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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

1,853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 52 of 93

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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Injured M.h.r. Still Critical

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 July 1948 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The condition of Mr. Rowley James, M.H.R. for Hunter, who was injured in a road accident…

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Avalanche Injured Now Doubtful Cup Starter

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 July 1948 · page 15

Avalanche, one of the fancied candidates for next Saturday's S.T.C. Cup (1[?]m.), is a doubtful starter. Avalanche strained a muscle in his…

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Injured M.h.r. Still Critical

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 July 1948 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The condition of Mr. Rowley James, M.H.R. for Hunter, who was injured in a road accident…

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Injured M.h.r. Still Critical

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 July 1948 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The condition of Mr. Rowley James, M.H.R. for Hunter, who was injured in a road accident…

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Injured M.h.r. Still Critical

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 July 1948 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The condition of Mr. Rowley James, M.H.R. for Hunter, who was injured in a road accident…

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Injured M.h.r. Still Critical

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 27 July 1948 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--The condition of Mr. Rowley James, M.H.R. for Hunter, who was injured in a road accident…

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Strange Road Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 July 1948 · page 3

When an old man walked across Canterbury Road near Canterbury Hospital about 5 p.m. yesterday this happened:…

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Driver Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 July 1948 · page 5

WRECKED TRAM cabin after a triple collision in Cleveland St. this afternoon. The tram driver, Richard Nelson…

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Driver Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 28 July 1948 · page 5

WRECKED TRAM cabin after a triple collision in Cleveland St. this afternoon. The tram driver, Richard Nelson…

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Wright Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 19

LONDON, Wednesday (A.A.P.).--England Test bowler Douglas Wright has chipped a bone in the third finger of his…

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Police in serious collision

The Sun · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 2

Two police constables and a one legged returned soldier were seriously injured when…

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Four Hurt in Tram Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 6

Four men were slightly injured when two trams collided at the corner of Anzac Parade and…

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Two Trams Collide Five Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 1

Five people were injured in a collision between, two trams at the junction of Anzac Parade and Cleveland Street…

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Injured M.H.R. 'Slightly Better'

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.--Doctors at Newcastle Hospital said tonight that the condition of Mr. Rowley James, M.H.R.,…

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600 PERISH, 2500 Injured in Factory Blast Big Works Wrecked

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 1

FRANKFURT, Thursday. -- A shattering explosion, which wrecked the I. G. Farben chemical industries factory at Ludwigshafen yesterday, killed at…

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600 PERISH, 2500 Injured in Factory Blast Big Works Destroyed

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 1

FRANKFURT, Thursday. -- A shattering explosion, which wrecked the I. G. Farben chemical industries Factory at Ludwigshafen yesterday, killed at…

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Hundreds Die, 2500 Injured in Factory Blast Big Works Destroyed

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 1

FRANKFURT, Thursday. -- A shattering explosion, which wrecked the I. G. Farben chemical industries factory at Ludwigshafen yesterday, killed be…

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Hundreds Die, 2500 Injured in Factory Blast Big Works Destroyed

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 1

FRANKFURT, Thursday. -- A shattering explosion, which wrecked the I. G. Farben chemical industries factory at Ludwigshafen yesterday, killed be…

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600 PERISH, 2500 Injured in Factory Blast Big Works Destroyed

Daily Mirror · Thursday 29 July 1948 · page 1

FRANKFURT, Thursday. -- A shattering explosion, which wrecked the Is G. Farben chemical industries factory at Ludwigshafen yesterday, killed at…

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