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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Cyclist Injured

The North Western Courier · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 8

An Inverell cyclist competing in the cycling carnival at Narrabri on Friday night was injured in a fall…

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Mungindi Accident

North West Champion · Monday 4 January 1954 · page 3

A utility tirade driven by Mr. Fred Williams was involved in an accident on the Thallon road on Christmas Eve…

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Railway Employee Injured

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 1

A 30-year-old railway worker, received a severe compound fracture of the right leg yesterday morning when a…

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Man Injured in Fall

The North Western Courier · Thursday 14 January 1954 · page 11

An elderly man was taken to hospital on Monday suffering from an impacted femur following a fall on Friday…

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Ambulance Bearer Injured

The North Western Courier · Monday 25 January 1954 · page 1

An ambulance bearer, David Battersby, injured his left ankle when he fell at the station on Thursday. He was…

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Many Drowned When Boat Capsizes SURAT (India) Mon

The North Western Courier · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 1

Eleven people are believed to have been drowned when a boat cansized in the Purna River about 50…

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Road Fatality Near Gurley

North West Champion · Monday 15 February 1954 · page 1

Ray Kellet died in Moree Hospital on Friday night as the result of injuries received when a vehicle in which he was travelling overturned 12 miles from Gurley on Friday afternoon…

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Fatal Accident with Electric Lawn Mower SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Thursday 18 February 1954 · page 1

A man has been found dead, and a woman is critically ill in hospital following accidents with electric lawn mowers…

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Inquiry Into Accident Victim's Death Driver Committed For Trial

Manilla Express · Tuesday 23 February 1954 · page 1

In the Manilla Coroner's Court on Thursday day last, the District Coroner (Mr. R. A. Browne), committed Jack Russell of River Street for trial at Tamworth Quarter Sessions on May…

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Ashley Fatality Was Accidental, Says Coroner

North West Champion · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 6

Moree District Coroner, Mr. H. F. Brown, last Thursday returned a verdict of accidental death after he had conducted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of…

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Plane Accident in Moree

North West Champion · Monday 1 March 1954 · page 3

The plane accident reported in a previous issue of the "Crampion" involved the plane owned and piloted by the…

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Three Injured in Collision

The North Western Courier · Thursday 4 March 1954 · page 13

Three people were admitted to hospital following an accident on Cooma Road on Monday evening…

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Train Fatality Sydney, Thursday

The North Western Courier · Thursday 18 March 1954 · page 1

A young man was killed instantly today when he fell from an electric train near Summer Hill…

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Too Busy to Take Injured to Hospital Sydney

The North Western Courier · Monday 22 March 1954 · page 1

Police are still searching for the driver of a car who refused to take two injured children to…

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Coroner's Finding on Road Fatality

North West Champion · Monday 29 March 1954 · page 4

A verdict of accidental death was returned by Mane District Coroner, Mr. H. F. Brown, following the inquest into the death on February last of Albert Robert William Kibble…

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Taxi Driver in Collision

The North Western Courier · Thursday 8 April 1954 · page 4

Roderick John Sevil, Bridge Street, Narrabri, appeared before Mr. C. K. Ward, S.M. at the Narrabri Court of Petty Sessions yesterday for failing to keep to the left while…

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Accident Statistics

Manilla Express · Friday 9 April 1954 · page 1

In a statistical statement on road accidents in N.S.W. for the year ended 31st December 1953 it was…

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Shooting Accident

The North Western Courier · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 4

Mr. E. Wood, [?] of Narrabri, sustained a severe wound in his hand when a rifle exploded. The…

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Car Accident at Mungindi

North West Champion · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 7

A utility truck and a track were involved in a collision on the outskirts of Mungindi on the Moree Road on the…

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Inquiry Follows Fatal Accident on Dusty

The North Western Courier · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 10

"All I could do was wait for the smash— and they did smash. After the collision I stopped and gave what assistance I could," eye witness Phillip Earl Kessey told the Coroner's…

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