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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

1,853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 93

St. Marys Fatal Accident at Mine

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 5

Kenneth Malcolm Campbell, son of Mr. Kenneth Campbell, or Helena St., Auburn, formerly of St. Marys, nephew of Mrs. J. Maxwell, of Gidfey…

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Trams Delayed by Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 July 1948 · page 3

A collision between two cars at the intersection of William, Boomerang, and Yurong Streets, city, early last night held up…

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Doctor Injured in Smash Improving

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 2

DR. WILLIAM BASIL WALTON (41), Victoria Rd., Bellevue Hill, who received a fractured skull and internal…

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Doctor Injured in Smash Improving

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 4

DR. WILLIAM BASIL WALTON (41), Victoria Rd., Bellevue Hill, who received a fractured skull and internal…

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Doctor Injured in Smash Improving

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 2

DR. WILLIAM BASIL WALTON (41), Victoria Rd., Bellevue Hill, who received a fractured skull and internal…

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Doctor Injured in Smash Improving

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 4

DR. WILLIAM BASIL WALTON (41). Victoria Rd., Rellevue Hill, who received a fractured skull and internal…

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Doctor Injured in Smash Improving

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 4

DR. WILLIAM BASIL WALTON (41), Victoria Rd., Bellevue Hill, who received a fractured skull and internal…

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Wild Chase on Roofs Police Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 1

Two defectives were injured by falls at about 2 o'clock this morning during a chase with revolvers drawn over rooftops…

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Injured M.H.R. is. semi- conscious

The Sun · Friday 23 July 1948 · page 2

NEWCASTLE. Friday.-- Condition of Mr. Rowley James, MHR, who was injured in a car crash at Wyong…

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Airline Director Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 July 1948 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--A director of Asian Airlines, Limited, was drowned…

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Baseman Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 24 July 1948 · page 8

W. McColl, Canterbury-Bankstown second graders' third baseman, was hit in the right eye by a rising ball in the match against Peters[?]am at…

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Other Bable Items Road 'Ghost' Blamed Phantom Causes Accidents Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 July 1948 · page 3

LONDON, July 23.—Motorists blame a phantom horse-woman, dressed in a flowing white gown and with green…

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Airman dies, jeep accident

The Sun · Saturday 24 July 1948 · page 1

LAC Walter Alan Stairmand, 20, of the RAAF, died in Yaralla Repatriation Hospital at 11.45 pm yesterday,…

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Two drivers injured by own motors

The Sun · Sunday 25 July 1948 · page 1

TWO motorists were injured by their own vehicle in unusual accidents last night…

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Arrived Saturday, Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 July 1948 · page 4

AN elderly Scotsman who arrived in Australia in the Bulolo on Saturday was seriously injured by a motor cycle…

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Anxiety For Injured M.H.R.

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 July 1948 · page 7

Doctors attending Mr. Rowley James, M.H.R., at Newcastle Hospital, are seriously concerned at the condition of his heart…

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Scotsman Injured on First Day Out

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 26 July 1948 · page 1

Twenty-four hours after arriving in Australia, a 78-year-old Scotsman was seriously injured in a road accident. The Scotsman, John…

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Injured M.H.R. "slightly better"

The Sun · Monday 26 July 1948 · page 2

Latest reports of the condition of Mr. Rowley James, MHR, who was hurt in a car crash on Wednesday, are…

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Four Killed in Accidents

Daily Mirror · Monday 26 July 1948 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Monday. --Detectives have been told that Alfred Johnson (58), of Newcastle, who…

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Tram Man Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 July 1948 · page 2

JOHN ALFRED HALES (38), tram conductor, Curlewis St., Bondi, received cuts to his back and both legs when he…

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