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Accidents, 1949

2,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 49 of 115

Flashes From the News Writer Drowned in Bath of Luxury Flat

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, Friday.--Thomas Neggen (29), Broadway writer, was found drowned last night in the bath of his luxurious Manhattan apartment. CATS GALORE…

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Flashes From the News Writer Drowned in Bath of Luxury Flat

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, Friday.--Thomas Neggen (29), Broadway writer, was found drowned last night in the bath of his luxurious Manhattan apartment. CATS GALORE…

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Flashes From the News Writer Drowned in Bath of Luxury Flat

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, Friday.--Thomas Neggen (29), Broadway writer, was found drowned last night in the of his luxurious Manhattan apartment. CATS GALORE…

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Flashes From the News Writer Drowned in Bath of Luxury Flat

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, Friday.--Thomas Neggen (29), Broadway writer, was found drowned last night in the bath of his luxurious Manhattan apartment. CATS GALORE…

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Flashes From the News Writer Drowned in Bath of Luxury Flat

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, Friday.--Thomas Neggen (29), Broadway writer, was found drowned last night in the bath of his luxurious Manhattan apartment. CATS GALORE…

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Flashes From the News Writer Drowned in Bath of Luxury Flat

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, Friday.--Thomas Neggen (29), Broadway writer, was found drowned last night in the bath of his luxurious Manhattan apartment. CATS GALORE…

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Flashes From the News Writer Drowned in Bath of Luxury Flat

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, Friday.--Thomas Neggen (29), Broadway writer, was found drowned last night in the bath of his luxurious Manhattan apartment. CATS GALORE…

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Tram driver hurt in freak accident

The Sun · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 3

A tram driver was showered with broken glass and hit by heavy, cases in a freak accident involving two trams, two…

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Motor Cycle Accidents

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 2

THE best way to reduce the number of motor cycle accidents was by greater law enforcement and police…

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Motor Cycle Accidents

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 2

THE best way to reduce the number of motor cycle accidents was by greater law enforcement and police…

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Injured Woman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 4

Regent Street police last night were trying to identify a woman who was injured when knocked down by a tram in Railway Square,…

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4 Drowned In Cloudburst

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Fri. -- Four deaths have been reported and scores of people have lost their homes in torrential thunderstorms…

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Accidents on Road More Police Urged

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 4

The committee of inquiry into motor cycle accidents yesterday told the Acting Minister for…

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2 shot by accident

The Sun · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Saturday.-- A man accidentally shot his wife and young daughter yesterday while they were…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Killing Charges After Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 May 1949 · page 28

At Central Police Station this morning police charged a man with the manslaughter of tram workers Alexander Baths and Charles…

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Maori Injured

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 22 May 1949 · page 20

MAORI five-eighth Ben Couch, who dislocated his shoulder in the opening match of the…

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1 dead, 6 hurt in collision

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 22 May 1949 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Sat. -- Police found a dead man and six unconscious people in a car and a…

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Scores Injured In Berlin Railway Strike Disorders

Truth · Sunday 22 May 1949 · page 44

BERLIN, Saturday.—There were scores of casualties and at least 60 persons were arrested today when railway strikers fought off an attempt by Communist youths to take…

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Maori star injured, likely to miss first Test

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 22 May 1949 · page 28

MELBOURNE, Sat. -- Outstanding Maori Rugby Union five-eighth Ban Couch, who starred against Southern States at Melbourne Cricket Ground…

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Found Injured on Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 May 1949 · page 6

John O'Shea, 42, of Herne Bay, was found yesterday morning wandering about Narwee railway station with a fractured jaw…

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