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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

1,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 94

Lifesaver injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 3

A lifesaver with his right shoulder dislocated struggled for five minutes in big seas off…

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Drowned in quarry fall

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 11

A man who fell from a pontoon in a water filled quarry drowned accidentally, the City…

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Drowned in quarry fall

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 11

A man who fell from a pontoon in a water filled quarry drowned accidentally, the City…

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Drowned in quarry fall

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 11

A man who fell from a pontoon in a water-filled quarry drowned accidentally, the City…

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Lost Boy Found Drowned

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

MELBOURNE, Sunday. —A search by police and 70 volunteers for Edward Joseph Monaghan, 4½, who…

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Drowned in quarry fall

Daily Mirror · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 11

A main who fell from a pontoon in a Water- filled quarry drowned accidentally, the City…

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Philpott injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 23

Manly spin howler Peter Philpott may not be able to bowl again this season…

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Cyclist died of injuries in collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 5

A motor cyclist died of a fractured skull and other injuries after his cycle accidentally came…

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Cyclist died of injuries in collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 5

A motor cyclist died of a fractured skull and other injuries after his cycle accidentally came…

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Cyclist died of injuries in collision

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 5

A motor cyclist died of a fractured skull and other injuries after his cycle accidentally came…

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Parking Rules Cut Accidents

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 9

Enforcement of parking regulations in Sydney had reduced accidents and increased transport revenue by allowing freer running of trams, the Commissioner for Transport…

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Parking Rules Cut Accidents

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 9

Enforcement of parking regulations in Sydney had reduced accidents and increased transport revenue by allowing freer running of trams, the Commissioner for Transport…

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Parking Rules Cut Accidents

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 9

Enforcement of parking regulations in Sydney had reduced accidents and increased transport revenue by allowing freer running of trams, the Commissioner for Transport…

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Parking Rules Cut Accidents

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 9

Enforcement of parking regulations in Sydney had reduced accidents and increased transport revenue by allowing freer running of trams, the Commissioner for Transport…

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Parking Rules Cut Accidents

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 9

Enforcement of parking regulations in Sydney had reduced accidents and increased transport revenue by allowing freer running of trams, the Commissioner for Transport…

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Parking Rules Cut Accidents

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 9

Enforcement of parking regulations in Sydney had reduced accidents and increased transport revenue by allowing freer running the Commissioner for Transport…

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Parking Rules Cut Accidents

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 9

Enforcement of parking regulations in Sydney had reduced accidents and increased transport revenue by allowing freer running of trams, the Commissioner for Transport…

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Parking Rules Cut Accidents

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 5 January 1954 · page 9

Enforcement of parking regulations in Sydney had reduced accidents and increased transport revenue by allowing freer running of trams, the Commissioner for Transport…

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Boy Drowned

The Sun · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--Robert Neil Hawke, 7, of Sunbury, was drowned yesterday…

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Miner injured

Tribune · Wednesday 6 January 1954 · page 1

LEN BOARDMAN, well-known president of the Coalcliff Miners’ Lodge, has been seriously injured in a mine accident…

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