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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

2,464 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 124

Six-year-old Boy Believed Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 2

WOY WOY. Mon. --All hopes of finding alive Alan Edward Jones (6), son of j Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Jones,…

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Woman Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 13

Mrs. Doris Pearce, 54, of Central St., Beverley Hills, severely injured when hit by a car…

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Boy, aged 6, drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 2

GOSFORD, Mon.--A holidaymaker found the body of Alan Edward Jones, 6, in deep…

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Drowned Boy's Body Found

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 5

GOSFORD, Monday.—The body of Alan Edward Jones, 6, of Couralie Avenue, Homebush, was found in deep water…

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Man fatally injured in express fall

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 20

A 54-year-old man was fatally injured this morning when he stepped from a carriage of…

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Man injured in four-car highway crash

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 7

A man was injured when the taxi in which he was a passenger overturned twice in a…

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Badly Hurt in Road Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 3

Mrs. Doris Kathleen Pearce, 54. of Central Street. Beverly Hills, was seriously injured yesterday when she was struck…

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Children prone to suffer these common accidents

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1953 · page 17

Accidents to young children often occur when they run, carrying breakable objects such as milk bottles or glasses. They also fall with sticks, flags, rulers and similar…

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Motorist Injured by Bolter

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Tues. A bolting cart-horse raced through two sets of traffic lights in the…

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Driver in Accident Unlicensed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 14

ORANGE, Wednesday.--Donald Curtis (23), of Cremorne, driver of car in a fatal accident on…

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Cold Caused Rail Accident, 1 Killed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 28

MONTREAL, Wed. (A.P.)A.--A railwayman was killed and 64 passengers injured yesterday when a…

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Driver in Accident Unlicensed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 14

ORANGE, Wednesday.--Donald Curtis (23), of Cremorne, driver of car in a fatal accident on…

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Cold Caused Rail Accident, 1 Killed

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 1

MONTREAL, Wed.(A.P.).--A railwayman was killed and 64 passengers injured yesterday when a…

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Stop Press Business Executive Injured

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 36

Auckland, Thurs.-- Phillip T. Rogers, business executive from Vancouver, alighted from a PanAmerican clipper at Whenuapal…

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Recovering From Severe Accident

Nepean Times · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 4

Mr. Jack Pettit, of Liverpool Road. Erskine Park, employed at Australian Blue Metal Quarries, who met with severe injury in…

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U.k. Jet Accidents

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 1

LONDON (D.M.W.S.).-- Jet flying is becoming safer, Royal Air Force statistics indicate…

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U.k. Jet Accidents

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 1

LONDON (DM.W.S.)-- Jet flying is becoming safer, Royal Air Force statistics indicate…

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U.k. Jet Accidents

Daily Mirror · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 1

LONDON (D.M.W.S.) -- Jet flying is becoming safer, Royal Air Force statistics indicate…

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Motor Cyclist Badly Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 15

A motor cyclist was shockingly injured about the legs today when he ran under the rear of a…

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Motor Cyclist Badly Injured

Daily Mirror · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 1

A motor cyclist was shockingly injured about the legs today when he ran under the rear of a…

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