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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

1,350 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 68

Twelve Injured in Tram Collision

The Sun · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 3

PERTH, Thursday. -- Eight civilians, two soldiers and two sailors were injured when two trams collided in the city late…

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Wedding Party in Collision Wanton Driving Charge

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 1

AT the Penrith Police Court on Thursday, 13th inst, Lloyd George Smith was committed for trial on a charge of causing bodily…

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Manslaughter Charge Lorry Driver Committed for Trial Double Fatality at Colyton

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 July 1944 · page 1

AFTER an inquest lasting into the third day into the death of Thomas Dowsley and his wife, Gwendoline Dowsley, of Mt. Druitt,…

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Nazi Chiefs Injured By Bomb

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 22 July 1944 · page 1

LONDON, Friday. -- Fourteen German officers and civilians, in addition to Hitler, were injured in…

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Vain Fight to Save Drowned Child; Home Was a Launch

The Sun · Saturday 22 July 1944 · page 3

Kneeling on a stretcher being carried to an ambulance today, a woman continued to apply artificial respiration to an unconscious child who had fallen into the Harbor. The child, Michael Taylor, 4,…

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Father Finds Son Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 July 1944 · page 4

A father who found his four-year-old son drowned in Mosman Bay yesterday suffered so badly from shock that…

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Scheme to Check Factory Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 July 1944 · page 8

Introduction of American safety measures into Australian secondary industries will be urged by an expert now in Australia, The expert is Mr. B. Snider, a former Melbourne…

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Police Searching For Injured Man

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 25 July 1944 · page 5

A man suffering from internal injuries and a probable fractured pelvis walked out of Sydney Hospital last night…

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19th Train Fatality

The Sun · Wednesday 26 July 1944 · page 3

Norman Patrick Morris (26), soldier, was fatally injured last night when he was run over by a train near St. Peters…

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Collision with Convoy Vessel

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 26 July 1944 · page 4

Judgment was delivered in the British Admiralty Court recently in an action in which the owners of the steamship Trefusis, of St…

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Accident Verdict in P'matta Case

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 July 1944 · page 5

The Parramatta Coroner (Mr. Williams) found today that the death of George Alfred Munro (33), plasterer, 62 O'Connell St., Parramatta, had been accidentally caused by a cycle collision on July 10…

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Accident Verdict in P'matta Case

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 July 1944 · page 5

The Parramatta Coroner (Mr. Williams) found today that the death of George Alfred Munro (33), plasterer, 62 O'Connell St., Parramatta, had been accidentally caused by a cycle collision on July 10…

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£7600 Accident Claim on Govt

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 July 1944 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Mrs. ElSie Elizabeth Perry (34), of Healesville, today sued the Commonwealth for a total of £7616 4s 2d as a…

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£7600 Accident Claim on Govt

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 July 1944 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- Mrs. Elsie Elizabeth Perry (34), of Healesville, today sued the Commonwealth for a total of £7616 4s 2d as a…

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Accident Verdict in P'matta Case

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 26 July 1944 · page 5

The Parrarmatta Coroner (Mr. Williams) found today that the death of George Alfred Munro (33), plasterer, 62 O'Connell St., Parramatta, had been accidentally caused by a cycle collision on July 10…

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Pedestrian Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 July 1944 · page 2

MARCUS NICHOLLS (24), Francis St., Leichhardt, suffered a fracture of the right thigh and abrasions when he was struck by a cyclist as…

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Pedestrian Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 July 1944 · page 2

MARCUS NICHOLLS (24), Francis St., Leichhardt, suffered a fracture of the right thigh and abrasions when lie was struck by a cyclist as…

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Pedestrian Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 July 1944 · page 2

MARCUS NICHOLLS (24), Francis St., Leichhardt, suffered a fracture of the right thigh and abrasions when lie was struck by a cyclist as…

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Many Injured in New York Oil Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 July 1944 · page 9

NEW YORK, Thursday.--Scores were injured--19 persons were sent to hospital--when a fire destroyed a Hudson River pier and…

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Many Injured in New York Oil Fire

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 July 1944 · page 9

NEW YORK, Thursday.--Scores were injured--19 persons were sent to hospital--when a Fire destroyed a Hudson River pier and…

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