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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

2,425 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 122

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 from driver John Carter, Suffolk St., Paddington, who was shot five times outside Waverley tram depot last night,…

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Solicitor in Accident

Nepean Times · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 1

At about 5.45 p.m. on Friday of last week, Mr. I. A. L. Cohen, solicitor, of St. Marys and Penrith, was driving along the main western road towards…

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Motor Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 5

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

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Motor Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 5

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

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Motor Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 9 February 1950 · page 5

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

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Drowning Baby Saved By Barking Dog

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 1

GOULBURN, Thursday.—A dog saved the life of a 15-months-old child who wandered away…

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Late News Father, Son Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 1

A six-year-old boy and his father were injured, the child critically, when their car collided with a truck in…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Boy, 6,Critically Injured in Smash

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 28

A boy injured in a smash last night was in a critical condition Parramatta Hospital early today. He is Raymond Smeal, 6, of Abel…

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Man Killed by Timber Tree-felling Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 3

NAMBUCCA HEADS, Thursday.-Claude Laird, sawmiller, of Argents Hill, near Bowraville, was killed…

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Drowning End to Hitch-hike

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Fri. -- A hitch-hiking trip around Australia ended tragically when an 18-years-old lad…

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Girl Hurt in Freak Accident in City

Daily Mirror · Saturday 11 February 1950 · page 10

Following a freak accident in Broadway, City, last night, a[?] 18-years-old girl was treated a Royal Prince Alfred Hospital…

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Beltman in Danger of Drowning

Truth · Sunday 12 February 1950 · page 28

Alan Williams, Queenscliff beltman, had a narrow escape in the second heat of the…

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Badly injured in a brawl

The Sun · Sunday 12 February 1950 · page 48

Suffering from a fractured skull and a badly gashed face, a man is in St. Vincent's Hospital in a serious condition…

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Cause of Accidents

Truth · Sunday 12 February 1950 · page 44

HEADLIGHT glare and "one-eyed" cars together are factors causing 60 per cent, of the car accidents that occur at…

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Brake "Failure" Led To Fatal Accident

Truth · Sunday 12 February 1950 · page 47

KEMPSEY, Saturday. — Brake failure is believed to have caused the death of a 10-years-old boy in a road smash near Kempsey late this afternoon…

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Man dives to save drowning child

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 7

A young girl did not know that a child she was minding yesterday had nearly drowned until she took another child to a hospital for treatment…

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11 Feared Drowned in Steamer Wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 4

AMSTERDAM, Monday.-- Eighteen of the crew of the Finnish steamer, Karhula, which was sunk off the Dutch…

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11 Feared Drowned in Steamer Wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 2

AMSTERDAM, Monday.-- Eighteen of the crew of the Finnish steamer, Karhula, which was sunk off the Dutch…

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11 Feared Drowned in Steamer Wreck

Daily Mirror · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 4

AMSTERDAM, Monday.-- Eighteen of the crew of the Finnish steamer, Karhula, which was sunk off the Dutch…

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Man Drowned by Wave in Calm Sea

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.--A big wave, swelling out of an otherwise smooth sea, upset a dinghy and drowned a man in Port Phillip Bay todays…

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