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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Bathing Fatality Swimmer Was Dived on

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: Struck by anther bather Who had dived from the [?]igh diving tower, Thomas Lambert (41), on engineer, was fatally…

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Accident Victim Regains Consciousness

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 5

Miss Meg Alcorn, of Valetta Street, Moss Vale, who received severe concussion when her horse stumbled and threw her last…

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Racing Cyclist Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 4

Ron Anderson, of Wallace Street, Braidwood, a competitor at the Goulburn League Cycle Club's carnival at the…

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Injured Express Driver Carried on

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 5

Great fortitude was displayed by a Goulburn locomotive driver on Saturday morning, when jagged glass from a broken pressure gauge in the cabin of a Melbourne express engine gashed his throat, narrowly missing the…

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Motor Cyclist Injured in Fall

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 1

Although full details were not available, it was learned yesterday morning that Lionel Branson a former resident of this…

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Fatal Car Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Kenneth Smith, 22, of Bexley, was fatally injured early this morning when a car in which he was a passenger overturned…

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Five Hurt in Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday: When a motor-lorry collided with a car at Manly this morning five men were injured…

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Railwayman Fatally Injured

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 16 February 1939 · page 5

An old Gunning resident, living at Lidcombe, Cecil Joseph Champion, who was 59 years of age, was fatally injured when he was crushed…

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Lorry Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Friday 17 February 1939 · page 5

WOLLONGONG Friday: John Bilton 23 a single man, employed on the Woronora Dam construction, was killed instantly late last night…

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"ACCIDENTAL" Man's Death At Araluen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 3

At an inquest held at Braidwood and Araluen, the District Coroner, Mr. J. Grigg, found that Michael Joseph Currie, of…

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Fatal Motor Accidents

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 20 February 1939 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday: Two well-known footballers, George Soreng, 26, and George Edward Oliviera, 29, were killed; and Frederick Rees. 61, was…

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Auburn St. Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 5

A Goulburn ambulance waggon and a motor car owned by a Crookwell resident were involved in a collision on the…

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Boy Injured In Strange Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 4

A Goulburn schoolboy received minor injuries to his left hand in a peculiar accident at his home late yesterday afternoon…

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Car Accident Near Bowral

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 February 1939 · page 5

Two, men and two women suffered minor injuries in a car accident on the Bowral-Robertson Road oil Sunday night…

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Motor-cycle and Van in Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Wednesday 22 February 1939 · page 4

Damage resulted to a motor van owned by Mr. Claude James and a motor-cycle delivery owned by Bennett and Wood when they…

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Hectic Day Ambulance Kept Busy Accident At Burrinjuck

Yass Tribune-Courier · Thursday 23 February 1939 · page 2

Mr. D. J. Ross, resident ambulance officer (inset) who returned…

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Learn to Swim Too Many Drowning Fatalities

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 7

"There are far too many drowning fatalities each summer and all parents would be well advised to see that their child…

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Boy Saved From Drowning in West Wyalong Swimming Pool Mr. Peter Dank Revives Victim

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 6

The prompt action of Mr. Jack Lee, a member of the West Wyalong Postal Staff saved the life of Peter Kaln, aged about…

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Painful Accident to Mr. Josiah Southwell

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 February 1939 · page 3

On Monday last, Mr. Josiah South well, of "Braeside," Rye Park Road was the victim of a very painful accident. He was engaged in drafting…

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Car Capsize Passenger Injured, Driver's Lucky Escape

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Monday 27 February 1939 · page 5

Thrown from a car after it had capsized on the Yass-Canberra Road yesterday morning, Clifford Sheridan, 21.,…

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