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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

1,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 16 of 94

Two babies drowned

The Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 11

Two babies--a boy and a girl--were drowned within a quarter of mile of each other at Cabramatta yesterday. Both were found by…

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Train accident witness sought

The Sun · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 31

Kogarah police (LW5051) are seeking any person who saw William Kauer, 15, of Edwards…

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Cyclist Injured On Bridge

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 14

Herbert Cockton, 67, of Little Nicholson Street, East Balmain, was seriously injured yesterday when his…

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Boy, Six, Sucked Through Canal Grilles, Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 1

A six-year-old boy was drowned yesterday when he fell into a canal at White Bay and was sucked 100 yards in deep water through three grilles…

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Law Court Reports Anonymous Call After Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 February 1954 · page 9

Frederick James Harding, a train driver, told the City Coroner, Mr. E. J. Forrest, yesterday that he had gone to the scene of the Sydenham railway accident…

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Train Fatality

The Propeller · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 1

Malcolm Alexander Hobbs, aged 13, of Pitt Street, Mortdale, was killed when he fell from an electric train between…

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Injured In Crash

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 5

An unidentified young man was critically injured last night when his bicycle and a utility truck collided at the…

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Man Killed in Car Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 3

Frederick William Franks (50), Macleay St., Pott's Point, was fatally injured last night when he was…

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Man Killed in Car Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 3

Frederick William Franks (50), Macleay St., Pott's Point, was fatally injured last night when he was…

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Man Killed in Car Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 3

Frederick William Franks (50), Macleay St., Pott's' Point, was fatally injured last night when he was…

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Man Killed in Car Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 3

Frederick William Franks (50), Macleay St., Pott's Point, was fatally injured last night when he was…

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Man Killed in Car Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 3

Frederick William Franks (50), Macleay St., Pott's Point, was fatally injured last night when he was…

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Man Killed in Car Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 3

Frederick William Franks (50), Macleay St., Pott's Point, was fatally injured last night when he was…

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Man Killed in Car Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 3

Frederick William Franks (50), Macleay St., pott's Point, was fatally injured last night when he was…

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Man Killed in Car Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 25 February 1954 · page 3

Frederick William Pranks (50), Macleay St., Pott's Point, was fatally injured last night when he was…

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Two boys drowned

The Sun · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 5

BRISBANE, Friday.--The bodies of two boys, both two years old, will be buried in one grave at Pittsworth, 128 miles west of Brisbane, today…

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Mother found son drowned

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 5

BRISBANE, Fri.--While wading into a dam to recover the body of a neighbor's child, a woman stumbled on the body of her own son…

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Mother found son drowned

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 9

BRISBANE, Fri.--While wading into a dam to recover the body of a neighbor's child, a woman stumbled on the body of her lown son…

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Mother found son drowned

Daily Mirror · Friday 26 February 1954 · page 5

BRISBANE, Fri. --While wading into a dam to recover the body of a neighbor's child, a woman stumbled on the body of her own son…

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Drowned Man

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 February 1954 · page 1

Police have identified the body of a man washed up on Coogee Beach last night…

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