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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

2,464 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 124

Driver Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Sat.-- A car driven by Claude Hiscox (42), Scholey St., Mayfield. was wrecked when it…

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Driver Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Sat.-- A car driven by Claude Hiscox (42), Scholey St., Mayfield, was wrecked when it…

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Driver Injured

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Sat.-- A car driven by Claude Hiscox (42), Scholey St., Mayfield, was wrecked when it…

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Man Drowned In Flooded River

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 1

A man was drowned trying to swim the flooded Richmond River seven miles from Lismore yesterday. As the river rose,…

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Menace Of Floods Growing Lismore in Danger Drowning Of Noted Jockey

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 1

Lismore is a beleagured city. Floodwaters almost surround it. Many families are being evacuated. The floods in N.S.W. and…

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Menace Of Floods Growing Lismore in Danger Drowning Of Noted Jockey

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 1

Lismore is a beleagured city. Floodwaters almost surround it. Many families being evacuated. The floods in N.S.W. and Queensland have claimed…

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Menace Of Floods Growing Lismore in Danger Drowning Of Noted Jockey

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 1

Lismore is beleaguered. Flood waters almost surround it. Many families are being evacuated. The floods in N.S.W. and Queensland have claimed two victims--a…

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Menace Of Floods Growing Lismore in Danger Drowning Of Noted Jockey

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 1

Lismore is beleaguered. Floodwaters almost surround it. Many families are being evacuated. The floods in N.S.W. and Queensland have claimed two victims--a…

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Menace Of Floods Grows Lismore in Danger Drowning Of Noted Jockey

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 1

Lismore is a beleagured city. Floodwaters almost surround it. Many families are being evacuated. The floods in N.S.W. and Queensland have claimed…

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Menace Of Floods Growing Lismore in Danger Drowning Oil Of Noted Jockey

Daily Mirror · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 1

Lismore is a beleagured city. Floodwaters almost surround it. Many families are being evacuated. The floods in N.S.W. and…

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Whodunit? the Drowning Pool, by John MacDonald, London: Cassell and Company. Sydney: Angus and Robertson

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 14

JOHN MacDONALD has worked out a reasonably ingenious plot in this new mystery written…

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Granny Smith and her famous apple It grew by accident, but has become a household favorite

The World's News · Saturday 21 February 1953 · page 11

AUSTRALIA has done nothing to mark the memory of the woman who, from one stray tree that grew by accident, developed. and…

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Fisherman Drowned

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 22 February 1953 · page 4

PERTH, Saturday.—Fishing off the coast near Cottesloe, nine miles from Perth, to-day two men were flung…

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Six hurt in collision

The Daily Telegraph · Sunday 22 February 1953 · page 7

Six people were injured last night when two cars collided on Epping Highway, Lane Cove…

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4 Injured In Car Smash

Truth · Sunday 22 February 1953 · page 2

Four people were injured in a head-on collision between two cars on the Epping Highway, Lane…

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Three Injured in Earlwood Crash

Truth · Sunday 22 February 1953 · page 2

Three men were slightly injured when their car collided with a utility truck in Earlwood…

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Won Sprint Title With An Injured Ankle

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 22 February 1953 · page 1

WORLD champion sprinter Marjorie Jackson ran with an injured…

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Marjorie Strains Foot Erica Willis Also Injured

Truth · Sunday 22 February 1953 · page 23

Two of Australia's greatest women athletes, Marjorie Jackson and Erica Willis, were injured at the Sports Ground yesterday in a disastrous session of the women's State championships…

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Director Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 1

Harry M. Gauld, 43, of Ultimo Road, city, was drowned yesterday in the sur[?] at Buckley's Beach,…

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Two Children Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 February 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday. —Patricia Ann Hausler, 11, of Speewa, near Swan Hill, Victoria, and her brother,…

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