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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

2,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 115

Policemen Injured in Crash

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

Police inspecting the wreckage of a police truck which crashed into a shopfront in Hume Highway,…

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Policemen Injured in Crash

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

Police inspecting the wreckage of a police truck which crashed into a shopfront in Hume Highway,…

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Policemen Injured in Crash

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

Police inspecting the wreckage of a police truck which crashed into a shop- front in Hume Highway,…

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Policemen Injured in Crash

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

Police inspecting the wreckage of a police truck which crashed into a shop- front in Hume Highway,…

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Policemen Injured in Crash

Daily Mirror · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

Police inspecting the wreckage of a police truck which crashed into a shop- front in Hume Highway,…

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Sulphur Afire After Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 7

Sulphur spilled from a truck in collision with a tram caught fire in King…

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Giri Drowned Boy Playmate

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Saturday.--Diane Allen (13), told the police in Joliet, Illinois, yesterday that she had drowned her seven-years-old boy playmate, Charles Johnson…

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Girl Drowned Boy Playmate

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 1

NEW YORK, Saturday.--Diane Allen (13), told the police in Joliet, Illinois, yesterday that she had drowned her seven-years-old boy playmate, Charles Johnson…

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Injured Jockey Back

The Sun · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- P. Riley, a successful apprentice, who was badly injured in a smash at Moonee Valley…

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Six Boys Injured by Toy Arrows

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 7

At least six New South Wales boys have suffered eye injuries from toy arrows in the past six years. Two of them lost the…

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2 Accidents in Rules

Daily Mirror · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 8

University centre Jack Arundel was carried off the field during the Australian Rules reserve game against…

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Fatality on Rabbit Shoot

Truth · Sunday 8 May 1949 · page 2

Two youths were accidentally shot—one fatally—by their companions during rabbit shooting…

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Doctor's Car in Crash Two Injured

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 8 May 1949 · page 3

A doctor whose car was involved in a collision with a panel van in Avoca Street, Kingsford, last night treated…

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Girls vigil near injured fiance's bed Waiting for News

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 8 May 1949 · page 3

Since Thursday morning a 21-year-old Newtown girl has kept constant vigil in a room outside the ward at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital where…

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Chris Thornton Hearing a Shot Monty Decides to Investigate, and Finding Jip's Leg Injured, He Hurries to the Dormitory

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 8 May 1949 · page 8

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Woman killed, 10 people hurt in storm accidents

The Sun · Sunday 8 May 1949 · page 3

A WOMAN was killed and 10 other people injured in traffic accidents during rainstorms in Sydney last night. The woman killed was struck by a car while crossing Pacific Highway, Roseville…

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Boy dies in rifle accident

The Sun · Sunday 8 May 1949 · page 3

ONE youth was killed and another seriously injured in rabbit shooting accidents in New South…

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Australian in London Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 8 May 1949 · page 7

LONDON, Sat. -- Mr. Paul Witzig, of Shirley Road, Roseville, Sydney, had his skull fractured when a bus knocked…

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Seaman Believed Drowned at Sea

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 17

A SEAMAN is believed to have been swept into the ocean and drowned when the interstate vessel Carlisle…

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