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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

2,272 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 114

Melbourne Man, Wife, Son Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday. —A South Melbourne wharf-labourer, his wife and their young sin were…

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Fight to save drowned boy

The Sun · Monday 28 January 1952 · page 3

Doctors fought without success for two and a half hours today to revive a boy who was taken…

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Drowned in Surf

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 3

An elderly retired bank manager was drowned in the surf at a little beach near…

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Drowned in Surf

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 3

An elderly retired bank manager was drowned in the surf at a little beach near…

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Drowned in Surf

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 3

An elderly retired bank manager was drowned in the surf at a little beach near…

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Drowned in Surf

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 2

An elderly retired bank manager was drowned in the surf at a little beach near…

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Man, Girl, 10, Killed in Holiday Road Accidents in N.s.w

The Sun · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 5

A man and a 10-year-old girl were killed and a man had his left leg severed in road accidents in NEW late yesterday. A man named…

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Youth shot in accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 January 1952 · page 5

A 17-years-old youth died in hospital last night after accidentally wounding himself while rabbit…

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Baby Drowned in Tub

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 3

Brian Gregory Ongley, eleven months, was drowned on Thursday after his mother had left him [?]aying in a tub of water to keep…

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12 Dead, Hundreds Injured In Hurricane; Wide Havoc

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 9

SUVA, Wed.--Deathroll in Monday's hurricane at Fiji is now 12, Fijians and Indians, with many hundreds injured. Apart from severe damage to Suva (the capital),…

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Five Injured In 70 m.p.h. Car Crash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 4

A Ryde couple and their three children had amazing escapes from death at Lithgow today…

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Five Injured In 70 m.p.h. Car Crash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 4

A Ryde couple and their three children had amazing escapes from death at Lithgow today…

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Five Injured In 70 m.p.h. Car Crash

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 2

A Ryde couple and their three children had amazing escapes from death at Lithgow today…

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17 people were drowned during school holidays You should see your child learns to swim!

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 8

ABOUT 574,000 children in New South Wales yesterday returned to…

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Accident Victim in Hospital

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 January 1952 · page 4

Robert Campbell, 42, of East Crescent St. McMabon's Point, who was injured when he was struck by a tram after…

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Accidental Drowning Inquest on Wallacia Tragedy

Nepean Times · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 6

THAT Leslie James Woodcock, aged 19 (otherwise known as Leslie Wilson) was accidentally drowned in the…

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Baby Boy Injured

The Sun · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 3

Michael Barnett, three, Oaky Creek Rd., Gaspardi (via Quirindi), had his skull fractured when…

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Railway Accident at Emu Plains a Tragedy of 1878

Nepean Times · Thursday 31 January 1952 · page 3

On the night of January 30, 1878, the biggest railway accident in the history of the N.S.W. Railways from its…

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U.s. Accident Toll

The Sun · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 2

CHICAGO, Thursday.--One out of ever 17 Americans was injured in an accident last year…

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Child's Death Accidental

Daily Mirror · Friday 1 February 1952 · page 7

The driver of a car which knocked down and killed Laurence Stuart Scott (3),…

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