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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

1,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 94

500 Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 1

TAIPEH, Mon. (B.U.P.).--Five hundred Chinese Communist troops were drowned yesterday when a…

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500 Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 20

TAIPEH, Mon. (B.UP.). --Five hundred Chinese Communist troops were drowned yesterday when a…

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500 Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 20

TAIPEH, Mon. (B.U.P.). --Five hundred Chinese Communist troops were drowned yesterday when a…

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Constable drowned

The Sun · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 12

ADELAIDE, Monday.-- A police constable, John Cunningham Foster, single, of Parkside, was…

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Cyclist Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 2

Ralph Reynolds (18), Queen St., Revesby, was Injured when his motorcycle and a car collided at…

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Cyclist Hurt in Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 2

Ralph Reynolds (18), Queen St., Revesby, was Injured when his motorcycle and a car collided at…

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Man killed, girl injured

The Sun · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 2

A man was killed and a girl injured late yesterday when a car overturned on the Pacific Highway…

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Oarsman Injured at Gala

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 14

Ted Clarkson (20) of Wanda suffered a severe cut left eyebrow when his oar swung: on…

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16 Injured In Bus Capsize

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 6

MACKSVILLE, Sunday.—About 16 persons were injured—two seriously—when a bus…

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Drowned in Dam Victim Faced Murder Charge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Sunday. —A man on bail on a murder charge was found drowned to-day in a dam…

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One Dies, Two Injured In Taxi Smash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 4

ORANGE, Sunday.—Albert Oswald Petrie, 51, Wellington Street, Molong, died in Orange Base…

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Bodies frozen to wreckage in crash 15 die in collision

The Sun · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 5

TROIS RIVIERES (Quebec), Sunday.--Bodies of victims of a buslorry smash last night were frozen to the wreckage by water from melting…

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Ten hurt in bus accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 19

Ten people were injured yesterday when a bus overturned three times…

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Cyclist Injured In Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 1

Ralph Reynolds, l8, of Queen Street, Revesby, was injured yesterday afternoon when his motor cycle and a…

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Injured in train fall

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 4

A man's left arm was almost severed last night when he fell from a moving train at Penrith…

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Injured in Tram Fall

The Sun · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 5

Kenneth McIntyre, 18, of Ben Boyd Rd., Neutral Bay injured his feet today when he slipped…

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Surfer Killed In Collision With Boat At Carnival

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 3

William Jocelyn Paul Clarke, 17, of Riley Street, Cremorne, was killed almost instantly in the surf yesterday when he collided head-on with a surfboat…

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Youth Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 15

Kevin McIntyre, 18, of Ben Boyd Road, Neutral Bay, received injuries to both legs when he fell under a moving…

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Migrant Dies In Hotel Lift Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 February 1954 · page 8

A man was crushed t[?] death by a goods lift at th[?] Hotel Australia yesterday. He was Henry Warda, 3[?]…

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Man's Spine Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 26

Walter Hodges, 39, of Metallia Road, Prospect, receivcd seveic injuries to the spine when a car struck a cart…

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