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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

1,350 stories in Sydney's papers · page 29 of 68

Fifteen Soldiers Hurt, Three Critically, In Head-On Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 7

Fifteen soldiers were injured early yesterday morning when two military trucks collided head-on near Richmond. Three of the men are in a critical condition…

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Fatal Accident on Ganmain Course

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 11

WAGGA, WAGGA, Monday. -- Edward Michael Kerlin (31), of Ganmain, was killed instantly when a racehorse he was riding struck a…

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Fatal Accident on Ganmain Course

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 11

WAGGA, WAGGA, Monday .-- Edward Michael Kerlin (31), of Ganmain, was killed instantly when a racehorse he was riding struck a…

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Fatal Accident on Ganmain Course

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 11

WAGGA, WAGGA, Monday. -- Edward Michael Kerlin (31), of Ganmain, was killed instantly when a racehorse he was riding struck a…

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Fatal Accident on Ganmain Course

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 June 1944 · page 11

WAGGA, WAGGA, Monday. -- Edward Michael Kerlin (31), of Ganmain, was killed instantly when a racehorse he was riding struck a…

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Hurdler Injured in Caulfield School

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Falling heavily at the third fence in a school at Caulfield this morning, Laveur severely injured his near…

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Hurdler Injured in Caulfield School

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 16

MELBOURNE. Tuesday. -- Falling heavily at the third fence in a school at Caulfield this morning, Laveur severely injured his near…

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Hurdler Injured in Caulfield School

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Falling heavily at the third fence in a school at Caulfield this morning, Laveur severely injured his near…

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Schoolgirl Injured in Fall From Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 1

LAUREL ROSE LANG (13), of Oat ley Pde., Oatley, suffered a probable fracture of the skull, a fractured nose, and severe lacerations…

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Schoolgirl Injured in Fall From Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 4

LAUREL ROSE LANG (13), of Oatley Pde., Oatley, suffered a probable fracture of the skull, a fractured nose, and severe lacerations,…

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Schoolgirl Injured in Fall From Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 4

LAUREL ROSE LANG (13), of Oatley Pde., Oatley, suffered a probable fracture of the skull, a fractured nose and severe lacerations…

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Schoolgirl Injured in Fall From Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 4

LAUREL ROSE LANG (13), of Oatley Pde., Oatley, suffered a probable fracture of the skull, a fractured nose, and severe lacerations,…

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Schoolgirl Injured in Fall From Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 1

LAUREL ROSE LANG (13), of Oatley Pde., Oatley, suffered a probable fracture of the skull, a fractured nose, and severe lacerations…

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Schoolgirl Injured W Fall From Train

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 June 1944 · page 4

LAUREL ROSE LANG (13), of Oatley Pde., Oatley, suffered a probable fracture of the skull, a fractured nose, and severe lacerations,…

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Collision in Long Reach

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 4

In the British Admiraly Court recently, Mr. Justice Pilcher delivered reserved judgment in an action, in which Franco, Fenwick…

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Sequel to Collision Motor Car and Sulky

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 5

Charged with having driven a horse attached to a sulky while under the influence of intoxicating liquor in Blacktown Road, Blacktown, on…

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Australian Soldiers Injured. Three Allied Servicemen Arrested

The Australian Worker · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 4

Two Australian soldiers were severely injured in a brawl with Allied Servicemen in Melbourne on Friday night…

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Accident Witness Sought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 June 1944 · page 3

Detective Proud, of Redfern, would like to get in touch with a cyclist who is believed to have seen an accident in Botany Road, Alexandria, on…

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Serviceman Fatally Injured in Train

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 9

A MEMBER of the R.A.A.P., W. M. Powell (23), of Roma, Queensland. was fatally injured when he put his head out of a train window…

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Man's Severe Injuries in Tram Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 June 1944 · page 5

ALFRED ROBERTS (63), sheet metal worker, of Penshurst, suffered a compound fracture of the left leg, severe lacerations and a…

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