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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

2,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 115

West Hooker Injured, Out for Season Hilliard to play against South

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 15

Western Suburbs Rugby League first-grade hooker Alan Hornery had injured a knee and would not play again this season, club secretary…

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Two Men Injured in Tram Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 15

TWO men suffered slight injuries when a tram crashed into the rear of another tram at the corner of Norton and…

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Two Men Injured in Tram Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 15

TWO men suffered slight injuries when a tram crashed into the rear of another tram at the corner of Norton and…

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Thirty Injured By Exploding Balloon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 3

CALAIS, July 25 (A.A.P.).— Thirty people were burned yesterday when a dirigible balloon blew up…

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Footballer Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 12

A 19-year-old member of the Granville Shamrock Rugby League Club, was admitted to Parramatta District Hospital…

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Tram, Trick in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 1

A 3-ton ice truck was overturned and the driver's compartment of a tram smashed in a collision at the corner of…

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Tram, Truck in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 1

A 3-ton ice truck was over turned and the driver's compartment of a tram smashed in a collision at the corner of…

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Truck, Tram in City Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 4

A 3-ton ice truck was over-turned and the driver's compartment of a tram smashed in a collision at the corner of Baptist and Boronia Streets, Redfern, this morning. The tram driver, Steve Astill (46), Dowling St. depot, was uninjured when he was thrown to the roadway just before the impact. T. Taylor (56), Baptist St., Redfern, driver of…

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Truck, Tram in City Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 4

A 3-ton ice truck was over-turned and the driver's compartment of a tram smashed in a collision at the corner of Baptist and Boronia Streets, Redfern, this morning. The tram driver, Steve Astill (46), Dowling St. depot, was uninjured when he was thrown to the roadway just before the impact. T. Taylor (56), Baptist St., Redfern, driver of…

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Complaint About Rolling of Buses Type Involved In Spit Fatality Evidence by Bus Master

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 5

TALBOT THOMAS GOFF, the Manly bus depot master, told the City Coroner (Mr. A. R. Raschke) today he had heard complaints that the type of…

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Complaint About Rolling of Buses Type Involved In Spit Fatality Evidence by Bus Master

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 5

TALBOT THOMAS GOFF, the Manly bus depot master, told the Gity Coroner (Mr. A. R. Raschke) today he had heard complaints that the type of…

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Complaint About Rolling of Buses Type Involved In Spit Fatality Evidence by Bus Master

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 5

TALBOT THOMAS GOFF, the Manly bus depot master, told the City Coroner (Mr. A. R. Raschke) today he had heard complaints that the type of…

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Complaint About Rolling of Buses Type Involved In Spit Fatality Evidence by Bus Master

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 5

TALBOT THOMAS GOFF, the Manly bus depot master, told the City Coroner (Mr. A. R. Raschke) today he had heard complaints that the type of…

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Child Drowned at Baptismal Service in U.s

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 16

KINGSPORT (Tennessee).--Charges of manslaughter against Franklin Lewis, a minister of the…

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Child Drowned at Baptismal Service in U.s

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 16

KINGSPORT (Tennessee).--Charges of manslaughter against Franklin Lewis, a minister of the…

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Stop Press Bus Accident Report

Daily Mirror · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 24

A departmental report issued today by the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) revealed that three of the six tyres of the…

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Accident Finding on Fatality at Panania

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 5

AT Campsie Coroner's Court today, the Coroner (Mr. Gibson) found that two infants were drowned accidentally in a…

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Accident Finding on Fatality at Panania

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 5

AT Campsie Coroner's Court today, the Coroner (Mr. Gibson) found that two infants were drowned accidentally in a…

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Accident Finding on Fatality at Panania

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 5

AT Campsie Coroner's Court today, the Coroner (Mr. Gibson) found that two infants were drowned accidentally in a…

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Accident Finding on Fatality at Panania

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 12

AT Campsie Coroner's Court today, the Coroner (Mr. Gibson) found that two infants were drowned accidentally in a…

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