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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

1,853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 93

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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Tram, Truck, Car in Mascot Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 3

A TRAM, truck and car were involved in a smash in Botany Rd., Mascot, this afternoon, in which the driver of…

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Tram, Truck, Car in Mascot Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 3

A TRAM, truck and car were involved in a smash in Botany Rd., Mascot, this afternoon, in which the driver of…

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Tram, Truck, Car in Mascot Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 3

A TRAM, truck and car were involved in a smash in Botany Rd., Mascot, this afternoon, in which the driver of…

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Tram, Truck, Car in Mascot Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 3

A TRAM, truck and car were involved in a smash in Botany Rd., Mascot, this afternoon, in which the driver of…

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Tram, Truck, Car in Mascot Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 4

A TRAM, truck and car were involved in a smash in Botany Rd., Mascot, this afternoon, in which the driver of…

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Motor Truck Hits Pole Man Injured at Brighton

The Propeller · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 7

A man sustained a fractured right hip when his truck collided with a telephone pole in General Holmes Drive, Brighton-le-Sands…

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Accidents

Nepean Times · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 4

On Thursday afternoon, April 22, Neville John Neale, of Windsor Road, St. Marys, had parked a motor cycle outfit In Queen Street, and in starting…

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Mystery of Injured Man

Daily Mirror · Friday 30 April 1948 · page 3

Found lying unconscious between two water pipe lines in Harriet St., Guildford, last night, an elderly…

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Men Killed in Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 May 1948 · page 3

Arthur Sinclair, 62, of Bligh's Gully, Deewhy West, was killed instantly when knocked down by a car in Pittwater Road, Deewhy,…

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One Dead, One Injured in Road Smashes

Truth · Sunday 2 May 1948 · page 5

A man was seriously injured and three cars were extensively damaged in two different accidents…

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Woman dies after accident

The Sun · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 5

Well-known in social circles, Miss Madge Cox, 66, of Halt-street, Double Bay, collapsed in…

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2 Die, 11 Hurt In Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 May 1948 · page 5

Two people were killed and 11 injured in weekend accidents…

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Tram, Car In Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 5

When a tram struck a car in William Street late last night the car wrecked the large plate glass window Of a…

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Three Injured in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1948 · page 3

Three people were injured late last night when two cars collided in Addison Road, Manly. Injured were: Henry Line, 64,…

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Ship's Officer Injured

The Sun · Wednesday 5 May 1948 · page 5

Falling 28ft. into the hold of the Paducah Victory, Christopher Dorsen, 27, second officer, was seriously injured…

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Greek Injured In Fall From Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 5 May 1948 · page 4

Soarico Stratigos, 38, a member of the Greek War Commission at Elizabeth Bay Road. Elizabeth Bay, was…

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Golfer Injured; Out of Tourney

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 19

E. D. Morton, veteran Long Reef Golf Club A grader, sprained his wrist in a motor car accident yesterday…

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Accident in High Street

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 4

About 6 p.m. on Monday, a motor cycle ridden by Ronald Hutchison, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Hutchison, of Emu Plains, and employed by Neale's,…

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Fatal Truck Accident

The Sun · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 2

John Baxter, 21, of Narrandera, was killed instantly this morning when a truck overturned on the Peak…

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