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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

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Accident on Highway

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 4 April 1938 · page 3

Travelling from Yass to Bowning yesterday afternoon a car turned over on the Hume Highway. Four passengers escaped injury and the…

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The Car Driver--and the Other Fellow Why Accidents Will Occur

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 5 April 1938 · page 1

In the twenty-five years that I have been driving motorcars, I have never met anyone who had an accident through his own fault—it was the car, the road, or the Other Fellow: Mostly, the Other Fellow, writes J. P. McEvoy…

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Fatality at Cootamundra

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 2

George William Butled, aged 30 years, married, and father of four children, died in the Cootamundra Hospital as the reuslt of internal…

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Foot Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 2

Mr. H. C. Gray, local superintendent for the Shell Petrol Co., had his left foot bruised and crushed and a small bone fractured…

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Sewerage Worker Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 2

Colin Wilson, Mount Street, North Yass, labourer, who is employed on the sewerage scheme was working in one of the tunnels behind the…

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Serious Burning Accident on Main Road Works at Jugiong

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 2

A man named Hayes, employed on the Main Road Works near Juglong was dreadfully burped yesterday afternoon, and there is very little…

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Outcome of Collision Damages Set At £25,545

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 7

SYDNEY, Friday: Mr. Justice Dixon decided that James Patrick and Co., Ltd., should not be liable for damages exceeding £25,545 in a case…

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70-Ton Engine Falls in Pit Accident At Enfield Yards

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 10

SYDNEY, Friday: A driverless 70-ton engine dived into a 13ft. turntable pit at Enfield railway yards yesterday morning…

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EMINENT K.C. INJURED Mr. Piddington Struck By Motor Cycle

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 April 1938 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday, As Mr. A. B. Piddington, K.C., was crossing the street, near the intersection of Phillip Street and Martin Place, yesterday…

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Tuena Topics School Girl Injured

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 13 April 1938 · page 4

An accident occurred at the Tuena School on Wednesday last. Catherine, the small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hector…

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Control of Aerodrome Responsibility for Accident Should Aero Club Be Liable?

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 13 April 1938 · page 1

The question of who should shoulder the liability in the case of accident, and what body should control the Crookwell…

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Aged Sisters Injured

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 2

Mrs. David Reid, 83, of Five Dock, mother of Major. A. B. Reid, M.L.A., of Young, and Mr. E. E. Reid, of Murrumburrah, met with a painful…

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Man Dies from Burns Jugiong Fatality

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 2

Thomas Hayes, aged 61 years, who was employed by a firm of road contractors, was so badly burned on Wednesday night (as previously…

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Wagga Residents Injured at Gundagai

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 4

Involved in a motor car accident at Gundagai on Sunday last, Mrs. Florence Godding and her daughter, Miss Doorthy Godding were…

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Fatality Near Blayney Junee Man Killed Two Others Involved

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 4

One man was kiled and another injured when a motor lorry overturned near Blayney on Saturday night last…

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Duke Drowned in Wine Famous Portrait To Be Sold

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 8

LONDON: A portrait of "false, fleeting perjured Clarence," the brother of Edward IV., Who was said to have been drowned in a butt of…

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Man Fatally Injured Leg Crushed by Ton Log

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 3

While unloading logs from a lorry at Gosford yesterday, William John Brownlee, aged 31 years, had his leg crushed when a log weighing a ton…

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The Inquest Verdict of Accidental Death Tribute Paid to Ambulance

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 2

On Friday afternoon last, the District Coroner of Gundagai (Mr Cyril G. B. Allman) conducted an inquiry into the death of Thomas Hayes,…

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Riding Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 14 April 1938 · page 2

Owen Merriman, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Merriman, “Ravensworth,” suffered a painful accident yesterday. He was riding…

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Killed by Cars Fatality at Moruya

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 18 April 1938 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Alan Holden, 24, of Mascot, was killed, Miss Joyce, of Moruya, was critically injured, and four other people…

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