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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

1,853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 93

Cyclist Who Aided Injured Man Sought

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 3

DET. DALLAS, of Paddington, is anxious to interview the rider of a cycle involved in an accident in which Paul Shaw,…

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Cyclist Who Aided Injured Man Sought

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 3

DET. DALLAS, of Paddington, is anxious to interview the rider of a cycle involved in an accident in which Paul Shaw…

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Death Accidental

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 3

AT Liverpool Court this morning, the Coroner (Mr. J. H. Wright) found that Robert Leslie Casey (14), of Melville Ave.,…

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Death Accidental

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 2

AT Liverpool Court this morning, the Coroner (Mr. J. H. Wright) found that Robert Leslie Casey (14), of Melville Ave.,…

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Death Accidental

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 3

AT Liverpool Court this morning, the Coroner (Mr. J. H. Wright) found that Robert Leslie Casey (14), of Melville Ave.,…

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Death Accidental

Daily Mirror · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 3

AT Liverpool Court this morning, the Coroner (Mr. J. H. Wright) found that Robert Leslie Casey (14), of Melville Ave.,…

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Breasley Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- A. Breasley, who dismounted from Siren Song after reaching the post in the first…

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Breasley Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- A. Breasley, who dismounted from Siren Song after reaching the post in the first…

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Drowned While Helping Nieces

The Sun · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- A woman who rushed into the sea to help her two nieces got into difficulties and was…

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A. Breasley injured in race scrimmage

The Sun · Saturday 10 January 1948 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Jockey A. ("Scobie") Breasley was hurt in a race scrimmage and had to be assisted to the weighing enclosure after the First Alfred Handicap at Moonee Valley today…

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Veteran Hoop in Collision

Truth · Sunday 11 January 1948 · page 21

ADELAIDE, Saturday. — Veteran Adelaide hoop, R. (Mick) Medhurst, is unlikely to ride agam for many…

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Boy King Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 8

GENEVA, Monday. -- King Feisal (12), of Irak, fell and broke his leg while skiing at Villars (Switzerland) yesterday…

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Boy King Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 8

GENEVA, Monday. -- King Feisal (12), of Irak, fell and broke his leg while skiing at Villars (Switzerland) yesterday…

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Boy King Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 3

GENEVA, Monday. -- King Feisal (12), of Irak, fell and broke his leg while skiing at Miliars (Switzerland) yesterday…

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Boy King Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 8

GENEVA, Monday. -- King Feisal (12), of Irak, fell and broke his leg while skiing at Villars (Switzerland) yesterday…

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Boy King Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 8

GENEVA, Monday. -- King Feisal (12), of Irak, fell and broke his leg while skiing at Villars (Switzerland) yesterday…

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Boy Injured in Fall on Beach

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 7

Sidney Stuart, 14. of Miles Street, Surry Hills, was injured about 12.30 p.m. yesterday, when he fell 10 feet from the…

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Injured in Smash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 2

LAUNCESTON, Wednesday.-- Slight improvement is reported in the condition of John Lyle Petrie (14). Burwood…

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Boy Cyclist Badly Hurt in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 5

Keith Henry Parry, 13, of Badham Street, Merrylands, was seriously injured about 1.15 p.m. yesterday when a car…

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Man Injured On Western Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 4

A young man was injured when he was struck by a car on the Western Highway, Pendle Hill, last week…

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