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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

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Military Medallist Killed in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 April 1944 · page 5

A Military Medal winner and holder of the Africa Star was killed last night when his motor cycle and a horse-drawn cart collided…

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Yesterday's Accidents Airman Bitten by Snake

Truth · Sunday 23 April 1944 · page 20

JOHN HENRY THOMAS (22), of the R.A.A.F., was bitten on the left hand by a black snake while sitting in the long grass in the…

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Prisoner Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 7

MURWILLUMBAH, Monday. -- An Italian prisoner of war, Sosimo de Cataldo, was drowned while swimming near Murwillumbah yesterday…

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Prisoner Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 7

MURWILLUMBAH, Monday. -- An Italian prisoner of war, Sosimo de Cataldo, was drowned while swimming near Murwlllumbah yesterday…

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Prisoner Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 7

MURWILLUMBAH, Monday. -- An Italian prisoner of war, Sosimo de Cataldo, was drowned while swimming near Murwillumbah yesterday…

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Prisoner Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 1

MURWILLUMBAH, Monday. -- An Italian prisoner of war, Sosimo de Cataldo, was drowned while swimming near Murwillumbah yesterday…

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Prisoner Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 7

MURWILLUMBAH, Monday. -- An Italian prisoner of war, Sosimo de Cataldo, was drowned while swimming near Murwillumbah yesterday…

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Prisoner Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 1

MURWILLUMBAH, Monday. -- All Italian prisoner of war, Sosimo de Cataldo, was drowned while swimming near Murwillumbah yesterday…

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Air Collision Kills Eight

The Sun · Monday 24 April 1944 · page 3

Eight airmen were killed when two aircraft collided during training exercises at an RAAF…

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Collision Off Peterhead

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 26 April 1944 · page 4

Judgment was given in the British Admiralty Court recently in an action, in which Rowland & Marwood's Steamship Company,…

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Stop Press Injured Man Dies

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 April 1944 · page 12

Frank Oates (73), pensioner, of Wentworthville, who was found lying unconscious on the Western Road, Wentworthville. last Friday…

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Stop Press Boy Accidentally Shot

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 April 1944 · page 12

Parkes, Wednesday. --Kenneth Prichard (14), son of Parkes Fire Brigade chief, died early today after being accidentally shot in…

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Cyclist Injured

Nepean Times · Thursday 27 April 1944 · page 2

Samuel Curtis, of Boland Avenue, Springwood, a railway engine driver, was riding to work at Valley Heights at 1.15 a.m. to-day when he collided…

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Drowned Man Left Note

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1944 · page 9

A man whose body was recovered from Cook's River, near Cook's River, bridge, yesterday, left a note in his clothes on the river bank asking the…

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Nazi Interpreter Injured Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 April 1944 · page 1

LONDON, April 26.—Dr. Paul Schmidt, Hitler's interpreter, has been seriously injured in a car crash, according to Berlin Radio, which says…

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Six Hurt In Lift Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 27 April 1944 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday. --Six people were injured when a lift crashed to the bottom of the lift well in…

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Rugby Union Injured Half Manly Selectors' Changes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 April 1944 · page 7

D. Biown sustained a fractured collarbone during the match against Drummoyne on Saturday, and will not play for…

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Fatal Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 April 1944 · page 4

A man was killed and another injured when a motor cycle on which they were seated collided with a motor lorry yestetday afternoon at the…

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Tragedies: Five Children. 2 Mothers Dead Drowning and Axe Attack

The Sun · Saturday 29 April 1944 · page 3

Two tragedies involving murder and suicide were reported today--one in Sydney and the other in the country. A family was nearly wiped out when a…

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Injured Youth's Plucky Walk

The Sun · Sunday 30 April 1944 · page 3

Although severely injured when he fell from a moving train outside Lakemba station last night. Kevin Sutton, 17…

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