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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

2,464 stories in Sydney's papers · page 20 of 124

Carruthers' Eye Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 11

JOHANNESBURG, Sat. (A.P.)--World bantamweight champion. Jimmy Carruthers Is…

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Seven Injured In Tram Crash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 2

Seven persons were injured, and many others suffered shock, in a double tram smash in George St. Havmarket today. Both trams, bound…

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Seven Injured In Tram Crasli

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 2

Seven persons were injured, and many others suffered shock, in a double tram smash in George St., Haymarket,. today. Both trams, bound…

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Seven Injured In Tram Crash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 2

Seven persons were .injured, and many others suffered shock, in a double tram smash in George St., Haymarket, today. Both trams, bound…

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Seven Injured In Tram Crash

Daily Mirror · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 2

Seven persons were injured, and many others suffered shock, in a double tram smash in George St., Haymarket, today. Both trams, bound…

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7 injured in tram smash driver's escape

The Sun · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 1

Seven people were taken to hospital for treatment and many others suffered shock when two trams collided in George St.,…

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Amputees set record of accident-free driving A traffic man's faith in veterans' courage was justified

The World's News · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 38

A GROUP of World War II amputees in the State of Massachusetts (USA), normally considered "bad risks" as car drivers, have…

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Child Hurt in Car Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 February 1953 · page 4

COOMA, Friday.—Anthony Owen Robinson, 6, of Massie Street, Cooma, was seriously injured to-day when he ran…

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Drowned Mother Watched

Truth · Sunday 15 February 1953 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sat. — A woman saw her son drown at Merewether Beach this afternoon a…

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Man Drowned Being Rescued

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 15 February 1953 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Saturday. — A man was swept from a lifesaver's grasp and drowned at Dixon Park beach this afternoon…

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2 Riders Injured

Truth · Sunday 15 February 1953 · page 28

TOOWOOMBA, Sat. —Two jockeys were injured in a crash in the first race at the…

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Injured Man Robbed After Tram Crash

The Sun · Sunday 15 February 1953 · page 5

WHILE he was lying unconscious on a road-way yesterday, a man's wallet containing £810- was stolen. Russell Ellis, 38…

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Mother sees son drowned She Prayed on Sand As Fight for Life Failed Newcastle

The Sun · Sunday 15 February 1953 · page 56

A MOTHER saw her son drowned and her daughter almost drowned at Dixon Park beach, Newcastle, today. As ambulance men applied…

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Accidents Are A Challenge To The Pit Detective

Truth · Sunday 15 February 1953 · page 15

Arthur Wyns has one of the strangest jobs in the world. He is a detective, but as far removed from the usual C.I.B. man as chalk is from cheese. He specialises in mining disasters, bringing a cool, analytical scientific…

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Youth feared drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 10

Police believe a youth was washed off rocks and drowned at Kendall Beach Point, South Kiama, on…

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Woman Found injured, Dies

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 3

A woman rushed unconscious by air from Leeton on February 12 died in St.. Vincent's Hospital today. Police have identified the…

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Woman Found Injured, Dies

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 3

A woman rushed unconscious by air from Leeton on February 12 died in St. Vincent's Hospital today. Police have identified the…

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Woman Found Injured. Dies

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 3

A woman rushed unconscious by air from Leeton on February 12 died in St. Vincent's Hospital today. Police have identified the…

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Young Couple Drowned While On Honeymoon

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday. —A honeymoon couple, married only a week ago, were drowned at…

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Optometrist Killed In Car Accident

Daily Mirror · Monday 16 February 1953 · page 3

George A. Esdaile, a leading Sydney optometrist, was killed instantly today when his car…

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