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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

2,272 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 114

Child Injured by Passing Lorry

The Biz · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 14

When baby William O'Brien, of 82 Fairfield Street, Fairfield, stood up in his pram, whilst being wheeled along Fairfield Street, he…

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Six-Year-Old Drowned with Father Fishing

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 1

WHEN Neville George Wrigley, of 62 Weir Road, Warrgamba Dam, was Ashing at the Horseshoe…

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Car Hits Crowd 10 Injured In Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Wednesday —Ten people were injured in one of the city's worst accidents this afternoon…

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Boy's death accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 7

WOLLONGONG, Wed. -- Police are satisfied that the shooting dead of a youth at…

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Stop Press Man Killed in Road Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 32

A man aged about 22, was killed when the ladies bicycle he was riding collided head-on with a lorry were a chrome wrist watch…

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Radio Comment for in Accident

The Biz · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 14

Well-known radio commentator, Mr. Keith Dunbier, was involved in a motor car accident at Fairfield railway crossing on…

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Woman Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 8

Knocked down by a car last night Mrs. Ada Eames (69), 83 Bent St., North Sydney suffered a…

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Woman Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 2

Knocked down by a car last night Mrs. Ada Eames (69), 83 Bent St., North Sydney suffered a…

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Woman Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 4

Knocked down by a car last night Mrs. Ada Eames (69), 83 Bent St., North Sydney suffered a…

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Woman Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 2

Knocked down by a car last night Mrs. Ada Eames (69), 88 Bent St., North Sydnay suffered a…

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Woman Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 4

Knocked down by a car last night Mrs. Ada Eames (69), 83 Bent St., North Sydney suffered a…

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Woman Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 4

Knocked down by a car last night Mrs. Ada Eames (69),.83 Bent St., North Sydney suffered a…

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Woman Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 2

Knocked down by a car last night Mrs. Ada Eames (69), 83 Bent St., North Sydney suffered a…

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Six Hurt In Gosford Collision

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 5

GOSFORD, Friday. -- Four adults and two children were injured in a head-on collision…

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Six Hurt In Gosford Collision

Daily Mirror · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 5

GOSFORD, Friday. -- Four adults and two children were injured in a head-on collision…

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Last Year 650 People Were Needlessly Killed In Road Accidents

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 13

(By Son.-Constable Smith in the "Daily Examiner," Grafton.) FIGURES for 1951 have now been published and we find that 723 people last their lives in road accidents during the past 12 months in N.S.W. I have previously pointed…

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Securite Automobile La "Lumiere polarisee" contre les accidents de nuit

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 4

IL suffit d'avoir quelque peu roulé de nuit pour se rendre compte du danger que représente l'éblouissement. Quand il est aveuglé par les phares d'une voiture venant en sens inverse, le condueteur perd le controle de sa voiture, se jette sur un piéton, un cycliste,…

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Motorist Charged Accident At Crossing

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

BRISBANE, Thursday.— Robert Leslie Crampton, 42, storeman, was charged in the Court of Petty Sessions…

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3 Seamen Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 January 1952 · page 1

A man was stabbed and two others, injured in a fracas among colored seamen at Fort…

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3 Seamen Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 19 January 1952 · page 1

A man was stabbed and two others injured in a fracas among colored seamen, at Fort…

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