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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Swept to Sea One Drowned Another Saved

Macleay Argus · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.--A middle-aged man is missing, and his son-in-law had a narrow escape, after a wave washed…

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Wauchope Soldier Accidentally Hurt

Macleay Argus · Monday 18 May 1953 · page 2

In the casualty list issued by the Minister for the Army (Mr. Francis) last week, there appears the name of Pte…

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Accidental Death Verdict at Taree

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 19 May 1953 · page 6

A junior Railway Cleaner had died from effects of injuries accidentally received when thrown from a…

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Boy Drowned

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 1

TAMWORTH: Seventeen months old Barry MacGregor, younger son of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. MacGregor…

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Coroner's Verdict On Farm Fatality

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 1

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the District Coroner, Mr. R. V. Hough, who, at the Taree Courthouse yesterday, inquired into the death on May 14, at the M.R…

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Car Accident

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 3

Robert Raymond Pearson, 40, a tractor driver in the employ of Macleay River Timber Company, at Comara, on…

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Accident Verdict on Child Caught by Shaft

The Northern Champion · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 6

A three-years-old girl had died from the effects of injuries to the head, accidentally received when her hair…

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Lorry & Utility in Collision at W'h'm

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 25 May 1953 · page 3

Laurence, Cornwall, 21, of Wingham, rece ved multiple fracture to the right arm when the utility he was driving was…

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Road Accidents at Week-end

The Northern Champion · Tuesday 26 May 1953 · page 1

Manning District Ambulance received calls to two traffic accidents on Saturday. On the southern side of…

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Cycle Accident

Macleay Argus · Wednesday 27 May 1953 · page 4

Kevin Farrawell, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Farrawell of South Kempsey, sustained a fractured arm as…

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Two Men Injured at Sawmills

The Northern Champion · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 13

Two men were injured this week in accidents at sawmills. On Wednesday, C. Blythe…

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Child Drowned In Hole While Playing Boats

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 3

Police believe that a two and half years old child was playing boats when she fell head first into a hole in her backyard…

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Accidents

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 2

While Mr. W. H. Miggins and Mr. B. Dennes, of Wingham, were driving between Belmont and Gateshead, in the…

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Two Men Hurt In Mill Accidents

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 29 May 1953 · page 2

When a log rolled on his left foot at a Bulga sawmill on Thursday, Alfred Carter 17, of Wyoming Street…

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Child Drowned Playing "Boats"

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Monday 1 June 1953 · page 6

Po'ice believe that a 2 12-year old child was playing boats when she fell head first into [?]hole in her backyard in…

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Another Accident on Cooperabung

Macleay Argus · Monday 1 June 1953 · page 4

About 2.30 a.m. on Saturday only about an hour after Kempsey Police had returned from Cooperabung Mountain where Mr. and Mrs. James H. What son were killed some hours previously in a motor…

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Fatal Accident on Highway

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 4

Two passengers were fatally injured when a truck left the Pacific Highway on the Cooperabung Mountain…

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Failed To Stop After Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 2

Brian Richardson Lee, of 77 Marsden St., Ermington, charged with failing to stop after ah accident, was fined £1…

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Accident at Tiri

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon, while Mr. Len Cooper, of "Idalake," Mount George, was driving his car to Khatumbuhl Creek, an…

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Motor-cyclist Injured in Collision

The Northern Champion · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 1

A young man who suffered injuries to the back following a collision in Macquarie Street yesterday, was taken…

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