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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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21 Injured in Quay Fire

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 2

NEW YORK. Tuesday. — Fire yesterday burned out the heart of the waterfront at Wilmington, North…

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Mill Accident

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1953 · page 2

A head storeman at Crago's Flour mills, Bathurst. had a remarkable escape from serious injury when a sack of flour, weighing well over 100 lbs,…

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Funeral of Accident Victim

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 12 March 1953 · page 5

The funeral of the late Eleanor (Peggy) Hebden, aged 20 years, the victim of a motor accident at Windsor on…

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Sequel To Road Fatality Young Man Given Bond

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 13 March 1953 · page 2

An 18-year-old youth who was at the wheel of a sedan car which plunged off Hassans Walls secenic road last…

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Minor Collision

National Advocate · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 2

No person was injured in a mino collision involving a taxi and a motorcycle at the intersection of Stewart and Lambert Streets at 5 40 on…

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Child Injured at Sports

National Advocate · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 2

Struck by a horse-o-plane at the St. Patrick's Day Sports on Saturday afternoon, Dennis (9), son of Mr. and Mrs. Leo Sames, of 232 Rankin Street…

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Seven Injured When Trains Collide At Mudgee Siding

Central Western Daily · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Seven people received minor injuries last night in a collision between the Mudgee Mail train and a goods train at a siding at Mudgee. Police were told the 7.48…

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Accident Victim Returns to Cowra

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 2

One of the victims of Wednesday night's sensational semitrailer collision at Meadow Flat, John Knight (24), was…

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Mudgee Mail In Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 16 March 1953 · page 1

Four persons were slightly injured when the Mudgee Mail crashed into a stationary goods train when pulling out of…

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Six Dead in Bus Collision

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 17 March 1953 · page 9

COLUMBIA (South Carolina), Monday. — A greyhound bus and a motor lorry collided head-on…

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Man Injured in Bicycle Accident

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 1

A man received a probable fractured skull, concussion and severe shock when he fell off a bicycle…

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Gas Fatality at Brewery "Safety First Rules Disregarded"

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1953 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Toohey's Brewery had not observed the Factories and Shop Act regulations, City Coroner E. J. Forrest, said today…

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Arm Torn Off In Collision

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 1

Doctors at St. George Hospital, Sydney, said today that the condition of Herbert Reed (35), of…

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Ba[?]y's Leg Fractured In Car Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 19 March 1953 · page 6

A 17-months-old baby girl had her leg fractured, but her parents escaped with superficial injuries…

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Extraordinary Fatality

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 4

A 36-year-old married woman was electrocuted when she stepped into a bath, the City Coroner, Mr. E. J. Forrest, was…

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Men Drowned During Test

National Advocate · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 4

SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday: A test model off the US Army's huge new amphibious cargo vehicle, "Bare", sank in the ocean 40 miles south of…

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Accident to P.m.g. Linesman

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1953 · page 2

A very nasty accident occurred at "The Gap," on the Cumnock Road at about 11 o'clock yesterday morning,…

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Highway Collision

National Advocate · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 2

A car and a utility were involved in a minor collision on the Great Western Highway near Glanmire at 7 pm on Saturday. A car driven by…

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Minor Collision

National Advocate · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 2

The drivers of two vehicles involved in a minor collision on the Great Western Highway, 10 miies east of Lithgow, at 7 am on Saturday…

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Motorcyclist Injured

National Advocate · Monday 23 March 1953 · page 2

A motorcyclist whose machine crashed into the safely fence, at Tonkin's Corner, Mount Panorama, at 4.30 on Saturday afternoon, suffered…

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