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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

2,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 115

Girl, 15, Boy, 9, Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 1

A boy aged nine and a girl aged 15 were drowned yesterday…

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Truck Fatality. Former Cabramatta Man Dies

The Biz · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 5

As a result of injuries received when he was struck by a motor lorry whilst crossing a J[?]oad from his own truck towards a timber yard last Thursday, Mr…

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Boy and Girl Drowned Bodies Found

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 1

A boy and a girl were drowned while swimming yesterday. John Thomas O'Brien, 9, of…

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Taxi, Lorry Collide; Two Men Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 12

WHEN a taxi cab and a motor lorry came into collision at the corner of Goulburn and George Sts., City, last night, the…

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Taxi, Lorry Collide; Two Men Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 12

WHEN a taxi cab and a motor lorry came into collision at the corner of Goulburn and George Sts., City, last night, the…

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Taxi, Lorry Collide; Two Men Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 5

WHEN a taxi cab and a motor lorry came into collision at the corner of Goulburn and George Sts., City, last night, the…

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Taxi, Lorry Collide; Two Men Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 12

WHEN a taxi cab and a motor lorry came into collision at the corner of Goulburn and George Sts., City, last night, the…

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Taxi, Lorry Collide; Two Men Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 12

WHEN a taxi cab and a motor lorry came into collision at the corner of Goulburn and George Sts., City, last night, the…

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Taxi, Lorry Collide; Two Men Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 12

WHEN a taxi cab and a motor lorry came into collision at the corner of Goulburn and George Sts., City, last night, the…

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Taxi, Lorry Collide; Two Men Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 5

WHEN a taxi cab and a motor lorry came into collision at the corner of Goulburn and George Sts., City, last night, the…

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Taxi, Lorry Collide; Two Men Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 5

WHEN a taxi cab and a motor lorry came into collision at the corner of Goulburn and George Sts., City, last night, the…

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Taxi, Lorry Collide; Two Men Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 12

WHEN a taxi cab and a, motor lorry came into collision at the corner of Goulburn and George Sts., City, last night, the…

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Fatal Motor Collision Man Killed at Warwick Farm

The Biz · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 8

One man was killed an another seriously injured when a motor lorry and utility truck collided on the Hume Highway near Warwick Fa[?]m last Friday…

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Shooting Accident. Necessitates Amputation

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 1

Out shooting rabbits in Moody's paddock, Orchard Hills, with others, on Saturday afternoon, Norman Burton (34), of Mona Street, Auburn, was…

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Central Figure In Dispute Was In Three Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday.—The central figure in the dispute which threatens to halt steel production is Thomas McAdam Tripney, 24, of…

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Accident at Cronulla

The Propeller · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 1

On Friday evening last Robert John Simmons, aged 53 years, of Seaforth Avenue, Cronulla, suffered a compound…

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Accident Victim Asleep Two Years

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 4

NEW YORK, Thursday.--A 32-years-old hospital patient at Framingham, Massachusetts, is starting his third year of a life that is like death. He has been unconscious since a motor accident just over two years ago…

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Pits Strike Over Loco Man Driver Involved In Accidents Limits to Certificate

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 2

MINERS at Lambton, John Darling and Burwood Pits are en strike because of the refusal of the State Mines Department to grant an upconditional…

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Accident Victim Asleep Two Years

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 10

NEW YORK, Thursday.--A 32-years-old hospital patient at Framingham, Massachusetts, is starting his third year of a life that is like death. He has been unconscious since a motor accident just over two years ago…

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Accident Victim Asleep Two Years

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 10

NEW YORK, Thursday.--A 32-years-old hospital patient at Framingham, Massachusetts, is starting his third year of a life that is like death. He has been unconscious since a motor accident just oyer two years ago…

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