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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

2,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 33 of 115

One Killed, Sixhurt Road Accidents In Country

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

Week-end accidents on country roads killed one man and seriously injured six others…

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Child Found Drowned 90 Feet Down

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Mon. -- Three-years-old Kathy Fiscus was found last night, dead from drowning, 90 feet down the 14-inch well-pipe into which she fell…

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Cork Dust Explodes: Man Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 3

An explosion start fire in the cork mill of Michael Nairn and Co. (Australia) Pty- Ltd.,…

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Accident Causes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 23

SAN DIEGO.-- The February police traffic report reveals that excessive speed caused 131 traffic accidents in the city. In…

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Accident Causes

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 23

SAN DIEGO.-- The February police traffic report reveals that excessive speed caused 131 traffic accidents in the city. In…

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Footballers Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 11

Leslie Oakley (25) of Tintern Avenue, Ashfield, suffered concussion when playing for Granville…

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Two Hurt in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 14

Two people were injured when the car in which they were travelling collided with a stationary car in Old Botany…

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Boy Injured by Truck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 2

PATRICK MURPHY (8), Fitzroy St., Surry Hills, who was knocked down by a utility truck at the corner of…

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Boy Injured by Truck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 3

PATRICK MURPHY (8), Fitzroy St., Surry Hills, who was knocked down by a utility truck at the corner of…

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Boy Injured by Truck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 2

PATRICK MURPHY (8), Fitzroy St., Surry Hills, who was knocked down by a utility truck at the corner of…

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Boy Injured by Truck

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 2

PATRICK MURPHY (8), Fitzroy St., Surry Hills' who was knocked down by a utility truck at the corner of…

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1 killed, 5 injured in crash

The Sun · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 1

A woman was killed and a family of five were seriously injured today, when a car and…

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Sisters Injured in Fall From Tram

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 5

TWO sisters suffered abrasions to the face, arms and legs when they fell from a tram as it turned from Liverpool St. into…

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Sisters Injured in Fall From Tram

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 5

TWO sisters suffered abrasions to the face, arms and legs when they fell from a tram as it turned from Liverpool St. into…

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Driver Injured in Show Trot Smash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 12

IN a bad smash at the Show- ground today two horses fell and one of the drivers was taken to hospital…

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Driver Injured in Show Trot Smash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 12

IN a bad smash at the Showground today two horses fell and one of the drivers was taken to hospital…

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Sisters Injured in Fall From Tram

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 5

TWO sisters-suffered abrasions .to the face, arms and legs when they fell from a tram as it turned from Liverpool St. into…

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Luck saved lives in two accidents

The Sun · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 2

Luck saved a boy on a bike and two loads of tram and bus passengers from death in two accidents today. The boy on the bike is Bill…

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Fatal Collision

The Sun · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 7

Gwendolyn Phyliss Chesham, 14, of A'Beckett Street, Granville, died in St. George District Hospital last night…

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Injured in Car Accident

The Biz · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 7

When a car overturned in Illawarra Road, Holsworthy, on April 10, four occupants were injured. They were: Miss Eeryl Fairley (19), of Campsie, injuries…

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