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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

436 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 9 of 22

"Hit-run" Motorist Blamed for Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 7

George Nene, a Chinese market gardener, had a narrow escape from injury on Saturday night when his vegetable waggon was involved in a collision with a motorist, who, it is alleged, failed to stop…

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Broom Causes Minor Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 4

Peter White, 13, a schoolboy, received a minor head injury under peculiar circumstances late yesterday afternoon…

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£50 DAMAGES Collision At Taemas Plaintiff Agrees to Verdict

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 2

In the Court of Patty Sessions yesterday, before. Mr. W. F. Britz, P.M., Mr. E. G. Ellington, of Messrs. Elrington and Elrington, appeared…

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Car Accident Caught in Back Window

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 2

Returning from the coast, a car driven by Mr. W. Davis, Gundaroo Road, turned, over coming down the incline half-a-mile from Kenilworth,…

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Motor Notes Germany's Road Accidents

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 1

At last the percentage of accidents per car has fallen in Germany, and with it the insurance rates--slightly Viewing this state of affairs with…

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Boy's Arm Torn Off Beechworth Tannery Accident Caught in Shafting

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 3

When his arm became entangled in the power shafting while he was working at Zwar's tannery at Beechworth (Vic.), Desmond Thomas,…

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Sprained Ankle Compensation Awarded Farm Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 April 1938 · page 1

Injured in a fall from a chaff-cutter—While working at Bevandale in February last, John Morris Smith brought an action…

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Alleged Assault Boarding House Owner Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 2 May 1938 · page 4

Mrs. Emma Wright, a boarding house proprietor, received injuries to the third and fourth fingers of her right hand, said to be the result of a…

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Woman Injured Open Sewerage Trench Inefficient Lighting

Yass Tribune-Courier · Monday 2 May 1938 · page 2

The inevitable has happened. On Friday night a woman was injured at the. result of an open sewerage trench near her…

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Fatal Shooting Accidental Death Verdict

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 May 1938 · page 1

CROOKWELL: The District Coroner, Mr. J. J. Manion, held an inquiry on Friday into the circumstances surrounding the…

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Compensation Awarded for Sprained Ankle Farm Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 8

Injured in a fall from a chaff-cutter--while working at Bevendale in February last, John Morris Smith brought an action on…

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Fatal Wounds Accidentally Inflicted Crown Theatre Saturday and Monday (May 7 and 9) Happy Landing

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 May 1938 · page 7

Happy tidings are in the offing for the Sonja Henie fans! "Happy Landing," a show aglow with joyal-den wonder, winging from…

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Motorist Injured Car Crashed Over Embankment

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 7

Eric Robert Marshall, 32, of 42 Bayswater Road, King's Cross, received two separate fractures of the right leg and also minor…

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Motor Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 May 1938 · page 2

Yesterday morning when Mr. Eric [?]hall. from Sydney, was driving [?] side of Bookham, his car [?]ded in loose gravel, went…

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Motorist Injured Car Crashed Over Embankment

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 10

Eric Robert Marshall (32), of 42 Bayswater Road, King's Cross, received two separate fractures of the right leg and…

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Fatal Shooting Accidental Death Verdict

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 4

Crookwell: The District Coroner, Mr. J. J. Mannion, held an inquiry last week into the circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of Joseph…

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Speed Limit "Accident Toll Not Diminished"

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 6 May 1938 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday: Mr. Clive Hodgins, secretary of the Royal Automobile Club of Australia, said to-day that several months experience of the…

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COLLISION Woman Badly Injured Car and Truck

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 May 1938 · page 5

A woman was seriously injured and two men had remarkable escapes when a motor car and a utility truck collided with…

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From Everywhere Woman Drowned In Bath

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 May 1938 · page 4

Ethel May Gates, aged 57, a married woman, of Irish Harp Road, Prospect, Adelaide, was found dead in at bath at her home. She was filly…

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Blazley Acquitted Echo of Carcoar Tragedy "Freakish Accident," Says Judge

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 11 May 1938 · page 6

Discharging Raymond Francis Blazley at the Bathurst Quarter Sessions last week, His Honor Judge Barton, said that…

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