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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Five Die in N.s.w. Accidents

Northern Star · Saturday 17 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday. -- Five people were killed in N.S.W. road accidents last night and today…

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No Major Road Accidents

Northern Star · Saturday 17 April 1954 · page 4

So far this Easter has been one of the quietest on record from the point of view of the police and…

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Three Drowned, Two Killed In Queensland

Northern Star · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 5

BRISBANE, Sunday. -- Six people have been killed and 10 injured in road accidents since Friday…

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Eight Killed In Victorian Road Accidents

Northern Star · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.-- The Victorian Easter road toll rose to eight killed, with the deaths of four more people in…

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9 Die In State- Road Accidents

Northern Star · Monday 19 April 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunnay.--Nine people were killed in N.S.W. road accidents during the Easter weekend. Two women were killed…

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Accident at Sawmill

The Kyogle Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1954 · page 7

John Devine, aged 20, an employee of Urbenville Hardwoods Ltd. sawmill, was injured last week when a…

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Petrov in Mystery Accident

Northern Star · Friday 23 April 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Thursday.-- Ex-Russian diplomat, Vladimir Petrov, met with a mysterious accident three days before he fled the Russian Embassy on April 13…

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Two Accidents at Same Road Bend

Northern Star · Saturday 24 April 1954 · page 4

Two accidents occurred within two days of each other in almost the same spot in a bend of the Lismore-Ballina Road, near Ballina. The first was a collision…

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Climber Badly Injured

Northern Star · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday. -- A bush walker was badly injured when he slipped on a stone and fell about 170 feet when climbing Mount Tibrogargan, 44 miles north of Brisbane, this morning. Herbert William Miller, 38,…

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4 Killed in Road Accidents

Northern Star · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday. -- Four people were killed in New South Wales road accidents at the weekend…

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Death of Children Accidental: Coroner

Northern Star · Monday 26 April 1954 · page 5

The habit of children of being stationary one minute and into trouble the next, led to two deaths on April 11, the Coroner, Mr. H. L. Pelham, said in Lismore Coroner's Court on Saturday…

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Driver Escapes in Collision

Northern Star · Tuesday 27 April 1954 · page 5

The driver of a utility escaped injury when his vehicle collided with a stationary lorry on the Pacific Highway,…

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Accidents at Coraki

Northern Star · Wednesday 28 April 1954 · page 9

Ian Cameron, seven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Cameron, of Park Street. Coraki, had a narrow escape from…

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"Lucky" In Accidents

Northern Star · Monday 3 May 1954 · page 4

There were three "lucky" accidents in Lismore and district during the weekend. A youth escaped without a scratch when the car he was…

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Johnson Beaten on Points; Hand Injured

Northern Star · Tuesday 4 May 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday. -- Don ("Bronco") Johnson (11.8¼), who lost on points to Carlo Marchini (11.7¾) at Sydney…

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Baby Killed In Collision

Northern Star · Monday 10 May 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday. -- A three-months-old baby boy was killed and its mother seriously injured in a collision between two cars on the Geelong Road at Laverton late yesterday. The driver of the car in…

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Freak Wave Swamps Launch; Man Drowned

Northern Star · Monday 10 May 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday. -- A man was drowned when a freak wave capsized a 30 ft. launch from which he and seven…

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Motor Cyclist Killed; Two Injured

Northern Star · Monday 10 May 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday. -- A man was killed and several others injured in metropolitan road accidents at the weekend…

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Accident Victim Leaves Hospital

Northern Star · Saturday 15 May 1954 · page 4

The girl injured in Thursday night's fatal car accident at Lismore was discharged from the Base Hospital…

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Man Drowned Crossing River

Northern Star · Monday 17 May 1954 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday. — The father of seven young children drowned early yesterday while trying to swim the…

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