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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

2,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 115

Injured But Happy

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 3

Propped up in a specially-made "sedan chair" and happily smoking a cigar, 83-years-old master tailor, Mr. William Morley, is carried off a Qantas Constellation plane which arrived from Rangoon this morning. Mr. Morley dislocated…

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Injured But Happy

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 3

Propped up in a specially-made "sedan chair" and happily smoking a cigar, 83-years-old master tailor, Mr. William Morley, is carried off a Qantas Constellation plane which arrived from Rangoon this morning. Mr. Morley dislocated…

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Tram in Collision with Ice Waggon

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 2

THE driver and conductor were injured at 6 a.m. today when, a tram and an ice waggon were involved in a…

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Tram in Collision with Ice Waggon

Daily Mirror · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 2

THE driver and conductor were injured at 6 a.m. today when a tram and an ice waggon were involved in a…

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Steady Fall In Pit Accidents

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 15

FATAL accidents in United Kingdom mines continue to fall steadily. The reduction that has gone on since 1941, broken only is 1947 by…

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Injured in Collision

The Sun · Saturday 4 June 1949 · page 2

Mrs. Edith Carroll, 36, of Pile Street, Marrickville, and her son Leonard, 17, were injured when their car…

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Injured Over Bee

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 June 1949 · page 5

MILFORD (Massachusetts).--Trying to shoo a bee out her front door, Mrs. Jamesina Bruce (82), slipped and fell,…

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Injured Over Bee

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 June 1949 · page 5

MILFORD (Massachusetts).--Trying to shoo a bee out her front door, Mrs. Jamesina Bruce (82), slipped and fell,…

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One Dead, Six Injured in Rainstorm

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 June 1949 · page 1

A man was killed and six persons were injured during last night's rain storm. The man killed was…

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Stabbed In Blackout; Two Badly Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 June 1949 · page 1

Two men were stabbed during a blackout at Paddington last night. Police were told that three…

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Runner in Creek Nearly Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 June 1949 · page 3

A cross-country runner was nearly drowned in a creek yesterday. The runner, Noel Harrod, 24, of Eastern…

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Three Motor Cyclists Injured, One Dies

Truth · Sunday 5 June 1949 · page 45

ADELAIDE, Saturday.—Three motor-cycle victims were admitted to the Royal Adelaide Hospital before 10 a.m. today…

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Blood in the Mud Peds' Chapter Of Accidents

Truth · Sunday 5 June 1949 · page 31

Cross country peds competed yesterday under the worst possible conditions, one race at Parramatta being abandoned when runners failed to see the turning official…

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He snaps accidents to improve his driving MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 5 June 1949 · page 4

A TAXI-DRIVER is spending his annual holidays driving around on a breakdown truck, photographing all the accidents he sees. He is Max Connolly, 21. His…

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Ships in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 2

NEW YORK, Sun. (A.A.P.). -- An unidentified ship rammed the freighter Exmouth (7606…

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Trainer Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sunday.— Caulfield trainer Des Judd was severely injured yesterday morning when he was kicked in the…

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Ship Lands Injured Cook

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 5

The 3478-ton freighter Mildura yesterday landed at Jervis Bay a member of the crew who was injured in Saturday's…

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2 Die, 14 Hurt In Accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 7

Two persons were killed and 14 injured in road accidents during the weekend. William Girdler, 97, of Lansdowne Street,…

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Unhappy Homes Can Make "Accident-Prone" Drivers

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 8

MONTREAL, Monday.--If you have ever been fired, in trouble with the lave or divorced, chances are you're an "accident-prone" driver, according to Dr. William A. Tillmann, a Boston (Mass.) psychiatrist. DR. TILLMANN, of the…

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Hassen Has Injured Back

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 24

JACK HASSEN fought under difficulties at the Stadium last night without telling his manager-trainer…

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