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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Elderly Woman Dies Following Car Accident

North West Champion · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 1

An [?] old woman died in Moree District Hospital nearly on Saturday afternoon shortly after she had been…

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Head-on Collision on Gldah Road

The North Western Courier · Thursday 29 April 1954 · page 2

Two people were admitted to hospital following a head-on crash between two cars on the Gunnedah road on…

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Police Investigation of City Fatality Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 1

A man who was knocked [?] and killed by a heavy truck last night is believed by the police to have…

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Verdict Of Accidental Death

North West Champion · Thursday 13 May 1954 · page 3

Moree District Coroner, Mr. H. F. Brown, yesterday found that Elizabeth Jane Heffernan died from the effects of…

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Injured in Collision

North West Champion · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 1

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

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Cycle Accident

The North Western Courier · Monday 31 May 1954 · page 1

George Lawty, of Gibbons Street, Dangar Village, suffered a compound fracture of the left ankle and probable…

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Hit-Run Accidents

The North Western Courier · Thursday 3 June 1954 · page 6

"There is no conceivable excuse for a hit-run motorist unless he is in the position to prove that he was…

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Horse Took Injured Rider Home

The North Western Courier · Monday 7 June 1954 · page 8

A well-known Bundarra grazier probably owes his life to a horse. The man, Mr. Tom Beard, of…

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Unusual Accidents

Manilla Express · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 4

To find a "man bites dog" story is the aim of every journalist--and I'm no different from the rest…

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Tragic Fatality Sydney

The North Western Courier · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 1

A girl killed in a motor cycle accident last night was buried today, on her 19th birthday…

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Injured Man's Ordeal

The North Western Courier · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 1

When he was thrown from his horse on the property Orlando, Bellata, 52 miles from Narrabri, Mr. Lawson…

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Accident in Dust

The North Western Courier · Thursday 29 July 1954 · page 4

A Holden utility was extensively damaged when it rammed the back of a semitrailer on the Wee Waa road…

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Moree Youth Dies Following Collision

North West Champion · Monday 2 August 1954 · page 1

A youth, Frederick Donald Carter (19), of 55 Chester Street, Moree, died as a result of injuries received in a…

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Driver Fined Following Collision

The North Western Courier · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 4

"Your conduct has been, so irresponsible that I am seriously considering suspending your license for a…

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Another Fatality at Mia Mia Bridge

North West Champion · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 1

James Gordon Pyrke (22) of Warialda, was killed at about 5.40 p.m. on Saturday last when the car he was driving got out of control near the Mia Mia Brigde…

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Slow-down Caused Accident

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 2

As a sequel to a collision on March 1, following which two people were taken to hospital, Geoffrey Rose…

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Hosiery Death After Accident SYDNEY

The North Western Courier · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 1

Doctors cannot understand why a man who emerged apparently uninjured from a minor accident on Saturday…

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2 Injured In Accident

Manilla Express · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 1

Two men escaped serious injury late Saturday night when the tourer car in which they were travelling collided with a telegraph pole on the Manilla -- Tamworth road…

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Youth's Death Accidental. Says Coroner

North West Champion · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 3

Moree District Coroner, Mr. H. F. Brown, on Monday returned a verdict of accidental death after enquiring into the circumstances surrounding the death of Frederick Ronald Carter…

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Accident Rate

Manilla Express · Friday 20 August 1954 · page 3

In prewar days the accident rate in both the Mertopolitan area and the Country area remained reasonably constant. Of the total deaths each for error…

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