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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

2,425 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 122

Youth, 17, drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 5

A youth was drowned in the Nepean River, near the weir at Penrith, yesterday afternoon…

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Train Hits Car; Six Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Six persons were injured, one critically, when, an electric train…

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Three Injured In Strait Gale

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The 141-ton auxiliary schooner Mileeta and her crew of seven reached…

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Three injured In Strait Gale

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Monday. --The 141-ton auxiliary schooner Mileeta and her crew of seven reached…

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Ross Belt Use May Be Enforced Cahill's View Surf Rescue Drowning

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 5

If representations were made by responsible life-saving organisations the Government would consider making it compulsory for lifesavers to use Ross…

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Ross Belt Use May Be Enforced Move On Safety Surf Rescue Drowning

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 5

If representations were made by responsible life-saving organisations the Government would consider making it compulsory for lifesavers to use Ross…

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Ross Belt Use May Be Enforced Move On Safety Surf Rescue Drowning

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 5

If representations were made by responsible life-saving organisations the Government would consider making it compulsory for lifesavers to use Ross…

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Ross Belt Use May Be Enforced Move On Safety Surf Rescue Drowning

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 5

If representations were made by responsible life-saving organisations the Government would consider making it compulsory for lifesavers to use Ross…

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Motor Cyclists in Accidents

Daily Mirror · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 8

Three men Were injured yesterday when they were involved in motor-cycle accidents…

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Drowning Unsolved Murder Theory Rejected

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 3

Sydney police yesterday rejected a theory that Patrick John Harwood, 54, of Merton Street, Rozelle, may have been…

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Safety Belts To Be Compulsory As Sequel To Drowning

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 3

Ross safety belts will be compulsory equipment at all future surf carnivals. This was decided by the Surf Life Saving Association yesterday as a sequel to the drowning of…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Woman Injured in Car Smash

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 24

Early today Mrs. Isla Draper, of Arden Street, Coogee, was injured when her car struck a wall in Coogee bay Road…

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Ruling by judge on accident

The Sun · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 12

A suspicion that drink had caused an accident was not sufficient, Judge Berne declared today in…

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Injured batsman wins Test

The Sun · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 31

MADRAS, Wednesday.-- In a thrilling finish, India yesterday won the fifth unofficial Test and the…

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Train Hold-up After Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 2

Every electric train in the metropolitan area -this afternoon came to a sudden halt when a man fell against a transformer outside the White Bay power house…

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Train Hold-up After Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 2

Every electric train in the metropolitan area this afternoon came to a sudden halt when a man fell against a transformer outside the White Bay power house…

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Collision at Sutherland. Five Men Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 7

When a motor car and truck came into collision on the Princes Highway, Sutherland, on Tuesday three…

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Roadway Fatality

Nepean Times · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 6

About 8.15 a.m. on Monday last, George Bland, an old-age. pensioner, who had been residing alone in a hut in Jamison Road, Penrith, was…

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Drowned in River

The Propeller · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 2

After having had lunch with their parents at a picnic on the banks of the Nepean River, near Penrith, last…

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Spinster drowned in bath

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 12

A spinster found dead in a bath had been under the influence of alcohol…

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