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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

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Joe Wallis Injured Teale To Referee

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 May 1944 · page 10

WELL-KNOWN Sydney Stedium referee Joe Wallis has injured one of his legs and will not be able to act as third man…

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Joe Wallis Injured: Teale To Referee

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 May 1944 · page 12

WELL-KNOWN Sydney Stadium referee Joe Wallis has injured one of his legs and will not he able to act as third man…

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Joe Wallis Injured: Teale To Referee

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 May 1944 · page 9

WELL-KNOWN Sydney Stadium referee Joe Wallis has injured one of his legs and will not be able to act as third man…

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Joe Wallis Injured: Teale To Referee

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 May 1944 · page 10

WELL-KNOWN Sydney Stadium referee Joe Wallis has injured one of his legs and will not be able to act as third man…

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Joe Wallis Injured: Teale To Referee

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 May 1944 · page 12

WELL-KNOWN Sydney Stadium referee Joe Wallis has injured one of his legs and will not be able to act as third man…

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25 Injured in City Tram Accident

Truth · Sunday 14 May 1944 · page 1

TWENTY-FIVE people were injured in an extraordinary tram accident in Parramatta Rd., Broadway, last night, and 20 were taken to hospital. A MEMBER of the R.A.A.F. had…

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Ran 3rd with injured leg

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 May 1944 · page 9

An injury to his off-foreleg probably cost Dick Whittington a win in the Ashbury Handicap at Canterbury yesterday…

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18 injured--tram smash in traffic jam after man fell under wheels

The Sun · Sunday 14 May 1944 · page 3

EIGHTEEN persons were injured in a collision between two trams at the intersection of the Broadway and Abercrombie-street, City, last night. The smash occurred during a traffic jam,…

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Queer Accident

Truth · Sunday 14 May 1944 · page 18

MAX O'DELL, Bankstown-Sydenham baseball player, was sore—and bad cause to be—at Marrickville Oval yesterday…

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Trams Collide After Accident, 18 Hurt

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 May 1944 · page 3

Eighteen people were hurt last night when a Dulwich Hill tram crashed into the back of a Canterbury tram at the junction of the Broadway and City Road, City. The collision occurred when a…

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Slow Aid To Injured

The Sun · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Monday.--Charges of, serious delay in treating soldiers injured in the train crash on Thursday have been made by…

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Many League Men on Injured List

The Sun · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 6

Seldom, if ever, so early in a season, have there been so many injured first grade Rugby League players. Practically every club is affected, some more seriously than others…

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Manpower Lag Blamed For Tram Accidents

The Sun · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 3

The Tram and Bus Employees' Union proposes to ask the Assistant Director-General of Manpower (Mr. Funnell) for more manpower for trams and buses. General president of the union…

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John Roper Killed In Plane Accident

The Sun · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 6

A young sportsman or lustrous qualities, RAAF Sergeant John Roper, has been killed in England. Winging on an operational flight, his bomber struck the…

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Driver Charged; Accident Sequel

The Sun · Monday 15 May 1944 · page 3

Frederick Ross Matthews. 33. motor driver, was committed for trial by Mr. Hardwick, SM, at the Central Court today on a…

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Troop Train Telescoped in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 1

First pictures to be received in Sydney of the wrecked troop train in which four soldiers were killed and 27 injured when a goods train crashed into it near Copley, 375 miles north of Adelaide Several of the old-type carriages, which contained…

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Victoria Riverina Branch Injured Worker

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 17 May 1944 · page 10

Barratta reported a start last week with seven shearers for 10,000 to 13,000. G. H. Hamilton, Rep. He also stated that Stan…

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Man Fatally Hurt In Bus Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 May 1944 · page 9

A man was knocked down and fatally injured by a bus last night when he was crossing the road to enter his front door…

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Injured Players Improving

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 7

Monly's injuree players, A. Hodgson, V. Brown. D. Blown. J. Cross, G. Howitt, and F. Guest are making good progress. Cross left hospital…

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Death of Injured Airman

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 19 May 1944 · page 4

Henry Thomas Locke, 23, of Church Street, Parramatta, member of the R.A.A.F., who was run over by a tram last Saturday night and had both legs…

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