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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Information Sought on Train Fatality

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 May 1948 · page 5

CLARENCE ST. police are anxious to contact anyone who knew of the movements of a man in the hour before he…

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Information Sought on Train Fatality

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 May 1948 · page 5

CLARENCE ST. police are anxious to contact anyone who knew of the movements of a man in the hour before he…

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Cabramatta Motor Cyclists Injured

The Biz · Thursday 20 May 1948 · page 3

Mr. Albert Tydeman, aged 22 years, of Marrickville, and formerly of Railway Street, Cabaramatta, received injuries to his foot which necessitated amputation…

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Lad Seriously Injured with Rifle

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 May 1948 · page 1

William Adams (15), residing at Crown Street, Granville, with others, was shooting rabbits with a.22 calibre riflle on Jackson's property, Llandilo,…

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Injured Girl's 95-Day Coma After Road Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 May 1948 · page 1

WHEN THIS PICTURE OF Mrs. Ann Marie Cox (20), lying on bed, was taken on May 14, she had been 95 days in a sleeping coma following injuries she received in a motor cycle accident on February 8. Doctors at first gave her only 24…

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Injured Girl's 98-Day Coma After Road Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 May 1948 · page 1

WHEN THIS PICTURE OF Mrs. Ann Marie Cox (20), lying on bed, was taken on May 14, she had been 95 days in a sleeping coma following injuries she received in a motor cycle accident on February 8. Doctors at first gave her only 24…

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Strange Accident

The Propeller · Thursday 20 May 1948 · page 2

When Mr. G. E. Bridge, aged 30 years, of Hirst Street, Arncliffe, was driving his car along the Pacific Highway, near…

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Fatal Accident

The Biz · Thursday 20 May 1948 · page 4

Mr. Raymond Thomas Cooper, aged 34 years, of O'Neill Street, was killed, and two men seriously injured in a motor accident at about 6 p.m. last Friday…

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Victim of Train Fatality Identified

Daily Mirror · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 2

LITHGOW, Friday.--The man u who fell from a train at Warrimoo and died in Penrith Hospital on Saturday night, has…

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Lorry, Bus Collide Five Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 3

Five people were injured last night when a two-ton truck collided with a double-decker bus at…

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Canberra No match For St. George Lindwall Scored 19 Points; Root Three Tries. Brilliant Play by Hill. Fahey, McCoy and McCarthy Injured

The St George Call · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 6

Playing with twelve men in the first half, and eleven in the second, St. George first grade team was untroubled in defeating a combined Canberra team by 42 points to 19, at Manuka Oval, Canberra, last Saturday afternoon…

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Our Doctor's Advice Farm Accidents

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 13

AMERICAN health authorities are becoming alarmed at the incidence of accidents among agricultural workers. When…

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Legs Fractured in Car Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 May 1948 · page 5

A car knocked down Charles Wilfred Merrill, 62, of Hilltop Avenue. Hazelbrook, on the main western road. Hazelbrook…

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Inquiry Into Tram Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 May 1948 · page 9

The Minister for Transport, Mr. M. O'Sullivan, said last night that a departmental inquiry would be held into the…

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Russia Refuses Compensation Berlin Air Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 May 1948 · page 3

LONDON, May 21 (A.A.P.).—Russia has rejected Britain's claim for compensation for the loss of British lives…

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War Ace Dies in Accident Was Aiding Jews Staff Correspondent and A.A.P.

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 May 1948 · page 1

LONDON, May 21.—The Canadian war ace, George "Screwball" Beurling, and a former R.A.F. pilot, L. J…

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Man Injured in Grass Fire

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 23 May 1948 · page 5

John Parsons, 60, of Tucks Road, Seven Hills, was severely injured yesterday afternoon while burning off grass…

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Boy Wounded in Pistol Accident

Truth · Sunday 23 May 1948 · page 1

While two youths were examining an automatic pistol which they said they found in Varna Park last night, it exploded and shot one of them through the arm and them passed through a wall of a house and a paling fence in Varna St., Clovelly…

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Hurt in Car Accident

The Sun · Sunday 23 May 1948 · page 28

A youth was seriously injured late last night when struck by a car in Concordroad, Concord…

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Trams In Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 May 1948 · page 2

Several persons were injured, two of them being taken to Sydney Hospital, when two crowded trams…

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