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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

2,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 115

Police Scientists injured In Blast

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 6

LONDON, Friday.-- Two police scientists were badly injured yesterday in a laboratory explosion at New Scotland Yard. They had been carrying out…

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Police Scientists Injured In Blast

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 6

LONDON, Friday.-- Two police scientists were badly injured yesterday in a laboratory explosion at New Scotland Yard. THEY had been carrying out…

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Bus Drivers To Have "Medical" Age, Character 5[?]89 Persons Were Killed In Road Accidents Last Year

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 13

UNDER a scheme approved by the Minister for Transport (Mr. O'Sullivan) drivers of passenger vehicles throughout New South Wales will be required to undergo a medical examination periodically, the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. C.N. Neale) told the conference of N.S.W. motor…

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Cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 3

MAXWELL BEATTIE (20), Tamarama Rd., Kingsgrove was critically injured when a bicycle he was riding and a…

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Cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 3

MAXWELL BEATTIE (20), Tamarama Rd., Kingsgrove, was critically injured when a ii bicycle he was riding and a…

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Cyclist Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 3

MAXWELL BEATTIE (20), Tamarama Rd., Kingsgrove, was critically injured when a bicycle he was riding and a…

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Three Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 1

Three persons were Injured this afternoon when a three-ton lorry and a car collided at the corner…

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Three Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 1

Three persons were injured this afternoon when a three-ton lorry and a car collided at the corner…

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Three Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 1

Three persons were injured this afternoon when a three-ton lorry and a Car Collided at the corner…

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Three Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 1

Three persons were injured this afternoon when a three-ton lorry and a car collided at the corner…

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Blind Driver in Fatal Accident

Daily Mirror · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 3

PITTSBURGH. -- Nelson Schultz, a blinded U.S. exservicemen of Betysburg (Pennsylvania) felt the urge to get…

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Child Dead In Lorry Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 July 1949 · page 3

Two children were injured, one fatally, when they were knocked from the back, of a utility truck near Coff's…

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Sparks really flew in this collision

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 31 July 1949 · page 3

A car and a taxi-cab which collided yesterday afternoon at the corner of Painter and Stanley Streets, City, began a series of electrical disturbances…

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Flash Back check accidental

The Sun · Sunday 31 July 1949 · page 16

Between the five and four furlongs post in the Two-Year-Old Handicap yesterday, Beau Comedy, who was…

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Injured Dog Bit Constable

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 5

CONST. DARGAN, of Clarence St., was bitten on the hands and wrists on Saturday evening when he…

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Injured Dog Bit Constable

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 5

CONST. DARGAN, of Clarence St., was bitten on the hands arid wrists on Saturday evening when he…

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Injured Dog Bit Constable

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 5

CONST. DARGAN, of Clarence St., was bitten on the hands and wrists on Saturday evening when he…

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Famechon Injured, Fight Cancelled

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 16

Sydney Stadium directors last night cancelled tonight's fight between French boxer Andre Famechon and Australian welterweight champion Kev Delaney and substituted a "double bill" programme…

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Injured Dog Bit Constable

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 5

CONST. DARGAN, of Clarence St., was bitten on the hands and wrists on Saturday evening when he…

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Injured Dog Bit Constable

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 5

CONST. DARGAN, of Clarence St., was bitten on the hands and wrists on Saturday evening when he…

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