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Accidents, 1950

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Visitor Drowned

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 29 January 1950 · page 3

PORT MACQUARIE, Saturday.—Malcolm Lindburn, a herd tester of Hamilton, New Zealand,…

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2 Drowned; Marist Men Save Three

Truth · Sunday 29 January 1950 · page 2

Two persons were drowned in tragic circumstances yesterday. Victims were a 19-years-old Hew Zealand youth who was thrown into a boiling surf while making a rowboat…

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A Canoe Like This Drowned Two

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 29 January 1950 · page 1

THIS is an acro belly-tank canoe like the one that figured in a double drowning at Granville last week.* Ken Clingan, of Sans…

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N.S.W. Has Four Injured

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 29 January 1950 · page 9

N.S.W. Shield team has a steadily-growing list of casualties. Here is the latest report:…

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Accident Cover for Boxers Committee urges other states to follow scheme

The Sun · Sunday 29 January 1950 · page 15

THE Boxing Investigation Committee, in its report released yesterday recommended that professional boxers be brought under the provisions of the Workers' Compensation Act…

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22 Dead, 60 Injured in Train Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Monday. -- Twenty-two people were killed and 60 injured when a goods train collided with a mail train…

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22 Dead, 60 Injured in Train Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Monday. -- Twenty-two people were killed and 60 injured when a goods train collided with a mail train…

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22 Dead, 60 Injured in Train Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Monday. -- Twenty-two people were killed and 60 injured when a goods train collided with a mail train…

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22 Dead, 60 Injured in Train Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 1

NEW DELHI, Monday. -- Twenty-two people were killed and 60 injured when a goods train collided with a mail train…

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3 saved from drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 7

Three people were saved from drowning in the Nepean River near Penrith…

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Woman Injured

The Sun · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 10

Mrs. Olive Iles, 34, Short Street, Hunter's Hill, suffered a compound fracture of the left leg when she collided…

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Drowning Tragedy Mars City Holiday Brick Pool Death

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 1

Tragedy marred the Anniversary Day holiday early this afternoon when a…

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Drowning Tragedy Mars City Holiday Brick Pool Death

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 1

tragedy marred the anniversary Day holiday early this after when a…

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Drowning Tragedy Mars City Holiday Brick Pool Death

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 1

Tragedy marred the Anniversary Day holiday early this afternoon when a…

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Drowning Tragedy Mars City Holiday Brick Pool Death

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 1

Tragedy marred the Anniversary Day holiday early this afternoon when a 10-years…

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Drowning Tragedy Mars City Holiday Brick Pool Death

Daily Mirror · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 1

Tragedy marred the Anniversary Day holiday early this afternoon when a…

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Two Injured in Horse-car Crash

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 5

Two men were injured yesterday when a horse crashed head-on into a car in Forest Road, Peakhurst. They are:…

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Brickpit Death Boy Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 3

John McDonald, 10, of Flora Street, Erskineville, was drowned in a disused brickpit yesterday…

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Drowned, tied to plank

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Mon.--A man who had been strapped to a plank because he could not swim, was drowned yesterday in the wreck of a fishing launch. A rescue party found his…

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Swept From Rocks and Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.— George Tipping, 22, of Whitehorse Road, Ringwood, was drowned when he and a friend…

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