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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

1,478 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 74

Motor-cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 5

ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER (24). Lucas Rd., Burwood, suffered head injuries last night when the motor cycle he was riding came into…

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Motor-cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 3

ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER (24), A Lucas Rd., Burwood, suffered head injuries last night when the motor cycle he was riding came into…

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Motor-cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 3

ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER (24), Lucas Rd. Burwood, suffered head injuries last night when the motor cycle he was riding came into…

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Injured Airman Conscious

The Sun · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 3

The young airman who was seriously injured at Hurstville railway station yesterday in a fall under…

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Motor-cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 3

ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER (24), Lucas Rd., Burwood, suffered head injuries last night when the motor cycle he was riding came into…

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Motor-cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 3

ARCHIBALD ALEXANDER (24), Lucas Rd., Burwood, suffered head injuries last night when the motor cycle he was riding came into…

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27 Die, 72 Injured in Magazine Blast

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 3

CAPETOWN, Thursday (A.A.P.).-- Twenty-seven people were killed and 72 injured in an explosion at the central Army magazine at Pretoria at 3…

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Boy Badly Injured When Knocked Down by Taxi

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 5

JAMES BARKER (15), Riley St., Surry Hills, was badly hurt when struck by a taxi, after, police were told, alighting from a tram in…

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Boy Badly Injured When Knocked Down by Taxi

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 5

JAMES BARKER (15), Riley St., Surry Hills, was badly hurt when struck by a taxi, after, police were told, alighting from a tram in…

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INJURED A.W.A.S. RESCUED Ricks Back In Army Carnival Dive

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 16

L.A.C. Jock Hughes pelted his glosses against a brick wall in his haste to rescue A.W.A.S. Frances Butcher, who crashed into the water from the 10-metre diving tower at North…

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WELTER, 2nd, Div. G. Moore Injured In Fall

The Sun · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 6

Half the field galloped over jockey G, Moore after he was thrown from Ducal Gem in the…

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Flat Balcony Collapses Woman Injured in 50ft Fall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 3

Katherine Gordon, 20, of Portland Street, Dover Heights, fell 50 feet to the ground yesterday when the balcony of a building…

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Sailor Drowned in Heavy Surf

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 4 March 1945 · page 5

Unable to swim, a British sailor was carried out by the heavy surf at South Steyne beach yesterday and drowned. He was A.N.O. Walter Lynam, 19,…

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Sailor drowned in Manly surf; road mishaps

The Sun · Sunday 4 March 1945 · page 2

A BRITISH sailor was drowned two minutes after he dived into the surf at South Steyne, Manly, yesterday. Another surfer at Harbord was dumped so severely by a…

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P.O.W. killed accidentally by own hand

The Sun · Sunday 4 March 1945 · page 6

AN Australian prisoner of-war at Stalag XIII C Camp, Germany, lost his life while opening a tin of…

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Mr. Makin Injured in Collision Ministerial Car Swerves To Avoid Child

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 1

The Minister for the Navy, Mr. Makin, was injured in Sydney yesterday afternoon, when a Ministerial car in which he was travelling swerved to avoid a child and crashed into a telegraph pole…

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Injured Jockey

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 6

Improvement was reported last night in the condition of the jockey G. Moore, who was injured in a fall from Ducal Gem at Canterbury Park on…

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Federal Minister Injured in Road Accident Car Skids, Hits Telegraph Pole

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 5

The Minister for the Navy and Munitions (Mr. Makin) was injured yesterday when his car skidded and crashed into a telegraph pole in Liverpool Road, Enfield…

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Two Injured in Car Smash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 3

A man and a boy were seriously injured when their car collided with the back of a trailer at Galston Gorge last night…

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Boy Patients Care For Injured Jockey

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 16

Three boy patients at St. Vincent's Hospital have appointed themselves as special orderlies to jockey George Moore. The boys are "Billy" Murphy…

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