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Accidents, 1945

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18 Hurt In Train Collision at Clarendon Station

The Sun · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 3

RICHMOND, Monday.--Eighteen people, including a number of RAAF men, were injured today when a train collided head-on with another standing at Clarendon Station, opposite Richmond aerodrome…

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Motorist's Close Call in Unusual Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 4

LES CHAPPELL (32), bookmaker, Campbell Parade, Bondi, crawled uninjured from his badly battered car as it lay upside down in Old South…

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Killing of Steer "Accident"

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 4

Sgt. Percival Thomas Stevens said at Central Court today that the happening which resulted in the destruction of a steer at the…

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Killing of Steer "Accident"

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 4

Sgt. Percival Thomas Stevens said at Central Court today that the happening which resulted in the destruction of a steer at the…

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Motorist's Close Call in Unusual Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 4

LES CHAPPELL (32), bookmaker, Campbell Parade, Bondi, crawled uninjured from his badly battered car as it lay upside down in Old South…

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53 Injured In Train Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 7

Fifty-three people were slightly injured when a train travelling about 20 m.p.h. hit a stationary train head on at Clarendon Station, near Richmond, at 7 a.m. yesterday…

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25 Injured in Perth Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 3

PERTH, Monday.—Twenty-five people were injured, four seriously, when a Perth-bound bus tore through the railings of the…

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£25 Injured in Perth Bus Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 4

PERTH, Monday.--When a Perthbound bus crashed through railings on the Causeway at 8.30 a.m. today 25 people were injured--four seriously…

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Two Hurt in Lorry Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 4

Two men were injured when their lorry overturned in Pacific Highway. Roseville, last night. They were william Peters. 18, of…

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Flying-officer Killed in Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 7

Flying-Officer Donald Peter Bradshaw has been killed in a flying accident at Temora. Flying-Officer Bradshaw was the…

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Freak Plane Accident

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Eight persons were killed and 25 taken to hospital when a plane exploded in midair over York yesterday…

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Baby Drowned in Tin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 4

WAGGA, Tuesday.—Eileen Olive Schiller, 10-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. R. Schiller, of Marrar Station, was drowned to-day in a kerosene…

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Man Injured by Tram

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 5

THOMAS SPENCE (60), Elizabeth St., city, suffered a probable fracture of the skull and lacerations when he was struck by a tram while…

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Man Injured by Tram

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 5

THOMAS SPENCE (60), Elizabeth St., city, suffered a probable fracture of the skull and lacerations when he was struck by a tram while…

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Man Injured by Tram

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 5

THOMAS SPENCE (60), Elizabeth St., city, suffered a probable fracture of the skull and lacerations when he was struck by a tram while'…

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Veteran Union Man Injured

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 20

Veteran Gordon Rugby Union forward and captain Harry Crow has suffered his first injury in the cause of football after almost 20…

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Veteran Union Man Injured

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 20

Veteran Gordon Rugby Union forward and captain Harry Crow has suffered his first injury in the cause of football after almost 20…

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Veteran Union Man Injured

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 20

Veteran Gordon Rugby Union forward and captain Harry Crow has suffered his first injury in the cause of football after almost 20…

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Boy Drowned in River Exhausted Father Rescued

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 5

TAREE, Tuesday.—Raymond Vinnicombe, 10, of Coopernook, fell out of a launch and was drowned in the Landsdowne…

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10-Month-Old Baby Drowned In Tin Half-Full Of Water

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 5

WAGGA WAGGA, Tuesday.--A 10-month-old baby girl was drowned today at Marrar in a kerosene tin half-full of water. She was Eileen Olive Schiller,…

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