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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

2,272 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 114

Family Of Four Hurt In Road Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 3

Two children and their parents were injured yesterday when the station waggon they were in was…

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Fined £25 For Not Stopping After Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 2

Keith Woodlands (22), laborer, Beckleigh St., Abbotsford, was fined £25 at Burwood Court…

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Fined £25 Fer Not Stopping After Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 18 June 1952 · page 26

Keith Woodlands (22), laborer, Beckleigh St., Abbotsford, was fined £25 at Burwood Court…

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Searchers find man drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 19 June 1952 · page 4

COWRA, Wed.--Police today found the body of a man wedged in a fence…

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"Alcohol as a Cause of Accidents" Magistrate's Address to Road Safety Council

Nepean Times · Thursday 19 June 1952 · page 6

The following is the continuation and conclusion of the address of Mr. A. E. Stonham, S.M., to Penrith branch of the…

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Fisherman's Lucky Escape From Drowning

Daily Mirror · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 2

Swept from a rock at Cape Banks, Malabar, by a huge wave this afternoon a fisherman had…

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Ambulance, Car In Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—An ambulance driver and another man were injured when a Newcastle…

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Late News Man Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 1

Police this morning recovered the body of William Charles Wilson, a Shell Co. emloyee, from…

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This Week's Dog Story Ginder Revived Apparently Drowned Pups, Found Lost Boy

The Land · Friday 20 June 1952 · page 19

GINGER, a stray bitch, which had been found with a litter of pups in a blackberry bush in a farm paddock, revived her apparently drowned pups and brought searchers to a small boy lost in thick bush…

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Man Feared Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 June 1952 · page 4

Police are searching for a man who is feared to have been drowned in a flooded gully at Wild Cattle Flat, 11…

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Three Injured In Collision

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 22 June 1952 · page 1

BULLI, Saturday.—Three people were injured, two critically, when two motor cycles collided head-on in…

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3rd Collision Victim Dies

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 4

ALBURY, Mon.--The third victim of the headon collision between a small car and an Army…

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Injured goalie plays on

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 15

Auburn Soccer team goal - keeper Maurice Parry played for 45…

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N.z. Test Hopes Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 15

TOWNSVILLE, Sun.--Two New Zealand Rugby League Test hopes -- winger Bevan…

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Olympic athletes injured "But Fit by Games"

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 16

LONDON, Sun.--Four of Australia's Olympic athletes broke down in the British championships at White City yesterday…

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Surprise for Father of Accident Victim

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 7

MONTREAL, Mon. (B.U.P.)--James Davis, of Stouffville, (Ontario), held a 15-years-old girl, injured in a traffic accident, in his arms for 25 minutes before he…

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Surprise for Father of Accident Victim

Daily Mirror · Monday 23 June 1952 · page 7

MONTREAL, Mon. (B.U.P.)--James Davis, of Stouffville, (Ontario), held a 15-years-old girl, injured in a traffic accident, in his arms for 25 minutes before he…

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Baby Drowned

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Despite revival attempts by doctors and ambulance bearers, a 13-months-old…

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Baby Drowned

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 June 1952 · page 2
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NEWCASTLE, Tuesday.--Despite revival attempts by doctors and ambulance bearers, a 13-months-old…

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