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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

1,876 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 94

Injured Constable Police ask for offer of reward

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 2

N.S.W. Police Association secretary (Mr. F. Laut) said today the Government should offer a reward in an effort to discover the Car which critically injured a police Constable on…

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Injured Constable Police ask for offer of reward

Daily Mirror · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 2

N.S.W. Police Association secretary (Mr. F. Laut) said today the Government should offer a reward in ah effort to discover the car which critically injured a police constable on…

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Injured Policeman Improving

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 1

Doctors at Sydney Hospital said last night that the condition of Constable John Grubb was improving…

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Injured man improves

The Sun · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 3

Senior-Constable Jack Grubb, of Watson St., Neutral Bay, who was critically injured on…

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Boy, aged 2, drowned in well

The Sun · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 2

John Douglas Carruthers, 2, of Bulkara Rd., Bellevue Hill, was drowned in a well on a…

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Jack Ryan has injured eye

The Sun · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 49

Brisbane boxer, Jack Ryan, is suffering from an eye injury. He is unable to fight…

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Car Accident at Blaxland

Nepean Times · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 4

Mr. James Smith, or Hughes Avenue, Lawson, was travelling in a car from Palm Bench to his home on Tuesday, when, by…

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Strangled by Singlet on Post Infant's Accidental Death

Nepean Times · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 2

MEDICAL and other evidence indicated that accidental strangulation was the cause of the death of…

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Train Accident

The Propeller · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 1

A man who was critically injured when he fell from a train approaching Rockdale Railway Station on Friday…

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Five Hurt In Collision With Truck

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 14

Five people were hurt last night when a small sedan crashed into the back of a stationary truck in…

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Five Injured In Crash At Sylvania

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 3

Five young men were injured, two seriously, when their car skidded on a patch of wet road, overturned and…

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Late News Phone: M2406 Five Injured Car Smash

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 32

Five people were injured--three seriously--late last night when a car overturned at Sylvania. The car struck two safety-zone…

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Three Injured; Shocks to N.s.w. in Shield

The Sun · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 6

NSW Test left-hander, Alan Davidson, strained his right side today and is unlikely to play again in the Shield match against Victoria at…

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Happy Accident May Help in Cancer Cures

The World's News · Saturday 30 January 1954 · page 38

THAT frequent boon to sciencethe "happy accident"—has come to the aid of the fighters against cancer…

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Escaped in launch-ferry collision

Truth · Sunday 31 January 1954 · page 2

A man climbed back into his launch after he was thrown into the harbor in a collision…

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Two drowned when waves swamp boat

Truth · Sunday 31 January 1954 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Sat.—Two members of a fishing party drowned today when their boat overturned near Forster. Another boat rescued the other five members of the…

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Two Drowned On Fishing Trip Bar Crossing

The Sun-Herald · Sunday 31 January 1954 · page 8

FORSTER, Saturday. — Two men were drowned in attempting to cross the Forster bar this afternoon in a fishing launch…

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500 Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 1

TAIPEH, Mon. (B.U.P.). --Five hundred Chinese Communist troops were drowned yesterday when a…

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500 Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 20

TAIPEH; Mon. (B.U.P.). --Five hundred Chinese Communist troops were drowned yesterday when a…

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500 Drowned

Daily Mirror · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 20

TAIPEH, Mon. (B.U.P.).--Five hundred Chinese Communist troops were drowned yesterday when a…

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