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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

1,853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 93

Car Runs Into Bush, 2 Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 10 May 1948 · page 5

Two people were injured last night when a car left the road and travelled about 40 yards into the…

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Four Deaths Caused In Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 May 1948 · page 4

Four people were killed in car accidents in the weekend. A passenger was killed…

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Nine Killed, 60 Injured in Crash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 May 1948 · page 3

VENICE, Tuesday.--Nine people were killed and 60 others injured in a train smash last night…

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Nine Killed, 60 Injured in Crash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 May 1948 · page 10

VENICE, Tuesday.--Nine people were killed and 60 others injured in a train smash last night…

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Nine Killed, 60 Injured in Crash

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 11 May 1948 · page 3

VENICE, Tuesday.--Nine people were killed and 60 others injured in a train smash last night…

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Bad road blamed for fatality

The Sun · Wednesday 12 May 1948 · page 3

Dangerous conditions of a section of Melrose - street, Mascot, caused the death of Robert Roy Lake, 33, in a…

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Accident Claims

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 May 1948 · page 6

The Minister for Transport, Mr. O'Sullivan, answering a question in Parliament, said that during 1947 claims were made…

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Motor Vehicle Lights Cause of Accidents

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 12 May 1948 · page 2

O'Sullivan said in Parliament that a consideration number of accidents had been caused because motorists refused to dim their headlights when approaching…

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Death Follows Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 May 1948 · page 3

Ferrucil Vincenzini, an elderly man, who lives in Hume Highway, North Bankstown, received a fractured skull yesterday when…

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Storeman Injured in Wharf Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 5

CAUGHT around the head and shoulder by a rope hoist at the C.S.R. Wharf, Pyrmont last night. Frederick…

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Storeman Injured in Wharf Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 5

CAUGHT around the head and shoulder by a rope hoist at the C.S.R. Wharf, Pyrmont, last night Frederick…

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Storeman Injured in Wharf Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 3

CAUGHT around the head and shoulder by a rope hoist at the C.S.R. Wharf, Pyrmont, last night. Frederick…

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Drowned in Swamp at Riverside

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 5

Duck shooting along the banks of the Nepean River about 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Neville Quarman, of Emu Plains, found a body of a man floating in a swamp…

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Man, 83, Drowned in Two Feet of Water

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The body of Robert Wells (83), of Barr St., Merewether, was found in two feet of water…

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Man, 83, Drowned in Two Feet of Water

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.--The body of Robert Wells (83), of Barr St., Merewether, was found in two feet of water…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Propeller · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 1

During the week-end Raymond Neate, of Terry Street, Arncliffe, was driving a car to Orange, when the vehicle…

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Main Roads and Motor Accidents (By "Swinglebar")

The Land · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 25

"I SEE by the latest police reports that traffic accidents has been increasing at an alarming rate," remarked the Burrcutter's Mate,…

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Dreams of Accident Says Girl

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 7

A girl who was injured in a taxi - car smash said in the District Court today that she had since…

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Dreams of Accident Says Girl

Daily Mirror · Friday 14 May 1948 · page 7

A girl who was injured in a taxi - car smash said in the District Court today that she had since…

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Car Driver Injured in Freak Accident

The Sun · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 3

Victim of a freak accident at Cowan last night, George Edwin Bridge, 30, of Hurststreet, Arncliffe, is now in…

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