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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Boy Drowned in Floodwaters

Northern Star · Thursday 7 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A six-year-old boy was swept away and drowned in flood-waters at Pambula on the…

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Injured in Lamp Explosion

Northern Star · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 4

A blowlamp which, exploded after petrol had been used instead of kerosene yesterday caused severe burns to a…

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10 in Famly Killed in Accident

Northern Star · Thursday 14 May 1953 · page 5

BELVEDERE (New Jersey), Wednesday (AAP).— A 21-year-old lorry driver, involved in an accident that killed 10…

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Former Kyogle Pupil Died in Flood Accident Keith Lackey

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 15 May 1953 · page 2

The death occurred at Iisarow, Via Gos[?]rd, on May 7 last of Keith Lackey, the twin son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray…

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Motorist Charged As Collision Sequel

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 6

A motorist was fined £10 on a charge of failing to stop after an accident, and a charge of negligent driving against him was dismissed, under Section 556A of the Crimes Act, in Lismore Court of Petty…

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Injured Players At Practice

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 1

Lindsay Hassett and Bill Johnston, Australia's two injured cricketers, today made a surprise visit to the nets at…

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Witnesses Describe Fatal Accident

Northern Star · Wednesday 20 May 1953 · page 9

KYOGLE, Tuesday.—A verdict of death From injuries accidentally received when the vehicle in which he was riding overturned, was returned by Kyogle coroner, Mr. W. N. Duncan,…

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Two Killed in Triple Collision

Northern Star · Thursday 21 May 1953 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. —Two men were killed and a third critically injured in a triple collision involving a…

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Straying Stock Charge Sequel to Collision

Northern Star · Thursday 21 May 1953 · page 4

CASINO, Wednesday.—A collision between a motor car and a cow on the Casino-Coraki Road on November 23…

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Mercy Dash With Seriously Injured Man

Northern Star · Thursday 21 May 1953 · page 4

KYOGLE, Wednesday. — Urbenville Ambulance in the small hours of this morning made a steady dash to…

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Navy Pilot Seriously Injured

Northern Star · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—A Navy pilot was seriously injured when his Seafury fighter crashed while taking…

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Accidental Death Verdict at Inquest

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 22 May 1953 · page 1

A verdict of death from injuries accidentally received when the vehicle in which he was riding overturned was returned by Kyogle coroner, Mr. W. N. Duncan, at the coronial inquiry into the…

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Timber Feller Fatally Injured

Northern Star · Saturday 23 May 1953 · page 4

URBENVILLE, Friday.A New Koreelah farmer, Wynford Barrow Horneman, aged about 50, died in…

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Three Killed In N.S.W. Road Accidents

Northern Star · Monday 25 May 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Three people were killed in road accidents in New South Wales during the weekend…

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Car Wrecked In Collision

Northern Star · Wednesday 27 May 1953 · page 4

A car was totally wrecked in a smash with a truck on Boatharbaur Bridge, five miles north of Lismore, at…

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Thompson Injured

Northern Star · Thursday 28 May 1953 · page 10

SYDNEY, Wednesday.— Jockey Jack Thompson was slightly injured in a fall at Moorefield today but expects…

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Charged After Accident

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 2 June 1953 · page 1

A Lismore man was charged with negligent driving and inefficient brakes when he ran into the rear, of a…

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Lucky In Collision

Northern Star · Wednesday 3 June 1953 · page 2

Two people escaped with a shaking after a collision in Wyrallah Road yesterday afternoon…

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Accident Victim Dies

Northern Star · Thursday 4 June 1953 · page 4

An elderly man died in Lismore Base Hospital yesterday afternoon as a result of a fall down a 50 ft. bank…

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10 Injured In Collision Seven in Hospital

Northern Star · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 4

Lismore Base Hospital resembled a field casualty station shortly after 8.30 p.m. on Saturday when three Lismore ambulances rushed 10 accident victims to the casualty ward…

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