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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

2,297 stories in Sydney's papers · page 70 of 115

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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West Lock Injured McLean out of East match

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 16

Western Suburbs Rugby League dub lock-forward, Peter McLean, yesterday withdrew front the team for tomorrow's game…

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Eleven Hurt in Tram, Truck Collision Many Children Aboard Injuries by Flying Glass

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 5

ELEVEN 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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Eleven Hurt in Tram, Truck Collision Many Children Aboard Injuries by Flying Glass

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 5

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

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Eleven Hurt in Tram, Truck Collision Many Children Aboard Injuries by Flying Glass

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 5

ELEVEN 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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Eleven Hurt in Tram, Truck Collision Many Children Aboard Injuries by Flying Glass

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 5

ELEVEN 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's Accident May Stop Sands' Bout

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 20

LONDON, Friday.--The jubilation which marked the announcement that Dave Sands would meet Dick Turpin for the Empire middleweight title at White City on September 6 was unset later when it was…

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Woodcock's Accident May Stop Sands' Bout

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 20

LONDON, Friday.--The jubilation which marked the announcement that Dave Sands would meet Dick Turpin for the Empire middleweight title at White City on September 6 was upset later when it was…

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Woodcock's Accident May Stop Sands' Bout

Daily Mirror · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 20

LONDON, Friday.--The jubilation Which marked the announcement that Dave Sands would meet Dick Turpin for the Empire middleweight title at White City on September 6 was upset later when it was…

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Four Hurt in Road Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 2

FOUR persons, who were travelling in a car last night suffered minor injuries when it collided with a train…

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Four Hurt in Road Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 2

FOUR persons, who were travelling in a car last night suffered minor injuries when it collided with a tram…

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Four Hurt in Road Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 2

FOUR persons, who were travelling in a car last night suffered minor injuries when it collided with a tram…

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Ten Injured In Tram Crashes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 3

Four people in a utility truck were injured, last night when it collided with a tram in Pacific Highwayt Gore Hill…

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Honeymoon Couple in Smash Two Others Injured Car Mounts Footpath

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 2

A YOUNG couple who were married last night and two other persons were injured early this afternoon when a large sedan car mounted the footpath…

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Honeymoon Couple in Smash Two Others Injured Car Mounts Footpath

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 2

A YOUNG couple who were married last night and two other persons were injured early this afternoon when a large sedan car mounted the footpath…

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Honeymoon Couple in Smash Two Others Injured Car Mounts Footpath

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 2

A young couple who were married last night and two other persons were injured early this afternoon when a large sedan car mounted the footpath…

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Honeymoon Couple in Smash Two Others Injured Car Mounts Footpath

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 2

A YOUNG couple who were married last night and two other persons were injured early this afternoon when a large sedan car mounted the footpath…

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Four Injured in Road Crashes Car Mounts Kerbing Smash Into Bus Crowd

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 2

FOUR people were injured, two seriously, when a car mounted the footpath and careered into a crowd of people waiting for a bus at the corner…

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Inquiries Over Race Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 August 1949 · page 8

The A.J.C. stipendiary stewards will hold an inquiry at Canterbury to-day into an accident involving two riders…

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Injured Man Unidentified

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 7 August 1949 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Saturday.— A month-old airline ticket, bearing the name "L.P. Power, Sydney," is the only clue to the…

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