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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

1,853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 93

Trams In Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 May 1948 · page 2

A number of persons were injured, three of them being taken to Sydney Hospital, when two…

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Drowning boy saved by woman

The Sun · Monday 24 May 1948 · page 1

Prompt action by a 35-year-old woman today saved a three-year old boy from drowning…

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Medical Test for Injured Hooker

The Sun · Monday 24 May 1948 · page 16

Kiwi hooker, B. Aynsley, who suffered a shoulder injury at Wollongong yesterday, is doubtful for the first Rugby…

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Two Dead in Accidents Eight Injured; Taxi Runs Off Road Into Lake

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 May 1948 · page 7

Two people were killed and eight injured in weekend accidents. Two taxi-drivers were injured, one critically, when a taxi ran off Wakehurst…

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Two Kiwis Injured Easy Defeat Of Country

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 24 May 1948 · page 12

WOLLONGONG, Sunday. -- Two likely Test, players in the New Zealand Kiwi Rugby League team were injured in a match against Combined…

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Referendum Rallies in Two Parks Hecklers Drowned By Loud-speakers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 May 1948 · page 3

Referendum rallies were held in the Domain and at Fivedock Park yesterday and speakers urging "yes" and "no" votes next Saturday were both received with, light-hearted banter…

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One Death In N.S.W. Road Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 24 May 1948 · page 1

One man was killed and at least four others injured in N.S.W. in road accidents at the week-end…

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Killed in Motor Cycle Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 May 1948 · page 3

THE pillion passenger was A killed and the rider seriously injured, when a motor cycle crashed through a fence…

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Killed in Motor Cycle Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 May 1948 · page 3

THE pillion passenger was killed and the rider seriously injured, when a motor cycle crashed through a fence…

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Killed in Motor Cycle Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 24 May 1948 · page 4

THE pillion passenger was killed and the rider seriously injured, when a motor cycle crashed through a fence…

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Injured Boxer. Dies

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 May 1948 · page 8

AUCKLAND, Tuesday (A.A.P.-Reuter). —Hawaiian Canadian professional boxer Joe Burns, who-was injured in a bout…

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Coroner's Censure Injured Youth Was Moved

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 May 1948 · page 4

PERTH, Tuesday.— The Perth City Coroner to-day criticised onlookers who moved a youth 40 yards after…

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Boy Dies After Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 26 May 1948 · page 3

Dudley Jones, 16, of Murriverie Road, North Bondi, died in St. Vincent's Hospital last night after he had been knocked…

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Gas Leak Fatality

Daily Mirror · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- Mrs. Anne Davis (48), East Melbourne, was found dead by her landlady at 7 a.m. today…

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Man's Neck Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 1

Edgar Douglas Dunk, aged 46 years, of Croydon Road, Hurstville, is believed to have injured his heck when he fell at the…

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Collision in Harbour Ferry, Freighter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 1

The ferry Lady Denman and a merchant ship collided last night in the harbour near Garden Island…

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Rock fisherman hit by big wave--drowned

The Sun · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 1

John Drieer Schroder, 36, tram guard, Maroubra-road, Maroubra, was drowned early today when he was washed from the rocks at Little Bay, near Prince Henry Hospital, by a big sea. When Schrader--an ama…

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Penrith Court (Before Mr. A. E. Stonham, S.m.) Monday, May 17. Case Arising from Accident

Nepean Times · Thursday 27 May 1948 · page 6

Gustav N. Klein pleaded not guilty to a charge that when driving a lorry on Western Road, Emu Plains, on December 25 he did not keep as near as…

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Inquest on Drowning

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 2

The City Coroner (Mr. M. J. Austin, S.M.), today returned an open finding at the inquest on John…

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Inquest on Drowning

Daily Mirror · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 2

The City Coroner (Mr. M. J. Austin, S.M.), today returned an open finding at the inquest on John…

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