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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

2,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 115

Will sell £70,000 home where grandson drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 February 1949 · page 3

Invergowrie, a 1463-acre, luxury farm in the Southern Highlands, and one of the most valuable properties of its size in New South Wales, will be…

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Two Sisters Drowned In River

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 1

Two sisters from Goulburn were drowned in the Murrumbidgee River, near Yass, on Saturday…

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Three Killed in Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 4

Three persons were killed and nine injured in weekend road accidents. Those killed were: Clarence Clayton ("Chady") Snape, 36, hairdresser, of Hope…

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30 Were Killed, 70 Hurt in This Railway Accident

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 3

At least 30 persons died and 70 were injured when, the Madrid-Barcelona express plunged over a 120ft…

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Warragamba Fatality: Water Board Criticised

Tribune · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 3

DEATH of a workman at Warragamba dam has led to strong demands by the dam workers for an inquiry into charges that the Water…

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Couple Injured in Car, Bicycle Crash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 6

JAMES DUNN (26), and his wife, Jean (21), of Governor Rd., Mascot, were injured, when the bicycle they were…

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Couple Injured in Car, Bicycle Crash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 6

JAMES DUNN (26), and his wife, Jean (21), of Governor Rd., Mascot, were injured, when the bicycle they were…

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Couple Injured in Car, Bicycle Crash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 6

JAMES DUNN (26), and his wife, Jean (21), of Governor Rd., Mascot, were injured, when the bicycle they were…

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Couple Injured in Car, Bicycle Crash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 6

JAMES DUNN (26), and his wife, Jean (21), of Governor Rd., Mascot, were injured, when the bicycle they were…

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Couple Injured in Car, Bicycle Crash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 6

JAMES DUNN (26), and his wife, Jean (21), of Governor Rd., Mascot, were injured, when the bicycle they were…

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Couple Injured in Car, Bicycle Crash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 6

JAMES DUNN (26), and his wife, Jean (21), of Governor Rd., Mascot, were injured, when the bicycle they were…

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Couple Injured in Car, Bicycle Crash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 6

JAMES DUNN (26), and his wife, Jean (21), of Governor Rd., Mascot, were injured, when the bicycle they were…

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Accident When Cyclists Raced Young Men Fined

Nepean Times · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 7

Two young men, Norman W. Smith and Frank Fitton, pleaded guilty, at Penrith Court on Monday, to a charge of riding motor cycles on Mulgoa Rd.,…

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Man Killed In Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 4

Frank Aldridge, of Spencer Road, Killara, was killed yesterday when a car collided with a cement lorry at the intersection…

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Onlooker Of Brawl Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 5

An innocent observer of an altercation between two men was critically injured in the bar of the…

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Onlooker Of Brawl Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 6

An innocent observer of an altercation between two men was critically injured in the bar of the…

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Onlooker Of Brawl Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 7

An innocent observer of an altercation between two men was critically injured in the bar of the…

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Onlooker Of Brawl Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 5

An innocent observer of an altercation between two men was critically injured in the bar of the…

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Onlooker Of Brawl Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 5

An innocent observer of an altercation between two men was critically injured in the bar of the…

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Onlooker Of Brawl Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 7

An innocent observer of an altercation between two men was critically in juried in the bar of the…

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