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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

2,425 stories in Sydney's papers · page 15 of 122

Second Brother Dies in Cycle Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- Seriously injured when his motor cycle and a truck collided at Glebe Hill late…

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Second Brother Dies in Cycle Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- Seriously injured when his motor cycle and a truck collided at Glebe Hill late yesterday…

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Second Brother Dies in Cycle Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Thursday. -- Seriously injured when his motor cycle and a truck collided at Glebe Hill late…

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Cyclist Hurt in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 7

A 17-years-old youth was seriously injured, when his motor-cycle and a utility truck collided at the intersection of…

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Youth Drowned While Fishing

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 7

FORBES, Thurs. --Ronald Vincent Finn, 16, of Forbes, drowned in the Lachlan River six miles from Forbes on…

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Tragic Death of Mrs. S. Parish In Accident, Husband Injured; Prominent Bureau Workers

The Land · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 2

THE tragic death of Mrs. S. Parish, 62, as the result of an accident at Lithgow, has shocked Agricultural Bureau members throughout the State. Mrs. Parish's husband, Mr. S…

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Six Injured in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 10

GOSFORD, Saturday.-- Six occupants of a taxi and other persons in a car narrowly escaped…

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Six Injured in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 12

GOSFORD, Saturday.-- Six occupants of a taxi and other persons in a car narrowly escaped…

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Attendants For Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Friday. —A Navy senior sick berth attendant will accompany men injured in…

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Steamer Lands Injured Man

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 1

The 3.300-ton interstate steamer Kooringa had to break its voyage yesterday at Sydney to land an injured fireman,…

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12 injured at surf carnival

The Sun · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 7

Three members of the crew of the Newcastle South Club's surf boat were taken to hospital and nine other…

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Six Injured When Cars Hit Head-on

The Sun · Saturday 4 February 1950 · page 3

GOSFORD, Saturday. -- Six persons were injured when two cars-- one a taxi-- collided head-on on the…

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Two speedboats in collision

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 February 1950 · page 27

Four people narrowly escaped serious injury when two speedboats collided at the Royal Motor Yacht Club meeting at…

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Mates rescue injured lifesaver

The Sun · Sunday 5 February 1950 · page 52

FELLOW lifesavers assist ashore Herbert P[?]ge (Bronte) whose leg was broken when heavy seas dumped a surf boat 40 yards from Newcastle beach yesterday…

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Women crew in Ladies' Day speedboat collision

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 5 February 1950 · page 35

A COLLISION between two speedboats--Miss Ming and Havoc--carrying women crews provided excitement at the Royal Motor Yacht Club's Ladies' Day yesterday at Rose Bay…

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50 Competitors Injured At Newcastle Carnival

Truth · Sunday 5 February 1950 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—Sydney surfers were among 50 competitors injured, six of them seriously, during the Newcastle Surf Life Saying Club's annual carnival at Newcastle beach today…

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Popular Science Sunglare To Blame For Road Accidents

Truth · Sunday 5 February 1950 · page 42

GLARE glasses—colored glasses which protect the eyes from the glare of the sun—are everyday articles of wear on Australian beaches. Women wear them because they believe sunglare may inflame their eyes, or lead to "screwing up" the eyelids with subsequent wrinkling of the face…

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Man Seriously Injured by Car

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 4

Michael Finneran (58), Charles St., Erskineville, was seriously injured last night when a car knocked him down…

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Man Seriously Injured by Car

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 4

Michael Finneran (58), Charles St., Erskineville, was seriously injured last night when a car knocked him down…

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Man Seriously Injured by Car

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 4

Michael Finneran (58), Charles St., Erskineville, was seriously injured last night when a car knocked him down…

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