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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

2,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 115

Stop Press Pedestrians Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 28

NEWCASTLE Friday.--Five Persons were injured when a utility truck mounted the footpath and struck pedestrians before crashing…

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Stop Press Pedestrians Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 28

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Five persons were injured when a utility truck mounted the footpath and struck pedestrians before crashing…

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Accident Hat Trick

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 18

INDIANAPOLIS. -- Andrew Zanger (75), driving in Logansport (Indiana), was involved in a collision with a…

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Accident Hat Trick

Daily Mirror · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 18

INDIANAPOLIS. -- Andrew Zanger (75), driving in Logansport (Indiana), was involved in a collision with a…

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Jockey Injured

The Sun · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- R. Davis suffered a bruised back when he fell from Reg's Pal in the Gordon…

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Karachi Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 10

Karachi jarred a fetlock joint yesterday and is causing his trainer, M. McGarten, some concern…

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Watts Injured in Adelaide

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 11

A DELAIDE, Saturday.-- Ron.Watts, Victorian crosscountry jockey, broke a collarbone at Victoria Park today,…

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Three Injured in Colusion

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 3

The three passengers of this wrecked taxi were seriously injured when it collided with the rear of a truck in Allison Road, near Bradley Rond, Randwick, last night…

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Wireless Patrol and Car in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 5

THREE police constables and a man escaped injury when a small sedan and a wireless patrol car collided at the…

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Taxi Passengers Injured in Smash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 3

THREE persons were injured in a collision between a taxi, in which they were passengers, and a truck in Allison…

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Ten Minutes Under Tram Woman Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 9 April 1949 · page 3

Mrs. Emma Nicholson, 76, was struck by a tram at King's Cross last night. She was pinned under the tram…

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Found Injured

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 10 April 1949 · page 1

Late last night, Alfred Blair, 37, oY Walker Street, Waterloo, was found lying battered and unconscious in the gutter near his…

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Tragedy at Tuggerah Man Drowned

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 10 April 1949 · page 3

WYONG, Saturday.—Alan Locke, 23, of Herne Bay, is believed to have lost his life when a canoe sank in Tuggerah…

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Badly Injured Man In Gutter

Truth · Sunday 10 April 1949 · page 2

Believed to have been bashed with a piece of wood, a man was found shockingly injured in a gutter in Portland St., Waterloo, last night…

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Women's jealousy causes accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 10 April 1949 · page 18

LONDON, Sat. -- A wife was so jealous of her husband's popularity with other women that she severely injured herself to get all his sympathy and attention. "True or false?" asks…

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Stop Press Girl Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 32

San Murino (Cal.), Monday.-- Eathy [?] the three-years-old girl who was imprisoned in an old well shaft was drowned. it was…

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Boy Drowned in River

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 4

BRISBANE, Sunday.—John Barclay McDonald, 14, of Basin Pocket, near Ipswich, was drowned to-day while swimming…

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Stop Press Girl Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 32

San Marine (Cal.), Monday.-- Kathy Flems, the three-years-old girl who was imprisoned in an old well shall, was drowned. it was…

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Body Netted in Search Wyong Drowning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 6

WYONG, Sunday.—Wyong police and more than 30 fishermen to-day recovered the body of Alan Locke, 23, of…

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Other Cable Items Indian Train Derailed Ten Killed, 40 Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 3

BENARES, April 10 (A.A.P.).—Ten people were killed and 40 injured when the Punjab Express was derailed…

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