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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

1,853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 93

Good Street Crossing Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 2

Only five reported accidents, resulting in three persons being injured, occurred, at the intersection of Good-st. and…

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Man Accidentally Stabs Himself

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1948 · page 3

A man accidentally stabbed himself while cutting a piece of leather with a knife at his home in Newton-st., Blacktown,…

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Soviet Reply Seen As Provocative British Protest Over Air Collision Rejection of Reds' Version

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday. -- The Russian reply to a British request, following a collision between a British passenger plane and a Russian fighter over Berlin…

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Soviet Reply Seen As Provocative British Protest Over Air Collision Rejection of Reds' Version

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday. -- The Russian reply to a British request, following a collision between a British passenger plane and a Russian fighter over Berlin…

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Soviet Reply Seen As Provocative British Protest Over Air Collision Rejection of Reds' Version

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday. -- The Russian reply to a British request, following a collision between a British passenger plane and a Russian fighter over Berlin…

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Soviet Reply Seen As Provocative British Protest Over Air Collision Rejection of Reds' Version

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday.--The Russian reply to a British request, following a collision between a British passenger plane and a Russian fighter over Berlin…

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Soviet Reply Seen As Provocative British Protest Over Air Collision Rejection of Reds' Version

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 3

LONDON, Thursday. -- The Russian reply to a British request, following a collision between a British passenger plane and a Russian fighter over Berlin…

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Accidentally Shot with Stolen Rifle

The Biz · Thursday 8 April 1948 · page 7

Whilst at a little town near Cessnock, a lad from Canley Vale stole a quantity of goods, including a knife, haversack and rifle. Soon afterwards, whilst…

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Girl Dies in Train Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 April 1948 · page 1

Falling from a train near the entrance to Wyn yard tunnel at 10.30 this morning, an unidentified…

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Man Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 3

A PASSENGER in this car was injured today when his head struck the windscreen after a…

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Man Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 3

A PASSENGER in this car was injured today when his head struck the windscreen after a…

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Man Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 3

A PASSENGER in this car was injured today when his head struck the windscreen after a…

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Constable Hurt in Collision with Cow

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 2

A POLICE constable was injured when a cow collided with the motor cycle combination he was riding in Morrison…

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Constable Hurt in Collision with Cow

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 2

A POLICE constable was injured when a cow collided with the motor cycle combination he was riding in Morrison…

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Constable Hurt in Collision with Cow

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 2

A POLICE constable was injured when a cow collided with the motor cycle combination he was riding in Morrison…

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Constable Hurt in Collision with Cow

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 2

A POLICE constable was injured when a cow collided With the motor cycle combination he was riding in Morrison…

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Constable Hurt in Collision with Cow

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 2

A POLICE constable was injured when a cow collided with the motor cycle combination he was riding in Morrison…

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Constable Hurt in Collision with Cow

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 2

A POLICE constable was injured when a cow collided with the motor cycle combination he was riding in Morrison…

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Inmate of Lidcombe Home Injured by Car

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 2

KNOCKED down by a car in Joseph St., Lidcombe, last night, Louis Elgie McLead (51), an inmate of Lidcombe State…

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Easing of British Demands Over Berlin Air Collision Mild Note To Russia

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 April 1948 · page 1

BERLIN, Saturday.-- The mild tone of General Sir Brian Robertson's reply to the Soviet statement on Monday's air fatality has surprised correspondents…

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