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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

2,272 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 114

Colt Injured in Trial

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 23

MELBOURNE, Friday.-- Swanston, promising two- year-old trained at Flemington by A. G. Alessio for…

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Colt Injured in Trial

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 23

MELBOURNE, Friday.--Swanston, promising two- year-old trained at Flemington by A. G. Alessio for…

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Colt Injured in Trial

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 23

MELBOURNE. Thurs.-- Swanston, promising two- year-old trained at Flemington by A. G. Alessio for…

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Colt Injured in Trial

Daily Mirror · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 23

MELBOURNE, Friday.-- Swanston, promising two- year-old trained at Flemington by A. G. Alessio for…

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Seriously injured Old training shell cause of camp blast

The Sun · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 2

A high - explosive shell fired in training from a tank in the early part of the war blew…

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Six C.M.F. soldiers injured in explosion at Army camp

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 1

Six C.M.F. soldiers were injured in an explosion in a tent at Singleton camp last night. The soldiers were examining a mortar…

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Fatal Collision

The Sun · Sunday 2 March 1952 · page 44

Gordon Thompson, 20, address unknown, died in Manly District Hospital last night from injuries…

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Injured in shell blast

The Sun · Sunday 2 March 1952 · page 1

CRITICAL: Private David Leifermann, Huntley's Point, was critically injured when…

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Young Lifesaver Nearly Drowned in Boat Crash

The Sun · Sunday 2 March 1952 · page 23

CRONULLA junior John Griffiths had a narrow escape from drowning when he was trapped in an overturned surfboat at Maroubra's carnival yesterday…

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Accidental check to Rocket Gun

The Sun · Sunday 2 March 1952 · page 18

Rocket Gun was checked badly at the 6½-furlong post in the Salisbury Welter at Caulfield…

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Officers take trainees' live shells Injured Man Dies

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 7

Army officers took a large quantity of ammunition from trainees at Singleton camp after a shell exploded in the camp on…

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Six Hurt in Road Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 7

Six people were injured last night when a car and a utility truck collided head-on…

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Accidental Shooting

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 7

Walter James Boneham, 25, of Botany Road, Alexandria, last night accidentally shot himself with a…

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News in brief DROWNED

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 8

BRISBANE, Tues.--Police dragging the Brisbane River at Kholo six miles north of Ipswich today…

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Stop Press train smash injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 24

Six persons taken to Sydney Hospital alter a tram smash the corner of Yurong and William Sts., city today. They were:…

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Injured captain in storm battle

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 2

NEW YORK, Mon.--Captain William Thomas has refused morphine so that he can retain command of his crippled freighter Rachel Jackson…

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Injured Man Dies in Bed; Police Probe

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 4

C.I.B. detectives are investigating the death of John Neal (35), who was found dead in bed…

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Injured Man Dies in Bed; Police Probe

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 3

C.I.B. detectives are investigating the death of John Neal (35), who was found dead in bed…

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Injured man goes home-- dies in bed

The Sun · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 5

A man treated at Royal South Sydney Hospital last night for injuries believed to…

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Injured Mam Dies in Bed; Police Probe

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 4

C.I.B. detectives are investigating the death of John Neal (35), who was found dead in bed…

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