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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

1,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 94

Fifty Years Ago (From "Nepean Times", March 19, 1904) Inquest on Railway Fatality

Nepean Times · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 2

The sad death of Mr. Charles Newell, through being run over by a truck in the Penrith railway yard on Tuesday night has…

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Back Broken in Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 9

A man suffered a broken spine and other injuries when two cars and a tram were involved in an…

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Back Broken in Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 9

A man suffered a broken spine and other injuries when two cars and a tram were involved in an…

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Back Broken in Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 9

A man suffered a broken spine and other injuries when two cars and a tram were involved in an…

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Back Broken in Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 9

A man suffered a broken spine and other injuries when two cars and a tram were involved in an…

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Back Broken in Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 9

A man suffered a broken spine and other injuries when two cars and a tram were involved in an…

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Back Broken in Accident

Daily Mirror · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 9

A man suffered a broken spine and other injuries when two cars and a tram were involved in an…

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Injured girl gets £5500

The Sun · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 2

A former girl life-saver today was awarded £5500 damages for injuries received in a car smash…

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Children Died Accidentally Scalded in bath and copper

The Sun · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 13

A baby who fell into a copper of hot water and another who was scalded in a bath died accidentally, City Coroner F. McNamara found today…

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Dr. in Fatal Accident

The Sydney Jewish News · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 5

A Bondi Jewish doctor who died in a tragic car accident at Tamarama cliffs recently was a member of the NSW…

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Widespread reports of H-bomb "accident" Fears of Bikini fault

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 1

LOS ANGELES, Fri.-- Rumors that something went wrong at the Bikini hydrogen bomb explosion on March 1 are sweeping America…

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Widespread reports of H-homb "accident" Fears of Bikini fault

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 1

LOS ANGELES, Fri.-- Rumors that something went wrong at the Bikini hydrogen bomb explosion on March 1 are sweeping America…

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Widespread reports of H-bomb "accident" Fears of Bikini fault

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 1

LOS ANGELES, Fri.-- Rumors that something went wrong at the Bikini hydrogen bomb explosion on March 1 are sweeping America…

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Widespread reports of H-bomb "accident" Fears of Bikini fault

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 1

LOS ANGELES, Fri.-- Rumors that something went wrong at the Bikini hydrogen bomb explosion on March 1 are sweeping America…

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M.H.R's Probe on Army Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Fri.-- Mr. D. Watkins, Federal Labor Member for Newcastle, said today he was investigating a report that Eastern Command Headquarters in Sydney had opposed the tragic army amphibious manoeuvre in which three soldiers lost their lives…

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M.H.R's Probe on Army Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Fri-- Mr. D. Watkins, Federal Labor Member for Newcastle, said today he was investigating a report that Eastern Command Headquarters in Sydney had opposed the tragic army amphibious manoeuvre in which three soldiers lost their lives…

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M.H.R's Probe on Army Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Fri.--Mr. D. Watkins, Federal Labor Member for Newcastle, said today he was investigating a report that Eastern Command Headquarters in Sydney had opposed the tragic army amphibious manoeuvre in which three soldiers lost their lives…

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M.H.R's Probe on Army Accident

Daily Mirror · Friday 19 March 1954 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Tri.--Mr. Dr Watkins, Federal Labor Member for Newcastle, said today he was investigating a report that Eastern Command Headquarters in Sydney had opposed the tragic army amphibious manoeuvre in which three soldiers lost their lives…

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Eight Injured; Trams in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 3

Eight people were injured in a tram smash at Petersham yesterday. The rear carriage of…

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Level-crossing Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 6

A rail-motor hit this lorry at a level-crossing near Rosehill yesterday and carried it 30 yards. The driver of the lorry suffered only slight abrasions…

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