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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Inquiry Into Drowning Of Lifesaver

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 3

The Surf Life Saving Association will hold an inquiry on Wednesday night into the drowning of a…

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S.L.S.A. inquiry on drowning

The Sun · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 20

The Surf Life Saving Association today adjourned its weekly meeting to allow officials to attend the funeral of…

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Injured Batsman Out But No Appeal Made

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 5

PORT ELIZABETH, Jan. 8.—Struck behind the ear by a rising ball from Ray Lindwall, Eastern Province opening batsman R. Connell, had to be helped from the field…

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Four Killed In Road Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 1

A young man and a young woman were killed instantly when their motor cycle hit the rear of a truck…

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Accident at DR.'s

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 14

MEMPHIS (Tennessee).--Mrs. Fay Vann (71), on a periodic visit to the doctor to examine her broken leg, fell in…

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Accident at DR.'s

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 14

MEMPHIS (Tennesse).-- Mrs. Fay Vann (71), on a periodic visit to the doctor to examine her broken leg fell in…

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Accident at DR.'s

Daily Mirror · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 14

MEMPHIS (Tennessee). --Mrs. Fay Vann (71), on a periodic visit to the doctor to examine her broken leg. fell in…

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Gunnedah Girl Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 1

GUNNEDAH, Monday.— The body of Coral Stewart, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. Stewart, of Gunnedah, was…

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Manly 'keeper injured

The Sun · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 22

Manly wicketkeeper, Dud Frazer, is in Manly District Hospital with lacerations as a result of…

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Burke's Injured Finger Improves

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 23

New South Wales Sheffield Shield cricketer Jim Burke last night said his fractured finger was responding to…

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Funeral of Drowned Lifesaver Lifesavers weep at funeral

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 5

Lifesavers wept at the graveside when a 17-years-old clubmate, who lost his life at a Dee Why surf carnival last Saturday, was buried yesterday. A thousand people…

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18 Drowned in Bus Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 3

PARIS, Wednesday. -- Sixteen men and two women were drowned yesterday when a workers' bus…

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18 Drowned in Bus Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 3

PARIS, Wednesday. -- Sixteen men and two women were drowned yesterday when a workers' bus…

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18 Drowned in Bus Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 3

PARIS, Wednesday. -Sixteen men and two women were drowned yesterday when a workers' bus…

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18 Drowned in Bus Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 3

PARIS, Wednesday. -- Sixteen men and two women were drowned yesterday when a workers' bus…

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8 Drowned in Bus Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 3

PARIS, Wednesday. -- Sixteen men and two women were drowned yesterday when a workers' bus…

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18 Drowned in Bus Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 3

PARIS, Wednesday. -- Sixteen men and two women were drowned yesterday when a workers' bus…

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Tragic Drowning Stresses Need for Surf Subsidy

Tribune · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 7

The tragic drowning of lifesaver Mervyn Fletcher at the Dee Why Surf Carnival last weekend underlines the need for…

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Lord Out with Injured Hand

The Sun · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 28

Billy -Lord has withdraw[?] from next Monday night's NSW lightweight championship fight with Jimmy…

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Death In Accident

Tribune · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 6

THE Communist Party extends its sympathy to Mrs. I. McCorquodale whose daughter Una was killed in a motor-cycle accident on…

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