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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

1,853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 93

Badly Injured Man at Foot of Stairs

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 2

DONALD ROGERS (55), was found unconscious at the foot of stairs at his home in Millhill Rd., Waverley, late…

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Accidents at Show Ground

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 2

TWO men and a youth, injured at the Showground today, were admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital after…

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Accidents at Show Ground

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 2

TWO men and a youth, injured at the Showground today, were admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital after…

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Accidents at Showground

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 2

TWO men and a youth, injured at the Showground today, were admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital after…

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Footballers Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Tuesday 23 March 1948 · page 12

Two footballers were injured in district Junior Rugby League trial matches on Sunday…

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Car, Truck in Fatal Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 March 1948 · page 1

ABOVE: Wreckage of a sedan car which crashed side on into a five-ton truck (left) in Deep…

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Two Injured in Mountains Smash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 March 1948 · page 5

KATOOMBA, Tuesday.--Driver and a passenger were injured yesterday afternoon when a car ran off the Great…

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Two Injured in Taxi Smash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 March 1948 · page 7

TWO occupants of a taxi suffered head injuries and shock early today when the taxi crashed into the rear of a…

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Woman's Train Fall Accident

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 March 1948 · page 11

LONDON, Tuesday.--A finding of accidental death was returned at the inquest yesterday into the death of…

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Woman's Train Fall Accident

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 March 1948 · page 11

LONDON, Tuesday.--A finding of accidental death was returned at the inquest yesterday into the death of…

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Car, Bus Collision; Two Hurt

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 7

Critically injured in a collision between their car and a bus at 11.30 last night, a man and his wife…

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Boy Injured By "Arrow"

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 5

Kevin Mitchell, 11, of Empire Bay, was injured in the eye by a sharp piece of wood yesterday…

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Two Pinned Under Car Collision With Bus

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 1

Men worked desperately last night to extricate an unconscious man and woman from a car which…

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Five Injured in Tram, Truck Smash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 14

FIVE persons were injured in a collision between a utility truck and a tram at the corner of Parramatta and Glebe Rds.,…

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Five Injured in Tram, Truck Smash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 14

FIVE persons were injured in a collision between a utility truck and a tram at the corner of Parramatta and Glebe Rds.,…

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Five Injured in Tram, Truck Smash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 March 1948 · page 14

FIVE persons were injured in a collision between a utility truck and a tram at the corner of Parramatta and Glebe Rds.,…

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Tragic Collision

The Leader · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 5

A shocking tragedy occurred late on Monday night when a car driven by Mr. J. G. (Jack) Marsden of the Collingwood Hotel, Liverpool, collided with…

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Crossing the Street, Car Fatality

Nepean Times · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 4

Miss Isabella Lang Guild, of Blakesley Street, Chatswood, well known in tills district as a resident of St. Marys for many years, was struck by a car at…

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LISMORE Accident Victim Was Local Parishioner

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 6

Gregory Francis Pollard, aged 19, of South Lismore, who died recently in Gosford District Hospital as a result of a collision between…

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Father Killed, Family Hurt In Car Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 March 1948 · page 1

The car driver was killed and five other persons were injured when a car collided head-on with a market lorry…

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