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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

1,478 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 74

Tasmania a girl drowned in her bath Today's Hobart Office

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 13 May 1945 · page 23

One of the prettiest girls in the Nelson district, on the outskirts of Hobart, was June Madeline Green, 19…

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Injured Metters Soccer man helps in team's easy success

The Sun · Sunday 13 May 1945 · page 9

REFUSING to leave the field to have a facial wound stitched, Bill Johnson took part in two scoring movements, which enabled Metters to beat Granville 5-nil in the Soccer match at S.C.G. No. 2 yesterday. Johnson, who had been…

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Teachers warned on chemicals danger Experiments in backyards cause of many accidents

The Sun · Sunday 13 May 1945 · page 5

THE Education Department has warned teachers and school science pupils against the unauthorised buying and use of certain dangerous chemicals…

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Woman Severely Hurt in Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 May 1945 · page 5

Mrs. Rose Myers, 67, of Ellamatta Avenue, Mosman, was critically injured last night when she was knocked down by a car at the corner of Cleveland and…

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Scene After Fatal Randwick Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 4

Scene In Alison Road, Randwick, last night after the collision between a car and the trailer of a military truck, in which the driver of the car was killed and his wife seriously injured. Before the crash a bus and a taxi had been involved in a…

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Accidents in Britain

Construction · Wednesday 16 May 1945 · page 12

According to the Minister for Labour (Mr. Ernest Beven) no less than 11,500,000 accidents in British factories cost £70,000,000 per annum. There are 1,000 fatalities a year in factories, 800…

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Football Accidents

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 2

Gerald Moon (20), of 103 Marsden Street, Parramatta, was kicked in the head while playing football at St. Marys on Sunday afternoon. He was taken…

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Dies In Aircraft Accident

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 7

Flying-Officer Francis John White (21), son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. White, of Revesby, [?]…

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Hunter Injured, Out Of Easts' League Side

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 16

Eastern Suburbs Rugby League centre, John Hunter, decided after a work-out yesterday to withdraw from the team to play North Sydney tomorrow. Hunter has a leg injury…

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Rugby League Football. Saints Defeated by Wests 28 TO 14 Clues Scores 3 Tries and Retires with an Injured Ankle. Reserves Unlucky to Be Defeated. Thirds Meet Their First Defeat 6.3

The St George Call · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 4

Hundreds of supporters vent to Pratten Park, Ashfield, to see their team opposed to Western Suburbs, who were level in the competition table. Supporters were disappointed at the defeat of their third grade which were undefeated for the first three rounds of the competition, but It was bad…

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Five Ships in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 May 1945 · page 1

NEW YORK, Saturday.--Pour Liberty ships and a 6000-ton tanker were involved in a mass collision off the coast Yesterday during a…

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Clem Hill Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 May 1945 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Clem Hill, the former Australian test captain, received severe injuries when he fell from a train at the corner of Queen…

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Two injured in carnival accident

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 20 May 1945 · page 9

MAITLAND, Sat. -- A woman who was thrown from a horse-o-plane at a carnival yesterday struck…

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Ace Jockey to Pay Injured Woman £652

Truth · Sunday 20 May 1945 · page 16

DAMAGES of £652 were awarded against well- known jockey, Jack Milton Coutts, by a Supreme Court…

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Clem Hill seriously,ill after accident MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 20 May 1945 · page 3

Clem Hill. 65, former Australian Test captain. who was admitted to Royal Melbourne Hospital yesterday after he fell…

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Youth Injured in Smash

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 3

JAMES PAGETT (16), Ethel St., Parramatta, received a probable fracture of the spine and internal injuries when the bicycle he was riding…

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Three Westmead Boys Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 7

THREE youths from Westmead Boys' Home were seriously injured when they were thrown from the back of a lorry rounding a bend in…

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Injured; Could Not Attend Court

The Sun · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 7

Stating that his client had been injured at the wedding celebrations of "Tilly" Devine, Mr. Harold Munro asked for…

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Sixteen Injured When Rodeo Stand Collapsed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 4

A tiered hardwood stand of 10 rows of seats on which 300 men, women, and children were sitting and standing, collapsed…

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Woman Restaurateur Accidentally Killed

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 2

AT the Coroner's Court today an inquiry was held into the death of Augusta MacDougall (68), more widely known as Pakie, of Pakie's…

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