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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

1,853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 93

Woman Injured by Thrown Coin

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 April 1948 · page 1

A woman's eye was injured last night at Leichhardt Stadium when a penny, thrown during a "shower" smashed her…

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Injured But Not Too Seriously

Truth · Sunday 25 April 1948 · page 14

YOUNG JOCKEY, H. Warner, being carried from the track at Albion Park (Q.) alter his mount had fallen in the Sixth…

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Willan injured after last bell

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 25 April 1948 · page 23

North Sydney forward Lloyd Willan was injured when he collided with a Canterbury-Bankstown player after the final bell…

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Man Injured On Way To Funeral

Truth · Sunday 25 April 1948 · page 1

A man who was driving from Sydney to Lismore to attend his brother's funeral was critically injured yesterday when…

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Claim Over Cooker Accident

Truth · Sunday 25 April 1948 · page 8

A pressure cooker "blew up," sent fried chicken to the kitchen ceiling and burned the cook so badly…

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Greek Express in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 April 1948 · page 1

LONDON, April 25 (A.A.P.). —Nine people died yesterday when an express train and a motor lorry carrying…

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Man Fatally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 April 1948 · page 3

William Williams, 43, dairy farmer, of Croome, via Albion Park, was fatally injured when his horse and sulky collided…

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Aust. Speed Riders Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 April 1948 · page 9

News received in Sydney states that when Ern Brecknell (Australia) fell at West Ham he broke a leg in two places. He will be out for three months. JACK ARNFIELD, in his second race for Harringay at…

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S.a. Drowning Tragedy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1948 · page 4

ADELAIDE, Monday.— The search was continued to-day for traces of James D. Chapman, Adelaide city…

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Athlete Feared Drowned

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 April 1948 · page 3

Police believe that a well-known tennis player who disappeared in a dinghy late yesterday…

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Players Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1948 · page 9

CANBERRA, Monday.—Two players, including one from Sydney University, were admitted to hospital for observation after…

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Injured, Rides 50 Miles

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 April 1948 · page 7

DARWIN, Monday. -- A 27-year-old stockman, with a broken collarbone, several broken ribs, and…

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Police Seek Injured Man

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 April 1948 · page 6

Police are searching Sydney for a man who was reported to have been shot near University Oval…

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Eastes, Tweedale And Cawsey Injured In R.U. Games

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 April 1948 · page 9

Three Wallabies—Charlie Eastes (Manly), Eric Tweedale (Parramatta), and Roy Cawsey (Randwick)— were injured before half-time in yesterday's second round of Rugby Union grade matches. Eastes left the field when…

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Quietest Anzac Holiday In 20 Years Two Serious Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 April 1948 · page 5

Police and ambulance officials said last night that yesterday was the quietest Ansae Day for 20 years. Only two fatal accidents were reported…

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"Drowned" Man May Have Lost Memory

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 April 1948 · page 4

Wafer police dragged Parsley Bay all day yesterday but did not find the body of John Hendy, 45, who disappeared while fishing in the bay on Sunday…

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Temora Poison Fatality Inquest Man Tells Of Arsenic Weed Killer Sudden Death of Rail Guard

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1948 · page 5

TEMORA, Wednesday.--A witness at the inquest today into the death of a guard at Temora on March 2 said that railwaymen sometimes took home…

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Temora Poison Fatality Inquest Man Tells Of Arsenic Weed Killer Sudden Death of Rail Guard

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1948 · page 5

TEMORA, Wednesday.--A witness at the inquest today into the death of a guard at Temora on March 2 said that railway men sometimes took home…

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Temora Poison Fatality Inquest Man Tells Of Arsenic Weed Killer Sudden Death of Rail Guard

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1948 · page 5

TEMORA, Wednesday.--A witness at the inquest today into the death of a guard at Temora on March 2 said that railwaymen sometimes took home…

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Temora Poison Fatality Inquest Man Tells Of Arsenic Weed Killer Sudden Death of Rail Guard

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 April 1948 · page 5

TEMORA, Wednesday.--A witness at the inquest today into the death of a guard at Temora on March 2 said that railwaymen sometimes took home…

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