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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 2

ALEXANDER DOBBLE (20), Irrubel Rd., Newport, suffered a compound fracture of the right leg when the motor-cycle he was riding along…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 2

ALEXANDER DOBBLE (20), Irrubel Rd., Newport, suffered a compound fracture of the right leg when the motor-cycle he was riding along…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 2

ALEXANDER DOBBLE (20), Irrubel Rd., Newport, suffered a compound fracture of the right leg when the motor-cycle he was riding along…

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20 Believed Drowned Ship Fire Disaster

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 3

LONDON, Jan. 31 (A. A.P.).— Twenty-six survivors from the British steamer Samwater, which was abandoned on fire off the…

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Injured Boxer Still In Coma

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 2

West Maitland boxer, Reginald ("Rip") Bunker has not regained consciousness and Lewisham Hospital this morning…

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Boxer Injured Collapse After Bout

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 4

Reginald Bunker, 20, bus-driver, of West Maitland, who fought at the Leichhardt Stadium on Thursday night, is in Lewisham Hospital…

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Injured Boxer's Father Remains at Bedside

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 8

The father of Reginald (Rip) Bunker, 20-year-old West Maitland boxer, who is in Lewisham Hospital, critically injured, has remained at his son's bedside since 10 a.m. yesterday…

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Eight Injured in City Accidents Man's Fatal Fall In Path Of Tram Hospital Care for 3 VICTIMS

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 6

EIGHT people were injured, one of them fatally, in accidents in the metropolitan area last night. David Baird (61), Argyle Place, Miller's…

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7 Hurt In Road, Rail Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 7

Seven persons were injured in road and rail accidents in the city and suburbs last night…

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One Dies, 7 Hurt in Accidents

Daily Mirror · Saturday 1 February 1947 · page 2

Eight people were injured, one of them fatally, in accidents in the metropolitan area last night…

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Youths Injured in Road Mishaps

Truth · Sunday 2 February 1947 · page 29

Shortly after a 17-years-old youth was injured in a car accident at Picton yesterday a man was charged with having…

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Four injured in mass cycle crashes

The Sun · Sunday 2 February 1947 · page 1

FOUR racing cyclists were hurt and others narrowly escaped injury in mass crashes at two…

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Tram, Truck In Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 16

A tram and a track travelled over 40 yards locked together when they collided in Crown St., near Cleveland St., Surry Hills…

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Tram, Truck In Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 16

A tram and a truck travelled over 40 yards locked together, when they collided in Crown St., near Cleveland St., Surry Hills…

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Tram, Truck In Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 16

A tram and a truck travelled over 40 yards locked together when they collided in Crown St., near Cleveland St., Surry Hills…

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Tram, Truck In Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 4

A tram and a truck travelled over 49 yards locked together when they collided in Crown St., near Cleveland St., Surry Hills…

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Soldier Fatally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.—Corporal Alan Francis Horton was fatally injured wh[?] an Army Provost truck overturned in Maitland Road, Tighe's…

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Boy Seriously Injured In Fall

The Sun · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 3

Peter Christie. 8 of Swansonstreet. Erskineville who fell 12ft, through a fibro roof at Erskineville yesterday while looking for…

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Death of Australian Injured in Wanganella

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.--Harold Allenson, an Australian boilermaker, who suffered a fractured skull in a fall while working on the…

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Death of Australian Injured in Wanganella

Daily Mirror · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday. -- Harold Allenson, an Australian boilermaker, who suffered a fractured skull in a fall while working on the…

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