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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

2,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 115

GIRL (2½) Drowned in Lagoon Frantic Dives Made By Mother Young Mate Gave Alarm

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 2

SOBBING hysterically, two fully-clothed women today dived into water about 10 feet deep to search for a 2½-years-old girl, the daughter of one…

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Death stab termed "an accident"

The Sun · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 2

Pleading not guilty to a charge, of murdering his rival, Eugene John Cleary, 46, plumber, of Bega,…

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Drowned in Lagoon Child's Body Recovered

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 5

Helen Gwenda Dalberg, 2½ was drowned yesterday in North Manly Lagoon, 150 yards from her home in Palm…

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Women Injured in Fall on Payement

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 5

A WOMAN visitor to Sydney from Melbourne was critically injured last night when she collapsed and struck her…

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Woman Injured in Fall on Pavement

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 5

A WOMAN visitor to Sydney from Melbourne was critically injured last night when she collapsed and struck her…

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Woman Injured in Fall on Pavement

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 5

A WOMAN visitor to Sydney from Melbourne was critically injured last night when she collapsed and struck her…

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Woman Injured in Fall on Pavement

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 10

A WOMAN visitor to Sydney from Melbourne was critically injured last night when she collapsed and struck her…

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Two Injured in Smash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 5

Two men were injured early last night when a car ran off Harbord Road, Harbord, and crashed head-on into an electric…

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Tram, Taxi, Van, Car In Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 4

A collision on Edgecliff Road, Woollahra, late yesterday afternoon involved a tram, taxi, furniture van, and car…

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Injured Mare Saved for Stud

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Portolitha, who broke down before the winning post was reached in the Leonard Stakes,…

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Injured Mare Saved for Stud

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Portolitha, who broke down before the winning post was reached in the Leonard Stakes…

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Stop Press Horse Trainer Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 March 1949 · page 12

Thrown from a horse during track gallops at Victoria Park early today, James Maxwell (56), trainer, Ascot St. Kensington received head…

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Crashed speedway car cut from injured driver's body

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 20 March 1949 · page 3

Speedway officials, police, and ambulance attendants had to cut the body of a car away from a driver injured in a crash at the Showground last night…

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Two Injured in Bridge Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 6

TWO people were injured when a car and a motorcycle were involved in a collision at the Spit Bridge…

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Collision Inquiry

The Sun · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 8

The Maritime Services Board will conduct an inquiry into the collision last night between the motor ferry…

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Baby Found Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 5

YOUNG, Monday.--Murray Ryan (2), son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ryan, who had wandered from his home, was…

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Baby Found Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 2

YOUNG, Monday.--Murray x Ryan (2), son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ryan, who had wandered. from his home, was…

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Baby Found Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 5

YOUNG, Monday. -- Murray x Ryan' (2), son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ryan, who had wandered from his home, was…

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Two Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 5

A cyclist and pillion rider were seriously injured when their cycle skidded under a car on Sydney Road, The Spit, yesterday…

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Baby Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 1

YOUNG, Monday.— Murray Ryan, aged one year and 11 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Ryan, of…

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