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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Victims of Tram Accident

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 1

Right: Injured in the tram smash in Campbell St., Surry…

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Murder or Accident?

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 21

THERE is an old maxim that "murder will out," but George Pitt proved that this is not true. He had a motive for killing his wife that was "so easily traced that no sensible man would ever have attempted…

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Victims of Tram Accident

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 1

Right: Injured in the tram smash in Campbell St., Surry…

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Murder or Accident?

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 21

THERE is an old maxim that "murder will out," but George Pitt proved that this is not true. He had a motive for killing his wife that was so easily traced that no sensible man would -ever have attempted…

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Murder or Accident?

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 21

THERE is an old maxim that "murder will out," but George Pitt proved that this is not true. He had a motive for killing his wife that; was so easily traced that no sensible man would; ever have attempted…

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Murder or Accident?

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 21

THERE is an old maxim that ''murder will out," but George Pitt proved that this is not true. He had a motive for killing his wife that was so easily traced that no sensible man would ever have attempted…

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Youth Drowned

The Sun · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 3

INVERELL. Wednesday.--Gordon Alden, 17, was drowned in the Macintyre River, on the outskirts of the town, today…

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Woman Fatally Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 2

A woman was fatally injured on Saturday and a man suffered severe scalp wounds when the car in which they were travelling overturned…

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Tram and Lorry in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 16

A TRAM arid a lorry collided in Botany Rd., Mascot, today, but no one was injured. It was the 17th collision in which…

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Tram and Lorry in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 16

A TRAM and a lorry collided in Botany Rd., Mascot, today but no one was injured. It was the 17th collision in which…

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Tram and Lorry in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 3

A TRAM and a lorry collided in Botany Rd., Mascot, today, but no one was injured. It was the 17th collision in which…

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Team and Lorry in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 16

A TRAM and a lorry collided in Botany Rd., Mascot, today, but no one was injured. It was the 17th collision in which…

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Tram and Lorry in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 3

A TRAM and a lorry collided in Botany Rd., Mascot, today, but ho one was injured. It was the 17th collision in which…

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Tram and Lorry in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 16

A TRAM and a lorry collided in Botany Rd., Mascot, today, but no one was injured. It was the 17th collision in which…

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Young Woman Fatally Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 3

Norma Clout (23), single, of William Street, Granville, a passenger in a car which overturned on Appin Road on Sunday afternoon, died from…

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Sense of Duty Led to Fatality

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 3

But for her high sense of duty, Iris Thompson, of Granville who was killed when an R.A.F. plane crashed at Lewisham Hospital on…

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Six injured In City Tram Smash

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 9

Six people were slightly injured when an empty tram crashed into the rear of a crowded stationary tram near the intersection of Campbell and Riley…

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Ward Omitted From St. George By Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 13 February 1946 · page 23

Frank Ward, former Australian slow bowler, has been omitted from St. George first grade team by accident. St. George will play…

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Man Drowned

The Biz · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 3

The body of a man, drowned on Friday night in a water canal near Liverpool, was recovered on Saturday seven miles away. It was that of James Lilley…

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Lad Drowned in River

Nepean Times · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 2

Swimming in Nepean River at Penrith on Sunday with three other children, Brian Harrison (15), of Parramatta Road, Ashfield, was drowned…

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