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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Engineer Believed Drowned

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday.-- An engineer, Harry Maddens (45), of Manilla St., East Brisbane, is reported…

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Engineer Believed Drowned

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday.-- An engineer, Harry Maddens (45), of Manilla St., East Brisbane, is reported…

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Engineer Believed Drowned

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday.-- An engineer, Harry Maddens (45), of Manilla St., East Brisbane, is reported…

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Engineer Believed Drowned

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday.-- An engineer, Harry Maddens (45), of Manilla St., East Brisbane, is reported…

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Engineer Believed Drowned

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday.-- An engineer, Harry Maddens (45), of Manilla St., East Brisbane, is reported…

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Police Cyclist in Collision

The Biz · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 1

A police motor cyclist was injured last Thursday when his cycle collided with a motor lorry at the corner of Moore and Northumberland Streets, Liverpool. He…

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[?]Cyclist Badly Hurt in Collision

The Biz · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 2

[?]Henry Parry [?]13[?], of Badham [?]Merrylands was seriously injur[?]1.15 p.m., on Tuesday, when a [?]ded with his bicycle in…

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Motor Cycle Crash. Two Persons Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 1

Two persons were injured when a motor cyclist, travelling at about seventy miles and hour, hit the handle-bar of another motor…

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Stop Press Nine Killed, 45 Hurt in Train Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 16

PARENT (Quebec). Thursday,-- Nine persons were killed and 45 injured when two passenger trains collided near Parent, It is feared…

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Stop Press Nine Killed, 45 Kurt in Train Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 16

PARENT (Quebec), Thursday.-- Nine persons were killed and 45 injured when two passenger trains collided near parent. It is fenred…

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War Souvenir Fatality

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

NEW YORK, Friday.-- Anthony J. Drexel, third scion or one of the most famous banking families, accidentally killed himself on Wednesday night. HE was examining a war souvenir Leuger pistol at his…

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War Souvenir Fatality

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

NEW YORK, Friday.-- Anthony J. Drexel, third scion of one of the most famous banking families, accidentally killed himself on-Wednesday night. HE was examining a war souvenir Leuger pistol at his…

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Stop Press Critically Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 12

Harold Mandsay (16),Judd St., Banksia, was critically injured to day when a heavy truck knocked him down in Gannon St., Tempe…

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Baby Accidentally Smothered in Bed

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

AT Liverpool Coroner's Court today a young mother, Vera Ivonia Quimby, of Moorebank, said that the possible cause of…

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Baby Accidentally Smothered in Bed

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

AT Liverpool Coroner's Court today a young mother, Vera Ivonia Quimby, of Moorebank, said that the possible cause of…

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Baby Accidentally Smothered in Bed

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

AT Liverpool coroner's Court today a young mother, Vera Ivonia Quimby, of Moorebank, said that the possible cause of…

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Baby Accidentally Smothered in Bed

Daily Mirror · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

AT Liverpool Coroner's Court today a young mother, Vera Ivonia Quimby, of Moorebank, said that the possible cause of…

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3 Injured in Race Smash

Truth · Sunday 18 January 1948 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday. —Three jockeys were injured when their mounts crashed during the…

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Four Hurt in Cycle Accidents

Truth · Sunday 18 January 1948 · page 2

Four persons were injured, two of them seriously, in motor cycle accidents yesterday afternoon…

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Fall, Accident

Truth · Sunday 18 January 1948 · page 13

An inquiry was held into the cause of apprentice J. Waterhouse being dislodged from his mount, Luculia, in…

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