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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

1,853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 93

Rector, Groom In Village Drowning

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. -- The Rev. Thomas Lumb (67), rector of Tredington (Warwickshire), who was married last July to Joan Hitchman (18), pretty choir girl, was found drowned in a well at…

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Rector, Groom In Village Drowning

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday. -- The Rev. Thomas Lumb (67), rector of Tredington (Warwickshire), who was married last July to Joan Hitchman (18), pretty choir girl, was found drowned in a well at…

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Tram Conductor Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 5

Rufus Fraser, 45, tram conductor, of Florence Street, St. Peters, suffered a fracture to the skull and severe lacerations when…

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Tram, Cart Collision Injures Two

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 1

WRECKED DOUBLE TRAM and garbage cart at the corner of Bronte Rd. and Birrell St., Waverley,…

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Tram, Cart Collision Injures Two

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 1

WRECKED DOUBLE TRAM and garbage cart at the corner of Bronte Rd. and Birrell St., Waverley,…

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Tram, Cart Collision Injures Two

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 1

WRECKED, DOUBLE TRAM and garbage cart at the corner of Bronte Rd. and Birrell St., Waverley,…

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Tram, Cart Collision Injures Two

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 1

WRECKED DOUBLE TRAM and garbage cart at the corner of Bronte Rd. and Birrell St., Waverley…

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Tram, Cart Collision Injures Two

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 1

WRECKED DOUBLE TRAM and garbage cart at the corner of Bronte Rd. and Birrell St., Waverley, following a collision at 8 a.m. today. The conductor and driver wers seriously injured. -- (See Story, Page 5.)…

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Tram, Cart Collision Injures Two

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 1

WRECKED double tram and garbage cart at the corner of Bronte Rd. and Birrell St., Waverley, following a…

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Tram, Cart Collision Injures Two

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 1

WRECKED DOUBLE TRAM and garbage cart at the corner of Bronte Rd. and Birrell St., Waverley, following a collision at 8 a.m. today. The conductor and driver were seriously injured. -- (See Story, Page 5.)…

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Women Injured In Train Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 31 March 1948 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Two women were injured tonight when an electric train crashed into the rear of a goods…

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Motor Cycle Collision

The Biz · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 6

Mr, L. T. Ward, of 75 Cambridge Road, Canley Vale, suffered a fractured leg, and Mr. P. H. Robartson. of Ftat 30C, Hargreave Park, received an injury…

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Probe On Truck Fatality

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 2

WAGGA, Thursday.--A witness said at the Coroner's Court today that Const. Frank Mohr, of…

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Probe On Truck Fatality

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 2

WAGGA, Thursday.--A witness said at the Coroner's Court today that Const. Frank Mohr, of…

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Tram, Lorry in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 6

The driver and conductor of a tram were seriously injured yesterday when their tram and a five-ton garbage truck…

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Two Injured in Car Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 1

Two men were injured last night when a motor-car crashed into a stationary truck on Figtree Bridge, Lane…

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Two Injured in Car Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 1

Two men were injured last night when a motor-car crashed into a stationary truck on Figtree Bridge, Lane…

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Fatally Injured in Lorry Mishap

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 3

ALBERT WILSON (40), was killed instantly today when the wheels of a heavy lorry passed over his body at the…

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Injured Man Has Long Wait for Aid

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 6

A 69-YEAR-OLD watchman who broke his ankle last night lay in a deserted building at Ultimo for six hours…

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Injured Man Has Long Wait for Aid

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 April 1948 · page 5

A 69-YEARS-OLD watchman who broke his ankle last night lay in a deserted building at Ultimo for six hours…

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