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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

1,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 94

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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Stop Press Soldiers Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 32

Three solders were critically injured when their car swerved off the Hume Highway into a telegraph pole at Liverpool this morning.All…

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Stop Press Soldiers Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 32

Three soldiers were critically injured when their car swerved off the Hume Highway into a telegraph pole at Liverpool this morning. All…

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Stop Press Soldiers Injured

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 32

Three soldiers were critically injured when their car swerved off the Hume Highway into a telearsph pole at Livepoolthis morning. All…

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Boy, 3, drowned in jetty fall

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 3

A three-years-old boy was drowned when he fell from a jetty at Connell's Point today. The boy, William Day ball, Queen's Rd., Connell's…

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Boy, 3, drowned in jetty fall

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 3

A three-years-old boy was drowned when he fell from a jetty at Connell's Point today. The boy, William Day ball. Queen's Rd., Connell's…

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Boy, 3, drowned in jetty fall

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 3

A three-years-old boy was drowned when he fell from a jetty at Connell's Point today. The boy, William Day ball, Queen's Rd., Connell's…

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Boy, 3, drowned in jetty fall

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 3

A three-years-old boy was drowned when he fell from a jetty at Connell's Point today. The boy, William Day ball, Queen's Rd., Connell's…

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Injured Man in Daze for Hour

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 11

One of two men injured in a collision last night was "lost" for an hour. He wandered in a…

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22 die, 117 injured In Khartoum Sudanese Mobs Riot

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 5

CAIRO, Mon.--Twenty-two people were killed and 117 were injured today in rioting in Khartoum, the Sudanese…

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Accidents Cause City Square Chaos

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 March 1954 · page 3

Two accidents at Queen's Square last night caused an hour-long traffic jam. Police on point duty left their posts to…

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Cyclist Injured In Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 5

William May, 36, of Andrews Avenue, Bondi, was injured yesterday when his motor cycle and a car collided…

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Drowning of Boy Fall To Water From Tricycle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 5

A three-year-old boy was drowned yesterday when he was thrown over the handlebars of his tricycle from a…

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Sam Martin In Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 13

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.— A track injury this morning probably will keep jockey Sam Martin out of race riding for…

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Accident theory Car's Sea Plunge

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 3 March 1954 · page 17

Detectives are still at a loss to explain what happened when a prominent King's Cross doctor and a beautiful Lithuanian girl…

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Boy Drowned

The Propeller · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 1

A three-year-old boy was drowned on Tuesday last, when he was thrown over the handlebars of his tricycle from a…

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What Readers Say 24 Accidents But Who Cares?

The Propeller · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 1

Dear Sir.--As a resident of Mortdale in Boundary Road I have witnessed 24 motor accidents, some serious, on this road…

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Accident to rail carriage

The Sun · Friday 5 March 1954 · page 5

The projecting load of a passing goods train cut through the bodywork of a carriage of an electric…

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Schoolgirl Drowned In Baths

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 3

A nine-year-old school-girl was drowned yesterday while swimming with school classmates in the…

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Sultan Injured By Bomb

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 3

LONDON, March 5 (A.A.P.).—A bomb explosion wounded the Sultan of Morocco while he was…

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