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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

2,447 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 123

Woman's Death in Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 9

Mrs. Grace Cosgrove (75), 5 Dudley St., Bondi, was fatally injured yesterday when she was struck by a motor lorry on the…

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Woman's Death in Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 7

Mrs. Grace Cosgrove (75), 5 Dudley St., Bondi, was fatally injured yesterday when she was struck by a motor lorry on the…

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Raaf Man's Death in N.t. Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 7

DARWIN, Friday. -- Alfred James Kemp (19), civilian employee of the R.A.A.F. at Adelaide River. 70 miles south of…

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Driver Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 2

Leslie Seldon (33), 406-Cleveland St., Surry Hills, was taken to Sydney Hospital last night suffering from a fractured, right…

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Driver Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 3

Leslie Seldon (33), 406 Cleveland St., Surry Hills, was taken to Sydney Hospital last night suffering from a fractured right…

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Driver Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 3

[?]lio Seldon (33), 406 Cleve[?] St., Surry Hills, was taken Sydney Hospital last night [?]ring from a fractured right…

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Cyclist Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 11

Edgar Madden, 41 of Lloyd Street, Bexley, had his skull fractured and was internally injured when his motor cycle crashed into…

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Driver Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 2

Leslie Seldon (33), 406 Cleveland St., Surry Hills, was taken to Sydney Hospital last night suffering from a fractured right…

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Police recover body of drowned woman

The Sun · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 3

The body of Valerie May Coleman, 27, of, Atchison Street, St. Leonards, who was drowned in the…

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Seaman Looks in Vain for Help Drowning Men 50Ft. From Aid

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 January 1951 · page 1

A rescue ship was within 50 feet of drowning seamen from the collier Kiama yesterday morning, but was unable to help them…

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Drowned Woman Found

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 21 January 1951 · page 5

The body of a young woman who disappeared during an early-morning swim in the Nepean River a week ago was…

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Police find naked body of girl drowned during swimming party

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 21 January 1951 · page 7

Police yesterday recovered the body of a woman who was drowned last Sunday while swimming in the Hawkesbury River at Windsor. She was Miss Valerie…

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Late News Charged After Accident

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 21 January 1951 · page 1

Fitzgerald, 24. Carrington Avenue, Hurstville, and Beryl Knox, 29, Ivanhoe Street, Marrickville, were…

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Youth Killed in Gun Accident

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 21 January 1951 · page 1

Lindsay Francis Weik, 17, of Currabubula, 12 miles south of Tamworth, died in the Tamworth Base Hospital after a shooting accident in a car at North Tamworth yesterday…

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Stop Press Drowning Report

Daily Mirror · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 20

Central District Ambulance Headquarters rushed an ambulance to Pearl Bay, near Mosman, this afternoon, where it was reported…

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Two boys saved from drowning

The Sun · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 1

Two boys were saved from drowning today by a 15- year-old boy when they overbalanced and fell into…

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3 Accident Victims Die

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 4

Three people died at the weekend from injuries received in road accidents, and four were injured. Dead were:…

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Injured Apprentice

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 23

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- Caulfield apprentice, Harold McKenzie, who received serious head injuries when his mount…

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Injured Apprentice

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 23

MELBOURNE. Tuesday. -- Caulfield apprentice, Harold [?]Kenzie, who received serious Had injuries when his mount…

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Injured Apprentice

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 January 1951 · page 23

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-- Caulfield apprentice, Harold McKenzie, who received serious head injuries when his mount,…

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