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Accidents, 1953

2,464 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 124

Floods' Big Toll in North Sheep Drowned. Crops Gone Ruin Seen

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 2

Nearly a quarter of a million sheep have either been killed, or are endangered, in floods in the Richmond, Macintyre and Upper…

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Floods' Big Toll in North Sheep Drowned Crops Gone Ruin Seen

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 2

Nearly a quarter of a million sheep have either been killed or are endangered, in floods in the Richmond, Macintyre and Upper…

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Floods' Big Toll in North Sheep Drowned CropsGone, Ruin Seen

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 2

Nearly a quarter of o million sheep hove either been Skilled or are endangered, in floods the Richmond, Macintyre and Upper…

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Jury Visits Scene of Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 February 1953 · page 12

CANBERRA, Mon.--The Crown Prosecutor (Mr. C. V. Rooney, Q.C.) today showed a Criminal Court jury the spot…

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Drowned on his birthday

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 February 1953 · page 9

A man drowned while holidaying on his birthday at Whale Beach…

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2 drowned in fishing party

The Sun · Wednesday 25 February 1953 · page 24

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--When a small boat capsized on the Murray River near…

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Man Drowned: Girl's Rescue Bid

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 February 1953 · page 5

A Melbourne man was drowned and his daughter was exhausted in trying to save him at Whale…

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Stop Press Tram-driver Fined Over Accident

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 25 February 1953 · page 32

Kenneth Godfrey Walsh, Birrell St., Bondi a tram-driver, was fined £5 today in Paddington Court over a charge arising from a tram smash…

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Killed in Collision

The Biz · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 4

A man was killed when the utility in which he was a passenger collided with a semi-trailer at Campbelltown last Sunday…

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Cash help for injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 7

Latest claimants under the Telegraph Free Insurance Scheme include a man who fell while playing cricket and a woman who tripped while…

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Fatal Accident on Winding Road Driver Charged with Negligence

Nepean Times · Thursday 26 February 1953 · page 6

ON a winding road on which the 20 m.p.h. limit applied an accident happened with fatal result to a…

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Injured League Players Return

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 8

Five Rugby League players who were seriously injured last season will return to their clubs for the first round of the trial matches which start this week-end…

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Arthur Jr. in trots accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 27 February 1953 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Thurs.--Josh Arthur, 22, son of the former Minister for Mines, was injured…

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Miner dies in coal fall, mate injured

The Sun · Saturday 28 February 1953 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.--A man was killed and another injured when they were trapped beneath 20 tons of coal in a fall at West Wallsend…

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Pf. Macquarie Boy Drowned

Truth · Sunday 1 March 1953 · page 2

PORT MACQUARIE, Saturday.—A 10-years-old boy was drowned in Port! Macquarie Baths today…

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Death Penalty For Attacking Injured Nurse

Truth · Sunday 1 March 1953 · page 9

A Truth photographer took the picture (at right) of Vincent George Dixon (28), laborer, as he was being taken to the cells after the death…

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One Dies, Four Injured In Bulli Crash

The Sunday Herald · Sunday 1 March 1953 · page 3

A man was killed and four persons were injured, when a car skidded on loose gravel and overturned four…

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Peshawar check was accidental

The Sun · Sunday 1 March 1953 · page 34

Stewards yester day completed the adjourned inquiry into the check to Peshawar near the…

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Injured Man Identified

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 9

Police yesterday identified a man who was seriously injured in an accident in George Street on…

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One Killed, 14 Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 March 1953 · page 1

One man was killed and 14, including a Persian Army colonel, were injured in yesterday's…

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