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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

1,350 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 68

Airman Injured Forced to Bail Out

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 July 1944 · page 7

Flying Officer Ernest Dunkley, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Dunkley, of Church-street, Granville, has been reported injured during air…

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Believed Drowned

The Sun · Thursday 13 July 1944 · page 2

A Harbor search is being made by Water Police for Alexander Tuum, wharflaborer, of Liverpool-street, city, who, it is…

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Drowned at Distillery

The Sun · Thursday 13 July 1944 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Thursday. -- Employees at Milne and Company's distillery, Southwark, found the body of a 43-year-old workmate…

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Sewer Explosion Injured Two Men

The Sun · Thursday 13 July 1944 · page 3

BRISBANE, Thursday. -- A suburban sewerage shaft explosion at Hamilton, which was heard more than three miles…

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Lengthy Inquest Mt. Druitt Double Fatality Two Trucks and a Car

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 July 1944 · page 1

TWO trucks, one following the other, the first, with dim lights, being shown the way by a second one, passed a car on the…

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Cyclists' [?] Cause Accidents

The Biz · Thursday 13 July 1944 · page 5

Numerous complaints have been made to the Road Safety Council about the careless and negligent behaviour of pedal cyclists in suburban areas. Examination…

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Most Injured Rider Hurt Again

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 July 1944 · page 16

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Adelaide's most injured jockey, Jim Shaw, 31, is recovering from his latest accident…

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Two Falls Down Lift Wells Man Killed; Another Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 July 1944 · page 3

A man was killed and another injured when they fell down lift wells in different paits of Sydney last night…

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Two Die in Accidents

Truth · Sunday 16 July 1944 · page 30

TWO people were killed and three critically injured as a result of accidents last night. A man whose name is believed to be…

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Collapse After Seeing Smash Alleged Hit-run Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 July 1944 · page 3

William Gamble, 59, of Stanley Street, Sydney, collapsed from shock when he saw a motor accident last night…

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Jorgenson Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 July 1944 · page 12

JOE JORGENSON, Balmain star centre three-quarter, has ruptured a blood vessel in his thigh and will definitely be unable to take his…

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Jorgenson Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 July 1944 · page 12

JOE JORGENSON, Balmain star centre three-quarter, has ruptured a blood vessel in his thigh and will definitely be unable to take his…

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Jorgenson Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 July 1944 · page 12

JOE JORGENSON, Balmain star centre three-quarter, has ruptured a blood vessel in his thigh and will definitely be unable to take his…

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Jorgenson Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 July 1944 · page 12

JOE JORGENSON, Balmain star centre three-quarter, has ruptured a blood vessel in his thigh and will definitely be unable to take his…

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General's High Accident Rate

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 July 1944 · page 2

LONDON, Monday. -- The German Commander-in-Chief in western Europe (Field-Marshal von Kluge) has had several…

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Soldiers in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 July 1944 · page 7

SIX soldiers were thrown clear when a lorry in which they were travelling collided with a truck, carrying several tons of sand, at the corner of…

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Soldiers in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 July 1944 · page 7

SIX soldiers were thrown clear when a lorry in which they were travelling collided with a truck, carrying several tons of sand, at the corner of…

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Soldiers in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 July 1944 · page 7

SIX soldiers were thrown clear when a lorry in which they were travelling collided with a truck, carrying several tons of sand, at the corner of…

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Soldiers in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 19 July 1944 · page 7

SIX soldiers were thrown clear when a lorry in which they were travelling collided with a truck, carrying several tons of sand, at the corner of…

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Two Killed, Four Hurt in N.s. Wales Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 19 July 1944 · page 9

A man and a woman were killed and three men and a woman seriously injured in accidents in New South Wales yesterday. At Ringwood (Vic.) two boys were struck by…

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