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Accidents, 1944

1,350 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 68

Doctor's Wife Injured in Fall Down Stairs

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 May 1944 · page 5

MRS. EUNA BRIDGE, of Wallaroy Road, Edgecliff, fractured her skull when she fell down a flight of stairs at a large city departmental…

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Doctor's Wife Injured in Fall Down Stairs

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 May 1944 · page 8

MRS. EUNA BRIDGE, of Wallaroy Road, Edgecliff, fractured her skull when she fell down a flight of stairs at a large city departmental…

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Doctor's Wife Injured in Fall Down Stairs

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 May 1944 · page 8

MRS. EUNA BRIDGE, of Wallaroy Road, Edgecliff, fractured her skull when she fell down a flight of stairs at a large city departmental…

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Boy Dead In Collision

The Sun · Saturday 27 May 1944 · page 3

When two boys double -banking on a bicycle collided with a car at Kogarah today, one was killed, and…

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Soccer Player Injured

The Sun · Saturday 27 May 1944 · page 5

Falling while chasing the ball, S. Burtenshaw (Canterbury) dislocated his left arm in the Soccer…

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Stop -Press Crowded Trains In Collision

The Sun · Saturday 27 May 1944 · page 1

Two trains crowded with passengers, [?] on the southern side of Hurstville station [?]…

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Soldier Pinned Down by Lorry One Killed, One Injured In Capsize

The Sun · Saturday 27 May 1944 · page 3

A soldier was killed and another seriously injured when a seven -ton military truck turned over on the…

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Brawl Precedes Woollahra Polling: Man Injured Early Voters at Booths Before They Open

The Sun · Saturday 27 May 1944 · page 3

Two ugly incidents in the Woollahra electorate preceded the opening of the poll. Last night an election worker was knocked down and injured, and today at King's Cross there was a hot argument over the…

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Collision at Hurstville

The Sun · Sunday 28 May 1944 · page 3

Engine of Illawarra train jammed with electric train outside Hurstville station yesterday. Below, arrow…

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Ten hurt in train collision

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 28 May 1944 · page 7

Ten people were injured late yesterday afternoon when an electric and a steam train collided near…

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Man injured in election brawl

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 28 May 1944 · page 4

A man was injured and chairs and tables were overturned in a brawl near Woollahra polling-booth on Friday night…

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Crowded trains in collision--driver, 4 passengers hurt

The Sun · Sunday 28 May 1944 · page 3

TWO crowded trains collided at Hurstville at 4.40 pm yesterday, and five persons were injured, none of them seriously. Eye-witnesses said that the…

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Four Injured in Smash Train Collision at Hurstville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 29 May 1944 · page 4

Four people were injured when an electric train collided with the South Coast express near the Hurstville station on…

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Girl Injured by Tram

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 May 1944 · page 5

DAPHNE BRIAN (15), whose address is not yet known, suffered severe lacerations and a probable fracture of the skull when struck by…

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Girl Injured by Tram

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 May 1944 · page 5

DAPHNE BRIAN (15), whose address is not yet known, suffered severe lacerations and a probable fracture of the skull when struck by…

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Girl Injured by Tram

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 30 May 1944 · page 3

DAPHNE BRIAN (15), whose address is not yet known, suffered severe lacerations and a probable fracture of the skull when struck by…

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Soldier Critically Injured by Train

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 May 1944 · page 2

SGT. DAVID PERRY CRUTTENDER (30), A.M.F., was critically injured when he fell in front of a train at Wynyard station today…

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Three Injured in Car Smash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 May 1944 · page 3

THIRROUL, Wednesday. -- When a car crashed through the safety fence on Bulli Pass last night and rolled 70 feet down…

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Three Injured in Car Smash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 May 1944 · page 3

THIRROUL, Wednesday. -- When a car crashed through the safety fence on Bulli Pass last night and rolled 70 feet down…

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Killed in Collision Soldier of Two Wars

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1944 · page 7

A veteran of this and the last war, Mr. John Jones (57), who lived in Clyde-street, Granville, was killed instantly when his…

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