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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

2,272 stories in Sydney's papers · page 28 of 114

Injured in students' riot

The Sun · Sunday 6 April 1952 · page 3

RIOTING students who demanded return of Trieste clashed with police near Viminale palace in Rome. A steel helmeted policeman still holding his rifle is carried from the…

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15 die in plane collision New York

The Sun · Sunday 6 April 1952 · page 52

ALL passengers were killed when two Air Force transports collided in flight over Mobile, Alabama. The 15 dead include…

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Blame The Parents A baby accidentally shot recently at Clarencetown was the fourth juvenile killed this year in NSW in accidents involving children handling firearms

The Sun · Sunday 6 April 1952 · page 9

THREE more boys have been seriously wounded in firearm accidents…

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Many Hurt in Tram Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 1

Many people were injured in a smash between two trams at the corner of Gregory Ave…

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Many Hurt in Tram Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 1

Many people were injured in a smash between two trams at the corner of Gregory Ave…

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Boy Drowned Near Coff's Harbour

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 1

A nine-year-old Sydney boy was drowned yesterday in the Bonville River, near Coff's Harbour…

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9 injured in tram smash

The Sun · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 1

Nine people were injured in a freak tram smash in Gregory Ave., Moore Park, near the Showground today. The injured were taken…

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"Sun" short story Accidental Glory

The Sun · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 28

TED MARSH, lift driver at the fashionable hotel Astronomic was not a very…

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Two Accidents in Same Spot

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 7

Two accidents happened within half an hour at the same place in Liverpool Road, Ashfield, yesterday. In the accidents:…

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Collision's Impressive Trial For Doncaster

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 36

Rosehill Quality Handicap winner Coniston came through his semi- final Doncaster trial at Rosehill this morning with flying colors. His race rider, Ted Doon, made a…

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Injured In Trapeze Fall

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Monday.— A Latin American trapeze artist, Donald Clark, professionalloy known as Donald…

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Girl Drowned for Being "In the Way"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 3

LONDON, Tues.--A man drowned his 13-years-old daughter because she was "in the way," Marylebone Court was told yesterday. The father, William…

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Girl Drowned for Being "In the Way"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 6

LONDON, Tues.--A man drowned his 13-years-old daughter because she was "in the way," Marylebone Court was told yesterday…

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Girl Drowned for Being "In the Way"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 3

LONDON, Tues.--A man drowned his 13-years-old daughter because she was "in the way," Marylebone Court was told yesterday…

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Girl Drowned for Being "In the Way"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 6

LONDON, Tues.--A man drowned his, 15-years-old daughter because she was "in the way," Marylebone Court was told yesterday,…

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Girl Drowned for Being "In the Way"

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 30

LONDON, Tues.—A man drowned his 13-years-old daughter because she was "in the way," Marylebone Court was told yesterday…

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Accident on Trapeze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 13

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--Hundreds of people at Wirth's Circus last night saw a trapeze artist, Donal…

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Accident on Trapeze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 13

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.-- Hundreds of people at Wirth's Circus last night saw a trapeze artist. Donal…

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Accident on Trapeze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 13

ADELAIDE, Tuesday. --Hundreds of people at Wirth's Circus last night saw a trapeze artist, Donal…

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Accident on Trapeze

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 13

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.-- Hundreds of people at Wirth's Circus last night saw a trapeze artist. Donal…

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