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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

2,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 69 of 115

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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16 die in U.S. air collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 2

NEW YORK, Sun. (A.A.P.). -- Sixteen people were killed when a Dakota…

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16 Die in Air Collision Fighter Hits Liner

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK, July 31 (A.A.P.).— A stunting naval fighter collided with a DC3 airliner near Fort Dix, New Jersey, yesterday…

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Yugoslavs injured

The Sun · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 20

Yugoslav forwards, Bernad Vukas and Branko Vidjak, have injured legs and will have to receive treatment to…

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2 die, 3 injured in road crashes

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 7

Two men were killed and three seriously injured in road accidents yesterday. George Vincent Henshaw, 34, of Bukkulla,…

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Accident Victim

The Sun · Tuesday 2 August 1949 · page 5

William Graham, 51, of Bourke Street, East Sydney, who was knocked down by a car in East Sydney yesterday,…

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Tram in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 1

A TRAM driver had a lucky escape this morning when his cabin was smashed in when the tram and a coal truck…

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Tram in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 11

A TRAM driver had a lucky escape this morning when his cabin was smashed in when the tram and a coal truck…

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Tram in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 11

A TRAM driver had a lucky escape this morning when his cabin was smashed in when the tram and a Coal truck…

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Tram in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 1

A TRAM driver had a lucky escape this morning when his cabin was smashed in when the tram and a coal truck…

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Injured Man Won't Talk

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 1

A MAN who received a deep gash to the right wrist during a brawl in a shop at Darling St. wharf last night…

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Injured Man Won't Talk

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 1

A MAN who received a deep gash to the right wrist during a brawl in a shop at Darling St. wharf last night…

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News in brief Accident Recorder

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 4

Dallas (Texas). -- Wire recorders soon may be standard…

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News in brief Accident Recorder

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 4

Dallas (Texas). -- Wire recorders soon may be standard…

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Accident in High Street

Nepean Times · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 2

Cecil Roy Staff, of Lucasville Road, Glenbrook, was driving a motor lorry in an easterly direction along High Street, Penrith, on Friday, about 4.15…

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9 Persons Injured Tram, Truck in Collision

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 1

Nine people were injured when the side of a single-car tram was ripped open in a crash with a 10-ton semitrailer truck in Botany Rd., Rosebery,…

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Woodcock Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 8

LONDON, Aug. 4 (A.A.P.).—Bruce Woodcock was injured this morning when the truck…

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Injured in Tram Smash

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 5

Eleven-years-old Valma Hoff being carried by ambulanceman Harry Tierney after suffering a leg…

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Injured in Tram Smash

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 5

Eleven-years-old Valma Hoff being carried by ambulanceman Harry Tierney after suffering a leg…

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Injured in Tram Smash

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 5

Eleven-years-old Valma Hoff being carried by ambulanceman Harry Tierney after suffering a leg…

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