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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

1,478 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 74

Woman Critically Hurt in Motor Car Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 2

MRS- CATHERINE THOMAS (59), Martin Ave.. Bondi, received fractures of the skull, ribs and collarbone when struck by a car while crossing…

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Woman Critically Hurt in Motor Car Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 6

MRS. CATHERINE THOMAS (59), Martin Ave.. Bondi, received fractures of the. skull, ribs and collarbone when struck by a car while crossing…

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Woman Critically Hurt in Motor Car Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 March 1945 · page 2

MRS. CATHERINE THOMAS (59), Martin Ave., Bondi, received fractures of the skull, ribs and collarbone when struck by a car while crossing…

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Rodeo Fatality at Taree Show

The Sun · Saturday 17 March 1945 · page 2

TAREE, Saturday.--While competing in a bullock-riding contest at Taree Show yesterday, Bruce Hanccok, 17 of Dungog,…

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Boy Drowned in Kogakah Pool

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 March 1945 · page 2

"POLICE used grappling irons in an attempt to recover the body of a boy who was drowned when the punt in which he was playing capsized in…

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Boy Drowned in Kogarah Pool

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 March 1945 · page 2

POLICE used grappling irons in an attempt to recover the body of a boy who was drowned when the punt in which he was playing capsized in…

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Train Crashes into Back Of Express--7 Injured

The Sun · Saturday 17 March 1945 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Saturday.--Seven people were injured when a train crashed into the…

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Two Injured in Accidents

Truth · Sunday 18 March 1945 · page 21

LANCE NICHOLL (3), West St., Balgowlah, received a fractured skull when he fell backwards over a verandah rail at his home yesterday…

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Rodeo Fatality at Taree Show

The Sun · Sunday 18 March 1945 · page 2

TAREE, Saturday. -- While competing in a bullock-riding contest at Taree Show yesterday, Bruce Hancock, 17, of Dungog,…

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Boy Drowned When Boat Overturns

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 March 1945 · page 10

Lawrence Woodward, 6, was drowned in a creek at Scarborough Park, Kogarah, yesterday. Police recovered the body after…

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Boy, 6, Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 March 1945 · page 3

Laurie Woodward, 6 of Garden Street, Kogarah, was drowned in a pond in Scarborough Park, Kogarah, on Saturday afternoon…

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Woman Injured at Ben Buckler

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 March 1945 · page 3

Jean Wilson, 25, of Shirley Street, Wollstonecraft, fell 12 feet from a ledge of rocks near the bogey hole at Ben Buckler. North Bondi, yesterday,…

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Ordeal in Plaster Mother Injured By V-Bomb Our Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 19 March 1945 · page 3

LONDON, March 18.—The lives of a woman who had her neck broken in a V-bomb explosion, and her unborn baby, have been…

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Boy Drowned in Murray

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 8

MILDURA, Tuesday.--Ira McLean(15) of Geelong, was drowned in the Murray River near Merbein on Sunday afternoon. He was visiting…

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Boy Drowned in Murray

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 8

MILDURA, Tuesday.--Ira ' McLean (15), of Geelong, was drowned in the Murray River near Merbein on Sunday afternoon. He was visiting…

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Boy Drowned in Murray

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 18

MILDURA, Tuesday.--Ira " McLean (15), of Geelong, was drowned in the Murray River near Merbein or Sunday afternoon. He was visiting…

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Boy Drowned in Murray

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 4

MILDURA, Tuesday.--Ira McLean (15), of Geelong, was drowned in the Murray River near Merbein on Sunday afternoon. He was visiting…

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Nine Injured in City Tram Smash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 4

Nine persons were injured when two double- set trams collided at the City Rd. stop Parramatta Rd., Broadway, at 7.40 this morning. POLICE were told that the smash…

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Nine Injured in City Tram Smash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 2

Nine persons were injured when two doubleset trams collided at the City Rd. stop in Parramatta Rd., Broadway, at 7.40 this morning. POLICE were told that the smash…

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Nine Injured in City Tram Smash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 20 March 1945 · page 4

Nine persons were injured when two double set trams collided at the City Rd. stop in Parramafi Rd., Broadway. at-7.40 this morning. POLICE were told that the smash…

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