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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

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18 Killed, 40 Injured in Belfast Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 7

LONDON. Thursday.--There was a bad railway smash in Belfast yesterday morning when a motor train ran into the back of a…

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18 Killed, 40 Injured in Belfast Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--There was a bad railway smash in Belfast yesterday morning when a motor train ran into the back of a…

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18 Killed, 40 Injured in Belfast Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--There was a bad railway smash in Belfast yesterday morning when a motor train ran into the back of a…

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18 Killed, 40 Injured in Belfast Train Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 7

LONDON, Thursday.--There was a bud railway smash in Belfast yesterday morning when a motor train ran into the back of a…

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Swimming Pool Fatalities Accidental, Says Coroner

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 2

Though holding many Australian Royal Life Saving Society awards and an instructor's certificate, a teacher at the De la Salle College, Castle Hill, was drowned in the college swimming pool on December 18, with a 15-years-old…

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Swimming Pool Fatalities Accidental, Says Coroner

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 2

Though holding many Australian Royal Life Saving Society awards and an instructor's certificate, a teacher at the De la Salic College, Castle Hill, was drowned in the college swimming pool on December 18, with a 15-vears-old…

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Swimming Pool Fatalities Accidental, Says Coroner

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 January 1945 · page 2

Though holding many Australian Royal Life Saving Society awards and an instructor's certificate, a teacher at the De la Salle College, Castle Hill, was drowned in the college swimming pool on December 18, with a 15-years-old…

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All Citizens Must Help to Reduce Road Accident Toll

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 9

ROAD accidents in N.S.W. country towns and rural aress for the year ended June 30 last totalled 1150, causing the death of 152 persons and…

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Kesselring's 8 Accidents

The Sun · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.--Field-Marshal Albert Kesselring, German commander…

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Man Injured by Lorry

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 January 1945 · page 2

AN elderly man, William Walsh, 7 Bright St., Marrickville, suffered a probable fracture of the skull, lacerations to the eyes, probable…

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Cyclist Seriously Injured on Way Home

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 January 1945 · page 4

Joseph Davis, 16, of Raglan Street, Darlington, was seriously injured yesterday when he fell from his bicycle in Canterbury Road, Hurlstone Park, on…

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Five Injured in Accidents

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 2

Five people were seriously injured in tram and train accidents during the weekend. THEY were: John O'Brien (.70),…

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Five Injured in Accidents

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 2

Five people were seriously injured in tram and train accidents during the weekend. THEY were: John O'Brien (70)…

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Drowned Man Still Unknown

The Sun · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 7

Police would like relatives and friends of George Hunter Russell, of Rey House, Darlinghurst-road. King's Cross, and formerly…

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Bondage On Injured Leg

The Sun · Tuesday 16 January 1945 · page 12

Currying a bandage on his leg. which he cut while swimming, Veiled Threat galloped well over seven furlongs at Randwick today. Apprentice rider, N…

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Five-year-old Girl Drowned Off Jetty

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1945 · page 9

BRISBANE, Monday.--Beverley Rae Hewitt, 5, was drowned today at Mooloolaba, North Coast. The child was last seen standing on…

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Costly Racehorse Injured Our Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 8

LONDON, Jan. 16.—Four of the Aga Khan's horses, worth at least £50,000, were run into by a Service lorry while undergoing…

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2 Shot In Accidents

The Sun · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 3

A woman and a youth of different suburbs were shot accidently yesterday. Mrs. May Gresser 50, of…

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Youth Accidentally Shot Through Hand

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 5

Lawrence Allen Ross, 18, of Addison Road, Manly, was shot through the left hand last night when a 45 calibre revolver was accidentally discharged at…

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Woman Accidentally Wounded by Own Son

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 3

MRS. MAY GRESSER (50), Sydney St., Concord, was shot through the calf of her right leg when a pearifle her son was cleaning was accidentally…

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