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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Injured Rider

The Sun · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 10

Condition of speedway rider Ken Le Breton, who crashed into the fence during the Australia v. England Test last…

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Accident Repeat

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 2

COUER D'ALENE (Idaho).-- Police blamed three broken tie rods for three accidents, within a half-mile of each other, in…

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Accident Repeat

Daily Mirror · Saturday 6 January 1951 · page 2

COUER D'ALENE (Idaho).-- Police blamed three broken tie rods for three accidents, within a half-mile of each other, in…

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Injured On Honeymoon

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 7 January 1951 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.— A young honeymoon couple were seriously injured when a motor cycle they were riding…

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Newly-weds injured in smash

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 January 1951 · page 3

A young couple who married only a month ago were injured when their motor-cycle…

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Three Injured, Man Charged Newcastle

The Sun · Sunday 7 January 1951 · page 3

THREE people were seriously i n j u r e d when a motor cycle and a car collided on Pacific…

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Dramatic magic eye pictures of Bailey's accident England's plight in third Test; two star bowlers hurt

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 7 January 1951 · page 17

England may have to fight out the remaining four days of the Third Test match without two of its star bowlers, Douglas Wright and Trevor Bailey. Wright and Bailey…

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Girl Injured by Rifle Bullet

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 5

A girl was shot at Hurstville last night while examining a rifle. She is Noela Rose Lucas,…

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Road Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 2

Sir,—I agree with "Driver For 25 Years" (a record which I have equalled), that excessive speeds of 35 and 40 m.p.h. are the rule…

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Man Shot Dead Accidentally

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 2

BROKEN HILL, Monday. -- Edward Walter Leggett (48), of Wilcannia, was accidentally shot through the heart when…

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Man Shot Dead Accidentally

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 2

BROKEN HILL, Monday.-- Edward Walter Leggett (48), of Wilcannia, was accidentally shot through the heart when…

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Fireman injured in 50ft fall

The Sun · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tuesday.--A fireman was seriously injured when he crashed 50ft from a collapsed ceiling while fighting…

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Injured Man in GROUNDS of HOSPITAL

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 9

A 45-years-old man found wandering in the grounds of Royal Prince Alfred Hospital early last…

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Man Dies After Road Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 9 January 1951 · page 9

NEWCASTLE, Mon.--A man who, with his wife, was injured in a collision at Charlestown on Saturday, died…

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Train, Truck In Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.--Eight hundred railway passengers are likely to be delayed three…

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Train, Truck In Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 5

WOLLONGONG, Wednesday.--Eight hundred railway passengers are likely to be delayed three…

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Bus overturns; five injured

The Sun · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 17

TAMWORTH, Wednesday. --Injured when a bus carrying 33 passengers overturned at Barraba last night, a…

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[?] Accident

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 4

What might be classed as a million to one chance happened on Saturday morning, last where David and Robert Bowan, well-known p[?]mbing contractors…

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Man, son hurt in accident

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 10

A man and his son were injured last night when a car hit the rear of their stationary car on the Sydney Harbor Bridge…

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Norwegian Drowned

Nepean Times · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 6

About 9.30 a.m. on December 26, Constables Dollisson and Ferguson, of Warragamba Dam, dragged from the Ncpean River, near Wallacia Bridge,…

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