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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

1,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 94

The gold- miner who cheated death A foreigner trapped in a flooded Coolgardie mine was saved from certain drowning by a freak air pocket

The World's News · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 14

CELEBRATION recently of the golden jubilee of the opening of the Coolgardie (West Australian) water supply project, and its…

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Death An Accident, Widow Of Dr. Says

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 5

The widow of Dr. Joseph Blank, Lithuanian-born, who died when his car plunged over a cliff at…

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Traffic accident toll rises Two Run Down by Trains; Car Death

The Sun · Saturday 6 March 1954 · page 3

Trains last night and early today killed a man and injured a woman, while another woman died in a car crash. The man was killed by an electric train at…

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Leading boxer injured

Truth · Sunday 7 March 1954 · page 7

Leading contender for the National featherweight boxing title, Trevor King (23), was…

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Two Dead in Qld. Accidents

Truth · Sunday 7 March 1954 · page 2

BRISBANE, Sat. — Two men were killed in road accidents today, and four other people were…

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Death Accidental

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 7 March 1954 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday (A.A.P.).—Lady Soulbury, wife of the Governor of Ceylon, "seemed…

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Baby Boy Drowned

The Sun · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 9

An 18-months-old boy drowned in the Georges River at Picnic Point today after crawiing out of…

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Playmates Drowned in Creek

The Sun · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 9

TENTER FIELD, Monday. -- Two playmates were drowned here yesterday…

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Injured Boy "Improving"

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 4

Condition of an 11-years-old boy whose left leg was amputated after he had been run down by a…

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Injured Boy "Improving"

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 4

Condition of an 11-years-old boy whose left leg was amputated after he had been run down by a…

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Injured Boy "Improving"

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 4

Condition of an 11-years-old boy whose left leg was amputated after he had been run down by a…

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Motor Cyclist Badly Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 5

Martin Poezus, 24, of Oxford Street, Woollahra, was seriously injured last night when his motor cycle and a…

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Four Men Injured Bottle, Knife Assaults

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sunday. —Four men were treated at hospitals early to-day after having been injured in…

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Mountainous waves swamp 3 craft 3 DROWNED, 2 Missing in Army Manoeuvres Ii Men in hospital

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Mon.--In one of the worst Army accidents since the war, three men were drowned and two others are missing in heavy seas a few miles north of Stockton…

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Mountainous waves swamp 3 craft 3 DROWNED, 2 Missing in Army Manoeuvres Ii Men in hospital

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Mon.--In one of the worst Army accidents since the war, three men were drowned and two others are missing in heavy seas a few miles north of Stockton…

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Mountainous waves swamp 3 craft 2 DROWNED, 1 Missing in Army Manoeuvres 2 Men in hospital

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Mon.--In one of the worst Army accidents since the war, two men were drowned and one is missing in heavy seas a few miles north of Stockton…

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Mountainous waves swamp 3 craft 2 DROWNED, 1 Missing in Army Manoeuvres 2 Men in hospital

Daily Mirror · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Mon.--In one of the worst Army accidents since the war, two men were drowned and one is missing in heavy seas a few miles north of Stockton…

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Boating Accident Costs Boy Leg

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 8 March 1954 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Sunday. — A speedboat in Lake Macquarie this afternoon…

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Drowning

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 32

WATERVILLE (Maine), Wed. (A.P.). -- Mrs. Constance Fisher (24) drowned her three young…

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Drowning

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 10 March 1954 · page 32

WATERVILLE (Maine), Wed. (A.P.). -- Mrs. Constance Fisher (24) drowned her three young…

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