Two Hurt In Motor Cycle Accident
A motor cyclist and his pillion rider were admitted to Maitland General Hospital last night following an accident at…
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Accidents, 1949
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Lorry Passengers Injured
Two women passengers were injured when a lorry collided with a post at Cross Roads, Cardiff, yesterday…
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AUCKLAND, Jan. 2. A.A.P.-Reuter.—Three men, including father and son, were drowned when a small sailing boat from which…
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Two men were injured when hey were struck by a winch while working in an air shaft attached to Kent Colliery, Beresfield, on…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Two people were killed and about 20 injured in traffic accidents in the first few hours of 1949. According…
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PARIS, Mon. (A.A.P.) — At least 17 people were drowned when a bus carrying two football teams struck a wall and…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A woman car driver this afternoon knocked down a Sydney man she had not seen for 32 years…
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George Halligan, 48. of Stevens St., Cessnock, fell from a building on which he was working at Cessnock on Saturday…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Eight people were slightly injured when a tram ran into the back of another stationary tram in Oxford-street,…
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CAPE TOWN, Tues. (A.A.P.)—Fourteen people, including 10 children, were drowned when an overloaded…
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MOSS VALE, Monday.—Richard Keith Hoskins, 4, was drowned to-day in the swimming pool on the estate of his grandparents, Mr…
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Two jockeys were injured when three horses fell in the second division of the Maiden Handicap at Inverell Cup meeting…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—Mrs. Margaret Gallazziy, 32, of High-street Kensington, was killed, and her son was injured when they were…
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SYDNEY—A motor cycle and taxi collided at the corner of Woodville Rd. and Merrylands Rd., Parramatta, last night…
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CAPE TOWN, Jan. 6. A.A.P. —Norman Mann, South African slow bowler, who had to leave the field during the Test match…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. — Ten people were taken to hospital as the result of two accidents involving trams in Sydney to-day…
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GYMPIE, Friday.—A Yugoslav forestry worker, Rade Vranjkovic, 27, single, was drowned in Yabba Creek, about a mile and a half from…
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A cyclist and another man he was "doubling" were injured when they collided with a car near the railway crossing on the Paxton…
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SYDNEY. — The 64-year-old tug Emu sank at Glebe Island today a few minutes after being: badly damaged in a collision…
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BRISBANE, Sunday. — Two brothers, Kevin and Keith Bell, both apprentices, were injured in falls in the same race at Bundamba…
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