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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

2,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 115

Unidentified Man Accident Victim

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 1

POLICE are trying to identify an elderly man who died in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital two hours after he had been…

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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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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…

Continued on Trove, page 30 →

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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Unidentified Man Accident Victim

Daily Mirror · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 1

POLICE are trying to identify an elderly man who died in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital two hours after he had been…

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Throat Gashed in Road Collision

Truth · Sunday 27 March 1949 · page 2

Frederick Parker (22), truck driver, of Marrickville Rd., Marrickville, had his throat badly gashed when his motor…

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Purser believed drowned LONDON

The Sun · Sunday 27 March 1949 · page 8

Herbert Wardropp, 61, chief purser reported missing from the liner Georgic when she arrived at Liverpool from…

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One Dead, 2 Injured in Motorcycle Crashes

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 March 1949 · page 8

A man was killed and a man and a woman seriously injured in motorcycle accidents yesterday. The man was killed…

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Short Story If I were he... There were two accidents waiting to happen to someone. But the potential victims confused the issue

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 27 March 1949 · page 12

HIS bowler hat saved him— that and the fact that the brick hit a coping first and then pounced off on to his head…

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Two Yugoslavs Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 5

KATOOMBA, Sunday.—When a motor cycle crashed almost head-on into a car on the Great Western Highway to-night, the…

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Aged Woman Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 3

Mrs. Mary Jane Sullivan, 83, of George Street, Rockdale, walked into the side of a passing car on the Prince's Highway last…

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Drowned stock and wreckage left by flood

The Sun · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.--Floodwaters in Western Queensland have begun to recede, leaving behind a trail of drowned stock, broken fences and washed-out roads…

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4 Dead in Road Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 March 1949 · page 5

Four persons travelling on motor-cycles were killed in road accidents at the weekend…

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Youth Injured in Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 March 1949 · page 6

A 16-years-old youth was critically injured when a car came into collision with his push bicycle in Dovling St.,…

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Youth Injured in Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 March 1949 · page 6

A 16-years-old youth was critically injured when a car came into collision with his push bicycle in Dowling St…

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Union star out injured

The Sun · Tuesday 29 March 1949 · page 19

St. George half-back Jack Menton is the season's first major Rugby Union casualty…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Driver Charged After Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 March 1949 · page 16

Redfern police early today charged the driver of a car which knocked down a boy cyclist with having driven while under the…

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Two Injured in Car Crash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 20

MR. ABE SAFFRON, proprietor of the Roosevelt Restaurant, Potts Point, was knocked unconscious last night…

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Two Injured in Car Crash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 March 1949 · page 20

MR. ABE SAFFRON, proprietor of the Roosevelt Restaurant, Potts Point, was knocked unconscious last night…

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