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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

2,956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 148

55 Injured As Train Derailed

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday.--Fiftyfive passengers were injured when an 11-car Long Island train hit an open switch at…

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55 Injured As Train Derailed

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 1

NEW YORK, Monday.--Fifty five passengers were injured when an 11-car Long Island train hit an open switch at…

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55 Injured As Train Derailed

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday.--Fiftyfive passengers were injured when an 11-car Long Island train hit an open switch at…

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20 Injured As Train Derailed

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 10

NEW YORK, Monday.--About 20 persons were injured when a five-car Long Island train ran over an open switch and was…

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20 Injured As Train Derailed

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 5

NEW YORK, Monday.--About 20 persons were injured when a five-car Long Island train ran over an open switch and was…

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55 Injured As Train Derailed

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday.--Fifty five passengers were injured when an 11-car Long Island train hit an open switch at…

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20 Injured As Train Derailed

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 5

NEW YORK, Monday.--About 20 persons were injured when a five-car Long Island train ran over an open switch and was…

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25 Injured in Picnic Van Crash

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Twenty-five people were injured last night when a picnic van overturned on the notorious…

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25 Injured in Picnic Van Crash

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Twenty-five people were injured last night when a picnic van overturned on the notorious…

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Five Injured When Car and Truck Collide

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 9

Five persons, including a 10-months-old baby, were injured when a blitz-type towing truck and a small car collided at the…

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Five Injured When Car and Truck Collide

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 9

Five persons, including a 10-months-old baby, were injured when, a blitz-type towing truck and a small car collided at the…

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Mr. Lang in Accident Car And Horse Collide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 1

Mr. J. T. Lang, M.P. for Reid, was badly shaken last night when his car and a horse collided at The Vineyards, near Richmond…

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Lift Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 2

Sir,—Following the lift tragedies in Sydney and Melbourne it is time for action to prevent further accidents In all lifts there should be displayed…

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Fatal Shot An Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 3

"This is another of those unfortunate incidents arising from the careless use of firearms, particularly by youths who have…

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Fatal Shot An Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 3

This is another of those unfortunate incidents arising from the careless use of firearms, particularly by youths who have…

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Fatal Shot An Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 3

''This is another of those unfortunate incidents arising from the careless use of firearms, particularly by youths who have…

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Fatal Shot An Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 3

"This is another of those unfortunate incidents arising from the careless use of firearms, particularly by youths who have…

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Fatal Shot An Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 3

"This is another of those unfortunate incidents arising from the careless use of firearms, particularly by youths who have…

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Guard Injured In Train Accident

The Sun · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 5

A railway guard was injured when the brake van and a truck of a goods train were derailed between Brogan's Creek and Excelsior, about 140 miles from Sydney, early today…

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Motor Cyclist Hurt in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 7

Allan Tester, 25, nurseryman, of Stoney Creek Road, Bexley, was injured about 4.20 p.m. yesterday when his motor cycle collided with a lorry…

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