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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

1,853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 93

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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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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Man Washed Off Rocks, Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 May 1948 · page 4

A man was drowned yesterday after two big waves washed him off rocks near Little Bay. The man was John…

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Injured Boy Dies

The Sun · Saturday 29 May 1948 · page 2

Robert Brown, 16, of Cliff-street, Coledale, who was injured when he fell from a train in Clifton tunnel last…

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Ordeal in Tunnel Boy Critically Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 29 May 1948 · page 1

A 16-year-old boy remained conscious yesterday after he had fallen from a train and two…

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Boy injured by car at Manly

The Sun · Saturday 29 May 1948 · page 3

While his father was voting at Manly Public School today, John Rose, 9, of Addison-road, Manly, was struck…

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Two Crash in Flying: Puffham Breaks Leg, Jockeys Injured

The Sun · Saturday 29 May 1948 · page 12

Two horses fell in a sensational finish to today's Canterbury Flying Handicap, won by Star Vite (11 to 2) by half a head from the dead-heaters Glencrag and Mirrigen…

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Injured in Car Smash

The Sun · Sunday 30 May 1948 · page 3

Samuel Brett, of Forbes-street, East Sydney, escaped with abrasions and shock when he was pinned beneath a jeep which overturned at the corner of Nelson and Queen streets, Woollahra, last night…

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Puffham Injured, Destroyed Rider Moore also hurt in race fall

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 30 May 1948 · page 9

Puffham, who fell in the Flying Handicap at Canterbury yesterday, broke a leg and had to be destroyed. His rider, George Moore, while on the…

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Barmaid Found Drowned in Bath

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

A 34-year-old barmaid was found drowned in her bath at Coogee early yesterday morning. She was Gwenneth…

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Flood horror in US; many drowned

The Sun · Monday 31 May 1948 · page 1

VANCOUVER, Sunday.-- Many perished today in a flood disaster in Vantown, Oregon (population 19,000). Walls of water like ocean breakers burst into the town,…

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Injured horse in gutter

The Sun · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 3

A horse lay for nearly three hours in a gutter in Bligh-street, City, after a tram had crashed…

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Injured Horse Has Long Wait

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 2

A badly injured horse lay on the roadway in Bligh St., City, this morning from 9.30 until 12.45. B.S.P.C.A. officials received…

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Injured Horse Has Long Wait

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 2

A badly injured horse lay on the roadway in Bligh St., City, this morning from 9.30 until 12.45. B.S.P.C.A. officials received…

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Injured Horse Has Long Wait

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 2

A badly injured horse lay on the roadway in Bligh St., City, this morning from 9.30 until 12.45. B.S.P.C.A. officials received…

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Horse Hurt in Street Injured Horse Has Long Wait

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 2

A badly injured horse lay on the roadway in Bligh St., City, this morning from 9.30 until 12.45. R.S.P.C.A. officials received…

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Injured Horse Lies on Road Three-Hour Wait For Aid Many Calls to R.S.P.C.A.

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 2

A BADLY injured horse lay on the roadway in Bligh Street, City, this morning from 9.30 to 12.45. R.S.P.C.A. officials received more…

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Fall in Flying Accidental

The Sun · Wednesday 2 June 1948 · page 16

The AJC stewards today concluded their inquiry into the fall of Puffham (G. Moore) and Granite (D…

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Man Injured By Train

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 June 1948 · page 5

Norman Etherington, 27, of Gladstone Street, Marrickville, was seriously injured last night when struck by a train at…

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