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Accidents, 1950

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"Drowned" Man Found In Street

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 2

WAGGA, Saturday. -- An R.A.A.F. trainee, believed to have been drowned, was found by police at 1 a.m…

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"Drowned" Man Found In Street

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 2

WAGGA, Saturday. -- A R.A.A.F. trainee, believed have been drowned, w[?] found by police at 1 a.m. t[?]…

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Boy Drowned In Golf Club Dam

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 2

A seven-years-old boy was drowned in seven feet of water in a dam on Carnarvon golf course, Nottinghill Rd., Lidcombe, shortly before noon today. THE boy, Gordon Leslie Bliss,…

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Boy Drowned In Golf Club Dam

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 2

A seven-years-old boy was drowned in seven feet of wafer in a dam on Carnarvon golf course, Nottinghill Rd„ Lidcombe, shortly before noon today THE boy, Gordon Leslie Bliss…

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Woman Drowned In Vain Bid To Save Boy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Friday.—A woman lost her life in a vain attempt to save a boy from drowning at the Mt. Levi surf…

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Eight Injured In Road Accidents

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 5

Eight people, two of them women, were injured in three accidents which occurred within two hours near Wollongang yesterday afternoon. Two of the injured men last night were reported to be in a critical state…

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3 Riders Injured

The Sun · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 17

Successful apprentice S. Taylor was injured seriously when he fell from Count Bourbon in the Sefton…

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Two Boys, Aged Man In Drowning Tragedies

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 4

Gordon Bliss, 7½, of Bede Street, Lidcombe, was drowned in a dam on the Carnarvon Golf Links yesterday, while he was trying to reach a floating tin. The boy went to the…

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Youth, 17, Found Drowned In Bath

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 6

Neville Richard Robinson, 17, of Holmes Street, Maroubra, was drowned in the bath at his home…

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Ambulance Aid Far Injured Riders

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 1

INJURED IN RACE SMASH: M. McCoy, rider of Bold Archer in the Sefton Handicap at Randwick yesterday, being carried to an ambulance on the track, and (right) bound for hospital after he has received first-aid attention. MR. H. STOKES, stipendiary steward, talking to…

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Man, 80, drowned cooling his birthday beer

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sat.--An elderly man fell down a 25ft. well and drowned while trying to cool two bottles of beer at Baarmutha, hear Beechworth, yesterday. He was Walter…

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Nightmare Ambulance Ride For Injured Youth

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 5

BRISBANE, Saturday.—A youth of 16, who had broken his neck, had to suffer a nightmare journey today as the ambulance jolted slowly over very bad roads. The youth, Ray Bertwhistle, was strapped to the door…

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Injured in goat break MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 9

A PRISONER escaping from Beechworth Reformatory this afternoon broke a leg leaping from…

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M.H.R's Family in Smash; 5 INJURED

Truth · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 2

FOUR members of the family of Mr. W. O. Wentworth, M.H.R., were admitted to Canberra Community Hospital…

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Riders Hurt in Randwick Race Accident

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 1

Three apprentice riders were injured, one seriously, when three horses, Royal Andrew, Count Bourbon and Bold Archer, crashed in the…

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M.P. Sees Family In Accident

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 15 January 1950 · page 6

CANBERRA, Saturday.—Mr. W. C. Wentworth, M.P., this afternoon witnessed a motor…

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Injured jockey Makes Progress

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 20

Although his condition is still serious, apprentice S. Taylor was reported today to have spent a comfortable night, and is making fairly satisfactory progress…

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Injured Jockey Makes Progress

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 20

Although his condition is still serious, apprentice, Taylor was reported today to have spent a comfortable night, and is making fairly satisfactory progress…

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Injured Jockeys Makes Progress

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 20

Although his condition is still serious, apprentice S. Taylor was reported today to have spent a comfortable night, and is making fairly satisfactory progress…

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Injured Jockey Makes Progress

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 January 1950 · page 20

Although his condition is still serious, apprentice S. Taylor was reported today to have spent a comfortable night, and is making fairly satisfactory progress…

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