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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

2,447 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 123

Nurse Criticall Injured By Call

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 2

A car last night hit a. years-old nurse and carried about 30 yards on the bons before it skidded to a halt…

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Nurse Critically Injured By Car

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 17

A car last night hit a 22-years-old nurse arid carried her about 30 yards on the bonnet before it skidded to a halt…

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Morse Critically Injured By Car

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 17

A' car last night hit a 22- years-old nurse and carried her about 30 yards on the bonnet before it skidded to a halt…

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Crown St. Nurses Injured in Crash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 4

WYONG, Wednesday.--Nurse Elsie Hodges (20) and Nurse Betty Bohringher (22). employed at Crown Ct. Hosmtal. were…

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Crown St. Nurses Injured in Crash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 31 January 1951 · page 4

WYONG, Wednesday.--Nurse Elsie Hodges (20) and Nurse Betty Bohringher (22) employed at Crown Ct. Hospital, were…

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Motor Collision

The Biz · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 8

A collision between a molo-[?] driven by obe[?]t Shepherd, of 81 Cathcart Street Fairfield and a motor cycle [?] by Frederick Robert Miller of 102…

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Hawkesbury Drowning Open Finding

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 5

The District Coroner, Mr. N. A. Hailstone, returned an an open finding at the inquiry at Windsor yesterday into the…

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Fatal Collision at Mt. Druitt

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 1

About 4.15 p.m. on Friday Gordon evin, of the Subway Road, Mortale, was driving a utility truck on the Western Highway, Mt. Druitt, and…

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Stop Press Three Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 28

Three persons were taken to South Sydney Hospital following a collection between a truck and a car at the, corner of Pint and…

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Stop Press Three Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 28

The person were taken to South Sydney Hospital following a collision between a truck and a car at the corner of Pitt and…

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Two Women Drowned in Murray River

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Mrs. Edith Lynch, of Renmark, and Miss Maureen Rentham (18) of Port Augusta, were drowned…

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Two Women Drowned in Murray River

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Mrs. Edith Lynch, of Renmark, and Miss Maureen Rentham (18), of Port Augusta, were drowned…

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[?]O Women Drowned in Murray River

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 9

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Mrs. [?]ith Lynch. of Renmark, and [?]ss Maureen Rentham (18), Port Augusta, were drowned…

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Two Women Drowned in Murray River

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 20

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Mrs. Edith Lynch, of Renmark, and Miss Maureen Rentham (18), of Port Augusta, were drowned…

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Two Women Drowned in Murray River

Daily Mirror · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 20

ADELAIDE, Thursday.--Mrs. Edith Lynch, pf Renmark; and Miss Maureen Rentham (18), of Port Augusta, were drowned…

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Man Drowned When Small Boat Capsizes

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 3

A man was drowned, and another had a narrow escape yesterday, when a 12ft sailing boat capsized in Berowra…

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16 shipyard workers killed and 48 injured in collapse of gangway

The Sun · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 1

BELFAST, Thursday. -- Sixteen men were killed, 48 injured and a number…

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Arm Severed in Accident

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 2

Mr. Eric Baker (34), of Mulgoa, suffered loss of his arm in a collision between a car he was driving and a truck at Collector (Goulburn district)…

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Case From Warragamba Accident

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 1

Arising from an accident on Farnsworth Avenue, Warragamba, on August 28, 1950, a case came before Mr, A. E. Stonham, S.M., at Penrith…

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Road Accident Prevention

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 7

Residents of Penrith are to be invited to do something to protect themselves from road accidents which unfortunately have again begun to show…

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