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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

1,853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 93

Planes in danger of collision

The Sun · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 2

Pilot of a Qantas Lancastrian airliner "stood the plane on its tail" over the Kingsford Smith Airport…

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Condition of Injured Doctor

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 5

CONDITION of Dr. William Basil Walton (41), Victoria Rd., Bellevue Hill, who was critically injured when his car…

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Condition of Injured Doctor

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 3

CONDITION of Dr. William Basil Walton (41), Victoria Rd., Bellevue Hill, who was critically injured when his car…

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Condition of Injured Doctor

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 3

CONDITION of Dr. William Basil Walton (41), Victoria Rd., Bellevue Hill, who was critically injured when his car…

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Condition of Injured Doctor

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 5

CONDITION of Dr. William Basil Walton (41), Victoria Rd., Bellevue Hill, who was critically injured when his car…

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Condition of Injured Doctor

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 3

CONDITION of Dr. William Basil Walton (41), Victoria Rd, Bellevue Hill, who was critically injured when his car…

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Condition of Injured Doctor

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 5

CONDITION of Dr. William Basil Walton (41), Victoria Rd., Bellevue Hill, who was critically injured when his car…

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Injured Man Gets Deer Compensation

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 9

Judge Lamond yesterday awarded an engineer £26 for injuries suffered when a deer collided with a motor cycle. He is Douglas Scott, 23,…

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Road Accidents Caused By Coal Strikes

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 11

PUBLIC Irritation over the failure to solve major Industrial problem, allied with John Cltizeus in remaining…

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Animal Accidents

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 July 1948 · page 8

A 6-yr,-old mare at Tullamarine (Vic,) fell down a 20-ft, well and become stud in an iron tank at the bottom. A 3-ton mobile orane was…

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Jockey Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 July 1948 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Saturday Jockey R. Barry was milted to hospital with a tured skull and brain in…

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Two Airliners Near Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 July 1948 · page 5

Confusion over Air Traffic Control instructions nearly caused an air collision over the centre of Mascot aerodrome yesterday…

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Centre Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 July 1948 · page 10

FRANK MURPHY, of Eastern Suburbs Rugby League third grade side, was carried off the field after a collision…

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Centre Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 July 1948 · page 8

FRANK MURPHY, of Eastern Suburbs Rugby League third grade side, was carried off the field after a collision…

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Nurse Badly Injured When Struck by Car

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 July 1948 · page 3

MRS. AMY DUNNE (55), nurse, Miller St., North Sydney, suffered a fractured right leg, fractured right elbow,…

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Nurse Badly Injured When Struck by Car

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 July 1948 · page 3

MRS. AMY DUNNE (55), nurse, Miller St., North Sydney, suffered a fractured right, leg, fractured right, elbow,…

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Nurse Badly Injured When Struck by Car

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 July 1948 · page 4

MRS. AMY DUNNE (55)', nurse, Miller St., North Sydney, suffered a fractured right leg, fractured right elbow…

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Nurse Badly Injured When Struck by Car

Daily Mirror · Saturday 17 July 1948 · page 3

MRS. AMY DUNNE (55), nurse, Miller St., North Sydney, suffered a fractured right leg, fractured right elbow,…

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Forwards injured at Redfern

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 18 July 1948 · page 23

Prominent forwards Jim Thomson (Balmain) and Bill Collins (South Sydney) were badly injured during the Rugby League match at…

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Linesman Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 July 1948 · page 3

ALFRED MIGLE (42), linesman, Waterloo St., Surry Hills, suffered a compound fracture of the left leg when…

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