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Northern Rivers · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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OBITUARY Funeral of Coraki Accident Victim

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 5

It is questionable if there has ever been a larger attendance at a funeral at Coraki than that which followed the…

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Accident

Northern Star · Tuesday 8 June 1954 · page 5

A report yesterday that a Coraki shooting fatality had occurred at the same place as the accident in which M. E…

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Injured by Fireworks

Northern Star · Monday 14 June 1954 · page 4

Barry Cupitt, of Second Avenue, Lismore, was admitted to Lismore Base Hospital after being injured in…

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Australian Jockey Injured in Malaya

Northern Star · Monday 14 June 1954 · page 5

IPOH (Malaya), Sunday.—Australian jockey Gordon Straker, injured in a collision in the last race here…

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Five Accidents In 30 Minutes On Same Road

Northern Star · Monday 14 June 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—At Craigieburn tonight, five separate accidents occurred within a period of 30 minutes…

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Three Killed in Accidents

Northern Star · Monday 14 June 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.—Three people were killed in road accidents in N.S.W. at the weekend. An 11-year-old girl was killed in a taxi carrying 13…

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Forestry Worker Injured

Northern Star · Thursday 17 June 1954 · page 4

A Woodburn man was seriously injured in a forestry accident at Whian Whian State Forest at…

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Jockey Toohey Injured

Northern Star · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 12

SYDNEY, Thursday.—Leading apprentice jockey, W. Toohey, will not be able to ride for at least six weeks…

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Two Killed, 11 Injured Bus, Train in Smash

Northern Star · Friday 18 June 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—A woman and a four-year-old girl were killed and 11 other people injured, five of them seriously, when an empty diesel rail car cut a tourist bus…

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M'bimby Man Injured

Northern Star · Saturday 19 June 1954 · page 4

TWEED HEADS. Friday.—A man was injured in an accident involving a truck and two cars in Wharf Street…

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Move to Insure Pupils Against Accidents

Northern Star · Saturday 19 June 1954 · page 6

At the monthly meeting of the McKee's Hill Parents and Citizens' Association the matter of insuring children…

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Duke of Kent Injured in Road Accident

Northern Star · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday.—The Duke of Kent, 18-year-old cousin of Queen Elizabeth, was taken to hospital today…

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Accidental Death Verdict in Coraki Shooting

Northern Star · Monday 21 June 1954 · page 4

A finding that a Coraki youth died from a 22 bullet wound to the head accidentally caused by a bullet fired by one of his companions with whom he had been shooting, was returned by…

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English League Player Injured by Beer Glass

Northern Star · Wednesday 23 June 1954 · page 1

MACKAY, Tuesday.—English Rugby League forward John Henderson had his left ear stitched after he was…

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Test Centre Injured

Northern Star · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 5

BRISBANE, Wednesday.—Star Rugby League Test centre, Ken McCaffrey, may be unable to…

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Boys Injured in Explosion

Northern Star · Thursday 24 June 1954 · page 4

GRAFTON, Wednesday.—Three small boys who found a detonator, built a fire and threw it in, escaped from the…

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English Forward Injured

Northern Star · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 12

BRISBANE, Thursday.—English rugby league forward, Tommy Harris, chipped a bone in his ankle during the match…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Northern Star · Saturday 26 June 1954 · page 4

A young motor cyclist was admitted to the Lismore Base Hospital in a serious condition early yesterday morning…

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Elderly Woman Injured

Northern Star · Saturday 26 June 1954 · page 4

CASINO, Friday.—An 82-yearold woman who fell on a concrete path yesterday was transported to Brisbane General…

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Lucky Escapes in Car-bus Collision

Northern Star · Monday 28 June 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Eight men had a miraculous escape from death when their old model sedan car was…

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