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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Accidents cost over £2 million

The Sun · Wednesday 21 April 1948 · page 2

Workers' Compensation payments in NSW last financial year amounted to £2,471,921. This was revealed in a…

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Sydney Diary Those O.H.M.S. letters: Watch this city grow: Accident business declines: Film promises

The Sun · Wednesday 21 April 1948 · page 9

RUBBING our crystal-ball to a fine lustre, we're gambling on a prediction that in the next half-century no city in…

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Fatally Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 6

MELBOURNE. Thursday.-- Prominent Melbourne solicitor Thomas Leslie Quinn (44) of Camberwell, died today in…

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Fatally Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Prominent Melbourne solicitor Thomas Leslie Quinn (44), of Camberwell, died today in…

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Fatally Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Prominent Melbourne solicitor Thomas Leslie Quinn (44), of Camberwell. died today in…

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Melbourne Lawyer Fatally Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Prominent Melbourne solicitor Thomas Leslie Quinn (44), of Camberwell, died today in…

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Police Injured Man, Counsel Tells Court

The Sun · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 11

A man had a fractured ear drum and other injuries after police had released him on bail, a solicitor alleged in Parramatta Court today. The solicitor, Mr. A. G. Brindley, was appearing for…

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2 men killed in train accidents

The Sun · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 7

A railway fettler was killed instantly when struck by a train at Flemington station today, while the mutilated body of another man was found at dawn on the line at Turramurra…

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Two Men Killed by Trains Pymble, Flemington Accidents Only One Victim's Identity Known

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 2

TWO men were horribly mutilated in train accidents, one at Flemington station and the other between Pymble and Turramurra stations today. The man killed at Flemington has been identified as B…

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Two Killed In Rail Accidents

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 3

TWO men were horribly A mutilated in train accidents. one at Flemington station and the other between…

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Two Men Killed by Trains Pymble, Flemington Accidents Only One Victim's Identity Known

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 2

TWO men were horribly mutilated in train accidents, one at Flemington station and the other between Pymble and Turramarra stations today. The man hutted at Flemington has been identified as B…

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Two Killed In Rail Accidents

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 3

TWO men were horribly mutilated in train accidents, one at Flemington station and the other between…

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Accidental Death of Train Victim

The Biz · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 8

The Coroner, Mr. P. Wright, brought in a verdict of accidental death at the coronial inquiry held at Liverpool last Friday into the death of Mr. Milton…

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Filly Injured

The Sun · Saturday 24 April 1948 · page 10

Two - year - old filly Miss Rimveil will not race for some time. She fell while working and was cut about the legs…

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Man Injured by Car

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 April 1948 · page 1

KNOCKED down by a car last night, William Strang (50), Rose St., Darlington, suffered a fracture of the left leg…

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Man Injured by Car

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 April 1948 · page 1

KNOCKED down by a car last night, William Strang (50) Rose St., Darlington, suffered a fracture of the left leg…

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Air Commodore Dies After Camp Accident

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 April 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Air-Commodore William James Guilfoyle (50), of Armidale, died in the Royal…

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Air Commodore Dies After Camp Accident

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 April 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday -- Air-Commodore William James Guilfoyle (50), of Armidale, died in the Royal…

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Air Commodore Dies After Camp Accident

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 April 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, " Saturday. -- Air-Commodore William James Guilfoyle (50), of Armidale, died in the Royal…

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Air Commodore Dies After Camp Accident

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 April 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Air-Commodore William James Guilfoyle (50), of Armidale, died in the Royal…

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