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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

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Man's Leg Almost Cut Off in Tram Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 4

FREDERICK BELL (39), tram driver, Austin Street, Lane Cove, had his left leg "almost severed when crushed between two trams at North…

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Man's Leg Almost Cut Off in Tram Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 2

FREDERICK BELL (39), tram driver, Austin Street, Lane Cove, had his left leg almost severed when crushed between two trams at North…

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Man's Leg Almost Cut Off in Tram Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 4 May 1944 · page 4

FREDERICK BELL (39), tram driver, Austin Street, Lane Cove, had his left leg almost severed-when crushed between two trams at North…

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Young Cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 7

ALLAN STEEL (15), Bayview Avenue, Undercliffe, was seriously injured when the bicycle he was riding collided with a car at the…

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Young Cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 7

ALLAN STEEL (15), Bayview Avenue, Undercliffe, was seriously injured when the bicycle he was riding collided with a car at the…

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Young Cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 May 1944 · page 7

ALLAN STEEL (15), Bayview Avenue, Undercliffe, was seriously injured when the bicycle he was riding collided with a car at the…

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"Another One to Knit For," Said Mother Inquest On 6 Drowned

The Sun · Saturday 6 May 1944 · page 3

MATHOURA, Saturday.--"Yes, another one to knit for," said Mrs. Amelia Laura Winneli, 28, to a neighbor shortly before she and her five children were drowned in Gulpa Creek last week-end…

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2 hurt in crossing collision

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 May 1944 · page 5

Two men were injured in a collision between a passenger train and a U.S. Army truck at the…

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Drowned woman was fond mother, wife

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 May 1944 · page 4

MATHOURA, Sat. -- Mrs. Amelia Laura Winnell had been a devoted wife and mother and had never threatened to take her own life. This was stated today by a witness at the inquest into the…

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Stop Press Woman Shockingly Injured

Truth · Sunday 7 May 1944 · page 27

MELBOURNE, Saturday.—Mrs, Sarah Ford (82), of Cobney Street, Brunswick, was found shockingly injured beside the…

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Rifle Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 4

MOSS VALE, Sunday.—William Arnold swindell, 50, of Muttama Road, Artarmon, was fatally injured to-day when a rifle he was carrying was…

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Nazis Circulate Rumors of Accident to Hitler

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.--Widely circulated rumors that Hitler had met an accident are discounted here. the rumor, it is revealed, came…

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Nazis Circulate Rumors of Accident to Hitler

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--Widely circulated rumors that Hitler had met with an accident are discounted here. The rumor, it is revealed, came…

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Nazis Circulate Rumors of Accident to Hitler

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.--Widely circulated rumors that Hitler had met with an accident are discounted here. The rumor, it is revealed, came…

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Nazis Circulate Rumors of Accident to Hitler

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.--Widely circulated rumors that Hitler had met with an accident are discounted here. The rumor, it is revealed, came…

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Nazis Circulate Rumors of Accident to Hitler

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--Widely circulated rumors that Hitler had met with an accident are discounted here. The rumor, it is revealed, came…

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Nazis Circulate Rumors of Accident to Hitler

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 May 1944 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--Widely circulated rumors that Hitler had met with an accident are discounted here. The rumor, it is revealed.came…

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Sentry Killed By Accidental Shot

The Sun · Tuesday 9 May 1944 · page 2

PERTH, Tuesday.--A US serviceman Louis C. Backstrom, 28, was killed by the accidental discharge of a pistol while it was…

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Serviceman Shot by Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 May 1944 · page 5

An American sailor was accidentally shot by a member of the U.S. Navy Shore Patrol in George Street last night…

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Sentry Shot In Pistol Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 May 1944 · page 9

PERTH, Tuesday.--A bullet from a pistol, accidentally fired during a change-over of sentries at the C.M.L. Building, Perth, on April 29, struck one…

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