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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Lightning Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 2

Sir,—In the report in the "Herald" of January 2 of a lightning fatality, the statement is made, "Police believe that a…

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Man Washed Off Rocks, Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--A man was swept out to sea and drowned today after a wave had washed horn off rocks at Tomaree Headlands, Port Stephens…

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Milk Strewn Over Road in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 2

MILK and shattered glass were strewn over Pacific Highway, North Sydney, a dawn today when a car drive…

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Milk Strewn Over Road in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 2

MILK and shattered glass were strewn over Pacific Highway, North Sydney, at dawn today when a car driven…

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Many Accidents In Mines; Two Killed

Tribune · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 7

Two coalminers were killed in a week, in addition to a number of bad accidents, reports Common Cause, organ of the Miners’ Federation…

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Accident parade

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 10

PAUL JONES, of the U.S. National Safety Council, rustled through his records of last year's…

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505 Killed in Road Accidents in 1947

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 6

Five hundred and five people were killed in rood accidents in New South Wales durin 1947. Of that number, three…

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Surfinan injured as seas swamp boat

The Sun · Sunday 4 January 1948 · page 3

Coogee crew hit a huge wave in their heat of the senior boat race at Maroubra carnival yesterday. Split second picture shows the stroke. Jack Scott, being hurled against the gunwale, while the sweep is thrown off balance. The boat disappears under the wave, trapping the crew inside. Two oars can be seen sticking out from the wave. Shortly after the boat emerged upside down, with the oars…

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Migrant Drowned

The Sun · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 2

Alexander Vasiliaukas. 23, a Bait migrant, of Bonegilla, was drowned at Albury yesterday…

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Man Not Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--John Jones (50) a native of England, who was reported to have been lost overboard from…

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Man Not Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--John Jones (50), a native of England, who was reported to have been lost overboard from…

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Man Not Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--John Jones (50), a native of England, who was reported to have been lost overboard from…

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Man Not Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--John Jones (50), a native of England, who was reported to have been lost overboard from…

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Man Not Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--John Jones (50), a native of England, who was reported to have been lost overboard from…

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Man Not Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--John Jones (50), a native of England, who was reported to have been lost overboard from…

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Boy Drowned in Dam

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 1

A FOUR-YEARS-OLD boy was drowned when he fell into a dam on Cattai Creek, Windsor, yesterday afternoon…

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Boy Drowned in Dam

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 1

A FOUR-YEARS-OLD boy was drowned when he fell into a dam on Cattai Creek, Windsor, yesterday afternoon…

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Boy Drowned in Dam

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 1

A FOUR-YEARS-OLD boy was drowned when he fell into a dam on Cattai Creek, Windsor, yesterday afternoon…

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Boy Drowned in Dam

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 1

A FOUR-YEARS-OLD boy was drowned when he fell into a dam on Cattai Creek, Windsor, yesterday afternoon…

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Boy Drowned in Dam

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 1

A FOUR-YEARS-OLD boy was drowned when he fell into a dam on Cattai Creek, Windsor, yesterday afternoon…

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