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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

2,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 115

Three Youths Hurt in Cycle Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 12

THREE youths were injured last night in a collision between two bicycles and a motor cycle at the corner of George's…

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Three Youths Hurt in Cycle Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 12

THREE youths were injured last night in a collision between two bicycles and a motor cycle at the corner of George's…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

Three Youths Hurt in Cycle Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 12

THREE youths were injured last night in a collision between two bicycles and a motor cycle at the corner of George's…

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Three Youths Hurt in Cycle Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 12

THREE youths were injured last night in a collision between two bicycles and a motor cycle at the corner of George's…

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news in Brief Drowned After Dive

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 4

Grafton, Tuesday.-- George Vincent Tobin (17), railway…

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Firemen injured by burning plastic

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 3

Two firemen were burned by blazing plastic while fighting a fire which caused minor damage in a plastic factory…

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Sick Driver in Accident

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 February 1949 · page 3

Surrendering to the Traffic Court the driving licence of a war veteran charged with dangerous…

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Girl Injured On Bicycle

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 4

An eight-years-old girl was injured at Lewisham yesterday when a truck struck the bicycle on which she was…

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Widow of Dr. Hurt in Car Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday. --Mrs. Jessica Bruce-Smith (48), Margaret St., Toowoomba, widow of the late…

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Widow of Dr. Hurt in Car Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday. --Mrs. Jessica Bruce-Smith (48), Margaret St., Toowoomba, widow of the late…

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Widow of Dr. Hurt in Car Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday. --Mrs. Jessica Bruce-Smith (48), Margaret St., Toowoomba, widow of the late…

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Widow of Dr. Hurt in Car Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday. -- Mrs. Jessica Bruce-Smith (48), Margaret St., Toowoomba, widow of the late Dr…

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Little Boy Drowned

The Propeller · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 3

While bathing last Sunday in a private tiled swimming pool in the grounds of a house next door to his home in Vista…

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Man, 25, Injured by Circular Saw

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 12

A 25-years-old wood machinist had two fingers of his right hand severed last night in a factory at Botany…

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Wharfie Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 12

RICHARD MEALING (42), wharf laborer, Campbell St., Paddington, suffered injuries to the neck when struck…

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Wharfie Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 12

RICHARD MEALING (42), wharf laborer, Campbell St., Paddington, suffered in juries to the neck when struck…

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Wharfie Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 12

RICHARD MEALING (42), wharf laborer, Campbell St., Paddington, suffered injuries to the neck when struck…

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Gunkel Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 8

Ray Gunkel has withdrawn from his wrestling bout with George Pencheff at Leichhardt Stadium to-morrow night because…

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Wharfie Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 12

RICHARD MEALING (42), wharf laborer, Campbell St., Padding ton, suffered injuries to. the neck when struck…

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Man Badly Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 1

JOHN STEWART (about 28), of 43 Chaleyer St., North Bondi, suffered a fractured skull and other injuries in King…

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