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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1955

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Biz · Wednesday 10 August 1955 · page 6

James Radburn, aged 20, or Dawson Street, Fairfield, died as a result of injuries received when the motor car in which he was…

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Lad Loses Arm in Street Accident

Nepean Times · Thursday 11 August 1955 · page 1

About 3.45 p.m. on Thursday, 4th inst, Cecil Mervyn Crossie, of 29 Vittorla Street, Bathurst, was driving a car in a westerly…

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Car Accident at River Bridge Driver Fined £25

Nepean Times · Thursday 11 August 1955 · page 2

A CAR collided with a post at the Emu Plains end of the river bridge at 6.10 p.m. last Saturday and crashed…

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Tryst with Murder—5 Strangler in the Night a woman's death looked like just another accident until a tiny bone in the throat proved otherwise

The World's News · Saturday 13 August 1955 · page 5

RACHEL DOBKIN was excited. She told her sister she wanted to look her best. It was April, the blitz had not been severe for many nights past,…

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Pedal Cyclist Injured

The Biz · Wednesday 17 August 1955 · page 17

A collision between a car and a bicycle on Hume Highway, Cabramatta last Sunday at 4 p.m. resulted in the cyclist, fourteen…

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Vale 'Tiny' Reardon Cabramatta Citizen Dies After Accident

The Biz · Wednesday 17 August 1955 · page 19

That oft-used phrase, "The world is the poorer for his passing," was never more aptlv applied than in the passing of that…

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Fatal Collision Charge of Manslaughter

Nepean Times · Thursday 18 August 1955 · page 8

Eva Margaret Walters, wife of Mr. Francis O. Walters, of 44 Northcote Road, Lindfield, formerly deputy Governor of the…

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£50 Fine, Suspended Gaol Sentence a Kingswood Fatality

Nepean Times · Thursday 18 August 1955 · page 1

A LONG contested case arising from a fatality on the Western Highway, Kingswood, on March 19 last, concluded at…

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Seat Belts For Fords: Reduce Accident Risk

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 26 August 1955 · page 37

DETROIT: After exhaustive car-crash tests, the Ford Motor Company is releasing seat belts to dealers for installation on Ford, Lincoln and Mercury cars and Ford…

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Motor Cyclists Work for Injured Mate

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 31 August 1955 · page 15

A thirty-two years old member of Western Suburbs Motor Cycle Club is at present lying in an English hospital facing the gloomy possibility of never…

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Inquest on High Street Fatality

Nepean Times · Thursday 8 September 1955 · page 2

The district coroner, Mr. N. C. Gardner, C.P.S., held an inquest at Penrith Court House on 25th ult. into the death of Walter…

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Two Injured in Stock Car Smash

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 14 September 1955 · page 12

Two men were injured in a multiple pile-up during a stock car race on Westmead…

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Many Charges over Car-Lorry Collision

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 September 1955 · page 3

About 7 p.m. on Wednesday, 7th inst., John Hutchinson Christie, of 21 Prince Street, Junee, was driving a car east on…

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Fatal Collision at Intersection Coroner Finds No Criminal Negligence

Nepean Times · Thursday 15 September 1955 · page 7

A COLLISION between a Ford car and a Holden at the intersection of Windsor Road and Bringelly Road,…

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Man Injured

The Biz · Wednesday 21 September 1955 · page 16

Mr. William Morgan (58) of 121 High Street. Cabramatta, suffered a possible frontal skull fracture when he was involved in a…

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Passengers Escape Injury In Bus Collision

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 21 September 1955 · page 4

The rear side panel of a bus was ripped open when it collided with a lorry in Railway Terrace…

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Merrylands Man Drowned in Sea "Lung" Test

The Broadcaster · Wednesday 21 September 1955 · page 6

A man was drowned on Sunday at Wattamolla Beach, National Park, while he was testing an underwater "lung."…

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Boys Injured in Moorebank Motor Cycle Crash

The Biz · Wednesday 28 September 1955 · page 6

A motor-cycle outfit on Sunday crashed through a safety fence and injured two children at Moorebank…

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"Unsafe Acts" Cause Accidents

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 September 1955 · page 37

Research work by two students at University of Purdue, U.S., into the cause of farm…

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Two Killed on Railway Line Inquest on Springwood Fatality

Nepean Times · Thursday 6 October 1955 · page 2

The district coroner, Mr. N. C. Gardner, C.P.S., held an inquest at Penrith Court House on 29th ult into the deaths of two…

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