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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

2,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 115

Canon Injured in Smash

Daily Mirror · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 2

CANON HORACE BARDER (61), of St. Mark's Church, Darling Point, was injured when his car and another…

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Three die in road accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1949 · page 7

Three people were killed in road accidents at the weekend…

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2 Sailors Die in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 1

Two naval ratings were killed and third seriously injured when a utility truck in which they were…

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2 Sailors Die in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 1

Two naval ratings were killed and a third seriously injured when a utility truck in which they were…

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Fatal Accident at Mosman

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 3

This picture shows a body being extricated from the wreckage of an accident in Belmont Road, Mosman, last night. Two people were killed and one critically injured when a utility truck crashed into the back of a military truck parked in Belmont Road. Police worked for half an hour with crowbars to get the two men out…

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Heavy Toll From Road Accidents

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 10

SPEAKING at a luncheon of the Veteran Motorists of Australia today, the Acting- Superintendent of Traffic…

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Heavy Toll From Road Accidents

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 29 June 1949 · page 4

SPEAKING at a luncheon of the Veteran Motorists of Australia today, the Acting-Superintendent of Traffic…

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Fatality Through Car Striking Horse

Nepean Times · Thursday 30 June 1949 · page 1

Donald Lewis, of 58 Reynolds Road, Cremorne, was driving his Singer sports tourer car in a northerly direction on Castlereagh Road, about four…

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Injured in Car Smash

The Propeller · Thursday 30 June 1949 · page 1

In a collision between two cars at the corner of Park and Pitt Streets, Sydney, on Friday evening last, two persons…

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Fellowshippers' Accident

The Biz · Thursday 30 June 1949 · page 3

After the last Fairfield Presbyterian Fellowship dance, four Parramatta Fellowshippers who attended, were involved in a car crash on, their homeward…

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Two babies found drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 1

A young mother yesterday dragged the body of her 2-years-old son from a dam at Panania, near Bankstown. At the same time a youth recovered the body…

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Well-known Doctor Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Dr. G. C. Burston, of Toorak, was critically injured at East Melbourne last night…

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Police find injured man

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 7

Detective Grubb, of the 21st Mbbile Division, last night found a man bleeding and unconscious at the…

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Well-known Doctor Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- Dr. G. C. Burston, of Toorak, was critically injured at East Melbourne last night…

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Two Boys Found Drowned In Dam

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 2 July 1949 · page 1

Two children who wandered from their home yesterday afternoon were later found drowned in a…

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Road Accident Rate Up in South Aust

Truth · Sunday 3 July 1949 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Saturday.—One man was killed and four others injured in a number of road accidents today…

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Seven Injured In Head-on Road Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 3

Seven people were injured late last night when a lorry collided head-on with a car in Bell's Line Road, Kurrajong…

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Father found son, 2, drowned

The Sun · Monday 4 July 1949 · page 8

Father, friends and doctors combined in an unsuccessful attempt to revive a two -year -old boy found floating in a…

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Injured In Paris

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 20

Billy Guyatt, Australian international cyclist, resting between events at a recent meeting in France…

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Injured In Paris

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 July 1949 · page 20

Billy Guyatt, Australian international cyclist, resting between events at a recent meeting in France…

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