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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Four Drowned Off Queensland Coast

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 2 January 1939 · page 3

BRISBANE, Sunday: Two young women and two young men, members of a party of 20 campers, were swept from the rocks at Point,…

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Five Killed on the Roads Over 40 Injured In Sydney Alone

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 2 January 1939 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Five persons were killed, and at least two others were so seriously injured that there is little hope of their recovery, in…

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Leg Broken Cars' Head-on Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 1

A Sydney man had his leg fractured ill a collision between two cars about 20 miles north of Gloucester. He was taken to Roma Private Hospital…

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Boy Drowned Body Found In Pool

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 1

BLACKHEATH, Tuesday: . Frederick Lancaster, 13, of Mount Victoria, was drowned at the Blackheath swimming pool…

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Injured Nurse

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 1

The London Court of Appeal (Lord Justice Green dissenting) recently decided that Miss Annie Wardell, a nurse at a Franborough, Kent,…

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Tourist Traffic Through Yass During Holidays Few Minor Accidents

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 5

There was a large volume of tourist traffic through Yass during the holidays and hotels were overtaxed. On Boxing Day Mr. Albert Rayner of…

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Road Accident Lorry Swerves Off Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 7

When two Moss Vale residents were thrown off a lorry near "Hillview" gates, remarkable escapes were experienced by…

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Cycle Riders In Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 4

An addition to Goulburn's ever increasing list of bicycle accidents was made on Friday, when two railway employees…

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Drowning Fatalities Child's Body In Lagoon SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 5

While bathing in the lagoon at Wottamolla Beach, within National Park, yesterday, Ray Osland, 6, of Edwards Street, Glebe, was…

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Injured by Hit-run Motorist

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 4

Mr. Moy, of Yanco, was walking along the Yanco-Leeton Road and when at the spot where a fatal accident occurred on Christmas…

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Boy Killed Captain's Flat Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 4

When two motor trucks collided at Captain's Flat on Monday afternoon Evan Alexander Mortlock, 12, was fatally injured and died…

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Drowned in Private Pool

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday: Dermott O'Brien, aged 3, was drowned in a private swimming pool at Pymble while his two sisters and other…

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Fifteen Injured Tram Crash At Crossing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY Friday: The driver and 14 passengers suffered minor injuries when a Birchgrove-bound 'tram crashed into the side of…

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Girl Drowned At Albury

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 4

ALBURY, Monday: For about three hours on Friday night, relatives, ambulance officers, and doctors waged a stern fight in an…

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Captain's Flat Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 7

A message from Captain's Flat states that a charge of manslaughter has been preferred by the police against a man in connection with the death…

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From Everywhere Burning Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 4

Marie Nancy Williams, 16, who was burned ,when her clothes caught on fire from an open stove five weeks ago, has died in Dubbo Hospital…

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The Holiday Season Accidents Are Avoidable Everyone Can Help

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 7

Another appeal is made by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales to all citizens to make this holiday season the…

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Tram Smash in Sydney 30 Passengers Are Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Thirty passengers 26 of whom were taken to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. were hurled from their seats and…

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Clothes Alight Peculiar Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 25 January 1939 · page 8

Mr. T. Hollis, an employee of the Oberon Shire Council, had it narrow escape from serious injury, while engaged in poisoning blackberries at…

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Unusual Accident

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 26 January 1939 · page 2

Miss Kathleen Carey, of Wee Jasper, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Carey, was admitted to the District Hospital yesterday afternoon,…

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