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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

2,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 115

Skelton Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 29

JOCKEY Bob Skelton fractured a collarbone at Randwick this morning. He was exercising a yearling…

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'Bottle-o' Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 3

ONE-ARMED "bottle-o," James Hamill, Chapel St., Marrickville, was slightly injured when his cart and a truck…

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'Bottle-o' Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 3

ONE-ARMED "bottle-o," James Hamill, Chapel St., Marrickville, was slightly injured when his cart and a truck…

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'Bottle-o' Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 3

ONE-ARMED "bottle-o," James Hamill, Chapel St., Marrickville, was slightly injured when his cart and a truck…

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'Bottle-o' Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 3

ONE-ARMED "bottle-o," James Hamill, Chapel St., Marrickville, was slightly injured when his cart and a truck…

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Police Destroy Injured Horse

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 11

Police yesterday destroyed a bottle collector's horse which was badly injured in a collision with a motor lorry…

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Aged Woman Injured When Hit by Tram

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 3

MRS. ANN BARRETT (84), 7 Durham St., Dulwich Hill, was severely injured when struck by a tram near Dulwich…

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Aged Woman Injured When Hit by Tram

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 12

MRS. ANN BARRETT (84), 7 Durham St., Dulwich Hill, was severely injured when struck by a tram near Dulwich…

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Aged Woman Injured When Hit by Tram

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 3

MRS. ANN BARRETT (84), 7 Durham St., Dulwich Hill, was severely injured when struck by a tram near Dulwich…

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Aged Woman Injured When Hit by Tram

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 3

MRS. ANN BARRETT (84), 7 Durham St., Dulwich Hill, was severely injured when struck by a tram near Dulwich…

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Ship's Collision in Thames Staff Correspondent and A.a.p

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 3

LONDON, April 28.—The 7,000-ton motor vessel Aldington Court, inward bound from Australia with a cargo of wool and…

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Stop Press Accident Victim Dies

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 20

William Lyons (2). Jones St., Pyrmont, who was injured in an accident in Buiwarra Rd., Pyrmont, this afternoon, died alter being…

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Four Believed Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 1

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Friday. (A.A.P.-Reuter).—A dinghy with an outboard motor, carrying eight Maori farm-labourers,…

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Dog saves drowning boy AUCKLAND

The Sun · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 3

A fox terrier saved a three-year-old boy from drowning in a creek at Napier today…

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Toscanini in Accident Staff Correspondent

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, April 29.— Arturo Toscanini slipped while getting into his bathtub on Monday, and, as a result, had…

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Injured Thumb Fails to Stop Dashing Windon

The Sun · Sunday 1 May 1949 · page 26

COLIN WINDON, playing with a chipped bone in his thumb, starred in Randwick's 19-3 win over Western Suburbs at Concord. Only for Windon's remarkable play. Western Suburbs…

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Woman Killed By Hit-run Car Left Lying on Road with Injured Girl

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 1 May 1949 · page 1

A motorist, travelling at 60 miles an hour, last night knocked down a woman and her daughter in Western Road, Wentworthville, and left them unconscious on the road. The woman died in…

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Crowding accidental

The Sun · Sunday 1 May 1949 · page 30

Shortly after the start of the Herdsman Stakes at Randwick yesterday, Cragside suddenly veered in, causing…

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Two Feared Drowned In Sea Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.—Police believe two men drowned at sea on Thursday night after their…

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Drowned in River

Daily Mirror · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 1

BATEMAN'S Bay, Monday.-- James Mackie, cattle buyer. Of Karawarr, Braidwood, was drowned last night in the Clyde…

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