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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

1,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 94

Motorist Injured

The Sun · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 11

Paul Tripping, 50, of Bourke St., city, was treated at Liverpool Hospital for abrasions today…

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Man killed in collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 3

GOULBURN, Fri.--A man was killed last night when his truck collided head-on with a…

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Drowned Man's Body Found

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 5

The police launch Adastrea yesterday afternoon found the body of Peter MacFarlane Mcwilliams, 41, of Scotland,…

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The Way It Works All the signs pointed to murder but Spike said it was just an accident. A short story

The World's News · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 18

IT'S funny, the way it works. I mean Fate, of course. Or Destiny. Or whatever you care to call it Some folk scoff at Destiny. They…

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Man dies after road accident

The Sun · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Saturday.-- After lying unconscious for a week, a 65- year-old man, injured in…

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Smell upset by accident

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 20 March 1954 · page 6

A woman's only sense of smell offer an accident was "a shockingly bad one," the Supreme Court was told yesterday…

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Baby drowned

The Sun · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 5

A father found his 15-month-old son drowned, floating face downward in two feet of water in a…

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Woman injured by bottle blow

The Sun · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 7

Ellen Josephine Swift, 60. was seriously injured when she was hit on the head with a bottle in a…

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Bay injured by "space" gun

The Sun · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 15

LONDON. -- An emergency operation has been performed to save the left eye of Paul Woodley,…

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Arm Shot in Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 10

NEWCASTLE, Mon.-- A man today accidentally shot himself in the right arm…

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Three Accidents on Same Highway

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 1

BONN, Tues. (U.P.).--At least six people were killed and several injured in a series of accidents in dense…

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Three Accidents on Same Highway

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 10

BONN, Tues.. (U.P.).--At least six people were killed and several injured in a series of accidents in dense…

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Three Accidents on Same Highway

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 10

BONN, Tues. (U.P.).--At least six people were killed, and several injured in a series of accidents in dense;…

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Three Accidents on Same Highway

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 10

BONN, Tues. (U.P.).--At least six people were killed, and several injured in a series of accidents in dense…

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Three Accidents on Same Highway

Daily Mirror · Tuesday 23 March 1954 · page 10

BONN, Tues. (U.P.).--At least six people were killed and several injured in a series of accidents in dense…

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Inquest Into Drowning Of Children

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 10

The Parramatta Coroner. Mr. N. C. Hawes, yesterday held inquests into the deaths of three infant…

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Injured Soldier Went on Parade

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Wed. --A 36-years-old Murray Bridge ex-soldier who was gored by a bull early yesterday morning refused hospital treatment for nearly 10 hours so that he…

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Injured Soldier Went on Parade

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Wed. -- A 36-years-old Murray Bridge ex-soldier who was gored by a bull early yesterday morning refused hospital treatment for nearly 10 hours so that he…

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Injured Soldier Went on Parade

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 24 March 1954 · page 7

ADELAIDE, Wed. -- A 36-years-old Murray Bridge ex-soldier who was gored by a bull early yesterday morning refused hospital treatment for nearly 10 hours so that he…

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Woman Injured

The Propeller · Thursday 25 March 1954 · page 1

On Sunday last Mrs. Lavinia Beatrice Tindale. 66, of Monterey Street, Kogarah, was seriously injured when she was…

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