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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

2,272 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 114

Baby hurt in car accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 5 May 1952 · page 5

A seven-months-old baby girl was injured in a car smash yesterday…

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Witnesses of Accident Sought

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 May 1952 · page 5

Botany police (MU1644) are seeking anyone who saw a motor cyclist, Jan Trcka (23), Migrant Hostel…

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Witnesses of Accident Sought

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 May 1952 · page 5

Botany police (MU1644) are seeking anyone who saw a motor cyclist, Jan Trcka (23), Migrant Hostel…

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Witnesses of Accident Sought

Daily Mirror · Monday 5 May 1952 · page 16

Botany police (MU1644) are seeking anyone who saw a motor cyclist, Jan Trcka (23), Migrant Hostel…

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Drowned While Spear Fishing

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 4

MILTON, Monday.— John Morrison Smith, 33, single, living at Forest Road, Hurstville, was drowned…

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Car Capsize: Two Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 1

Two men were injured when a tyre of their car burst, causing the vehicle to overturn and roll 30…

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Outsider Shows Stamina in Cup Putoko Started in Brisbane Cup by Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 8

BRISBANE, Monday.—It was more or less an accident that Brisbane Cup winner Putoko contested the race at Eagle Farm this afternoon. But when rain fell and made the course heavy, punters…

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Jockey's death accidental

The Sun · Tuesday 6 May 1952 · page 2

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.--Jockey Charles Knobel, 21, who was hurt when his mount…

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Cyclist Injured in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 6

Ronald Anderson (19) Sutherland Ave., Neutral Bay, suffered a possibly fractured skull and other…

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Cyclist Injured in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 9

Ronald Anderson (19). Sutherland Ave., Neutrai Bay, suffered a possibly fractured skull and other…

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Cyclist Injured in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 6

Ronald Anderson (19). Sutherland Ave., Neutral Bay, suffered a possibly fractured skull and other…

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Cyclist Injured in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 6

Ronald Anderson (19), Sutherland Ave., Neutral Bay, suffered a possibly fractured skull and other…

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Cyclist Injured in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 9

Ronald Anderson (19). Sutherland Ave., Neutral Bay, suffered a possibly fractured skull and other…

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Cyclist Injured in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 9

Ronald Anderson (19). Sutherland Ave., Neutral Bay, suffered a possibly fractured skull and other…

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Cyclist Injured in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 9

Ronald Anderson (19). Sutherland Ave., Neutral Bay, suffered a possibly fractured skull and other…

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Cyclist Injured in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 9

Ronald Anderson (19), (Sutherland Ave., Neutral (Bay, suffered a possibly fractured skull and other…

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Injured Donor

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 15

Mr. George Carveth (30), of Birrong, donates his blood at the Red Cross Centre today to help the injured in the Berala train smash. Although injured in the smash himself, he was one of the first to…

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Injured Donor

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 15

Mr. George Carveth (30), of Birrong, donates his blood at the Red Cross Centre today to help the injured in the Berala train smash. Although injured in the smash himself, he was one of the first to…

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Injured Donor

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 15

Mr. George Carveth (30), of Birrong, donates his blood at the Red Cross Centre today to help the injured in the Berala train smash. Although injured in the smash himself, he was one of the first to…

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2 Goods Trains in Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 May 1952 · page 26

A train driver was seriously injured when two goods trains collided at Maldon, near…

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