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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

496 stories in New England's papers · page 10 of 25

Truck Crashes Into Tree; Man Injured

The Inverell Times · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 4

A 21-year-old man received very severe lacerations to the face in a road accident early on Sunday morning…

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Week-end Accidents

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 2

The drivers escaped unhurt when a car and a utility truck collided on the Grafton Road…

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Old Lady in Double Accident

The Inverell Times · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday.--Police are searching for the driver of a car who failed to stop after Tinning over an elderly woman…

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Arm Amputated After Accident

The Inverell Times · Monday 24 May 1954 · page 4

An Inverell man had hit arm amputated in Hospital on Saturday night following an…

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Grazier Injured in Collision

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 4

MOREE: Mr. Walter Gunn, of Gonodiwindi, was injured in a collision with a car he was driving and a rail motor at…

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Fatality at Narrabri

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 1

NARRABRI: Reginald parkinson (33). of Moorara Station. Narrabri was fatally injured while felling a tree…

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Injured Hand

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 9

A 14 year-old student at Armidale High School, was inwood fell on his right hand. He is William Austin, of…

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Injured Man Taken To To Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 11

A Sydney salesman, injured in a road accident at Llangothlin was yesterday transported from Guyra…

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No Leniency Where Accidents Are Due to Alcohol

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 May 1954 · page 6

"I have said before on many occasions that where I am satisfied an accident is due to alcohol, it is useless to come…

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No Leniency Where Accidents Are Due to Alcohol

The Uralla Times · Thursday 27 May 1954 · page 8

"I have said before on many occasions that where I am satisfied an accident is due to alcohol, it is useless to come…

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Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 8

A car and a utility were damaged in a collision at the intersection of Dumaresq and Markham streets yesterday…

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District Section No Negligence in Fatal Accident: Dafter Inquest

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 28 May 1954 · page 3

There was no indication of negligence on the part of either driver concerned in a fatal accident between a car and a semi-trailer on the New England Highway on March 21, Det.-Sergt. F.W. Collings said in…

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Fatality at Narrabri

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 4

NARRABRI: Reginald Parkinson 133). of Moorara Station, Narrabri, was fatally injured while felling a tree…

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former armidalian fatally injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 6

A pedestrian was killed, and a mobile police officer fatally injured in a road arcident at Merry lands,…

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Injured, Walked ¾ Mile for Help

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 2

An injured man walked three-quarters of a mile for help after his truck had plunged off the Inverell Road on Monday night. He was Harry William Rogers, of Albert Street. In-…

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Found Injured Lying on Street

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 4

On Monday evening Inverell police found a man lying on the roadway in Macintyre Street. He was under the…

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Shooting Accident at Moree

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 1

MOREE: While holidaying in the Moree district. Ronald Stewart (16), of Nalabra, via Cessnock, was accidentally shot…

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Accident Victim Was Former Man

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 2 June 1954 · page 6

Colin Fisher, 29, who was killed in a motor accident at Gunnedah, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Fisher,…

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Collision at Dangerous Intersection

Guyra Argus · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 1

Two cars collided at the junction of Sabroan Street and the New England Highway in South Guyra last…

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Football Players Injured

Guyra Argus · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 4

John Tarrant of the Guyra Post Office staff was injured in the Tamworth-Guyra Rugby Union match at…

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