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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

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Boy, 11, Injured Between Trams

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 March 1945 · page 7

James Brennan, 11, of Nelson Street, Annandale, was seriously injured by a tram at Forest Lodge last night. He is believed to have boarded a…

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Woman Injured in Bicycle Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday. -- A woman who was critically injured in a fall from a bicycle today is believed to have been lying unconscious for half an hour…

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Injured Woman Found On Rocks

The Sun · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 3

A 35-years-old woman, reported missing on Monday, was discovered today seriously injured, on rocks at the foot of a 12ft…

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Injured Trying to Board Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 13

Robert Carter, 46, laborer, of Parramatta Road, Camperdown, was critically injured late yesterday when he slipped while attempting to board a…

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Injured Linesman Home Again Fractured Spine in Fall From Pole

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 28 March 1945 · page 9

Jim Chalmers, called by his mates the "India-rubber Man," is home again after two months as a patient in Parramatta District Hospital…

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Child Drowned in Dam at Springwood Home

Nepean Times · Thursday 29 March 1945 · page 2

In a dam 4 feet deep in the fowl yard of a home on the Hawkesbury Road, Springwood, Carlina Thistlewhite, and 18-months-old child, was…

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Launches In Harbour Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1945 · page 3

Three men were rescued of Fort Denison last night after the side of their launch had been "mashed in a collision with…

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Epic Five Days ' Trek To Save Injured Native

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 March 1945 · page 4

The Army and Air Force joined with Arnhem Land natives in a five days' trek over swamps, rivers, and mountains to rescue a critically injured aboriginal buffalo hunter…

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Win for Shields Tozer injured

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 April 1945 · page 24

John Shields, of Brisbane, outpointed Reg Tozer in the main bout of 12 rounds at Sydney…

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Two killed, three injured when land-mine explodes

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 April 1945 · page 7

BRISBANE, Sat. -- Two youths who were examining a land-mine in the undergrowth on Townsville Common yesterday were killed when it exploded. Three other people,…

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Girl's First Visit Home Since Lift Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 1 April 1945 · page 7

Maureen Pascoe, 9, will go home today for the first time since her legs were badly injured in a lift accident at Highbury Flats, Double Bay, on November 15. Maureen, who is a patient…

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Boy Injured by Bus

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 April 1945 · page 2

TAN NEWTON (14), Coronation Ave., Baulkham Hills, suffered a fractured right thigh and lacerations when struck by a bus while…

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Many Hurt, Two Die In Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 April 1945 · page 4

Two were killed and many injured in accidents at the weekend. Details of the more serious…

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Three Die in Weekend Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 April 1945 · page 7

Three accidental deaths and injuries to five people were reported during the weekend. SOLDIER'S DEATH: Private Leslie…

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Three Lose Lives; 11 INJURED Many Holiday Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 April 1945 · page 4

A woman died yesterday following a 30-foot fall down a cliff at Burragorang, a youth wa? killed in a fall from a horse at Milton, and a child was drowned in a pool of water…

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Apprentice Injured on Caulfield Track

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 April 1945 · page 20

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--J. Pearsall, who is apprenticed to D. Judd at Caulfield, had a nasty accident on the track this morning…

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Eyes Lost Through "Dud" Bomb Accident

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 April 1945 · page 4

TOWNSVILLE, Tuesday. -- Bert Heery and Joseph Arthur Freedman, who were involved in the "dud" bomb accident which killed two…

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