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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1959

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Accidents

Nepean Times · Thursday 12 March 1959 · page 5

Last Friday, John Slaats, aged 24, who lives at Woodford, was riding his motor cycle home from work at 12.50 a.m., when he…

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Shotgun Accident

The Biz · Wednesday 18 March 1959 · page 23

Well known Liverpool resident, Leslie McCartney, received frightful injuries to his left leg when a…

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Collision Injures Five

The Biz · Wednesday 8 April 1959 · page 1

Five people were injured in a spectacular head-on car collision at an intersection near…

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Car, Utility Collide Three Injured

The Biz · Wednesday 8 April 1959 · page 12

Three people were injured when a late model car and a utility vehicle collided at the…

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Fairfield Man in Fatal Accident

The Biz · Wednesday 8 April 1959 · page 11

A 33 year-old married man with three children was electrocuted through an electric drill he had bought shortly before he died…

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Mini Stops Over Accident Care

Tribune · Wednesday 8 April 1959 · page 12

WOLLONGONG: Mount Nebo mines stopped for 4 hours this week to protest against the lack of attention given to one of their…

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Injured in Collision

The Biz · Wednesday 29 April 1959 · page 20

In a collision at the corner of Cabramatta Road and Fume Highway last Saturday afternoon, James…

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Cyclist Seriously Injured

The Biz · Wednesday 29 April 1959 · page 22

A cyclist was seriously injured when he was struck by a car in Station Street last…

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Preventing collision of overhead cranes

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 29 April 1959 · page 8

To climate the danger of overhead travelling cranes operating on the same track colliding, a…

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Accidents

Nepean Times · Thursday 30 April 1959 · page 5

John Tuntler, an electric fitter, fell from the roof of a house at Park Road, Springwood, last Thursday. He was taken to…

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Drove 40 Years Without Accident

Nepean Times · Thursday 30 April 1959 · page 5

Charged with driving while under the influence, John Love, labourer, 12 Dunlop Street, Parramatta, was represented by Mr…

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Modern France Arts and Techniques Medical Research Relationship between vasculary accidents and solar activity

Le Courrier Australien · Friday 1 May 1959 · page 4

DOCTORS POUMAILLOUX and Virat described recently to the Academy of Medecine the results of the enquiry they have been making for the last two years at the Saint-Antome Hospital with the aim of clarifying certain circulatory difficulties…

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Barking Girl Accidentally Shot Mistaken for Rabbit

Tharunka · Monday 4 May 1959 · page 3

Soviet scientists excavating Minsk have found the remains of an 11th or 12th century tribal princess in a well-deserved oak coffin…

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Accidents

Nepean Times · Thursday 7 May 1959 · page 7

Lewis Burke, of Marks Avenue, Seven Hills, who works at Goodwins, St. Marys, received facial injuries and concussion when a…

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Woman Injured

The Biz · Wednesday 13 May 1959 · page 6

Miss Lorna Barrett. 33, suffered bruised and head luxuries when she was knocked down by a car in…

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Motor Accident at Yennora

The Biz · Wednesday 13 May 1959 · page 17

Three people were injured at 7 p.m. on Saturday, when a M.C. car hit an electric light pole in Railway St.,…

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Collision

The Biz · Wednesday 20 May 1959 · page 26

A collision between a Motor cytclist and a bus in Hamilton street, Faireld, on the same sport. The motor cyclist, Ronald…

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Fairfield Collision

The Biz · Wednesday 27 May 1959 · page 24

A Collision in Fairfield St., Fairfield, about 7 p.m. last Saturday, resulted in two men being admitted…

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Collision Injures Three

The Biz · Wednesday 3 June 1959 · page 5

Three persons involved in a collision between two cars in John street, Cabramatta last Thursday evening, were…

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Greater driving skill means less accidents

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 17 June 1959 · page 11

The President of the N.R.M.A., Sir Norman Nock, says that far too many persons with insufficient skill or judgement are being allowed to drive, and that a marked improvement in…

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