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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Car Damaged in Collision

Glen Innes Examiner · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

The Offside front mudguard of car driven by Gordon Simpson, Bourke Streets Glen Innes was…

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Girl Injured in Fall

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

Gwendoline MacConnack, 11 of Smithfield, Sydney, received an incised wound to the back of the head and abrasions…

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Car Damaged in Collision

The Inverell Times · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 1

ARMIDALE: The offside front mudguard of a car driven by Gordon Simpson. Bourke Street. Glen Innes…

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Horseman Badly Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 6

A 67-year-old station hand was badly injured when thrown from a horse near Uralla yesterday afternoon…

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Trailer Breaks Loose None Injured In Highway Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 6

After two cars collided on the New England Highway, six miles south of Armidale yesterday a trailer attached to…

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28 Marines Drowned Shocking Disaster In Korean Waters

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 1

INCHON: Twenty-eight United States marines were drowned yesterday when a vessel carrying anti-Communist Chinese to Formosa rammed their small landing craft and plunged them struggling with…

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Drowning in "Dead Heart"

The Inverell Times · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 1

ADELAIDE. Monday: A New Australian was downed at Alice Springs in the par[?] dead heart of the Australian…

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Tamworth Man Fatally Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 6

A well-known Tamworth district resident, Michael Horan (39), married, of Kootingal, received fatal…

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FIRST Drowning For 20 Years At Alice Springs

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 2

ADELAIDE: A New Australian drowned at AliceSprings in the parched "dead" heart of the Australian…

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Two Injured in Truck Smash Near Bundarra

The Inverell Times · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 4

A man and his son were injured yesterday when a truck met with an accident near…

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Jeogla Man Killed in Road Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 1

A man was killed when a car plunged 20 feel down an embankment on the Armidale-Jeogla Road, 33 miles east of Armidale, last night. He was Charles Leslie…

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Footballer Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 8

Armiale Rugby League player Ken Mccrohon suffered a nasty gash to the right eyebrow at the Police Boys' Club…

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Car And Semi-Trailer In Collision

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1954 · page 8

A man was thrown from his car when it collided with a semi-trailer loaded with timber at the corner of Butler and…

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Shire Ganger Injured

The Uralla Times · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 4

Mr. Alex Brazel, employed as a ganger by Ural la Shire, had the bad luck to lose the tips of two fingers of his right…

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Alleged Midnight Brawl and Truck Accident

The Uralla Times · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 2

Unusual features, according to police evidence, surrounded a truck Accident on Goode's Road in October last A defendant was before Uralla Court of Petty Sessions on 20th inst., charged with driving under the influence…

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Woman Killed in Road Accident

The Uralla Times · Thursday 28 January 1954 · page 1

A woman was killed and several people were injured in a road accident near Uralla on Friday night last. The dead woman was Mrs. Majorie Haines, 23,…

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Storeman Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 8

Sydney Sparks, of 206 Dangar Street, yesterday received an incised wound to the left arm, inflicted by a piece ot…

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Injured in fall [?] Through Window

The Inverell Times · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 4

An Inverell woman was badly cut about the arm when she accidentally fell through a window she was cleaning…

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Could be Serious Accident on MacIntyre Bridge

The Inverell Times · Friday 29 January 1954 · page 10

At a meeting of the Inverell Municipal Council Ald. J. Carmody complained of the state of the footpath and the…

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Inverell Resident Injured in Road Collision

The Inverell Times · Monday 1 February 1954 · page 1

An Inverell res[?]esrt is now a patient in a Sydney hospital with a possible fractured spine…

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