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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Accident at Burrinjuck

Yass Tribune-Courier · Saturday 28 January 1939 · page 2

Jeffrey, the young son of Dr. and Mrs. Wilkinson, of Burrinjuck, sustained a slight concussion, when he fell ten feet on a cliff yesterday…

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Bishop's Son in Car Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 30 January 1939 · page 3

Alan Burgmann, the 16-year-old son of Bishop and Mrs. Burgmann, of Goulburn, had the misfortune to be struck by a car while at Hamilton,…

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Bowler Hynes Is Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 31 January 1939 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: While Lincoln Hynes, 26, fast left-hand bowler, was driving, to the cricket ground this morning to resume play in the Sheffield…

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Cricketers Injured

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 4

Accidents were frequent in the Young District Association competition matches at the week-end. Whilst playing with Murrumburrah…

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Man Killed in Midnight Crash Fatality Near Sacred Heart Hospital, Young Victim Leaves Wife and Two Children

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 1

A man was killed instantly and another had a miraculous escape from death, in a tragic car accident on the Campbell-street hill, near the Sacred…

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Accident at Burrinjuck

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 2 February 1939 · page 7

Gordon Roots who fell from the spillway at Burrinjuck, was fortunate ate. in escaping serious injury, only suffering from bruises and shock,…

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Man Killed in Midnight Crash Fatality Near Sacred Heart Hospital, Young Victim Leaves Wife and Two Children

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 5

A man was killed instantly and another had a miraculous escape from death, in a tragic car accident on the Campbell…

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Unusual Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 February 1939 · page 6

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

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Injured at Work

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 5

E.J. Ferguson 69, of 23 Mundy Street, narrowly escaped serious iujury while at work at Wm. Connolly Limited flour mills in Sloane Street…

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Bathing Fatality Swimmer Was Dived On

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday: Struck by another bather who had .dived from, the diving tower Thomas Lambert 41, an engineer, was fatally…

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Inquiry Adjourned Accident To Driver At Trots

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 7

Any Inquiry into interference that allegedly occurred during the running of the first, race, the Maiden Stakes, at Saturday's trotting…

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Boy Hurt by Car Accident In Auburn St

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 6 February 1939 · page 5

A small boy was injured when a motor car, apparently, out of control mounted a footpath at the intersection of Auburn and Mundy…

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Boy Injured Cyclist Blamed For Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 5

Barry O'connor, aged six years, was admitted to a Goulburn hospital last night following a collision with a cyclist in…

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Aged Man's Death Collision Near Araluen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 8 February 1939 · page 5

Michael Curry, an elderly resident of Araluen, was fatally injured in a collision a few miles from his home at 10…

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Cyclist Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 2

Hector Flores (36) was out cycling last night when he ran into a cyclist in front of him and fell heavily to the bitumen. He sustained a…

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Trooper Fatally Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 4

Tragedy overtook Robert Hartnett, 25, a 7th Light Horse trooper, when he was making ready to leave Bungendore at…

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Train Off Line No One Seriously Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 4

GOSFORD, Thursday: Many passengers were hurled from their seats when the locomotive and four carriages of the…

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An Accidental Stunt

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 2

Recently a picture hoarding near the Warne Street railway crossing, Wellington, was half blown over by the wind, but it…

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Gunning News Truck Accident Out Of Control On Collector Hill

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 9 February 1939 · page 4

On Friday morning a Ford truck, on which was loaded part of a chaffcutter and 40 gallon oil drums, driven by Mr. Jim Wheatly, of Collector…

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Railway Worker Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

Charles Stewart, of 105 Mundy. Street, all engine turner employed at the South Goulburn Locomotive Depot, suffered severe…

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