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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

2,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 115

Child's Eye Injured in F on Fork

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 20 July 1949 · page 6

EDWARD GREGORY REDDEN (16 months) badly injured an eye early last night when he fell on a…

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Three Injured in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 21 July 1949 · page 11

TWO tram passengers and the tram driver were injured yesterday when a…

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Truck Overturns in City Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 July 1949 · page 1

Lorry lying across the tram lines after colliding with a tram in the city yesterday. (See next columm.)…

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9 Hurt in Tram-truck Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 July 1949 · page 3

Nine persons were slightly injured late yesterday afternoon when a tram collided with a large…

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9 Hurt in Tram-truck Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 21 July 1949 · page 3

Nine persons were slightly injured late yesterday afternoon when a tram collided with a large…

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Man Fatally Injured Mr. Dicker, Bossley

The Biz · Thursday 21 July 1949 · page 3

Mr. Eric Dicker, retired tramways employee, residing in Cowpasture Road, Bcasley Park, was fatally injured when thrown from his sulky in Polding Street…

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Accident Proves Fatal

The Propeller · Thursday 21 July 1949 · page 3

On Tuesday of last week Miss Joan Savage, aged 19 years, who had been employed as a telegraph messenger at…

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Aust. Yacht in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 2

HONOLULU, Thurs. (A.A.P.).--The Australian ketch Kurrewa III and the American sloop Windward collided just before…

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Man drowned in Vic. floods

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Thurs.--Gippsland floods drowned a man and swamped thousands of acres of rich farm land…

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Injured men to be replaced

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 17

State Soccer officials yesterday decided to allow replacements for all injured players in the Yugoslav v. New South Wales match at the Sydney Showground tomorrow…

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Two Injured When Walking on Road

Daily Mirror · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 4

GOSFORD, Friday. -- Similar road accidents last night resulted in two persons being rushed to hospital by…

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Jockeys injured

The Sun · Sunday 24 July 1949 · page 17

Melbourne jockey, S. Haag, suffered abrasions to his right ankle when Dunky fell in the Steeplechase at Caulfield…

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Man Drowned At Lidcombe

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 24 July 1949 · page 4

Peter Cory, 65, was found drowned in a dam near the State Hospital at Lidcombe yesterday. Sergeant McCarthy, of…

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Two Youths Injured

Truth · Sunday 24 July 1949 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—The driver of a motor-cycle and a pillion rider were injured this afternoon when the vehicle and…

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Man Injured by Car

Truth · Sunday 24 July 1949 · page 3

Harold Green (47), Blackbutt Ave., Lugarno, suffered a probable fractured shoulder and shock when he was struck by a…

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He Was Bitten "Accidentally"

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 24 July 1949 · page 9

St. George Australian Rules reserve grade winger, Brian Sullivan, yesterday complained that…

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Woman Killed, Youth Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 4

A LORRY ran over and killed a 64-years-old woman in Parramatta Rd., early this morning…

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Woman Killed, Youth Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 4

A LORRY ran over and killed a 64-years-old woman in Parramatta Rd., early this morning…

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Woman Killed, Youth Injured

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 4

A LORRY ran over and killed a 64-years-old woman in Parramatta Rd., early this morning…

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Injured Man Lies Five Hours in Rain

Daily Mirror · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 1

INJURED in a fall, Andrew Douglas Campbell (74), Wyong St., Oatley, lay helpless in the rain for five hours on a…

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