Few Accidents During Holidays
Narrabri Ambulance report an almost accident-free holiday period. No major accidents were…
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Accidents, 1953
54 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 1 of 3
12-Year-olds Save Boy From Drowning
Tenterfield Swimming Club officials highly commended quick thinking and prompt action by two 12-year-old boys…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Committed for Trial Aborigine Camp Fatality
That Elizabeth Dennison died at the Aborigine Camp at Collarenebri on December 13 from the effects of injuries feloniously and malliciously inflicted by her husband, Roy Dennison,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured in Road Smash
Two Moree people were injured in a road smash near Narrabri on Saturday when the vehicle in which they were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Families in Accident
There were 13 occupants of a 16cwt. lorry which skidded in loose gravel and hit a causeway post broadside near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident at Saleyards Mr. Byrnes Injured
A well-known Manilla businessman, Mr. V. J. Byrnes had a narrow escape from serious injury…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Plumber Injured
John Brack, plumber, received lacerations and slight injuries to the head while working on a windmill at East Moree this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cricketer Injured
Mr. Tom Coleman, of Bal[?]nne St., was injured yesterday when returning from Wee Waa with the Namoi cricket…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Shunter Injured
John Coulton, a shunter employed by the Railways, fell while at work on Wednesday and sustained a fracture to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Road Fatality Signs
The Department of Main Roads is opposed to the erecting of notices where a fatal accident has occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mungindi Road Fatality
George Hurst (40), a well-known grazier and native of Daymar, was found dead in his car after it overturned on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →£5 for Failing to Stop Accident
Vivian Patrick Urquhart was fined £5 at Moree Petty Sessions for failing to stop after an accident and render…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Too Many Cycling Accidents
Last year's accidents in New South Wales included 14 deaths and 17 injuries to pedal cyclists. These figures are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Freak Accidents
The American National Safety Council, rounding up the year's collection of freak accidents, has named these as champions;—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Woman Injured In Car - Truck Collision
Three Manilla residents had a miraculous escape from serious injury on Monday afternoon when the car in which they were travelling collided with a truck…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Many Traffic Mistakes But Few Road Accidents
A Dutch motoring organisation's survey shows that the number of traffic offences in Holland is enormous, but that…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Youth Accidentally Shot
Mervyn Kinchella, 15, was admitted to Narrabri District Hospital in a serious condition on Tuesday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Moree Woman Seriously Injured
Mrs. M. E. (Gerald) Fitzgerald, of 7 Edward street, Moree, is in a Scone hospital in a serious condition as the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boy Injured In Fall From Horse
Master Fred Barlow, 11 years, sustained a broken left leg when a horse being ridden by him on [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Thirty Injured in Early Morning Tram Smash Sydney
Thirty people were injured in a spectacular crash between a double set of trams and a semi-trailer at Haberfield this morning. The tram car, with a section of the trailer…
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