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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

740 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 37

Man Fatally Injured Car Crash Near Bathurst

National Advocate · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 2

A man died last night from injuries received yesterday afternoon when the near tyre of the car he was driving blew out,…

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Accident at Baths Corner

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 1

A motor cycle accident occurred at the Swimming Baths corner on December 30, when it crashed into the…

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Molong's Toll of Motor Traffic Accidents Five Deaths

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 1

Molong had 13 per cent of the road accidents and 30 per cent of deaths — 58 accidents, 28 injured, five deaths — in the Orange police district during 1952…

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Accidental Death of Desmond Graham Kerr Cycle Accident On Mitchell Highway

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 7

"I find that deceased died from the affect of extensive injuries to the brain accidentally received when…

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Earlier News In Brief Motor Accident Insurance Payments

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 2

Most insurance companies in N.S. Wales (the N.R.M.A. excepted) will adopt a new form of comprehensive motor…

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Propellor Strikes Man 'Drome Accident

National Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 1

BRISBANE, Friday: A man who had been asked to leave Eagle Farm aerodrome later walked into the whirling propellor blade of a D.C.[?]…

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Car Passenger's Death Accidental Bathurst Inquest

National Advocate · Saturday 10 January 1953 · page 2

The Bathurst Coroner, Mr. W. S. [?]romhead returned a finding of accidental death yesterday at the inquest into the death of…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

National Advocate · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 2

A motor cyclist collided head on with a utility truck at Mount Lamoie, 25 miles east of Bathurst on the Great Western Highway on Friday…

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Wraac Drowned Three Others Escape

National Advocate · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday: The 21 years old WRAAC who drowned off Morning Beach, late yesterday, has now been identified. She is Patricia…

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50 DROWNED Communist Prisoners Attempted Escape

National Advocate · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 2

SAIGON, Sunday: Two hundred Communist prisoners tried to escape' from' a ' camp from an' island of Saigon' In Indo-China, last-month…

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Accident at Mount

National Advocate · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 2

A se[?]an car, driven by Brian Robert Howlett (19), of William Street, Bathurst, was extensively damaged when it overturned on the pit straight, Mt…

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Accident Victim Dies

National Advocate · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 2

Fatally injured when a car overturned on the Mitchell Highway between Bathurst and Orange on Wednesday, Robert Curtis (25), of…

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Five Children In Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 2

Five children were among seven accident victims attended to over the week-end by the Lithgow ambulance…

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Man’s Death After Accident

Central Western Daily · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 1

A young Cremorne man, who was seriously injured when a car overturned along Mitchell…

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Rail Worker Injured

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1953 · page 2

A Bathurst railwayman, Mr. Silas Eddy, of 7 Cross Street, suffered injuries to fingers of both hands when he was caught by machinery at Bathurst…

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Boy Drowned Baths Fatality

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A boy was drowned while swimming at Carrs Park, in Kogarah Bay, this afternoon. The boy, John Gearing (10), of…

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Sleepwalker Injured

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Tuesday: A 10-year-old sleepwalking Dutch girl, Agatha Visser, tumbled 20ft over the balcony of her home in Carlton early…

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Child Injured

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

A child was slightly injured la[?]e yesterday afternoon when she rode he[?] "dinky" into the path of a lorry. The driver of the lorry, Edward Thiele, of…

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Car Accident

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 2

A head-on collision occurred on the Great Western Highway near Yetholme, late on Monday night, William Benhke, of "Woodlands," Yetholme…

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Plane Accident Mystery Experts Puzzled

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: R.A.A.F. experts have been unable to discover any cause for the accident to a R.A.A.F. Dakota off Cronulla last October…

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