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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Singer Injured During Stage Act

Northern Star · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday. — A principal singer was injured during a sword fight in the second act of Wagner's…

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Collision Victims' Condition

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 4

The six victims who were detained in the Lismore Base Hospital on Saturday night after a head-on collision…

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Fell Out of Tree -- Injured

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 8

A 13-year-old girl fell out of a tree while playing near the convent on Sunday. She is Diane Currie,…

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Charged Following Accident

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 7

When he pleaded guilty to a charge of negligent driving on January 30 last, Angus Noel McInness, of…

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Hutton In Doubt For First Test Shoulder Injured

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 10

LONDON, Tuesday (AAP-Special).—Len Hutton, England's captain for the first test against Australia, beginning on Thursday, did not field or bat in the Yorkshire-Middlesex game at Lords…

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Lucky Escape in Accident

Northern Star · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 4

A motor cyclist who was thrown over the bonnet of a car as the result of a collision in Union Street, South…

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Lost Finger in Saw Accident

The Kyogle Examiner · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 1

A Kyogle youth had his left index finger badly mutilated in an electric saw while working on Tuesday…

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District Accidents Cars Badly Damaged in Collision

Northern Star · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 4

Two sedan cars were extensively damaged when they collided at the intersection of Keen and…

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Man Drowned in Factory Tank

Northern Star · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 4

The body of a 54 year-old man was found by his two sons in two feet of water in a concrete tank at the Norco Butter factory, Byron Bay, this morning…

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Five Killed, 15 Injured in N.S.W. Road Accidents

Northern Star · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday. — Five people were killed and 15 injured in road accidents in New South Wales during the weekend. A man and two women…

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Drivers Lucky in Collision

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 4

CASINO, Monday.—The drivers of two cars which collided at. a street intersection in Casino yesterday afternoon…

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50 Killed in Train Collision

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 1

MADRAS, Monday (AAP).—Fifty people were believed killed and seventy injured when a passenger…

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Collision at Intersection

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 June 1953 · page 5

CASINO, Tuesday.—In a report of a collision between two vehicles at the intersection of West and Canterbury…

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trams Collide, 15 Injured

Northern Star · Thursday 18 June 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—When three trams became involved in a smash on Prince's Bridge today 14 people were injured, several seriously. A tram crossing the bridge…

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Driver Lucky in Collision with Horse

Northern Star · Monday 22 June 1953 · page 4

Mrs. L. Cunningham, of Billinudgel, had a very lucky escape from injury when a horse ran in front of her car…

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Urbenville Fatality Man Acquitted of Manslaughter

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 June 1953 · page 4

After a retirement of only a few minutes, a jury in Lismore Quarter Sessions yesterday acquitted William George Reid, mill foreman, of Urbenville, of a manslaughter charge…

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Casino Collision

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 June 1953 · page 4

CASINO, Tuesday.—A car and a beast were involved in a collision in Johnston Street at 12.30 a.m. today…

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Man Acquitted In Lismore Fatality

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 June 1953 · page 4

A jury in Lismore Quarter Sessions yesterday acquitted Harold Colin McLaren, of Wyrallah, of a charge of manslaughter…

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Explosion Accidental

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 June 1953 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Detectives are convinced that an explosion in an oil gasmaking unit at the Mortlake…

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Injured in Crush to See the Queen

Northern Star · Saturday 27 June 1953 · page 5

LONDON, Friday (AAP).— The Queen narrowly escaped being engulfed when 20,000 cheering Scots toppled crush barriers and breached police lines as she arrived at the Glasgow City…

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