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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

1,853 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 93

Fatal Shooting Accident

The Propeller · Thursday 12 August 1948 · page 1

Last Thursday William Henry Wort, of Westbourne Street, Carlton, accompanied by his wife, his brother, and his brother's wife, went…

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Third Grade Players Injured

The St George Call · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 7

At one stage having three players out of the game with injuries, St. George third grade side was defeated 20 points to two by the undefeated…

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Wild Leap From Soviet Consulate Injured Woman In Hospital Guarded By U.S.A. Police

Daily Mirror · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 1

NEW YORK, Friday.--Mrs. Oksama Stepanova Kosenkina, midde-aged Russian schoolteacher, jumped from the fourth floor of the Soviet Consulate-General yesterday and, guarded by police, is in hospital critically ill. MRS KOSENKINA had…

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Week-end Accidents

The Observer · Friday 13 August 1948 · page 5

Sunday: Kenneth Doyle, 20 years, of 58 Ferguson Ave., Punchbowl suffered a lacerated wound to his left foot, when he stepped on a broken…

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Injured Pulled Clear

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 3

Canterbury ambulance officers had to drag five injured from the'wreckage of two cars which collided in Noble…

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Injured in Smash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 5

KELSALL WILLIAM SUTTLE (26), Dundas St., Coo gee, suffered head injuries and severe lacerations yesterday…

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Injured in Smash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 5

KELSALL WILLIAM SUTTLE (26), Dundas St., Coogee, suffered head injuries and severe lacerations yesterday…

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Girl Badly Injured in Car Crash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 2

On her way home from her 21st birthday celebration last night, Linda Castles. Gloucester Rd.,…

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Boy Injured in Fall at Station

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 5

A youth suffered a fractured right arm last night when he fell between the carriage of a moving electric train and the…

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Girl Badly Injured in Car Crash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 2

On her way home from her 21st birthday celebration last night, Linda Castles. Gloucester Rd.,…

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Girl Badly Injured in Car Crash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 2

On her way home from her 21st birthday celebration last night, Linda Castles, Gloucester Rd.,…

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Girl Badly Injured in Car Crash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 2

On her way home from her 21st birthday celebration last night, Linda Castles, Gloucester Rd.,…

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Risk Money Stoppage Sequel To Accident

Tribune · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 3

A STOPWORK demand for “risk money” for loading wool was as swift sequel to the serious injury of a man struck by a falling bale at…

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More Accidents in Victorian Mines

Tribune · Saturday 14 August 1948 · page 7

MELBOURNE. — Although fewer workers were employed in Victorian mines in 1947 than in any year since 1910 the number of…

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Battered before drowning

The Sun · Sunday 15 August 1948 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Saturday. A MAN whose battered body was found in the Maribyrnong River today…

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Injured in Smash

Truth · Sunday 15 August 1948 · page 2

PRETTY LINDA CASTLE, of Gloucester Rd., Hurstville, faces a long stay in hospital and several…

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Casey injured against East

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 August 1948 · page 23

North Sydney Rugby League front row forward Joe Casey was injured in the match…

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Boy, Aged 10, Injured by Detonator

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 August 1948 · page 2

A gang of boys took a detonator into bush at Hornsby yesterday and stood round while they…

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Injured youth drives off with ambulance

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 August 1948 · page 6

A youth, injured after crashing on an allegedly stolen motor cycle, ran out of a hospital yesterday and drove off in an ambulance…

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Injured youth steals ambulance from hospital

The Sun · Sunday 15 August 1948 · page 1

A YOUTH injured in a traffic accident yesterday stole the ambulance which took him to hospital. The ambulance, which belonged to Western Suburbs…

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