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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

2,272 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 114

Injured in hospital Woman's £902 damages

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 3

A young wife yesterday secured £902 damages against a maternity…

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Five Persons Injured Car and Truck Collide

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 30 April 1952 · page 2

Two men two women and a 6-year-old boy were badly injured when their car collided with a truck in Woodville Road at…

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Man on Railway Line Fatally Injured

Nepean Times · Thursday 1 May 1952 · page 6

WALKING along the railway line at Warrimoo on the evening of March 21, Allan Lesile Locke (66), of…

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Man Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 21

The conductress of a tram which was held up by an accident last night found that the injured man…

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Injured in Fall

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 8

A man and a youth were injured in a 40-foot fall from the roof of a building in Bulwarra Rd., Pyrmont,…

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Wife Finds Man Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 16

The conductress of a tram which was held up by an accident last night found that the injured man…

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Chapter of Accidents

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 8

Edward Camilleri (22), 78 Beresford Rd., Pendle Hill, was driving a truck in Parramatta Rd., Auburn, last…

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3 Incinerated When Utility Catches Fire After Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 1

Three men were incinerated when trapped in the wreckage of a blazing utility truck after a smash on the Hume…

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Chapter of Accidents

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 21

Edward Camillerl (22), 78 Beresford Rd., Pendle Hill, was driving a truck in Parramatta Rd., Auburn, last…

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Winch Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 16

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Ernest Lysaght (26), Main Rd., Argenton, had a half-inch wire rope embedded…

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Winch Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 16

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- Ernest Lysaght (26), Main Rd., Argenton, had a half- inch wire rope embedded…

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Chapter of Accidents

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 6

Edward Camillerl (22), 78 Beresford Rd., Pendle Hill, was driving a truck in Parramatta Rd., Auburn, last…

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Winch Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--Ernest Lysaght (26), Main Rd., Argenton, had a half-inch wire rope embedded…

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Winch Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 16

NEWCASTLE, Friday. -- Ernest Lysaght (26), Main Rd., Argenton, had a half inch wire rope embedded…

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Chapter of Accidents

Daily Mirror · Friday 2 May 1952 · page 8

Edward Camilleri (22), 78 Beresford Rd., Pendle Hill, was driving a truck in Parramatta Rd., Auburn, last…

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Riders injured in race falls

The Sun · Saturday 3 May 1952 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Saturday. -- J. Cooper received shock, abrasions and a sprained right ankle when…

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Three Injured In Rules

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 4 May 1952 · page 4

Three South Sydney Australian Rules players were taken to hospital yesterday after being hurt in matches at Trumper Park. They were Harry…

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Spear fisher is drowned

The Sun · Monday 5 May 1952 · page 11

Believed to have been caught in seaweed, a spear-gun fisherman was drowned at Collier's…

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Five drowned in motor-boat mishap

The Sun · Monday 5 May 1952 · page 2

PITTSBURGH, Sunday.--Three men and two women were drowned in the Allegheny River…

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Witnesses of Accident Sought

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 5 May 1952 · page 3

Botany police want to interview anyone who saw a motor cyclist injured on Friday at 8.30 p.m., at the corner of…

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