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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1958

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Serious Accident

The Biz · Wednesday 22 October 1958 · page 30

Mrs. M. E. Morrison (78) of Railway Parade, Canley Vale, was admitted to Liverpool Hospital In a serious condition following an…

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Fairfield Girls Injured

The Biz · Wednesday 29 October 1958 · page 8

Two young assistants at Winns Fairfield store were injured, one seriously last week -end in a motor car accident at Bass Hill…

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Road Accidents in N. S. W. Statistics Year Ended June 30

The Biz · Wednesday 29 October 1958 · page 22

This statement has been prepared from information furnished in police road accident reports. It covers all accidents…

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Head-on Collision

Nepean Times · Thursday 30 October 1958 · page 1

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Howell, who have just recently moved to Blaxland, had a head-on collision with a metal truck near…

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Accidents

Nepean Times · Thursday 30 October 1958 · page 7

Harold Alston, Garswood, council employee, had several fingers severed while he was using a circular saw, last Sunday…

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Woman Found Drowned

The Biz · Wednesday 5 November 1958 · page 27

Residents of the area were shocked to learn that Mrs. Kathleen. Walker had been found drowned in Prospect Check near…

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Road Accident Statistics Ended June 30, 1958

The Biz · Wednesday 5 November 1958 · page 25

The following information was issued, by the N.S.W. Department of Transport:--Forty-one per cent, of all…

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Accidents

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 November 1958 · page 6

On Monday, Maurice O'Brien, 33, No. 2 Hostel, Windsor Road, St. Marys, collapsed on the footpath at St. Marys. He received…

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Leppington News Fatal Accident

The Biz · Wednesday 12 November 1958 · page 29

Leppington lost a fine young citizen when Leslie Tegel was fatally injured when the truck which he was driving overturned…

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Accidents

Nepean Times · Thursday 13 November 1958 · page 7

Mrs. Dorothy Lawson. Cambridge Park, had a fall in a shop last Thursday, taken to hospital for X-ray, and then…

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Accidents Cost £161,500,000

The Biz · Wednesday 19 November 1958 · page 12

Industrial accidents cost Australia £161,500,000 a year in worker's compensation, Mr. R. E. Tobi[?]t said in Melbourne…

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Fatal Accident

Nepean Times · Thursday 20 November 1958 · page 7

A fatal accident occurred near Faulconbridge yesterday morning about 5 o'clock, when Umberto Bernardi, aged 30, was…

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Human Failure in Road Accidents

The Biz · Wednesday 26 November 1958 · page 27

A person's state of mind can make hon a safe or dangerous driver Human failure causes more…

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Cut down holiday drowning figures

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 10 December 1958 · page 12

On an average 130 people lose their lives from drowning in N.S.W. each year. Last…

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Three Cabs in Collision

The Biz · Wednesday 10 December 1958 · page 39

Three cars were involved in a collision at the corner of The Horsley Drive add Mitchell St., Fairfield, late on Sunday…

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Car Driver Ru[?] Way After Accident

The Biz · Wednesday 10 December 1958 · page 36

The [?]ver of car ran away after his car had collided with several guide posts on the Hume Highway neat [?],…

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Car-truck Collision Two Men Hurt

The Biz · Wednesday 17 December 1958 · page 10

Elgar Flobodzian (35), Edensor Road, st. John's Park and Alfred Holmers (33), at Ware Street, Fairfield, were…

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Accident Toll of Youth

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 17 December 1958 · page 18

N.R.M.A. General Secretary Mr. H. E. Richards, said that there was much food for thought in the…

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Car Colours and Accidents

The Biz · Wednesday 17 December 1958 · page 17

Does the colour of have any influence on the road accident position? This is a question which…

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