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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

2,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 115

Death After Accident

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 2

Elwyn Keith Camden. 28 of Manchester Street, Merrylands, died in Bulli Hospital on the night of December 26 from head injuries he received on…

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Killed in Car Accident Former Leading Cyclist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

YOUNG, Tuesday.—Stanley Burtinshaw, leading Australian amateur sprint cyclist about 1914, was fatally injured…

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Motor Cycle Fatality

The Biz · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 5

When his motor cycle c[?]llided with a taxi-cab at the intersection of Woodville Road ard Merrylands Road on Wednesday night, January 5, Kenneth Thorpe…

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Drowned at Penrith Weir

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 4

Guiseppe Paoloni (42), a market gardener, of Horsley Park, and a native of Italy, was drowned In about 5 feet of water at Penrith Weir on…

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Solemn Requiem For Drowned Brother

Catholic Weekly · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 2

THE Rev. Brother Remigius Cahill, who was drowned at Kilmore swimming pool on Christmas Eve, was born and educated in Sydney before entering the Order of Marist Brothers…

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Injured M.H.R. Back To Work

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 3

MR. ROWLEY JAMES, M.H.R. for Hunter, has resumed his parliamentary duties…

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Injured M.H.R. Back To Work

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 3

MR. ROWLEY JAMES, M.H.R. for Hunter, has resumed his parliamentary duties…

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Injured M.H.R. Back To Work

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 3

MR. ROWLEY JAMES, M.H.R. for Hunter, has resumed his parliamentary duties…

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Injured M.H.R. Back To Work

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 3

MR. ROWLEY JAMES, M.H.R. for Hunter, has resumed his parliamentary duties…

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Injured M.H.R. Back To Work

Daily Mirror · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 3

MR. ROWLEY JAMES, M.H.R. for Hunter, has resumed his parliamentary duties…

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Drowned In Crowded Pool

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 1

An 84-years-old man collapsed in a rock pool at Shelley Beach, Cronulla, in which a large number of people were swimming today, and drowned because no one noticed his plight. HE was Walter Clarke. Ewos…

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Drowned In Crowded Pool

Daily Mirror · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 1

An 84-years-old man collapsed in a rock pool at Shelley Beach, Cronulla, in which a large number of people were swimming today, and drowned because no one noticed his plight. HE was Walter Clarke, Ewos…

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Man, wife killed in collision

The Sun · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 1

A man and a woman were killed and a child was jured in a collision between a car and a panel van on…

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Wally and the Major Injured Party

The Sun · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 4

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Injured R. Benaud Out Of Vital Grade Match

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1949 · page 9

Eighteen-year-old all-rounder Ritchie Benaud is unfit to play for grade leader Cumberland against Paddington at Lidcombe Oval to-day…

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Two Escape in Collision

Truth · Sunday 16 January 1949 · page 4

Two men had amazing escapes from serious injury last night when a truck, a tram and a car…

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Child Dies, 30 INJURED Theatre wall crashes during storm

The Sun · Sunday 16 January 1949 · page 1

ONE child was killed and 30 injured-- three of them critically-- when a storm blew in the back wall of a Parkes theatre yesterday. Rescuers had to dig the children out from 10 tons…

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Heavy Seas Pound Beaches Six Injured, Man Dies at Cronulla

Truth · Sunday 16 January 1949 · page 7

Two lifesavers were injured at North Steyne, and four young men were injured at Avalon, while many rescues were made at other beaches as heavy seas pounded most of the main surfing beaches yesterday…

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Saved From Accident by Pure Luck Filly Was Up In Air No Way for Girl to Act at Barrier

Truth · Sunday 16 January 1949 · page 15

Midwise caught two strands of the barrier in her mouth at the start of yesterday's Sefton Handicap at Randwick, dislodged her jockey, Val…

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Drowned in Creek

The Sun · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 3

John Thomas Elliot, 17, of Londonderry, was drowned yesterday while wading in the flooded Rickaby Creek near…

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