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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

1,853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 93

Team and Truck in Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

THIS TRAM struck a truck at the corner of Miller and Jones Sts., Pyrmont, today. The driver, Henry Percy (24), The Boulevarde, Strathfield, escaped with a probable fractured finger and lacerations to an arm…

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Tram and Truck in Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

THIS TRAM struck a truck at the corner of Miller and Jones Sts., Pyrmont, today. The driver, Henry Percy (24), The Boulevarde, Strathfield, escaped with a probable fractured finger and lacerations to an arm…

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Tram and Truck in Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

THIS TRAM struck a truck at the corner of Miller and Jones Sts., Pyrmont, today. The driver, Henry Percy (24), The Boulevarde, Strathfield, escaped with a probable fractured finger and lacerations to an arm…

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12 Injured in Tram Smash Near Gaol Gates

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 3

Twelve passengers were injured yesterday afternoon when two trams collided near the gates of Long Bay Gaol…

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Man Dies After Lift Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 7

A man who was crushed by a lift in a city building yesterday died four hours later in Sydney Hospital…

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Police Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 2

Three policemen, one of whom was on his way to visit his dying sister in Balmain Hospital, were…

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Chinese in Fights Two Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 1

Doctors at Sydney Hospital last night inserted 80 stitches in wounds to two Chinese…

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Police injured as car, from crash head-on

The Sun · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 3

Three policemen were injured, two seriously, when a patrol car and a tram smashed head on in Darling- street, Balmain, early today. Passengers in the tram…

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Cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 7

RAYMOND PRICE HARD-INGHAM (25), Moore Park Road, Centennial Park, was slightly injured today when the…

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Cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 7

"RAYMOND PRICE HARD- INGHAM (25), Moore Park Road, Centennial Park, was slightly injured today when the…

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50 Drown in Collision

The Sun · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 1

SANTIAGO (Chile), Wednesday. -- At least 50 were drowned today when the small steamer Helvetia sank in the…

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Caretaker of Club Drowned

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 4

SHORTLY after he had been seen sitting in his wheelchair in the front of the Armi-dale Golf Club yesterday, a…

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Twelve Injured in Coach, Lorry Smash

The Sun · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 2

Twelve of 18 passengers in a Pioneer Tourist Coach were slightly injured when the coach and a lorry, loaded with two tons of fish, collided near Tuggerah railway station today…

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Tourist Bus Crashes Twelve Women Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 1

WYONG, Thursday.— Twelve women in an interstate tourist bus were cut and bruised about…

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Arabs Jubilant Over Bomb Outrage Ii Jews Die, 100 Injured In Blast Saboteur Had Americanflag

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. -- Arab sources in Palestine admit that Arabs exploded the bomb which wrecked Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem yesterday…

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Arabs Jubilant Over Bomb Outrage 11 Jews Die, 100 Injured In Blast Saboteur Had American Flag

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. -- Arab sources in Palestine admit that Arabs exploded the bomb which wrecked Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem yesterday…

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Arabs Jubilant Over Bomb Outrage 11 Jews Die, 100 Injured In Blast Saboteur Had American Flag

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 5

LONDON Friday. -- Arab sources in Palestine admit that Arabs exploded the bomb which wrecked Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem yesterday…

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Arabs Jubilant Over Bomb Outrage 11 Jews Die, 100 Injured In Blast Saboteur Had American Flag

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. -- Arab sources in Palestine admit that Arabs exploded the bomb which wrecked Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem yesterday…

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Arabs Jubilant Over Bomb Outrage 11 Jews Die, 100 Injured In Blast Saboteur Had American Flag

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. -- Arab sources in Palestine admit that Arabs exploded the bomb which wrecked Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem yesterday…

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L'Accident d'Emu Plains Quatre victimeB, dont trois résidents français

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 3

Sur la route des Montagnes bleueB, dimanche dernier, une voiture automobile conduite par M. F. KronHugues, d'Elizabeth Bay, a capoté…

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