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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

740 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 37

Footballer Injured

National Advocate · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 2

Playing in a trial same at Loco Oval yesterday, Len MCGrath received a severe cut on the left leg. Ko was conveyed to a local surgery where…

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Injured in Fall

National Advocate · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 2

Miss G. Parker, of 49 Carlingford Street was treated at the outpatients ward of Bathurst district Hospital at 9.30 am Saturday, for injuries to the…

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Week -End Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 2

Three men injured playing football were among accident victims transported by Lithgow ambulance yesterday. Two…

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Youth Makes Pathetic Plea After Collision

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 24 March 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- An 18-year-old "youth had his right leg almost severed when two trams collided at…

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Two Children Drowned

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday —Two children were drowned today In the swollen Nambucca…

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Two Children Drowned Launch Tragedy

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1953 · page 2

NAMBUCCA HEADS, Tuesday. Two children were drowned when a launch was holed by floating timber and sank in the flooded…

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Man Injured by Falling Lift

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- A man suffered a fractured skull when a lift crashed on him from the seventh floor of…

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Shocking Accident in Mendooran

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 26 March 1953 · page 5

A shocking accident occurred last week. When Mrs. Martha Emily Luskie was crossing the main street at…

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£1000 Claim Follows Accident at Larras Lee Bridge

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 1

Molong Shire Council on Monday was informed that Peter Alexapoulos, a New Australian had issued a claim of £1000 against Council for damage in an accident at a…

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[?]Bo Widow Gets [?]4020 for Loss of Husbnd [?]al Accident Near Molong

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1953 · page 1

[?]lie Sophia Williams, of [?]ington Square, Dubbo, awarded a total of £4020 [?]e Dubbo Supreme Court…

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Dust Causes Accident

National Advocate · Saturday 28 March 1953 · page 2

A car driven by Reginald David Yeend, of 27 Anson Street, Orange, overturned near Waiting about 8.49 last night: Yeend informed Bathurst…

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Footballer Injured

National Advocate · Monday 30 March 1953 · page 2

A member of Charlestons football team, Bob Alderman, of Stewart St., received a fractured bone in a foot during a League game at Portland…

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Portland Doctor Injured in Road Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--Dr. Garth Phillips, of Portland, was injured in a car accident at Killara early this morning…

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Remarkable Series of Accidents

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 14

Four miners lost five fingers between them in accidents at Lithgow coal mines one clay recently…

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Boxing Carruthers in Motoring Accident

National Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 2

DUREAN, Wednesday: Australia's world Santamweight boxing champion, Jimmy Carruthers and his wife. Myrna, were involved in a motor…

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ACCIDENTS & MISHAPS Dog & Horse Cause Injuries

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 2

Two men were injured in accidents with animals yesterday. Mr. Kenneth Dukes, of Wallerawang, an employee of…

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Carruthers In Car Accident

Central Western Daily · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 10

DURBAN, Wednesday. —Australia’s world bantamweight boxing champion, Jimmy Carruthers,…

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Show Accident Fund

Central Western Daily · Friday 3 April 1953 · page 2

Competitors, officials and all voluntary helpers at this year’s Orange Show will be…

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Youth Killed in Cycle Accident Week-end Road Toll in Bathurst

National Advocate · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 2

A motor cyclist was killed and his pillion passenger seriously injured in an accident at Bathurst at 11.45 on Saturday night…

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Car Crash Two Bathurst Builders Injured Capsize Near Molong

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 2

Four Bathurstians escaped serious injury when a car ran off the road down an embankment and overturned several times, near…

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