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Accidents, 1944

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Amazing Story of Creek Drowning

The Sun · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 3

DENILIQUIN, Thursday.--A dramatic reconstruction of the Mathoura tragedy on April 28, when a mother drowned her five children and herself, was given at the inquest…

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Five Drowned By Mother

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 3

DENILIQUIN, Thursday --The coroner (Mr. M. Wyse) recorded a finding today that the five children of Mrs. Amelia Laura…

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Five Drowned By Mother

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 3

DENILIQUIN, Thursday--The coroner (Mr. M. Wyse) recorded a finding today that the five children of Mrs. Amelia Laura…

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Men Believed Drowned. Relief Fund to be Opened

The Propeller · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 1

The Mayor of Hurstville (Alderman W. E. Smith) mentioned at last week's meeting of Hurstville Council, in regard to the recent fishing catastrophe at…

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Stop Press Five Drowned by Mother Says Coroner

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 12

DENILIQUIN, Thursday.-- The Coroner (Mr. M. Wyse) recorded a finding today that the five children of Mrs. Ainclla Laura…

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2 Women Hurl In Tram Accident

The Sun · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 3

Two women were hurt in a tram accident this afternoon. Mrs. Gertrude Burrell, 75, of Blackheath, was hit by a tram…

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Two Women, Man Die in Accidents

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 3

Three persons were killed in accidents within the past 24 hours. Two women were fatally injured by trains and a man…

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Four Killed in Accidents

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 2

Four persons were killed in accidents within the past 24 hours. TWO women were fatally injured by…

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Four Killed in Accidents

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 3

Four persons were killed in accidents within the past 24 hours. TWO women were fatally injured by…

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Two Women, Man Die in Accidents

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 3

Three persons were killed in accidents within the past 24 hours. Two women were fatally injured by trains and a man…

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Four Killed in Accidents

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 2

Four persons were killed in accidents within the past 24 hours. TWO women were fatally injured by…

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Four Killed in Accidents

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 2

Four persons were killed in accidents within the past 24 hours. TWO women were fatally injured by…

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Two Women, Man Die in Accidents

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 May 1944 · page 3

Three persons were killed in accidents within the past 24 hours. Two women were fatally injured by trains and a man…

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Another Fatality

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 6

LONDON. An innocent Jew was Shot this week by a police patrol in Jerusalem. The fatality was due to the extra precautions which the…

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Youth's Threat Of Drowning

The Sun · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.--When 17-year-old Norman Ian Clarke, of Eureka-street, Ballarat told Lorraine Margaret Phillips, of…

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Drowned Children, Suicided

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 10

DENILIQUIN, Thursday.--A reconstruction of how a mother had drowned her fire children…

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Injured In Shaft

The Sun · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 3

PERTH, Friday.--For three-quarters of an hour, late at night, a doctor remained alongside a badly-injured man at the…

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300 Troops in Midnight Rail Collision -- Four Dead Men Trapped for Hours

The Sun · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Four soldiers were killed and 27 injured when a goods train crashed into d stationary troop train at Puttapa (SA), near Copley, 373 miles north of Adelaide, just after midnight yesterday…

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Saints -Balmain at Hurstvllle Record Gate Anticipated To-morrow. Officials Expect More Than 10,000. St George Won two of its Three Matches Last Saturday. Cox and Bill McRITCHIE Were First Grade Stars. McHUGH and Lawrence Shone for Reserves. Weak Goal Kicking in All Grades. Four Players Injured

The St George Call · Friday 12 May 1944 · page 4

Officiate expect the record gate of 8,278 created last season when St. George played Worth Sydney at Hurstville Oval, to be broken to-morrow when Balmain and St. George meet. Balmain has one of the beet sides they completely over.ran Eastern Suburbs. St. George has now settled…

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Four Killed, 27 Hurt in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 May 1944 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Friday. -- Four soldiers were killed and 27 were injured in a train collision at Copley, 373 miles north of…

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