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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

2,272 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 114

Who's to blame for our road accidents?

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 January 1952 · page 8

LAST year, after the most intense road safety campaign on record, New South…

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Flight to See Injured Son

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Fri.--The R.A.A.F. today flew Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Jones, of South Melbourne, to the bedside of their son in Perth…

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MITZI kicks high She's too unpredictable even for accident insurance companies

The World's News · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 21

A LITTLE girl who was taken to see a Carmen Miranda movie could hardly wait to get home after it, in order to improvise a costume…

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Clue of the Pea-green Cycle True Crime Was the death of Bella Wright murder or an accident?

The World's News · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 6

SOME say that the case of Bella Wright is perhaps the strangest mystery in the records of criminal investigation…

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Shot Dead Accidentally

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 5 January 1952 · page 3

Leslie Albert Barnard, 17, of Windsor Road, Plumpton, was accidentally shot and killed by another youth…

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Collision Delays Trams

The Sun · Sunday 6 January 1952 · page 1

A collision and a tram derailment near Circular Quay last night delayed Eastern Suburbs…

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Escapes In Collision

Truth · Sunday 6 January 1952 · page 32

LITHGOW, Saturday —An elderly couple turning from a fune[?] narrowly escaped [?]…

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Injured man's week in cave DUNEDIN

The Sun · Sunday 6 January 1952 · page 2

An injured man is on his way to hospital after a week in an ice-cave on a glacier…

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Driver Drowned In Overturned Car

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

BRISBANE, Sunday. — Harry James Dowet Ellis, 30, of Lismore, was drowned…

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Injured Boy's Plucky Trip to Get Help

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 6

TOWNSVILLE, Mon. --Amazing pluck and fortitude was shown yesterday by a boy of nine,…

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More Accidents After Pubs Shut

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 4

LONDON, Sun.--The road accident rate in a typical large English town rises rapidly after 10 p.m. when public houses close…

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Three Burnt In Acid Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 3

Three men were badly burned and almost blinded bjr nitric acid fumes at Color Engravings, Dowling St., Woolloomooloo, this afternoon…

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Three Burnt In Acid Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 3

Three men were badly burned ; and almost blinded by nitric acid ! fumes at Color Engravings, Bowling St., Woolloomooloo, this afternoon…

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Three Burnt In Acid Accident Migrants Not Fit Jobs

Daily Mirror · Monday 7 January 1952 · page 3

Three men were badly burned and almost blinded by nitric acid fumes at Color Engravings, Dowling St., Woolloomooloo, this afternoon. Ten out of 36 British migrants recruited for the N.S.W. transport services who arrived last…

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Policeman in Raid Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 8

LITHGOW, Tues. -- A constable was badly injured in a betting raid on a house in Lithgow at…

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Policeman in Raid Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 8

LITHGOW, Tues. -- A constable was badly injured in a betting raid on a house in Lithgow at…

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Policeman in Raid Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 8

LITHGOW, Tues. -- A constable was badly injured in a betting raid on a house in Lithgow at…

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Policeman in Raid Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 8

LITHGOW, Tues. -- A constable was badly injured in a betting raid on a house in Lithgow at…

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Policeman in Raid Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 8

LITHGOW, Tues. -- A constable was badly injured in a betting raid on a house in Lithgow at…

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Policeman in Raid Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 8 January 1952 · page 8

LITHGOW, Tues. -- A constable was badly injured in a betting raid on a house in Lithgow at…

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