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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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U.s. Accidents Toll

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 5

CHICAGO, Monday.--It was officially stated here yesterday that last year 91,000 Americans were killed and 9,400,000…

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U.s. Accidents Toll

Daily Mirror · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 5

CHICAGO, Monday.--It was officially stated here yesterday that last year 91,000 Americans were killed and 9,400,000…

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Three Hurt in Road Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 6

Three persons were injured last night when a double-decker bus and car collided at the…

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Three Hurt in Road Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 6

Three persons were injured last night when a double-decker bus and car collided at the…

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Tram, lorry in collision

The Sun · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 2

Three people were treated at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital today, following a collision between a tram and a…

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Guildford Girl Injured

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 4

Fifteen-year-old Guildford girl, Dawn Pike, fractured her skull and received blackened eyes and abrasions to the right leg when a…

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Baby Drowned At Front Gate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.— Joan Elaine Lovell, aged one, was drowned in Lake Macquarie this afternoon…

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2 children die in floodwater Drowned in Creek, Lake Near Homes

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 5

Two little girls drowned in floodwaters near their homes yesterday. One drowned in four feet of wafer near Windsor, in a creek swollen by heavy rain,…

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Boy Loses Eye in Freak Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 3

The right eye of a 12-year-old Auburn boy was pierced by a one-inch nail fired accidentally from an air-gun on Sunday. A specialist removed the nail…

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Fatal Accident Fewer in [?]

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 2

NEW YORK, Tues. (A.A.P.) Accidents killed 91,000 [?] in the United States in [?] and cost £A.3,203,000,000…

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Woman Injured in Motor Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 1

An 85-years-old woman is in Western Suburbs Hospital with a fractured left shoulder and ankle following a motor…

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Woman Injured in Motor Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 1

An 85-years-old woman is in Western Suburbs Hospital with a fractured left shoulder and ankle following a motor…

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School Children Injured in Car Accident

The Biz · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 9

Two school children were seriously injured when struck by a car whilst crossing the road in front of Cabramatta public School at 8.50 a.m., last Monday…

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Workman drowned in bathroom

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 22

Believed to have taken a fit in a shower-room at an Abbotsford factory yesterday, a workman was…

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Man twice overboard, drowned

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--A 27-year-old Englishman jumped over- hoard twice and was…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 3

On Tuesday afternoon Eric Matthews, aged 32 years, at Alfred Street, Ramsgate, sustained a compound…

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Woman injured on road with grandson

The Sun · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 2

Mrs. Mildred Munday, 65, of Woodville Road, Granville, and her grandson, Mervyn Brown, 3, of Brunswick Road,…

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No Hassen Bouts Are Planned Injured Thumb Puts Him Out

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 30

Stadiums Ltd. have no immediate plans for fights for Jack Hassen according to the general manager, Mr. Lean, in Melbourne today. Reports that Hassen was in line for a…

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No Hassen Bouts Are Planned Injured Thumb Puts Him Out

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 30

Stadiums Ltd. have no immediate plans for fights tor Jack Hassen according to the general manager, Mr. Lean, in Melbourne today. Reports that Hassen was in line for a…

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Tram Driver Badly Injured in Shooting Shot 5 Times Outside Depot At Waverley

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 2

The condition of 43 - years - old tram driver John Carter, Suffolk St., Paddington, who was shot five times outside Waverley tram depot last night,…

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