Unusual Accidents in Two Sports
Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 May 1949 · page 6
Photographers on the spot recorded these unusual sports accidents. At left, Larry Sherrin (20), riding in a polo game at San Francisco, crashes into a goal post, knocking it to the ground. He was thrown from his horse, but was unhurt and resumed play immediately. Picture at right shows Wallace Grant, running for Rutgers College in the one-mile relay chamoionshin at Philadelphia, falling headlong as another runner bends to pick up a dropped baton. A second runner,…
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Nepean Times · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 6
A verdict of accidental death was returned by the acting district cor[?]ner, Mr. C. J. Welch, at an inquest held at Penrith Court House on 30th…
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Nepean Times · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 4
Boys were cutting down trees for a bonfire on the Water Board area at Warragamba Dam on Friday afternoon, when a spaling fell on Harold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tragic Overturn of Jeep Mamre Road Fatality
Nepean Times · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 1
Raymond Anthony Eschbach (20), who resided with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Eschbach, at Copeland Street, Penrith, received fatal injuries when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Metal Truck Accident
Nepean Times · Thursday 12 May 1949 · page 1
In the rain, a metal truck driven by Mr. Les Randell, of High Street, Penrith, overturned on the Western Rd., prospect, about 1.30 p.m. on Tuesday,…
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Daily Mirror · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 2
JOHN HASKELL (26), tram conductor, Holdsworth St., Merrylands, had his right leg fractured in two places when a…
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Daily Mirror · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 2
JOHN HASKELL (26), tram conductor, Holdsworth St., Merrylands, had his right leg fractured in two places when a…
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Daily Mirror · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 2
JOHN HASKELL (26), tram conductor, Holdsworth St., Merrylands, had his right leg fractured in two places when a…
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Daily Mirror · Friday 13 May 1949 · page 2
JOHN HASKELL (26). tram conductor, Holdsworth St., Merrylands, had his right leg fractured in two Places when a…
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Truth · Sunday 15 May 1949 · page 2
Despite a dramatic 44-mile dash in an ambulance with two men applying artificial respiration, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Killed, 8 Injured When 3 Vehicles Collide
Truth · Sunday 15 May 1949 · page 44
CESSNOCK, Saturday.— When a taxi, a small car and a utility truck collided in Cessnock tonight, a…
Continued on Trove, page 44 →Doctors Differ on Death Fatality Again At R.P.A. Hospital Probe Is Urgent Need
Truth · Sunday 15 May 1949 · page 3
GRAVE and disquieting suggestions at the Coroner's Court on Tuesday, and directly conflicting medical evidence as to the cause of death, during a comparatively simple operation, of a young apparently healthy woman, once again focusses the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Decapitated in Train Accident
Truth · Sunday 15 May 1949 · page 3
PARKES, Saturday.—A widower and father of seven children, John Armstrong McCauley (79)…
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The Sun · Sunday 15 May 1949 · page 52
HIT-RUN motorists injured a man and a woman in two accidents yesterday…
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Daily Mirror · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 5
TRIPOLI, Monday.--Eleven persons were injured yesterday when Arab demonstrators, protesting against Britain's plan to return Tripolitania to Italy, tried to storm the…
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Daily Mirror · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 5
TRIPOLI, Monday.--Eleven persons were injured yesterday when Arab demonstrators, protesting against Britain's plan to return Tripolitania to Italy, tried to storm the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seven Hurt in Mascot Smash Woman Protects Baby In Collision
The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 1
A woman nursing a six-months-old baby in a Sydney taxi last night put it on the floor and shielded it with her body when she saw that the taxi and a utility truck were about to…
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The Sun · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 6
TRIPOLI, Monday.--Twenty-six Arabs and two policemen were injured yesterday in demonstrations against the British plan to transfer Tripolitania from British to Italian trusteeship in 1951…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 7
A dairy cow, a horse, and a rifle caused accidents which put three boys in hospitals yesterday. Cow: Bernard Hare 15, son of Mr. and. Mrs…
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Daily Mirror · Monday 16 May 1949 · page 3
CANBERRA, Monday. -- The Superintendent of the Canberra Community Hospital (Dr. Nott) will ask…
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