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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

1,853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 48 of 93

Car Race Fatality

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 4

SPA (Belgium), Monday. -- Richard Stallbrass (26), of London, was killed when he failed to negotiate a bend at 90…

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Car Race Fatality

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 4

SPA (Belgium), Monday.-- Richard Stallbrass (26), of London, was killed when he failed to negotiate a bend at 90…

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Car Race Fatality

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 4

SPA (Belgium), Monday.-- Richard Stallbrass (26), of London, was killed when he failed to negotiate a bend at 90…

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Car Race Fatality

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 4

SPA (Belgium), Monday-- Richard Stallbrass (26), of London, was killed when he failed to negotiate a bend at 90…

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Injured Test Player Carried From Field

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 1

AUSTRALIAN opening batsman Sid Barnes being carried from the field at Old Trafford, Manchester, after he…

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Two Die in Accidents Man And Child

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 4

Road accidents caused two deaths at the week-end. Leonard Basil Waugh, 17, of Tindra, North Coast, died in the…

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Fewer accidents this year

The Sun · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 3

Although there were more vehicles, road accidents in the first four months of the year were 39 fewer than in…

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No Accidents on Tramless

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 July 1948 · page 7

Yesterday was the first Sunday free of accidents in Sydney this year. A Traffic Department official said he believed…

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Two Men Hurt in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 3

Two men were seriously injured when a car in which they were travelling collided with a bus in Parramatta Road, Auburn,…

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Injured League Stars Fit

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 13 July 1948 · page 15

St. George's five injured Rugby League stars will be fit for Saturday's…

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Killed in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 1

ARMIDALE, Wednesday. -- Neville Heathfield (18), of Herbert Park, Armidale, was killed this morning while…

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5 Die in Ship Collision

The Sun · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 6

LONDON, Wednesday.--Five women were drowned and eight women and one man injured in a boat collision near…

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Tramways Worry Accidents And Indiscipline

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 July 1948 · page 2

Responsible officers of the Road Transport Department were perturbed at the large number of tram accidents, a…

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Doctor Injured in Crash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 1

Dr. William Walton, of Woollahra, was severely injured when a taxi in which he was travelling crashed into an electric light…

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Dr. Badly Injured In Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 3

A doctor was [?]riicaily injured when was car crashed into a [?]rault pole in Eagecariff [?]o[?]…

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Dr. Badly Injured In Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 3

A doctor was critically injured when his car crashed into a telegraph pole in Edgecliff Road,…

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Stop Press Woman Injured in Cap-lorry Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 16

Lithgow, Thursday.-- A Sydney woman suffered injuries to her spine when a car and a cement lorry were involved in a smash at Blackman's…

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Stop Press Crafton Races Crafton Cup Coalition Brekko Gold Valley Injured by Deer

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 16

A deer jumping out of the bush on to a road in National Park in front of a motor cycle caused hand injuries which disabled a man for work…

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Danish Queen in Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 3

COPENHAGEN, July 14 (A.A.P.).—Queen Ingrid of Denmark and two of her three young daughters received minor injuries…

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Deer Causes Motor Cycle Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 July 1948 · page 2

A DEER jumping out of the bush on to a road in National Park in front of a motor cycle caused hand…

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