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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

2,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 56 of 115

Man Injured by Car

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 1

A 70-YEARS-OLD man, Edward Fisher, Victoria Rd., Drummoyne, was seriously injured last night when he was…

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Man Injured by Car

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 1

A 70-YEARS-OLD man, Edward Fisher, Victoria Rd., Drummoyne, was seriously injured last night when he was…

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Man Injured by Car

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 1

A 70-YEARS-OLD man, Edward Fisher, Victoria Rd., Drummoyne, was seriously injured last night when he was…

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Man Injured by Car

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 1

A 70-YEARS-OLD man, Edward Fisher, Victoria Rd., Drummoyne, was seriously injured last night when he was…

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Pensioner's Death Believed Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 8

GEORGE CLIFTON KNOX (73), old-age pensioner, of Great Buckingham St., Red-fern, was found by a neighbor…

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Pensioner's Death Believed Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 10 June 1949 · page 8

GEORGE CLIFTON KNOX (73), old-age pensioner, of Great Buckingham St., Red fern, was found by a neighbor…

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Driver Drowned in Creek

The Sun · Saturday 11 June 1949 · page 3

An elderly man was drowned and his wife and daughter had extraordinary escapes when their utility…

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Men Injured in Police Chase

Daily Mirror · Saturday 11 June 1949 · page 1

Two young men were seriously injured after a car in which they had been attempting to escape from police overturned and crashed through a stone fence, while…

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Pol ice guard on two injured men

The Sun · Saturday 11 June 1949 · page 1

Two men, seriously injured in a car smash after an 80 mph chase by police through the city last night,…

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Other Cable Items Indian Gaol Clashes Two Killed, Over 90 Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 June 1949 · page 3

CALCUTTA, June 10 (A.A.P.).—Two prisoners were shot dead and l8 people were injured at Dudum Prison…

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Sick driver drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 June 1949 · page 5

A man who had a heart attack drove his car through a fence into a creek near Goulburn…

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Doctor Finds Injured Man

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 12 June 1949 · page 3

Dr. F. Rosati, of Narrabeen, while driving along Oaks Avenue, Dee Why, last night, found Arthur Beness, of…

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Doctor finds injured man in dark road

The Sun · Sunday 12 June 1949 · page 4

ANARRABEEN doctor last night found an unconscious man slumped over a motor-cycle in a dark Dee Why street. Other people had passed…

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Three Killed, 18 Hurt N.s.w. Road Accidents Holiday Gets Gloomy Start

Truth · Sunday 12 June 1949 · page 2

THREE persons were killed and 13 injured in road accidents in New South Wales yesterday. Because of the cessation of petrol rationing many…

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Killed in Car Accident

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 12 June 1949 · page 4

GOULBURN, Saturday.— Andrew Morgan, 61, of Wodonga, was killed when his car left the Hume Highway,…

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Family injured in car collision

The Sun · Monday 13 June 1949 · page 2

When a collision between two cars occurred at the corner of Parramatta Road and Woodville Road,…

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Parents Find Young Boy Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 13 June 1949 · page 1

Dennis Anthony Johnsen, five, of Rose Street, Darlington, was drowned in a dam while picnicking at Thirlmere,…

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Four Killed In Road Accidents 20 Injured at Weekend

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 June 1949 · page 5

In the first weekend since the end of petrol rationing four people were killed and 20 injured in rood accidents…

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100 injured in hockey matches

The Sun · Monday 13 June 1949 · page 7

Ambulance officers treated more than 100 players for minor injuries during today's hockey championships at Rose…

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Jockey Injured In Hurdle Fall

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 June 1949 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Monday.-- Jumping jockey, K. Kropp was taken to hospital suffering from painful…

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