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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1957

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Three Injured in Collision

The Biz · Wednesday 9 January 1957 · page 7

A married woman, a youth and a young lady were injured when two cars collided at the intersection of Sackville Street and…

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Granville Man Drowned

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 9 January 1957 · page 16

Vincent Burgess (25), of Granville, was drowned last Friday night when he…

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Many Holiday Accidents Two Drownings One Resuscitated

The Biz · Wednesday 9 January 1957 · page 13

One drowning and one near drowning, listed in Xmas holiday period accidents which occurred in Liverpool and surrounding…

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Accident Victim

The Biz · Wednesday 9 January 1957 · page 7

Kenneth Kennedy, of 10 Gilbert Street, Cabramatta sustained a[?]rasions to the right eyelid, both arms and lip when he was…

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Road Fatality Pedestrian on Highway at Night

Nepean Times · Thursday 10 January 1957 · page 1

About 11.10 p.m. on Saturday, January 5, Zenon Nowakowski, a Pole, of Bridge Street, Rydalmere, was walking along the…

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Non-Stop after Accident

Nepean Times · Thursday 10 January 1957 · page 2

A car driver who was alleged to have travelled one mile after an accident in which his vehicle was involved, some six months…

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Boy Injured in Collision

The Biz · Wednesday 16 January 1957 · page 6

An eleven-year-old boy received a fractured right leg and probable fracture of the skull when lie was involved in a…

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Narrow Scape From Drowning

The Biz · Wednesday 16 January 1957 · page 11

Two young "Bass Hill girls shad narrow escapes from drowning whilst bathing neat Milperra Bridge last Sunday, a bare…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Biz · Wednesday 16 January 1957 · page 4

When a motor cycle, ridden by Gabor Angyfalfi (24), of Rowley Street, Fairfield, and a car, driven by Arthur Sherar, of Riverview…

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Man Injured Wall Collapses

The Biz · Wednesday 16 January 1957 · page 16

A man was buried under a pile of bricks when a wall he was demolishing at Battle's store in The Crescent, fairfield…

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Extensive Inquiries About Drowning

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 January 1957 · page 4

Penrith Police were very busy on Sunday making inquiries for the purpose of identifying a man who was found drowned in…

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Collision in High Street, Charge

Nepean Times · Thursday 17 January 1957 · page 2

A collision in High Street, Penrith, opposite Nepean Picture Theatre, on Saturday afternoon, September 1, was the subject of…

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Inquest on South Creek Bridge Fatality Charge of Manslaughter "Not Guilty" Defence Reserve

Nepean Times · Thursday 24 January 1957 · page 7

In an inquest held at Penrith Court House on Thursday, the district coroner, Mr. J. L. Craddock, found that a pedestrian had died of injuries received when he was knocked down by a car at South Creek…

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Girl Accidentally Killed by Car Ran Across Road

Nepean Times · Thursday 31 January 1957 · page 2

That Rita Patricia Speed 9 years of age, died from injuries accidentally received through being knocked down by a car in…

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Une Explication Scienti-fique Des Accidents Surles .Routes En Ligne Droite

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 1 February 1957 · page 6

Paris.—Une communication de M. R. F. Simonin, présentée à l'Acaidémie des Sciences par M. Georges Darmois, apporte une explication des accidents…

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Bad Collision in Woodstock Avenue

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 February 1957 · page 4

One man was severely injured and others suffered less in a collision that occurred on Tuesday afternoon in Woodstock…

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Fatality at Utah, St. Marys Dogman to Crane Driver

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 February 1957 · page 1

About 9.30 p.m. on January 29, James Arthur Lambert (26), a single man, employed as a builder's labourer by Utah…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Biz · Wednesday 13 February 1957 · page 5

A motor cyclist was seriously injured when involved in a collision with a utility at the intersection of Macouarte and…

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Roads and Road Accidents

The Biz · Wednesday 13 February 1957 · page 17

Despite published "statistics" to the contrary. Australian Automobile Association still maintains that "Good Roods are Safer…

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Penrith Men in Collision

Nepean Times · Thursday 14 February 1957 · page 1

Well known Penrith residents who were injured in a collision on Parramatta Road, Lidcombe, on Friday, 8th inst, are making…

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