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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Lismore Man Hurt in Car Collision

Northern Star · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 4

Three people were admitted to Coffs Harbour Hospital to-day following a collision between two cars on the Pacific…

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Death of Accident Victim

Northern Star · Tuesday 31 March 1953 · page 5

A 19 year-old youth who sustained severe head injuries in a motor accident on Saturday, died in…

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Carruthers In Car Accident

Northern Star · Thursday 2 April 1953 · page 10

DURBAN, Wednesday (AAP).— Australia's world bantamweight boxing champion, Jimmy Carruthers, and…

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Youths Escape Drowning

Northern Star · Saturday 4 April 1953 · page 4

MURWILLUMBAH, Friday.—Six Brisbane youths, all of Richmond Street, Kedron, narrowly escaped drowning in Dunbible Creek, three miles from Murwillumbah, last night. The car in which they were…

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Mass Rescue, Man Drowned

Northern Star · Saturday 4 April 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—Five lifesavers at Stanwell Park, near Wollongong today brought 20 surfers to the beach in a mass rescue. The surfers were stranded on a sand bar when a strong…

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Four Killed in Road Accidents

Northern Star · Saturday 4 April 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday.—Two persons have died in N.S.W. in Easter holiday road accidents. A youth was killed instantly and another fatally…

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10 Injured In Bus Smash

Northern Star · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Ten people were injured, four seriously, when a tramways bus collided with a car at the corner of Durham Road and Graham Street, Sunshine, yesterday afternoon. After the collision, the bus…

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Fourteen Injured Hacksaw Used To Free Lismore Crash Victims

Northern Star · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 4

Fourteen people were injured on Saturday afternoon when two cars collided at the intersection of Diadem and Magellan Streets. Lismore ambulance officers had to use a hacksaw to cut…

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Inventions to Reduce Accidents on the Road

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 8

A report that a Brisbane engineer has produced a device that sets a motor horn tooting when the car…

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Accident Caused Change In Carioca Plans

Northern Star · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—Carioca probably would have done most of his racing in Brisbane but for a serious…

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Bus, Car in Collision

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 4

Three people were injured and later admitted to the Urbenville Hospital following a collision between a…

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Vehicles Collide Shire Clerk Seriously Injured

Northern Star · Wednesday 8 April 1953 · page 4

Woodburn Shire clerk, Charles Quincey Walker, was seriously injured in a motor collision on the…

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Boy Critically Injured By Revolver Shot

Northern Star · Monday 13 April 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—A boy hunting seagulls with a revolver shot and critically injured a 15-year-old boy on a…

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2 Killed in Train Accidents

Northern Star · Monday 13 April 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—A railway ganger was killed instantly when he was struck by an electric train at Flinders Street railway yards yesterday. He was H. C. Daly, of…

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Coroner's Finding Fatal Accident Due To Inexperience

Northern Star · Monday 13 April 1953 · page 5

"In my opinion, this accident was due to inexperience. Deceased had only held a driver's licence for a couple of months, and was driving a new and rather fast car, probably at a speed…

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Butcher Fined As Sequel to Accident

Northern Star · Monday 13 April 1953 · page 5

A Bonalbo butcher, James Alexander McQueen, was fined £10 in Urbenville Industrial Magistrate's Court for…

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Icouple Killed in Collision

Northern Star · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Monday.—A married couple riding a motor cycle were killed when they collided with a petrol…

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Injured at Saleyards

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 8

One man was admitted to Kyogle Memorial Hospital and another treated for injuries when a cow knocked…

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No Driving Licence at Time of Accident

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 14 April 1953 · page 6

For driving a vehicle on the public road without being in possession of a driver's licence, Leo Armstrong,…

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Detonators Used to Avert Collision

Northern Star · Tuesday 21 April 1953 · page 4

Tick control staff used detonators to stop the second division of the Brisbane Express from crashing into a heavily laden truck which was disabled across the railway line at…

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