admiralty Court recently judgment was given in an action in which the British India Steam Navigation Company, Ltd., owners of the steamship Gamaria claimed damages from the Morrison Steamship Company,…

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15-Month-old Child Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 April 1944 · page 5

GOSFORD. Tuesday.--A 15-month-old child was drowned in four feet of water at Saratoga, near Woy Woy this afternoon…

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Child Drowned at Finish of Holiday

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 April 1944 · page 5

WOY WOY, Wednesday. -- Barry Klumper, 15-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Klumper, 19 Myrtle Street, Granville, was drowned…

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Child Drowned at Finish of Holiday

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 April 1944 · page 5

WOY WOY, Wednesday. -- Barry Klumper, 15-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Klumper, 19 Myrtle Street, Granville, was drowned…

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Ten Injured in Tramway Smash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 April 1944 · page 2

Ten persons were injured when a tram ran into the back of a double tram in St. Paul Street, Randwick, at 8.25 a.m. today. Five were taken to hospital. THE smash caused a heavy traffic…

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12 Injured As Trams Collide

The Sun · Wednesday 12 April 1944 · page 5

Twelve passengers were injured when two trams carrying workers to the city collided at the corner…

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Ten Injured in Tramway Smash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 12 April 1944 · page 2

Ten persons were injured when a tram ran into the back of a double tram in St. Paul Street, Randwick, at 8.25 a.m. today. Five were taken to hospital. THE smash caused a heavy traffic…

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