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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

1,478 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 74

Drowned in Vain Rescue Bid

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 October 1945 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.—Believed to have lost her life in a vain attempt to rescue her son, Mrs. Nita Euthania Davies, 38,…

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Motor Bicycle Rider Killed in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 October 1945 · page 3

DONALD ALFRED JENNISON (18), Lambton Rd., Broadmeadow, was killed instantly this morning when the motor cycle he was riding collided…

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Motor Bicycle Rider Killed in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 October 1945 · page 3

DONALD ALFRED JENNISON (18), Lambton Rd., Broadmeadow, was killed' instantly this morning when the motor cycle he was riding collided…

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Motor Bicycle Rider Killed in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 October 1945 · page 3

DONALD ALFRED JENNISON (18), Lambton Rd., Broadmeadow, was killed instantly this morning when the motor cycle he was riding collided…

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Motor Bicycle Rider Killed in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 13 October 1945 · page 3

DONALD ALFRED JENNISON (8), Lambton Rd., Broadmeadow, was killed instantly this morning when the motor cycle he was riding collided…

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48-Year-old Letter in Drowned Man's Pocket

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 13 October 1945 · page 7

A letter dated May 13, 1897, was found in the clothing of an unidentified man whose body was washed up by the sea at Palm Beach yesterday. The letter was addressed to…

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Injured in Slide

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 14 October 1945 · page 27

Wal Yeates (Petersham) injured his back and elbow in a spectacular slide on a slippery patch at Petersham Oval yesterday…

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Drowned at Townsville

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 16

TOWNSVILLE, Monday. -- Bruce Middleton (19) was drowned whilst swimming in the Bohle River yesterday…

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Drowned at Townsville

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 7

TOWNSVTLLE, Monday. -- Bruce Middleton (19) was drowned whilst swimming in the Bohle River ' yesterday…

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Drowned at Townsville

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 9

TOWNSVILLE, Monday. -- Bruce Middleton (19) was drowned whilst swimming in the Bohle River yesterday.-…

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Italian Prisoner Believed Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 12

DUBBO, Monday.-- Guilio Barbieri (29), an Italian prisoner of war, disappeared while swimming in -the Macquarie River near Dubbo on…

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Italian P.o.w. Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 4

DUSBO, Sunday.—Guillo Barbieri, 29, an Italian prisoner of war, is believed to have been drowned in the Macquarie River,…

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1500 British Trodps Safe In Sea Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--A Swedish steamer, the Dagby (804 tons) was sunk in a collision with a British troopship yesterday off Borkum Island (Frisians). THE British ship Empire Rapier'…

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1500 British Troops Safe In Sea Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Monday. -- A Swedish steamer, the Dagby (804 tons) was sunk in a collision with a British troopship yesterday off Borkum Island (Frisians). THE British ship Empire Rapier…

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1500 British Troops Safe In Sea Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--A Swedish Steamer, the Dagby (804 ton's) was sunk in a collision with a British troopship yesterday off Borkum Island (Frisians). THE British ship Empire Rapier…

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1500 British Troops Safe In Sea Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Monday. -- A Swedish steamer, the Dagby (804 tons) was sunk in a collision with a British troopship yesterday off Borkum Island (Frisians). THE British ship Empire Rapier…

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1500 British Troops Safe In Sea Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.-- A Swedish steamer, the Dagby (804 tons) was sunk in a collision with a British troopship yesterday off Borkum Island (Frisians). THE British ship Empire Rapier…

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Flat Shooting: Injured Man Attends Hospital

The Sun · Monday 15 October 1945 · page 3

Less than two hours after a woman had fired at two intruders in a Potts Point flat early yesterday, police were notified that a man was in a Sydney hospital With a bullet wound in his left shoulder…

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Blain, Injured by Japs, in Hospital

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 October 1945 · page 5

Sergeant A. M. Blain. M.H.R., is in Concord Military Hospital recovering from an operation necessitated by injuries he received when a P.O.W…

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Injured Boy On Road Two Hours

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 October 1945 · page 5

An eight-year-old boy, with a probably fractured skull, lay on the road at Carlingford for more than two hours yesterday before he was taken to…

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