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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

2,956 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 148

Women Scream, Faint Crowd Mobs City Store Shoppers Injured by Glass

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 9

ABOUT 2000 men, women and children, besieging Selfridge's store in Pitt St. this morning broke a plate glass…

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Women Scream, Faint Crowd Mobs City Store Shoppers Injured by Glass

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 9

ABOUT 2000 men, women and children besieging Selfridge's store in Pitt St. this morning broke a plate glass…

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Women Scream, Faint Crowd Mobs City Store Shoppers Injured by Glass

Daily Mirror · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 9

ABOUT 2000 men, women and children besieging Selfridge's store in Pitt St. this morning broke a plate glass…

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Spit Bridge Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 2

BERNARD BURDEKIN (24), of Brookvale, fractured a leg and received general abrasions and shock when a motor lorry and motor cycle…

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Nine Injured in Collision Tram Crashes Into Standing Tram Traffic Held Up Half-hour

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 8

NINE persons were injured when two trams collided in Chalmers Street, City, last night…

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Nine Injured in Collision Tram Crashes Into Standing Tram Traffic Held Up Half-hour

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 8

NINE persons were injured when two trams collided in Chalmers Street, City, last night. THE accident occurred when a tram…

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Nine Hurt in Tram Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 3

Nine persons were injured when two trams collided in Chalmers St., City, last night. THE accidenet occurred when a tram…

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Nine Hurt in Tram Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 3

Nine persons were injured when two trams collided in Chalmers St., City, last night. THE accident occurred when a tram…

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Jockey Injured In Fall

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 3

ALF STANTON, who was riding the brilliant mare Chaperone early this morning when she broke down and fell, injured his neck. Stanton was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital, where he was X-rayed. Chaperone, who may never race again, was being prepared for the…

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Jockey Injured In Fall

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 3

ALF STANTON, who was riding the brilliant mare Chaperone early this morning when she broke down and fell, injured his neck. Stanton was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital, where he was X-rayed. Chaperone, who may never race again, was being prepared for the…

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Jockey Injured In Fall

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 3

ALF STANTON, who was riding the brilliant mare Chaperone early this morning when she broke down and fell, injured his neck. Stanton was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital, where he was X-rayed. Chaperone, who may never race again, was being prepared for the…

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Jockey Injured In Fail

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 3

ALF STANTON, who was riding the brilliant mare Chaperone early this morning when she broke down and fell, injured his neck. Stanton was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital, where he was X-rayed. Chaperone, who may never race again, was being prepared for the…

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Jockey Injured In Fall

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 3

ALF STANTON, who was riding the brilliant mare Chaperone early this morning when she broke down and fell, injured his neck. Stanton was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital, where he was X-rayed. Chaperone, who may never race again, was being prepared for the…

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Jockey Injured In Fall

Daily Mirror · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 3

ALF STANTON, who was riding the brilliant mare Chaperone early this morning when she broke down and fell, injured his neck. Stanton was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital, where he was X-rayed. Chaperone, who may never race again, was being prepared for the…

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Six Hurt in City Tram Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 1

Six persons were injured last night when two trams collided in Chalmers Street, near Central Railway. They are: William Henneberry, 45, newspaper…

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400 Drowned As Ship Sinks

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1947 · page 1

SHANGHAI, Saturday. —A wooden Chinese ship carrying more than 1000 passengers sank at…

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Man believed injured in fall

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 January 1947 · page 5

Police late last night found an unconscious man, critically injured, lying in Jones Bay Road, Pyrmont. Central District Ambulance took the…

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Rider injured in side-car spill at Showground Speedway

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 19 January 1947 · page 33

When K. Bateman swerved to avoid colliding with B. Martin during a side-car handicap at the Showground Speedway last night, his cycle ran on to the grass and somersaulted three times…

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100 Missing In Collision

The Sun · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 5

SHANGHAI, Monday.—About 100 of the 1000 passengers and crew aboard the wooden ship Chikiang, which sank yesterday…

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Four Injured in Accidents

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 5

A yardmaster at Central station and three other persons were injured in accidents in the metropolitan area late last…

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