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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

1,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 94

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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Drowned Man Identified

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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Drowned Man Identified

Daily Mirror · Saturday 27 February 1954 · page 2

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

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Potts Point Man, 32, Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1954 · page 7

Lifesavers late last night found the body of Edward George Penny, 82, of Tusculum Street, Potts Point,…

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Fund For Mother Of Drowned Boy

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 27 February 1954 · page 17

Employees of White Bay Powerhouse have set up a fund for Mrs. E. Turner, whose six-year-old son…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Man Drowned at Coogee

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 27 February 1954 · page 32

A fully clothed lifesaver last night brought in the body of an 82-year-old man from the surf at Coogee…

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Picken Injured in Trot Fall Knocked cold as Gig fell to pieces

Truth · Sunday 28 February 1954 · page 29

ADELAIDE, Saturday. — N.S.W. Inter-Dominion Trotting candidate Lady Joss had tonight's inter-dominion heat (first division) won to the world at Wayville when her gig fell to pieces as she was about to take the lead at the home turn…

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Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Mon. --Two of three men in a motor cycle outfit were killed this morning when their…

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Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Mon. -- Two of three men in a motor cycle outfit were killed this morning when their…

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Collision

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Mon. -- Two of three men in a motor cycle outfit were killed this morning when their…

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COLLISiON

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Mon.-- Two of three men in a : motor cycle outfit .were killed this morning when their…

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List of Bus Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 2

Doctors at Liverpool State Hospital treated 19 people injured in yesterday's bus crash…

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Two Thought Drowned In Lake Capsize

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

Two Wollongong men, whose skiff capsized in Lake Illawarra yesterday afternoon, are believed…

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Three Injured In Bass Hill Capsize

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

Three people were injured yesterday afternoon when a truck overturned in Johnston Road, Bass Hill…

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"Heavy water" went to the bottom Saboteurs Drowned Germany's Hopes London

The Sun · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 13

ON the morning of February 20, 1944, a German ferry- boat, holding the secrets which…

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Man injured in collision

The Sun · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 21

William May, 36, of Andrews Av., Bondi, was badly injured when his motor cycle and a car…

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Leg Off in Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 14

A motor cyclist's right leg was severed at the knee last night when his cycle and a lorry collided in…

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Leg Off in Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 14

A motor cyclist's right leg was severed at the knee last night when his cycle and a lorry collided in…

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Leg Off in Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 14

A motor cyclist's right leg was severed at the knee last night when his cycle and a lorry collided in…

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Leg Off in Collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 14

A motor cyclist's right leg was severed at the knee last night when his cycle and a lorry collided in…

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