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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

2,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 115

Inquest on Drowned Roy

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 4

"ACCIDENTALLY drowned" was the verdict recorded by the Parramatta District Coroner (Mr. G. R. Williams)…

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Boy Drowned in Creek Flood

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 2

A 17-YEARS-OLD youth, who could not swim, was drowned while testing the depth of rain-swollen Rickaby Creek,…

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Boy Drowned in Creek Flood

Daily Mirror · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 3

A 17-years-old youth, who could not swim, was drowned while testing the depth of rain-swollen Rickaby Creek, near Richmond, yesterday…

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Motorists Refuse To Help Injured Boy

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 9

Fifteen motorists at Collaroy yesterday refused to drive a 13-years-old boy with a badly cut foot to hospital. The boy, Brian Stanton,…

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Accidents Kill Two, Injure 5

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 4

Two men were killed, two men, a woman, and a boy and girl were injured in accidents in the metropolitan area at the weekend…

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Mares Injured in Fight

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday. -- Two valuable brood mares were found badly injured yesterday. It is believed they had been fighting -- a rare occurrance among THE mares were on Lord…

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Hassen Injured, Stenhouse Bout Postponed

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 19

The Tommy Stenhouse Jack Hassen fight, scheduled for next Monday night, has been postponed until February 7 because Hassen has injured his…

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One Killed, Five Injured In Cycle Crash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 4

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday. —One man was killed and five persons weie admitted to hospital when a motor-cycle and…

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Drowned in bath

The Sun · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 3

An 11-months-old girl was drowned while having a bath with her two-year-old brother at their home at…

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10 die in Atlantic ocean collision

The Sun · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 5

NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Ten were killed and 19 hurt when the coastguard cutter East Wind collided with the tanker Gulf Stream in a fog before dawn today off the New Jersey coast…

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Baby Is Drowned When Having Bath

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 1

Heather Bedwell (11 months) was drowned while having a bath with her two-years-old brother Anthony, at Bradfield Park R.A.A.F. Station last night…

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Baby Is Drowned When Having Bath

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 1

Heather Bedwell (11 months) was dro[?]d while having a bath with her two-years-old brother Anthony, at Bradfield Park R.A.A.F. Station last night…

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Eight Injured in Melb. Bus Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday.-- Eight people were injured, one seriously in a bus smash at Footscray this morning…

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Motor Cyclist's Accident

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 1

Riding a motor cycle on Silverdale Road, Wallacia, last Saturday evening, William Smith (23), of Merrylands, had a spill, He was treated…

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Tram Accidents

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 16

THE transport authorities should consider the advisability of fitting the bulkhead windows of trams with…

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Tram Accidents

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 16

THE transport authorities should consider the advisability of fitting the bulkhead windows of trams with…

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Tram Accidents

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 16

THE transport authorities should consider the advisability of fitting the bulkhead windows of trams with…

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Nurse's Father Was Victim of Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 21

LONDON. -- Sister Booth, senior sister at Wellhouse Hospital,. Barnet (Herts) was told to prepare a bed for a road…

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Tram Accidents

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 16

THE transport authorities should consider the advisability of fitting the bulkhead windows of trams with…

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Tram Accidents

Daily Mirror · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 16

THE transport authorities should consider the advisability of fitting the bulkhead windows of trams with…

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