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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Collision Near Maclean

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 January 1953 · page 3

MACLEAN, Wed.—A panel van and utility were badly damaged in a collision at the northern approach…

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Cars Damaged In Collision

Daily Examiner · Thursday 1 January 1953 · page 2

COFFS HARBOUR, Wed.—Two ears were badly damaged When they collided on the Pacific Highway about…

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Fatally Injured

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.—Barry John Taylor, 15, of Hawkesbury road, Westmead, was fatally injured to-day when…

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Man Drowned, Youth Missing In Sea At Woy Woy

Daily Examiner · Friday 2 January 1953 · page 1

SIDNEY, Thursday.—A man was drowned and a youth is missing, believed to have been drowned, when six people were washed to sea at Kilcare beach, Woy Woy, to-day…

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Driver Injured

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 4

INVERELL.--Lionel Austin (28), of "Sunnyside," Inverell, was seriously injured when a lorry he was…

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Injured In Plane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 3

CANBERRA, Friday.--A Presbyterian minister suffered a possible fracture of neck when a T.A.A. aircraft…

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4 Drowned In NSW On

Daily Examiner · Saturday 3 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.--Four persons were drowned in New South Wales to-day. The body of another man,…

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Two More Drowned

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.--A man and a 10-months-old girl were drowned in New South Wales to-day…

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Two Drowned In Baths

Daily Examiner · Monday 5 January 1953 · page 3

GOULBURN, Sun. -- A one-legged ex-serviceman was drowned in Goulburn City baths yesterday…

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Boy Injured

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 6 January 1953 · page 2

Francis Moffatt, 11, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H., Moffatt, of South Grafton, suffered a lacerated wound to…

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Men Drowned

Daily Examiner · Thursday 8 January 1953 · page 3

BRISBANE, Wed.—Two men were drowned and a woman was rescued when their fishing dinghy capsized…

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Rough Ride For Injured Lad

Daily Examiner · Friday 9 January 1953 · page 5

LISMORE, Thurs. --A two-year-old. boy with a fractured thigh was carried by truck four miles over a…

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Drowning of Teacher

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 2

GLEN INNES, Sun.—The death of school teacher Irene Rosemond Brown, 29, on December 23, was…

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Four Killed In Road Accidents

Daily Examiner · Monday 12 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Four people were killed and seven injured in road accidents in N.S.W. this weekend. A 21-months-old baby was among those killed…

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Child Injured

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 3

Shirley Joy Keel, aged 6 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Keel, of Upper Copmanhurst, suffered a…

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Fear Missing Man May Be Drowned

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 14 January 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—C.I.B. detectives are probing the mysterious disappearance of a Queensland businessman, whose clothing has been found on Bondi beach…

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Step To Prevent Cricket Accidents

Daily Examiner · Thursday 15 January 1953 · page 3

The Clarence River District Cricket Association last night decided to take a definite step to prevent the…

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70 Accidents In Two Years

Daily Examiner · Friday 16 January 1953 · page 3

LISMORE, Thursday. -- An intersection on the Pacific Highway, near Byron Bay, has been the scene of…

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Car Passenger Injured

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 January 1953 · page 6

Contused wounds to the left arm, leg, and eye, were suffered yesterday by Harold Lawrence Knight, 66, of 14…

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Injured In Smash

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 January 1953 · page 3

TAMWORTH, Sunday.-- Three men were injured when a five-ton horse float in which they were…

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