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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Fourteenth Accident on Road

The North Western Courier · Monday 23 August 1954 · page 1

A man, narrowly escaped death in a serious motor accident on the Baan BaaBoggabri road on Friday…

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Child Killed in Street Accident

North West Champion · Monday 23 August 1954 · page 1

Jill Annette Laverty (about six years of age) was killed instantly when struck by a lorry at East Moree yesterday…

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Inquest Into Mia Mia Bridge Fatality

North West Champion · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 1

James Gordon Pyrke met his death on Augugst 7 last after having been injured accidentally through being thrown from a motor vehicle driven by dece[?]sed in a dangerous and negligent…

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Child's Death Accidental

North West Champion · Thursday 26 August 1954 · page 5

Moree District Coroner, Mr. H. F. Brown, on Monday found that Neville Andrew Dean had died from injuries accidentally…

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Tamworth Girl's Death Accidental

Manilla Express · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 1

In the Coroner's Court at Tamworth on Friday, the Dep. District Coroner (Mr. W. P. McCall JP) found that Valerie Margaret Patterson (19), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A…

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First Aid for Injured Stock

The North Western Courier · Thursday 9 September 1954 · page 11

When veterinary advice is unavailable, a fanner with a very sick or injured animal often has to resort to…

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Falls From Vehicles Cause Big Accident Toll

The North Western Courier · Thursday 9 September 1954 · page 2

Residents of country areas are shocked at the regularity with which fatal accidents occur in the country…

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Child's Death Was Accidental

North West Champion · Monday 13 September 1954 · page 2

Moree District Coroner, Mr. H. F. Brown, on Thursday found that Jill Annette Laverty died on August 22 from the effects of injuries accidentally received through being struck by a…

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Fatal Accidents in the Country

Manilla Express · Tuesday 14 September 1954 · page 3

Residents of county areas are shocked at the regularity with which fatal accidents occur in country areas. Considerable contribution to this already large number is made by persons not…

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Cyclist Injured

The North Western Courier · Thursday 16 September 1954 · page 4

A woman was injured in a collision between a motor vehicle iand a bicycle on Cooma Road on Tuesday…

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Head-on Collision

The North Western Courier · Monday 27 September 1954 · page 4

A head-on collision between a motor bike and a utility truck occurred on the…

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1,000 Believed Drowned When Typhoon Capsizes Ferry More Than 6,000 Homes Also Flooded in Japan

North West Champion · Monday 27 September 1954 · page 1

TOKYO, Monday.— A typhoon capsized a ferry boat crowded with 1,127 panic strkfeen Japanese on Sunday night in the strait between Honshu and Hokkaido Islands. Nearly…

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Shocking Accidents

The North Western Courier · Monday 11 October 1954 · page 2

Motorists should accept the warning provided by regular cases of shocking injury to drivers who allow part of their…

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Wodalla Injured Melbourne

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

The Melbourne Cup winner Wodalla, a fancied horse for the Caulfield Cup, crashed in a track mishap at Flemington…

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Road Accident Statistics

Manilla Express · Tuesday 19 October 1954 · page 1

A statistical report just issued by the Superintendant of Motor Transport (Mr. W. A. Walsh) on road accidents in New South Wales for the year ended 30th June 1954 reveals that the…

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Mungindi Child Drowned in Dam

North West Champion · Thursday 28 October 1954 · page 1

A 22-months-old boy was drowned when he fell into a dam at Eden Vale Station, Weemelah, on Saturday…

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Failed To Report Accident

Manilla Express · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 1

At the Manilla Court of Petty Sessions on Wednesday last the S.M. (Mr J. B. Hodgson) fined Oscar G. Wicks £3…

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Boy Injured

Manilla Express · Friday 5 November 1954 · page 1

While playing in the grounds of the Rural School on Wednesday morning a nine-year-old boy ran into…

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Soviet Fighters Shoot Down U.S. Plane On Hokkaido Is. Ten of Grew Safe, One Drowned, Another Missing

North West Champion · Monday 8 November 1954 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Monday.—The United States State Department yesterday said that two Soviet fighters had shot down an American RB29 reconnaisance plane on the east coast of…

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Painful Accident

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

A Walgett resident, Mrs. Judge, of "Sorrento", recently suffered painful injury when she slipped and fell on to a…

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