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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Rescuer Injured By Terrified Koala

Daily Mirror · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 6

LISMORE, Thursday.--A woman was bitten and scratched by a koala, after she had rescued it from a pack of dogs. THE woman, Mrs. G, Ireland,…

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Manslaughter Charge Withdrawn Accidental Death in Eastern Creek Case

Nepean Times · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 1

AFTER commenting on conflicting evidence, the district cor[?]ner, Mr. E. F. Rule, at an inquest held at Penrith Court House on…

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Condition of Injured Couple

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 3

DOCTORS today reported that the condition of Mr. and Mrs. William Algie, who are in the Western Suburbs…

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Condition of Injured Couple

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 3

DOCTORS today reported that the condition of Mr. and Mrs. William Algie, who are in the Western Suburbs…

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£4 Given to Injured Couple

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 10

A Daily Telegraph reporter yesterday handed £4 to Mr. William Algie, at Western Suburbs Hospital…

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Man, Accidentally Shot, Flown to Hospital

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 4

John Betta (26), of Lerida Station, Cobar, being carried to an ambulance after being flown to Mascot today for urgent treatment at St. Luke's Hospital. Betts was accidentally shot I in the stomach while mustering sheep…

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Man, Accidentally Shot, Flown to Hospital

Daily Mirror · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 4

John Betts (26), of Lerida Station, Cobar, being carried to an ambulance after being flown to Mascot today for urgent treatment at St. Luke's Hospital. Betts was accidentally shot in the stomach while mustering sheep…

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Injured in Wedding Car

The Sun · Saturday 13 August 1949 · page 2

Five members of one family, on their way to a wedding reception, were injured when two cars collided in Archer…

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Crowd At Scene Of Fatal Accident Scattered By Truck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 August 1949 · page 1

William Kennelly, 50, dentist, of Main Street, Lithgow, was killed instantly when a car he was driving collided with a lorry loaded with furniture at Pendle Hill last hight…

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Injured Authoress

The Sun · Sunday 14 August 1949 · page 3

NEW YORK: Margaret Mitchell, 43, author of Gone With The Wind, who was knocked down by a car last…

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Horse swallows bit, jockey injured

The Sun · Sunday 14 August 1949 · page 18

West Pardellup swallowed his bit 100 yards from the winning post in the Coolup Handicap at Belmont (Perth)…

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Gifts for Injured Newly-weds

The Sun · Sunday 14 August 1949 · page 44

WELL-WISHERS have sent presents to Mrs. William Algie (above) and her husband, who…

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Tragic Accident Wrecked Romance

Truth · Sunday 14 August 1949 · page 2

Edmund Ignatius Daly (25), a member of the R.A.A.F., 17 Silver St., Marrickville, who was killed on Friday…

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Famechon injured; bout with Delaney delayed

The Sun · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 19

MELBOURNE, Monday.-- An injury to French boxer Andre Famechon will delay for a week his Sydney bout with Australian welter champion Kev. Delaney-- originally set down for August 29…

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Report on accident

The Sun · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 6

Police are still preparing a report on the accident at Enfield last Saturday week, when newly-weds Mr. and…

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Daily Mirror Stories in Pictures Bluey and Curley "Bar-ring" Accidents

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 15

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Free of Accidents

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 6

CHICAGO. -- The Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago has an eight-year no accident record, thanks to 18…

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Daily Mirror Stories in Pictures Bluey and Curley "Bar-ring" Accidents

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 15

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Daily Mirror Stories in Pictures Bluey and Curley "Bar-ring" Accidents

Daily Mirror · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 15

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Daily Mirror · Monday 15 August 1949 · page 15

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