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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

1,853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 93

£542 Stolen, Baby Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 1

A sneak thief stole £542 in notes from a Kensington flat last night. Running from the flat after discovery of the…

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18 Injured In Railway Smash

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 2

UNION PACIFIC railroad officials believe that a broken wheel caused thisderailment in which 18 persons were…

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Search for Car Man Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 February 1948 · page 4

Police are searching for a car which struck a man in Woodville Road, Fairfield, early yesterday…

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Collision Cost Owner His Living

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 9

The owner of the launch Sea foam which sank on Sunday offer colliding with the showboat Kalang said last night he had lost his capital and means of earning a…

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Accidental Death Verdict Recorded

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 3

AT Burwood Coroner's Court! today, the Coroner (Mr. J. j Wright) found that Alexander Faulkner Waters (72). retired…

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Accidental Death Verdict Recorded

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 3

AT Burwood Coroner's Court today, the Coroner (Mr. J. Wright) 'found that Alexander Faulkner Waters (72). retired…

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Accidental Death Verdict Recorded

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 3

AT Burwood Coroner's Court today, the. Coroner (Mr. J. Wright) found that Alexander Faulkner Waters (72), retired…

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Accidental Death Verdict Recorded

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 3

AT Burwood Coroner's Court today, the Coroner (Mr. J. Wright) found that Alexander Faulkner Waters (72), retired…

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Man Drowned In Puddle

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.--After a lorry in which two men were travelling overturned today, one of the men was drowned in four inches of water beside the road. The dead man was…

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Law Case Collision at Anchor

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 1

A case which has local interest is that in which the motor vessel Kota Baroe and steamer Diomed figured after collision at Durban Roads while both vessels were at anchor. This case was heard in the Court of Appeal before…

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Darkroom Explosion Two Injured At Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 1

WAGGA, Tuesday.—A street photographer and his woman assistant were critically injured to-day when chemicals…

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Believed Drowned

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 3

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday -- Maitland police are today dragging the Hunter. River, West Maitland. for the body of…

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Believed Drowned

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 3

WEST MAITLAND, Thursday -- Maitland police are today dragging the Hunter River, West Maitland, for the body of…

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Believed Drowned

Daily Mirror · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 3

WEST MAITLAND. Thursday -- Maitland police are to day dragging the Hunter River. West Maitland, for the body of…

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Two Injured In Gas Explosion At Kirribilli

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 1

Two men were critically injured last night in an explosion in a gas-filled courtyard at Kirribilli. The explosion occurred at Greencliffe Flats, Kirribilli…

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St. Marys ACCIDENTS

Nepean Times · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 5

William James Thornbury (15 yrs), of Carpenter Road, Colyton, suffered a fractured leg on Saturday afternoon last, when he was riding a bicycle east…

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Girl, 10, Accidentally Shot Sister's Fiance

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A girl told the Coroner's Court today she had accidentally shot her sister's fiance after he had asked her to hold a rifle while he tied a…

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Few Bathers After Surf Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 February 1948 · page 1

Sydney beach crowds were small yesterday, following the shark fatality at Newcastle on Thursday…

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Girl injured, man charged

The Sun · Saturday 14 February 1948 · page 2

Police arrested a man at North Sydney early today and charged him with failing to stop after an accident,…

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Two Injured by Car in Safety Zone

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 February 1948 · page 3

Two persons were injured, one seriously, when knocked down by a car which swerved into a…

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