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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

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Woman Accidentally Wounded by Own Son

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 7

MRS. MAY GRESSER (50), Sydney St., Concord, was shot through the calf of her right leg when a pea-rifle her son was cleaning was accidentally 1…

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Man Badly Crushed in Wharf Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 2

DERI HUGHES (45), Newcastle, was seriously in hired when crushed between a tractor and a coal truck at a Newcastle wharf early this…

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Woman Accidentally Wounded by Own Son

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 7

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

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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 pea-rifle her son was cleaning was accidentally…

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Woman Accidentally Wounded by Own Son

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 7

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

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Man Badly Crushed in Wharf Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 2

BERT HUGHES (45), Newcastle, was seriously injured when crushed between a tractor and a coal truck at a Newcastle wharf early this…

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Woman Accidentally Wounded by Own Son

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 7

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

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Boy Swinging On Rope Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Clinging to ra rope hanging over deep water, until his grip failed, George Connelly 17, of West Heidelberg, was drowned…

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Child Killed Seven Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 7

A child was kilted and seven persons injured in accidents yesterday. Dudley Neville Randall, 3, of Forbes…

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Man Drowned While Surfing at Deewhy

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 2

FIFTY soldiers and three life-saving boats from Dee Why Surf Club searched for hours before finding the body of Frank Edward…

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Man Drowned While Surfing at Deewhy

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 2

FIFTY soldiers and three life-saving boats from Dee Why Surf Club searched for hours before finding the body of Frank Edward…

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Safety on the Roads. Carelessness Causes Accidents

The Propeller · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 4

On the rare occasions when one docs drive a private car these war-time days, it becomes obvious that the decrease in the volume of traffic in suburbs, large…

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Four Injured In Accidents

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 2

Two people were injured by falls at a carnival in Enmore Park, and two in other accidents yesterday…

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Four Injured In Accidents

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 2

Two people were injured by falls at a carnival in Enmore Park, and two in other accidents yesterday…

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Man and Child Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 3

Two were drowned in New South Wales yesterday—a man in the surf at Deewhy and a boy in a waterhole at Maraylya, near Windsor…

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Scout Fatally Injured in Fall From Trapeze

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Friday. — Practising a trapeze act at the New Lambton Scout Hali on Tuesday night, Ron Brian (18). of Mackie St., New…

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Scout Fatally Injured in Fall From Trapeze

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Friday. — Practising a trapeze act at the New Lambton Scout Hall on Tuesday night, Ron Brian (18), of Mackie St., New…

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Suburban Accidents Increase. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The St George Call · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 3

Koad accidents In the suburbs of Sydney are on the increase. For the quarter ended June 30 last, the latest available figures, there were 1,054 accidents…

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Rider Injured in Fall at Valley

The Sun · Saturday 20 January 1945 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- Apprentice L. Tournier received severe head injuries when his mount. Elfin Maid, fell in the…

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Woman Injured by Bus in Rose Bay Street

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1945 · page 5

MRS. N. AVNAVONE, 4 Faraday Ave., Rose Bay, suffered a compound fracture of the right leg and laceration from the knee to the…

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