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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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Basketballers Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 20

Two star basketball players Amy Hickey and Hazel Strath, may be unable to play in the first round of…

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Basketballers Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 20

Two star basketball players Amy Hickey and Hazel Strath, may be unable to play in the first round of…

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Doctor Injured Running for Bus

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 9

A Hungarian doctor suffered injuries to the spine and shoulder when he collided With the side of a car…

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Doctor Injured Running for Bus

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 5

A Hungarian doctor suffered injuries to the spine and shoulder when he collided with the side of a car…

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Many Cyclists In Accidents; One Dies; Seven Hurt

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 4

Most road accidents in New South Wales yesterday involved motor-cyclists. One cyclist died yesterday from injuries received at Cowra on Sunday evening…

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Heavy traffic, but few accidents Big Crowds at Sports

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 5

Despite heavy road traffic, yesterday was almost an accident-free day in New South Wales…

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Man Injured By Runaway Trucks

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 22

LITHGOW, Wed.--Railway fettler J. R. McGowan (47), Vale Rd., Lithgow, was seriously injured…

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Man Injured By Runaway Trucks

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 22

LITHGOW, Wed. -- Railway was fettler J. R. McGowan (47), Vale Rd., Lithgow, was seriously injured…

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Man Injured By Runaway Trucks

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 2

LITHGOW, Wed. -- Railway fettler J. R. McGowan (47), Vale Rd., Lithgow, was seriously injured…

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Man Injured By Runaway Trucks

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 22

LITHGOW, Wed. -- Railway fettler J. R. McGowan (47), Vale Rd., Lithgow, was seriously injured…

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Man Injured By Runaway Trucks

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 16 April 1952 · page 2

LITHGOW, Wed. -- Railway fettler J. R. McGowan (47), Vale Rd., Lithgow, was seriously injured…

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Woman Injured in Collision Five Charges Against Driver

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 1

A COLLISION on the Western Road, St. Marys, on Saturday evening between a utility and a stationary…

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Fatally Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 7

Charles Passmore (76), Goodhope St., Paddington, died in St. Vincent's Hospital this morning after…

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Collision in High Street

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 2

About 8.40 p.m. on Saturday Edwin E. Wheeler, of 253 High Street, Penrith, was driving his panel van in an easterly…

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Boy Saved From Drowning. Ambulance Overturns

The Propeller · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 1

A St. George Ambulance officer hailed a passing motorist and continued on his job after his ambulance waggon…

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Police Cadet Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 5

Neville Fieldus, 19, of Lewis Street, Deewhy, was badly injured last night when his motor cycle collided with…

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Official Replaces Injured Pilot As Plane Crashes Special Correspondent And A.A.P.-Reuter

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

PORT MORESBY, Thursday. — A Civil Aviation Department official leapt to the cockpit and seized the controls from an injured pilot as a Drover aircraft dived…

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Brockhoff Hurt by "Accident"

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 8

Referee Harold Tolhurst says the blow that split the nose of Dave Brockhoff in the…

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Two Men Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 April 1952 · page 11

Two men were injured when a taxi and a car collided at the corner of Railway Pde. and Help St…

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Two Men Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 April 1952 · page 11

Two men were injured when a taxi and a car collided at the corner of Railway Pde. and Help St.,…

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