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Accidents, 1944

1,350 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 68

Mulley Injured Fall at Rosehill

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 February 1944 · page 10

A. MULLEY, who fell from New Idea during the running of the second division of the Three-Year-Old Handicap…

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Payment Likely in Air Accident

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 February 1944 · page 1

CANBERRA, Saturday. -- The Government is willing, if its liability can be proved, to pay compensation to the man and the girl who were…

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Payment Likely in Air Accident

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 February 1944 · page 1

CANBERRA, Saturday. -- The Government is willing, if its liability can be proved, to pay compensation to the man and the girl who were…

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Payment Likely in Air Accident

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 February 1944 · page 1

CANBERRA, Saturday. -- The Government is willing, if its liability can be proved, to pay compensation to the man and the girl who were…

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Payment Likely in Air Accident

Daily Mirror · Saturday 5 February 1944 · page 1

CANBERRA, Saturday. -- The Government is willing, if its liability can be proved, to pay compensation to the man and the girl who were…

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Scarf Injured, Loses to Pencheff

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 6 February 1944 · page 15

George Pencheff defeated Eddie Scarf in the main wrestling contest at Leichhardt Stadium last night. Scarf, who had secured the only fall…

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Man, boy toll feelings when accidentally buried

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 6 February 1944 · page 4

A man and a boy yesterday told what it feels like to be almost smothered by a fall of earth or sand. GRAVE: Alfred Herbert Holness, who was buried when…

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Blinded Men Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A blind man and a partiallyblinded man were drowned when they went to the assistance of…

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Boy Drowned in Creek

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 4

ALBURY, Monday.--Andrew Gibbs, schoolboy, Bernhardt Street, Albury, was drowned in Traveller's Creek, six miles from Wodonga, on…

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Boy Drowned in Creek

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 5

ALBURY, Monday.--Andrew Gibbs, schoolboy Bernhardt Street, Al-bury, was drowned in Traveller's Creek, six miles from Wodonga, on…

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Boy Drowned in Creek

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 4

ALBURY, Monday.--Andrew Gibbs, schoolboy. Bernhardt Street, Albury, was drowned in Traveller's Creek, six miles from Wodonga, on…

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Boy Drowned in Creek

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 5

ALBURY, Monday.--Andrew Gibbs, schoolboy, Bernhardt Street, Albury, was drowned in Traveller's Creek, six miles from Wodonga, on…

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Boy Drowned in Creek

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 5

ALBURY, Monday.--Andrew Gibbs, schoolboy Bernhardt Street, Al- bury, was drowned in Traveller's Creek, six miles from Wodonga. on…

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Injured Jockey Shows Improvements

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 12

LEADING apprentice rider A Mulley, who sustained concussion and a badly sprained ankle when he was dislodged…

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Injured Jockey Shows Improvement

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 12

LEADING apprentice rider A. Mulley, who sustained concussion and a badly sprained ankle when he was dislodged…

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2 Die In Head-on Collision

The Sun · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 3

Two people were killed and another seriously injured when a bus and a utility truck met almost…

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Airmen Injured in Parkes Car Smash

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 3

PARKES, Monday. -- Two young airmen were seriously injured when a car in which they were travelling overturned on the Molong…

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Mid-air Crash Kills Nine Instructor Dies in Second Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1944 · page 6

Ten airmen were killed, and one'is missing, believed killed, in aircraft accidents during training exercises in southern New…

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"Drowned" Boy Revived

The Sun · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 3

An apparently-drowned 12-year-old hoy was revived by lifesavers and Parramatta Ambulance…

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Two Killed In Train Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1944 · page 4

Two men were killed and a woman was injured in train accidents yesterday. Harry Fong, 25, a Chinese, of…

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