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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

740 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 37

£1879 Damages for Woman Accident Sequel

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A Supreme Court jury today awarded £1879 damages to a spinster whose polio affected right leg was broken in a tram…

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Minor Collision

National Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 2

Drivers of two cars which collided on the Sofala Road at 2 p.m yesterday escaped injury and the vehicles were only slightly damaged. A car…

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Accidental Death Bathurst Verdict Coroner Told of Car Smash

National Advocate · Thursday 22 January 1953 · page 1

Maxwell John Churchill died on January 9 from the effects of injuries received in a motor accident on the Great Western Highway, seven miles…

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Second Fatality

National Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 6

LONDON, Thursday: A Scottish passenger in the Monte Carol car rally was killed last night when the car in which he was travelling, crashed…

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Ambulance Damaged In Collision

Central Western Daily · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 5

The Molong District Ambulance was badly damaged when it collided with a truck on a narrow bridge between Molong and Cumnock on Tuesday night…

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Molong Ambulance in Collision

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 2

The front mudguard an the driver's side of Molong ambulance was badly dented in a collision with another…

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Aged Woman Injured

National Advocate · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 2

Mrs. Ryan, of Isabella sustained a broken wrist when she fell at the rear of her home on wet grass. Her son, Mr. Joe Ryan conveyed her to…

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Fresh Hope Is Offered to the Badly Injured

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 1

BOSTON, Friday.-- A.U.S. Navy (lector said yesterday plastics were being increasingly used for human body…

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Five Minor Accidents Yesterday

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 January 1953 · page 1

A mineworker injured his his hand in an accident at Lithgow Valley Colliery yesterday…

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Minor Collision

National Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 2

A car and semi-trailer were involved in a minor collision on the Bathurst-Sofala Road at 7.30 am yesterday Arthur Wesley Bennett, of Mudgee, the…

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Man Rilled by Train Grafton Fatality

National Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1953 · page 1

GRAFTON, Friday: A railway workman, James Frost, of South Grafton was killed near Grafton this morning when he was run down by…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

National Advocate · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 2

A motor cyclist suffered slight head and facial abrasions when a cycle and a car collided at the intersection or Howick and Stewart Street at 7…

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Rider Fatally Injured Tragedy at Orange T.T. RACES Three Others Injured

National Advocate · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 2

ORANGE, Sunday: The opening of the Orange speedway yesterday win marred by a fatal accident the victim being a young…

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Woman Driver Drowned Truck in Creek

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday: A mother of five children was drowned when she drove a utility truck into a wash-out on the roadway over flooded Dingle…

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Swimmers Break Necks Vic. Accidents

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: Three swimmers broke their necks and another fractured his spine at Victorian beaches over the week-end…

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Greasy Roads Cause Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 2

A Land Rover overturned in a ditch and a motor cycle and two cars crashed yesterday in two traffic accidents caused by…

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Couple Injured in Car Smash

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 1

PARKES, Tuesday: A man and his wife who were injured when their car overturned while returning from the Cowra races, are now in Cowra…

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Man Killed in Truck Smash Cobar Accident

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A man was killed and another seriously injured when a truck skidded and overturned near Cobar yesterday…

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Minor Collision

National Advocate · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 2

A car and a utility van collided at the intersection of Bentinck and Keppel Street at 12-40 yesterday. No person was injured and the vehicles were…

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Bush Fire Fatality

Central Western Daily · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 5

At an inquest at Wellington into the death of Mr Hector William Phillip Masling, the District…

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