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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Injured by Ambulance

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 2

Sidney C. Harrison (60), Burwood Rd., North Belmore, is in a serious condition in Sydney Hospital…

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Injured by Ambulance

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 2

Sidney C. Harrison (60), Burwood Rd., North Belmore, is in a serious condition in Sydney Hospital…

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Injured by Ambulance

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 2

Sidney C. Harrison (60), Burwood Rd., North Belmore, is in a serious condition in Sydney Hospital…

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Injured by Ambulance

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 2

Sidney C. Harrison (60), Burwood Rd., North Belmore, is in a serious condition in Sydney Hospital…

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Canoeist r drowned in Snowy

The Sun · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 1

Body of a young Sydney canoeist, John Whitelaw, 19, was recovered from the Snowy…

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Two killed in accidents

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 4

An elderly woman and a two-years-old boy were killed in metropolitan road accidents yesterday…

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Comedian Injured

The Sun · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 5

GREENVILLE (Illinois), Tuesday. -- John Olsen, 60, of the famous comedy team of Olsen and…

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Dutch Ship Lost After Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 16

LONDON, Wed. (B.U.P.) --The Dutch coaster Frederick (367 tons) was sunk after it collided with the…

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Two Passenger Liners In Red Sea Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 5

LONDON, Wed.--Two of Holland's biggest passenger liners were involved in one of three ship collisions reported yesterday. They are William Ruys (22,000tons) and the…

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Two Passenger Liners In Red Sea Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 5

LONDON, Wed. -- Two of Holland's biggest passenger liners were involved in one of three ship collisions reported yesterday. They are William Ruys (22,000tons) and the…

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Two Passenger Liners In Red Sea Collision

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 5

LONDON, Wed.-- Two of Holland's biggest passenger liners were involved in one of three ship collisions reported yesterday. They are William Ruys (22,000tons) and the…

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Generous Use of Plant Shows industrial Accident Hazards Bright Paints Generate Both Pride in the Plant and Safety

Construction · Wednesday 7 January 1953 · page 6

The National Safety Council recently has published a report on Colour in Industry. In it you will find the generally accepted instruction…

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One Killed, One Injured in Taxi-tram Collision Man Charges After Fatal Mascot Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 3

A tramway employee was charged with manslaughter after a fatal taxi-tram collision at the intersection of Lords and Botany Rds., Mascot this morning…

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One Killed, One Injured in Taxi-tram Collision Man Charger After Fatal Mascot Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 3

George Wilson Reynolds (27), tram-driver, Davidson Crescent, Maroubra, appeared at Redfern Court today on a charge of manslaughter…

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One Killed, One Injured in Taxi-tram Collision Man Charged After Fatal Mascot Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 3

A tramway employee was charged with manslaughter after a fatal taxi-tram collision at the intersection of Lords and Botany Rds. Mascot this morning…

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One Killed, One Injured in Taxi-tram Collision Man Charged After Fatal Mascot Smash

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 3

George Wilson Reynolds (27), tramdriver, Davidson Crescent, Maroubra, appeared at Redfern Court today on a charge of manslaughter…

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Boat Capsizes: Two Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 4

BRISBANE, Wednesday. —Two men were drowned but a woman was rescued when their fishing dinghy…

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Girl Drowned in River

The Propeller · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 1

Raisa Kleibert aged 15 years of Fairfield, was drowned last Friday in the upper reaches of George's River. She was a…

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4 Trapped in Car Collision

Daily Mirror · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 5

Two adults and two children were trapped in their wrecked car after a collision with a truck…

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