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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

2,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 115

5 Trucks in Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 3

This was the only vehicle badly damaged when five trucks collided in Sussex St., Sydney, today. No one was injured. All the trucks were travelling in the same direction when the leading one stopped suddenly and those following…

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5 Trucks in Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 3

This was the only vehicle badly damaged when five trucks collided in Sussex St., Sydney, today. No one was injured. All the trucks were travelling in the same direction when the leading one, stopped suddenly and those following…

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5 Trucks in Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 3

This was the only vehicle badly damaged when five trucks collided in Sussex St., Sydney, today. No one was injured. All the trucks were travelling in the same direction when the leading one stopped. suddenly and those following…

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5 Trucks in Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 3

This was the only vehicle badly damaged when five trucks collided in Sussex St., Sydney, today. No one was injured. All the trucks were travelling in the same direction when the leading one stopped suddenly and those following…

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23-Months-old Child Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 4

YOUNG, Mon. -- Murray Ryan, 23 months, was drowned in a creek at Burrangong this morning…

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Man Dead In Mine Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Mon.--A fall of earth buried and killed a man instantly at…

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Law Case. Collision in Fog

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 1

In the following action, the British India Steam Navigation Company, owners of the steamship Itinda, claimed damages from Messrs. B. J. Sutherland & Co., Ltd., of Newcastle, England, owners of the motor vessel Sutherland,…

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Weights on Drowned Man's Body

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 1

A man whose body was found floating off Smedley's Point, Manly, today, is believed to have filled…

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Weights on Drowned Man's Body

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 1

A man whose body was found floating off Smedley's Point, Manly, today, is believed to have filled…

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CAr Overturns; Men Injured

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 3

A sedan car, driven by William Sear, overturned and was wrecked on the Pacific Highway, near Mt. White, 12 miles south of Gosford, Saturday night. Two…

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Air Accidents Committee Had Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 March 1949 · page 1

CASINO, Tuesday.—A plane carrying members of the Air Force Air Accidents Investigation Committee had a…

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Collision in Vine Street

The Biz · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 6

A collision between Liverpool Ambulance and [?] lo[?]y occurred in Vine Street, Fairfield, at 1.50 p.m. on Tuesday. No one was hurt, but both vehicles…

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Passengers Aid Injured Man

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 3

Bus passengers helped to lift a six-ton boiler from a man who had been crushed beneath it last night…

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News in Brief Accident Victim

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 4

Police are trying to identify an elderly man who died in…

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News in Brief Accident Victim

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 4

Police are trying to identify, an elderly man who died in…

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Flashback on Sport Ref. by Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 30

A wrist in 1907 changed the whole football career of Reg Drake, a member of the Rugby League Referees' Appointment Board since 1933. Unable to play because of the injury he acted…

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Flashback on Sport Ref. by Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 30

A BROKEN wrist in 1907 changed the whole football career of Reg Drake, a member of the Rugby League Referees' Appointment Board since 1933. Unable to play because of the injury he acted…

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Flashback on Sport Ref. by Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 30

A BROKEN wrist in 1907 changed the whole football career of Reg Drake, a member of the Rugby League Referees' Appointment Board since 1933. Unable to play because of the injury he acted…

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News in Brief Accident Victim

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 4

Police are trying to identify an elderly man who died in…

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