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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Fasten Your Belts We're Going to Have Accident! London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 October 1953 · page 5

A safety belt for motorists, is now on the market in Denmark, states the Reuter correspondent in Copenhagen…

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Shooting Fatality Accident Near Warren

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 29 October 1953 · page 1

The whole district was grieved to learn on Sunday that a former Gilgandra girl, Mrs. Irene Boyle (26), was fatally shot at about 5 p.m. on Kater…

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Car Overturns Gunnedah Road Two Injured

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 29 October 1953 · page 2

Following a motor accident at the 18 mile on the Gunnedah road yesterday, when their car overturned,…

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4 Dead: 3 Injured in Freak Highway Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 November 1953 · page 1

Because a dog bit a passenger in a utility four persons died in Nyngan at the weekend in a freak double road accident, early on Saturday afternoon. Three others were injured in the accident which…

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Accidents Caused by Car Faults

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 November 1953 · page 4

Analysis of traffic accident records in Victoria showed that poor brakes, tyres, lights, windshield wipers and faulty…

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Three Dead Two Injured Truck Involved in Double Accident

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 5 November 1953 · page 4

Three are dead and two are seriously injured as a result of a double motor fatality at Nyngan on…

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Railway crossing accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 November 1953 · page 1

A Wellington man and his wife received a sudden shock on Tuesday night when a train smashed into the Warne…

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Fatal Truck Accidents Four Persons Die From Injuries Received

The Western Herald · Friday 6 November 1953 · page 9

One man was killed and four persons injured in two accidents to a motor truck near Nyngan on…

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Elderly teacher injured in level crossing smash

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 November 1953 · page 1

An elderly schoolteacher was critically injured in a level crossing smash at Farnham railway gates on Thursday evening. He is John Jeremiah Farrell…

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MOTORS & MOTORISTS (Cont'd.) More Accidents But Fewer Hurt on District Roads

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 November 1953 · page 4

One less person died and five less were injured in the Macquarie Region in the year ended June 30 last, as a result of road accidents although the number of accidents in the area increased by 32 over…

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Cr. Buckley in Accident Wife and Daughter Injured Near Bathurst

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 12 November 1953 · page 1

Cr. B. R. Buckley, his wife and daughter were involved in a car accident near Bathurst last…

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Another Rifle Fatality Woman Killed by Bullet

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 12 November 1953 · page 1

A 36-year-old Dubbo woman was fatally wounded on a rabbit shooting expedition on the Narromine…

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Thigh broken in unusual accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 November 1953 · page 1

An elderly man had his right thigh broken in an unusual accident on Saturday afternoon…

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Truck Overturns Driver Injured

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 19 November 1953 · page 17

A truck, carrying a load of empty petrol drums overturned on Miller’s Plains, about 6 miles on the Kenebri side of…

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Lightning Fatality Drover and Horse Killed Near Brewarrina

The Western Herald · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 7

During the storm on Wednesday evening near Brewarrina at 7.20 p.m. a fatality occurred which…

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Accidents

The Western Herald · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 7

On Friday last the 13th November Yvonne Morgan, 13, of Bourke, had a very narrow escape from serious injury…

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Widow Claims Accident Due to Smoke Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 November 1953 · page 6

A young widow claimed yesterday that an airline company and its former managing director had caused the death of her…

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Road accident Two Had Lucky Escape

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 November 1953 · page 1

Two young people had a lucky escape from serious injury when the tourer car in which they were travelling…

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Keep Accident Down in Your Factory

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 25 November 1953 · page 5

Every factory manager has one permanent worry accidents to personnel. Often these are simply the outcome of…

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Coroners verdict of accidental death at Inquest into accident fatality

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 December 1953 · page 1

At an Inquest in the Wellington Court yesterday, the District Coroner, Mr. J. P. Dowd, found that elderly Thomas Edward Lay had died on November 5 last as a result of injuries accidentally received in an accident on Montefiores Road eleven days before…

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