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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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

Injured Hiker Party To Rescue

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 1

A party left Katoomba late last night to rescue a girl hiker reported to be lying injured in the…

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Dramatic rescue of injured girl in Mountains

The Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 1

INJURED GIRL. Her face showing signs of strain, Patricia Watts, 20, is lifted up a ladder adjoining two cliffs halfway up a two-mile slope in the Jamieson Valley, at Inspiration Point…

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Four Injured When Bus Hits Tree at the Spit

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 6

Four persons wore injured, one badly, when a crowded double-decker bus struck branch is of a tree at The Spit about 6.20 a.m. today. FRIGHTENED passengers…

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Injured Girl Hiker Rescued 3-Mile Trek in Bush

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 2

KATOOMBA, Tuesday. -- Suffering from a leg injury, 21-years-old Patricia Watts,…

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Injured Girl Hiker Rescued 3-Mile Trek in Bush

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 2

KATOOMBA, Tuesday. -- Suffering from a leg injury, 21-years-old Patricia Watts,…

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Injured Girl Hiker Rescued 3-Mile Trek in Bush

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 2

KATOOMBA, Tuesday. -- Suffering agony from an injured hip, bruises and lacerations, a…

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Four Injured When Bus Hits Tree at the Spit

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 6

Four persons were injured, one badly, when a crowded double-decker bus struck branches of a free at The Spit about 6.20 a.m. today. FRIGHTENED passengers…

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Injured Girl Hiker Rescued 3-Mile Trek in Bush

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 2

KATOOMBA, Tuesday. -- Suffering from a paralysed leg and an internal injury,…

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Girl Hiker Injured in Fall Rescue Parties on Way

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 2

KATOOMBA, Tuesday, -- Carrying blankets and first-aid equipment, an ambulance officer and…

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Four Injured When Bus Hits Tree at the Spit

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 6

Four persons were injured, one badly, when a crowded double-decker bus struck branch es of a tree at The Spit about 6.20 a.m. today. FRIGHTENED passengers…

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Injured Girl Hiker Rescued 3-Mile Trek in Bush

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 2

KATOOMBA, Tuesday. -- Suffering from a leg injury, 21-years-old Patricia Watts,…

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Four Injured When Bus Hits Tree at the Spit

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 6

Four persons were injured, one badly, when a crowded double-decker bus struck brunches of a tree at The Spit about 6.20 a.m. today. FRIGHTENED passengers…

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Four Injured When Bus Hits Tree at the Spit

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 1

Four persons were injured, one badly, when a crowded double-decker bus struck branches of a tree at The Spit about 6.20 a.m. today. FRIGHTENED passengers…

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Girl Hiker Injured in Fall Rescue Parties on Way

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 2

KATOOMBA, Tuesday. -- Carrying blankets and First-aid equipment, an ambulance officer and…

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Four Injured When Bus Hits Tree at the Spit

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 6

Four persons were injured, one badly, when a crowded double-decker bus struck branches of a tree at The Spit about 6.20 a.m. today. FRIGHTENED passengers…

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Four Injured When Bus Hits Tree at the Spit

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 1

Four persons were injured, o n e badly, when a crowded double-decker bus struck branches of a tree at The Spit about 6.20 a.m. today. FRIGHTENED passengers…

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Four Injured When Bus Hits Tree at the Spit

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 6

Four persons were injured, one badly, when a crowded double-decker bus struck branches of a free af The Spit about 6.20 a.m. today. FRIGHTENED passengers…

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Injured Girl Hiker Rescued 3-Mile Trek in Bush

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 2

KATOOMBA, Tuesday. -- Suffering from a paralysed leg and an internal injury,…

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Four injured when bus smashes into tree at The Spit

The Sun · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 3

Four people were injured -- one seriously -- when a crowded double-decker bus crashed against a tree while passing a tram on a narrow…

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More Traffic— Fewer Accidents

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

MELBOURNE, Monday.— The chairman of the Australian Road Safety Council, Mr. T. G. Paterson, said to-night that…

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