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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

1,350 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 68

A Collision in the Atlantic Off Proper Course — a Bad Look-out

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 12 April 1944 · page 2

A question about following a convoy course was discussed by Mr. Justice Bucknill in the Admiralty Court when judgment was given in the action reported hereunder: In this action, Manchester…

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Eight Hurt in Tram Smash Coogee Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 April 1944 · page 4

Eight people were injured when two trams collided at the intersection of Paul Skeet and Perouse Road, Coogee, at 8.30…

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Shunting Accident

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 April 1944 · page 2

Mr Keg Davis, of Penrith, while engaged in shunting operations in the Penrith railway yards on Tuesday morning, suffered a severe gash of…

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Accident to School Boy

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 April 1944 · page 3

Arthur Gates (7), residing with his parents on Castlereagh Road, opposite the Council Chambers, going to school about 9.30 yesterday morning, jumped…

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Fatal Accident

The Propeller · Thursday 13 April 1944 · page 3

David Hegarty aged 16 years, of Stan more, was fatally injured on Friday last, whilst travelling in a train between Allawah and Hurstville. The lad was struck…

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Injured Man All Night On Wharf

The Sun · Friday 14 April 1944 · page 3

Charles Joy (59), ship's cook, who was found unconscious on No. 6 wharf, Circular Quay, early today, told police at Sydney…

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Prince Verity Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 April 1944 · page 11

PRINCE VERITY favorite for the Fernhill Handicap received severe wounds on the inside near foreleg below the knee during the…

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Late News French Losses in Raids 15,000 Dead; 20,000 Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 April 1944 · page 4

LONDON, April 14 (A.A.P.).— Paris Radio announced to-day that since the Franco-German armistice at least 15,000 French…

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Mystery Of Car Accident

The Sun · Saturday 15 April 1944 · page 3

Redfern police are probing the mystery of a motor car accident in Regent-street, Redfern, last night…

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A net to scoop up drowning men

The Sun · Sunday 16 April 1944 · page 2

A new rescue gear which operates on the principle of a giant fishnet scooping exhausted oil-covered survivors from the sea…

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Injured in fall MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 16 April 1944 · page 2

Jockey W. Beckwith sustained concussion and cerebral irritation when he fell from Barrar in the Melrose…

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Youth Killed in Road Accident

Truth · Sunday 16 April 1944 · page 18

ARTHUR MAX HEUSTON (16), of Sylvanus Street, Lakemba, was fatally injured when he was struck by a motor car, in…

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Injured in Fight, A.i.f. Man Dies

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 April 1944 · page 5

A Queensland A.I.F. soldier, alleged to have been struck in a dispute with American servicemen at the corner of Albion and…

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Accidents in Industry Most on Mondays

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 April 1944 · page 3

More accidents oocur in industry on Mondays than on any other day of the week. In the last two years there has been…

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Child Drowned

The Sun · Tuesday 18 April 1944 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Straying from his home at Sandringham yesterday evening, two-year-old Mark Alan…

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Collision in the Mersey

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 4

Judgment was delivered in the British Admiralty Court recently in an action in which, the Bank Line, Ltd., of Glasgow, owners of…

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Collision in the North Sea

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 19 April 1944 · page 1

Judgment was given in the British Admiralty Court recently in an action in which W. L. Taylor, Ltd., of Grimsby, owners…

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Fatal Road Accident

The Propeller · Thursday 20 April 1944 · page 6

Mr. William Dixon Elliott, of St. George's Road, Bexley, was crossing. Forest Road, near his home, last Thursday afternoon, 13th instant, when he was…

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Machine Accident to Man with Small Hand

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 April 1944 · page 2

Mr. Prior at the Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court yesterday imposed a fine of £2 on F. Hannon & Co., Randwiek, on a charge of having failed to guard dangerous machinery. "THAT is the smallest penalty I have ever imposed for an…

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Machine Accident to Man with Small Hand

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 April 1944 · page 2

Mr. Prior at the Chief Industrial Magistrate's Court yesterday imposed a fine of £2 on F. Hannon & Co., Randwick, on a charge of having failed to guard dangerous machinery. "THAT is the smallest penalty I…

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