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Accidents, 1944

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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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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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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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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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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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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…

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More Road Accidents In Country Districts

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 7

first quarter of this year states the Commissioner for Read Transport. Mr. C. N. Neale, show that there were 1688 accidents in the State, an…

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Accident Witness Sought

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 3

MR. MAURICE McGRATH, solicitor, 56 Hunter St., City, would like any person who witnessed an accident in Oxford St., pear Crown…

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Accident Witness Sought

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 3

MR. MAURICE McGRATH, sollcitor, 56 Hunter St., City, would like any person who witnessed an accident in Oxford St., near Crown…

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Accident Witness Sought

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 3

MR. MAURICE McGRATH, solicitor, 56 Hunter St., City, would like any person who witnessed an accident in Oxford St., near Crown…

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Accident Witness Sought

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 June 1944 · page 3

MR. MAURICE McGRATH, solicitor, 56 Hunter St., City, would like any person who witnessed an accident in Oxford St., near Crown…

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Pardon Injured Ambulance

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 10 June 1944 · page 19

"HE was taken to the Royal Adelaide Hospital by a SA ambulance with a broken leg." -- "Advertiser," Adelaide (CGP)…

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Driver Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 12

AMBULANCE bearers assist Driver Clarrie Bezar from the track after a spill in a trotting race at the Sports Ground yesterday…

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Two Stars Injured in Big Rugby Union Match

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 11

Two players were forced to retire owing to injuries in the Rugby Union match between N.S.W. and Combined Services at North Sydney Oval this afternoon. Bruce Ryan, Army winger, returned to the field after receiving treatment, but Bruce Paterson, State star winger, retired with a probable fractured arm. N.S.W. won 20-11…

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Two Stars Injured in Big Rugby Union Match

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 11

Two players were forced to retire owing to injuries in the Rugby Union match between N.S.W. and Combined Services at North Sydney Oval this afternoon. Bruce Ryan, Army winger, returned to the field after receiving treatment, but Bruce Paterson, State star winger, retired with a probable fractured arm. N.S.W. won 20-11…

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Boy Accidentally Shot Dead

The Sun · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 3

John Clive Halpin, 9, of Yellowin, 25 miles from Tumut, was accidentally shot dead when he and his brother, Kevin William…

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Two Killed in Gun Accidents

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 4

With a shotgun wound in the breast, the body of Thomas William Lownds (20), apprentice fitter, Lisbon St., Fairfield…

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Two Killed in Gun Accidents

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 2

With a shotgun wound in the breast, the body of William Thomas Loundes (20), Woodville Rd., Villawood, was found in the…

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Two Killed in Gun Accidents

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 4

With a shotgun wound in the breast, the body of Thomas William Lownds (20), apprentice fitter, Lisbon St., Fairfield…

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Two Killed in Gun Accidents

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 June 1944 · page 4

With a shotgun wound in the breast, the body of Thomas William Lownds (20), apprentice fitter, Lisbon St., Fairfield…

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