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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

2,272 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 114

Two Goals by Injured Player

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 April 1952 · page 17

Soccer centre forward Frank Parsons yesterday returned to the field after ambulance treatment to score two goals…

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Three Men Injured Fighting £20,000 Timber-yard Fire

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 26 April 1952 · page 3

Three men were slightly injured and burnt last night when they tried to stop a £20,000 fire in the timber-yards of W. Rowell Pty. Ltd. in Rowell Street,…

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Injured Man Gives West Win Manly beaten in R.L. game

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 26 April 1952 · page 17

Injured Western Suburbs Rugby League centre Gerry Lowe yesterday scored a brilliant try which gave his team a lucky…

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Are You An Accident-prone Person? Psychologists say the appalling toll of road accidents throughout the world is due to a type of citizen they label accident-prone persons

The World's News · Saturday 26 April 1952 · page 15

DO accidents frequently happen to you? Do you blame bad luck for them, or do you attribute them, to the carelessness of others?…

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4 Killed in Road Accidents

The Sun · Saturday 26 April 1952 · page 2

Two women and two men were killed in road accidents last night…

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Family injured in smash

The Sun · Sunday 27 April 1952 · page 3

FIVE people -- four of them members of one family -- were badly injured in a…

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Six injured as seas sweep interstate liner's deck Bosun trapped up to neck in water

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 April 1952 · page 1

Six passengers were injured when huge seas swept aboard the liner Manunda off the New South Wales coast yesterday…

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Two killed in road accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 27 April 1952 · page 6

Two people last their lives in road accidents in New South Wales yesterday. A woman died…

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Three Persons Die in Road Accidents

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 27 April 1952 · page 3

Three people have been killed and several injured in weekend accidents on New South Wales roads. A road made slippery by heavy rain is believed…

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Ships in collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 4

NEW YORK, Sun.-- Two freighters collided off the New Jersey coast in dense fog and…

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174 Believed Lost in U.S. Warship Collision 61 men picked up

The Sun · Monday 28 April 1952 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Sunday.--174 men of the crew of 235 on the United States destroyer-minesweeper Hobson are missing, believed dead, following a collision with the aircraft-carrier Wasp, in…

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Centres injured

The Sun · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 27

X-rays have disclosed that Canterbury Rugby League centre Jack Gearin and his likely…

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News in brief INJURED

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 8

LONDON, Tuesday (D.M.W.C.). -- The Duke of Gloucester in jured a…

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News in brief INJURED

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 April 1952 · page 8

LONDON, Tuesday (D.M.W.C.). -- The Duke of Gloucester injured a…

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Fatality at Flourmill

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wed. -- William Frederick Pownall (53). miller, of South Melbourne, was fatally…

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Fatality at Flourmill

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wed. -- William Frederick Pownall (53). miller, of South Melbourne, was fatally…

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Fatality at Flourmill

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE. Wed -- William Frederick Pownall (53). miller, of South Melbourne, was fatally…

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Fatality at Flourmill

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE. Wed.--William Frederick Pownall (53). miller, of South Melbourne, was fatally…

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Fatality at Flourmill

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wed. -- William Frederick Pownall (53). miller, of South Melbourne, was fatally…

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Two Ships in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Tues -- The cargo ship Pipirik; (10,000 tons) collided with the P and O liner…

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